Oscar nominations are this morning! I didn’t get around to doing a predictions post, so, thanks for reading these diaries, because this is what I picked in my video.
Picture: Anora, The Brutalist, Wicked, Conclave, Emilia Perez, Dune part II, A Complete Unknown, The Substance, Nickel boys, September 5
Director: Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Burger (Conclave), Brady Corbett (The Brutalist), Jacque Audillard (Emilia Perez), and Jon M Chu (Wicked)
Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brtualist), Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), Daniel Craig (Queer)
Actress: Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Carla Sofia Gazcon (Emilia Perez), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) and Marianne Jean Baptiste (Hard Truths)
Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin (A real pain), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Yura Borasov (Anora), and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Isabella Rossellini (conclave), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), and Monica Bárbaro (A Complete Unknown)
original Screenplay: Anora, A Real pain, the Brutalist, The Substance, and September 5
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave, Emilia Perez, nickel Boys, The Room Next Dor, and A Complete Unknown
Animated Feature: The Wild Robot, inside out 2, Flow, Memoir Of A Snail, and Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Documentary: no other Land, Sugar cane, Daughters, Dahomey, and Soundtrack To A Coup d’tate
Those are just some of the big ones. We’ll see how I do.
TV Shows Watched: Prime Target: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Whiskey On the Beach: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, St Dennis Medical: S1E? (Peacock) with audio description, Will Trent: S3E3 (Hulu) with audio description, and Wags To Riches: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description
No Movies.
Best Episode: St Dennis Medical- I do like this show, and of the five, I would give this one the edge. it is actually last week’s episode. I’m a week behind. So, this one has stories involving solving gang violence to faking an arm for a blood drive.
Best Performance: Josh Wilson (St Dennis Medical)- Bruce stole the show this week with his entire storyline where he was the only staff member needed for a blood drive so the hospital to achieve a 100% donation ratio, and he did everything to try and avoid it, including a fake arm.
Best Audio Description- WAGS to Riches- Don’t laugh. But, this has some really good audio description, considering it is another reality show following semi-wealthy fame-adjacent females. The descriptions of the ladies was surprisingly strong, and there was ample description in the show. This is not my cup of tea, but I recognize the audio description across the board was solid.
Best Moment Of Audio description: Best Moment Of Audio Description: Prime Target- both the opening and ending were strong. The moment features two characters who aren’t really a part of the show, during a disaster. The final moments feature a surprise, and I loved the note about the cameras able to see it.
Worst Of…- Of course I’m tagging Hulu for once again promoting a new show, that is an import, with no audio description. Is this really an original? If it is, put a ring on it in the form of audio description. Whiskey On the Beach is in Russian, and totally pointless.
