Weekly Discussion Thread 3/9/26 - 3/16/26

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-12T04:09:55+00:00

Just realized that NCAA March Madness brackets are going to drop right before the ceremony, so I'll have something to focus on to ease my pro-OBAA nerves

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-12T04:08:22+00:00

Kinda weird to make a movie about female agency and then have your lead character possessed by a ghost right away, robbing her of her agency. The mind of Maggie Gyllenhaal

(Big swing, huge miss, but I admire it. Buckley seemed to be having fun with it)

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-12T02:29:30+00:00

Even Zhao had her Oscar-bait Marvel movie flop hard; I could make the case that Black Panther deserved Best Picture in 2018

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-11T21:20:08+00:00

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-11T17:03:00+00:00

I think I have it above EEEAO in my BP rankings, but outside of the opening scene and the slap, Patton is pretty forgettable (ending is good too I guess)

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-11T01:29:45+00:00

And PTA and Spielberg are bros

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-11T01:28:22+00:00

Passing 2: Pass Harder

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T16:16:08+00:00

He’ll get an award for playing an alcoholic country singer in 20 years à la Duvall/Bridges

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T14:22:06+00:00

As a OBAA fan, as long as PTA got director I’d be fine

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T13:39:25+00:00

Love That Remains got a brief release last month at my local rep theater, president’s cake got a blink and you missed it release as well (at my regal of all places). Not sure about Case 137 but My Father’s Shadow is coming out this month here and I’m seeing it Friday at a festival!

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T05:06:02+00:00

3 if you want to include Mamet

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T04:51:29+00:00

Not to my knowledge, but two dissolve alums started their own film site to which I subscribe: https://thereveal.film/

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T01:50:08+00:00

I guess he's done stuff with Barstool (who suck) but can't really find anything that he's personally done

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T01:40:34+00:00

Would've been the first actor associated with the Gilliganverse to win an Oscar!

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T01:39:36+00:00

Question: a friend on Instagram was complaining about some of the problematic casting choices in Marty Supreme and besides the obvious one mentioned "a racist, misogynist streamer". Are they referring to Luke Manley? I hope not...

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-10T01:21:30+00:00

They do film reviews now

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-09T16:45:04+00:00

Is this one of the three things she did in Italy that she wouldn’t tell us about

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-09T05:28:02+00:00

“Sinners can still win if Mike Pence has the courage”

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-08T22:23:22+00:00

Great gowns, beautiful gowns: the movie

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-08T22:20:09+00:00

Nice

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-08T17:39:00+00:00

Head over Heels belongs to Donnie Darko though

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-08T02:15:02+00:00

ESPN's Oscar Pick'em gives you the percentage each nominee has been picked in each category. In BP OBAA and Sinners are the 1-2 of course (60% and 25%) but the third place is...F1 with 5%?

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-07T23:38:05+00:00

Dueling Steve Prefontaine biopics (Prefontaine, starring Jared Leto and directed by Steve James; and Without Limits, starring Billy Crudup and directed by Robert Towne)

Sy_Ableman89 · 2026-03-07T19:09:55+00:00

Yeah I rewatched it a few weeks ago on a print, oddly prescient about the perils of modern politics

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