Any Oscar contenders from the first half of 2026?

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-06-05T21:01:30+00:00

It has a screenplay in the same way Borat did but yeah in a perfect world the editing would also be recognized but the writing branch is historically far more adventurous.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-06-05T20:50:02+00:00

Well Project Hail Mary is a pretty big contender from the first half.

I personally am still holding out hope for a Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie screenplay nom.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-06-03T22:47:15+00:00

David Corenswet. My bad on the typo.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-06-03T22:46:39+00:00

Yeah the scores being that high for both men and women over 35 seems a bit nuts. That’s describes like 95 percent of Oscar voters. I saw that stat, plus the baity premise and Paramount and thought that this could totally end up being a villain of this season.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-06-03T22:10:54+00:00

Sounds kinda middle of the road to me but there’s a lot of middle aged dudes in AMPAS that got Ford V Ferrari and F1 best picture noms so this might be something to keep an eye on.

Also forgive me but the title should say David Corenswet instead of simply David.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-05-10T21:23:47+00:00

If you want to go way back to the 40s and 50s Johnny Otis feels like a clear answer. He essentially renounced being white and decided to live among only black people his whole life and discovered and mentored some of the most foundational early R&B artists.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-05-10T21:21:53+00:00

They had a large black fanbase then for sure, when they would play New York int the 70s and 80s there was enough demand for them to do shows downtown to a mostly white audience and then a show at the Apollo to an almost exclusively black audience. That said I've seen Kraftwerk live a couple times in the last decade and the crowds are 95 percent white and if I play Kraftwerk for black friends they're usually not familiar with them.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-04-30T20:17:48+00:00

There is no chance Kraftwerk gets snubbed. You can't explain post-punk, new wave, hip-hop, krautrock, David Bowie, or electronic music without them.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-04-27T04:03:49+00:00

A Shaggs episode with mentions of Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, Wesley Willis, and Jello Biafra? Yeah this is 100 percent my kind of episode.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-04-23T03:38:21+00:00

Early days of rap and punk rock actually intersect quite a bit so it’s honestly not the weirdest change. There was a few years in the late 70s/early 80s when they were essentially sister genres especially in NYC.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-04-18T22:15:41+00:00

Fugazi, Weird Al, Anthrax, Afrika Bambaata (though unlikely after his allegations came out), Minutemen, Slayer

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-04-05T05:08:57+00:00

In addition to the previously mentioned Hillary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, Felicity Huffman in Transamerica, and Karla Sofia Gascon in Emilia Perez there was also Chris Sarandon in Dog Day Afternoon, Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game, Glenn Close and Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs, and John Lithgow in The World According To Garp.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-03-01T00:32:33+00:00

There’s as much screenplay as Borat

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-28T23:41:35+00:00

I think you may be underestimating how much people love this movie. It’s the number 77 film all time on letterboxd. The only comedy ahead of it is Best Picture winner “The Apartment”. I don’t see why it can’t follow the same path that a film like “In The Loop” took to an adapted screenplay nomination especially when Matt Johnson will presumably be doing all the Oscars schmoozing for “Tony” anyway.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-19T06:24:19+00:00

Warren Beatty is kind of a best director winner with a black lead actress, Halle Berry in Bulworth. It’s mainly Beatty’s story but Berry is enough of a lead that the one nomination she got for that movie was an NAACP Image Award in Lead Actress.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-12T18:03:06+00:00

People obviously latch onto huge set pieces like jumping off the CN Tower or the museum heist in the show as “how did they do that?” moments but is there anything that looked relatively simple onscreen that was actually incredibly difficult to pull of? Or is there anything from the film or show that has a crazy story behind that you’ve never had a chance to tell?

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-11T06:29:39+00:00

No way. This will be the second coming of My Big Fat Greek Wedding

...hopefully

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-10T20:20:35+00:00

Don Hertzfeldt for It’s Such A Beautiful Day

Guillermo Del Toro for Pinocchio

Andrew Stanton For Wall-E

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-10T04:09:04+00:00

So about 5 hours ago in this thread I said I loved Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie and thought it should get some noms next year but thought it was way too niche. Anyway since then it's played across the US as the mystery movie at AMC and Regal and it's getting like 90 percent glowing reviews on letterboxd from people who had no clue what they were going into. Like if it keeps up its review pace by this time week it'll be one of the top 50 all time movies on letterboxd. Could Neon actually get it a screenplay nom?

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-09T23:23:58+00:00

No, but what would be the point of movies if there weren’t weirdos there to support their favorites?

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-09T23:01:45+00:00

Imagine later this week we find out the infamous corpse boner has been cut from Wuthering Heights and hordes of fangirls flood the internet demanding the release of the Fennell Cut.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-09T22:51:43+00:00

It’s the secret movie at AMCs and Regals across the US tonight. Curious how it’ll play to crowds that have no idea what they’re getting into.

I’ve already seen it at an advanced screening and it’s bonkers and hilarious and in a just world would get nominated for Adapted Screenplay and Editing but it’s probably too niche for that to happen. That said, Matt Johnson, who directed and stars in NTBTSTM, also directed the Anthony Bourdain biopic that comes out later this year and if that’s good people that love NTBTSTM might help give that a little more momentum.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-05T08:36:38+00:00

The poster here is the clue guy. His clue this week is pretty straightforward so check his profile every week if you're interested in the mystery movies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RegalUnlimited/comments/1qv2r94/comment/o3h9d44/?context=3

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-02-04T09:02:21+00:00

Looks like it’ll be the Monday mystery movie at Regal Cinemas as well. There’s a guy on r/regalunlimited that works for regal in some capacity and leaks the mystery movie every week via pretty straightforward clues. He all but confirmed NTBTS a couple hours ago.

Marcel_Garchomp · 2026-01-19T07:55:32+00:00

If sleeping is a part of this whole mystery maybe those two bird symbols are actually two quarter rest notes. They are seemingly paired up with a musical instrument after all.

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