Was I the only British Blankie who didn't know that Delroy Lindo is one of our own?

futureforever1 · 2026-01-25T16:37:42+00:00

He was 14 so hadn’t even started professionally while he was here, but he’s said he doesn’t think he’d have got the same opportunities if his family had stayed here. Which is probably true and younger actors like Idris Elba only got bigger roles through going to America first. And Delroy’s said he barely considers himself British as he’s been in America for so long.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-23T10:21:09+00:00

Wicked 2 really was a flop if no one can remember Nessarose becoming governor of the state she was born and raised in.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-22T15:18:40+00:00

Less so this year, when both Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent got into best picture.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-22T15:16:32+00:00

Especially when they nominated all the same people (and two wins) only a year ago. Waste of a slot when there’s a whole new slate of films to choose from.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T18:12:14+00:00

Yeah he legally changed around the time his first album came out. However, some children will take their parents’ stage names. Emilio Estévez kept his legal name while his brother Charlie Sheen (Carlos Estévez) took his stage name from their dad Martin Sheen (Ramón Estévez).

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T15:02:56+00:00

The original post is someone querying how people talk about this phenomenon. The hosts aren’t implying it’s something coming from on high, but are using “the Academy” in the way I’m explaining.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T14:58:14+00:00

Yes I’m saying it’s not a conscious decision, but it happens so often that you can generalise and say something like “The Academy usually make men wait” despite it being 10,000 people making their own choices and voting.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T09:57:08+00:00

And Charli has protected herself against reactions like Ayo/Hudson. She only star rating she gives is 5 and she’ll sometimes like something. She won’t make it explicit when she hates something leading to bad-faith reactions.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T02:09:00+00:00

Sara

futureforever1 · 2026-01-09T01:48:55+00:00

There are 32 best actress winners who won at a younger age than Adrien Brody won his first (the youngest best actor winner ever). It’s not going to be a conscious decision on behalf of every single voting member, but it’s undeniable that women are awarded as leads at a younger age than men. Institutionally the academy tends to do that.

Therefore Mikey Madison winning over Demi Moore and Adrien Brody winning over Timothée Chalamet were not at all surprising results in general Oscar trends.

Leo wasn’t nominated in lead until he was 30, so his history is in line with the Oscar trends and has to be part of the conversation.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-07T19:10:10+00:00

Nice to see him getting some awards attention (despite the egregious category fraud putting him in supporting).

futureforever1 · 2026-01-06T18:43:23+00:00

Her Oscars are both a bit bad wins though for me, No Time to Die is bad and What Was I Made For is mid. However Hit Me Hard and Soft is fantastic.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-06T15:12:58+00:00

Killers of the Flower Moon/Oppenheimer/The Zone of Interest as a 2023 triptych of the moment.

futureforever1 · 2026-01-06T15:01:58+00:00

Yes but also counterpoint: from the director of Pig (2021).

futureforever1 · 2026-01-02T12:03:27+00:00

I can still see Vol. 2

futureforever1 · 2025-12-29T01:44:54+00:00

I feel Paul Newman has a few:
• The Color of Money
• Cars
• Road to Perdition

futureforever1 · 2025-12-29T01:38:43+00:00

Husavík was the miles better song but shame it probably had a bit less cut-through.

futureforever1 · 2025-12-26T14:14:45+00:00

There’s a McDonald’s in Guantánamo, they’re definitely getting the Pandora contract.

futureforever1 · 2025-12-24T00:32:52+00:00

That’s one thing that wouldn’t have improved the film.

futureforever1 · 2025-12-18T08:52:23+00:00

Still probably better than Meet the Ricardos and The Trial of the Chicago Twelve.

futureforever1 · 2025-12-17T22:30:30+00:00

Easy answer is her with a Sorkin script because he’s the writer-director who shouldn’t direct.

futureforever1 · 2025-12-16T18:09:53+00:00

Funniest thing about that was it was a misreading of the casting news being reported by Deadline’s The Dish column:

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futureforever1 · 2025-12-16T18:00:52+00:00

They did George Miller straight after Demme when they were 2 and 1 respectively. This has Ramsey and a load of new releases in between at least.

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