Try to nail 300 points on the 2018 Academy Awards.

This is a confidence list.

There are 24 categories.

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2024, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2015.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.

Previous Scores
2017 – 226
2016 – 246
2015 – 208
2014 – 271
2013 – 257
2012 – 256
2011 – 246

This year’s picks …

24 Animated – Coco

23 Actor – Gary Oldman

22 Director – Guillermo del Toro

21 Visual Effects – War for the Planet of the Apes

20 Writing (Adapted) – Call Me by Your Name

19 Music (original song) – Remember Me – Coco

18 Makeup & Hairstyling – Darkest Hour

17 Actress – Fances McDormand

16 Actor in a Supporting Role – Sam Rockwell

15 Sound Editing – Dunkirk

14 Sound Mixing – Dunkirk

13 Actress in a Supporting Role – Allison Janey

12 Production Design – The Shape of Water

11 Music (Original Score) – The Shape of Water

10 Costume Design – Phantom Thread

09 Cinematography – Blade Runner 2049

08 Foreign Language Film – A Fantastic Woman

07 Short Film (Animated) – Dear Basketball

06 Writing (Original) – Get Out

05 Film Editing – Baby Driver

04 Best Picture – The Shape of Water

03 Documentary Feature – Icarus

02 Documentary Short – Heaven is Traffic Jam on the 405

01 Short Film (Live Action) – DeKalb Elementary

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Here are the results for the 16th Annual TSR Movie Awards.
Thank you to the 228 movie fans from around the world who voted in the awards this year.

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Best Blockbuster
7.96 Thor: Ragnarok
7.91 Wonder Woman
7.85 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7.60 Spider-Man: Homecoming
7.26 It
7.10 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
6.78 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
5.63 Beauty and the Beast
4.70 Despciable Me 3
4.64 Justice League

Funniest
8.02 Thor: Ragnarok
7.64 The Big Sick
7.05 The Disaster Artist
6.93 Spider-Man: Homecoming
6.79 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
6.57 Girls Trip
6.43 Ingrid Goes West
6.43 Brigsby Bear
5.50 The Little Hours

Scariest
7.75 Get Out
7.49 It
7.11 Gerald’s Game
6.50 Split
6.42 mother!
6.26 It Comes At Night
5.83 Annabelle: Creation
5.57 Happy Death Day
5.38 Life
4.90 47 Meters Down

Saddest
7.89 The Florida Project
7.72 Call Me By Your Name
7.42 Stronger
7.41 Wonder
6.87 Hostiles
6.61 The Big Sick
6.02 The Zookeeper’s Wife
5.83 Gifted
5.81 It Comes at Night
5.76 Thank You for Your Service
5.38 A Dog’s Purpose

Best Music
8.33 Baby Driver
8.20 Phantom Thread
8.02 Coco
7.86 Call Me By Your Name
7.72 Blade Runner 2049
7.59 The Greatest Showman
7.50 Dunkirk
7.48 The Shape of Water
7.27 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
7.16 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.71 Thor: Ragnarok
6.44 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
6.18 Beauty and the Beast

Best Action Hero/Villain/Superhuman
8.88 Wonder Woman – Wonder Woman
8.41 Logan – Logan
7.94 John Wick – John Wick: Chapter Two
7.93 Rey – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7.74 Laura – Logan
7.72 Spider-Man – Spider-Man: Homecoming
7.70 Thor – Thor: Ragnarok
7.66 Luke Skywalker – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7.62 K – Blade Runner 2049
7.48 Kylo Ren – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7.44 Charles – Logan
7.28 Valkyrie – Thor: Ragnarok
7.14 Yondu – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.04 Lorraine Broughton – Atomic Blonde
7.03 Batman – The LEGO Batman Movie
7.02 Hulk – Thor: Ragnarok
6.92 Rick Deckard – Blade Runner 2049
6.47 Spencer – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
6.01 Flash – Justice League
5.95 Ego – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Most Disappointing (high score means VERY disappointed)
8.24 Suburbicon
7.82 The Snowman
7.79 The Dark Tower
7.59 The Circle
6.89 The Mummy
6.78 Justice League
6.76 Ghost in the Shell
6.73 The Book of Henry
6.53 Snatched
6.28 Bright
6.06 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
5.85 Kingsman: The Golden Circle
5.51 The House
5.26 Alien Covenant
4.50 T2 Trainspotting

Best Ending
8.68 Get Out
8.45 Coco
8.31 Call Me By Your Name
7.98 Lady Bird
7.78 The Big Sick
7.30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.86 Hostiles
6.73 It
6.17 The Disaster Artist
5.90 Life

Best Animated
8.76 Coco
7.32 The LEGO Batman Movie
7.14 Loving Vincent
7.05 The Breadwinner
6.06 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
5.53 Cars 3
5.37 Ferdinand
5.07 The Boss Baby
4.93 The LEGO Ninjago Movie
4.80 Despicable Me 3

Best Visuals: Special Effects
8.50 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8.19 The Shape of Water
7.97 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
7.84 Thor: Ragnarok
7.77 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.58 Wonder Woman
7.42 Spider-Man: Homecoming
7.38 Kong: Skull Island
6.50 Stronger
6.38 I, Tonya
6.36 Beauty and the Beast
5.82 Downsizing
4.94 Justice League

Best Visuals: Non-Special Effects
9.19 Blade Runner 2049
8.94 Dunkirk
8.09 Phantom Thread
8.02 Baby Driver
7.66 Get Out
7.46 Mudbound
7.11 Darkest Hour
6.98 Wonder

Best Screenplay: Adapted
8.40 Call Me By Your Name
8.16 Logan
8.06 Wonder
7.79 Molly’s Game
7.45 Wonder Woman
7.38 Mudbound
7.30 Stronger
7.17 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.97 The Disaster Artist

Best Screenplay: Original
8.81 Get Out
8.61 Lady Bird
8.35 The Big Sick
7.96 Phantom Thread
7.88 The Shape of Water
7.65 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7.56 I, Tonya
7.41 Dunkirk
6.75 Brigsby Bear
6.71 Darkest Hour

Best Supporting Actress
8.78 Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
8.22 Allison Janney – I, Tonya
8.07 Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
8.00 Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
7.06 Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
7.06 Julia Roberts – Wonder
6.91 Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
6.85 Rosamund Pike – Hostiles
6.72 Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
6.51 Hong Chau – Downsizing

Best Supporting Actor
8.76 Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
8.16 Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8.12 Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
7.85 Patrick Stewart – Logan
7.81 Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
7.69 Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7.42 Ray Romano – The Big Sick
7.30 Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water
7.05 Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World

Best Actress
8.66 Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
8.50 Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
8.47 Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8.27 Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
8.03 Vicky Krieps – Phantom Thread
7.88 Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
7.73 Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman
7.61 Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
7.41 Meryl Streep – The Post
7.19 Jennifer Lawrence – mother!
6.72 Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes

Best Actor
8.62 Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
8.32 Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
8.28 Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
8.14 Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
7.96 Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger
7.94 Robert Pattinson – Good Time
7.92 Hugh Jackman – Logan
7.57 James McAvoy – Split
7.52 Jacob Tremblay – Wonder
6.95 James Franco – The Disaster Artist
6.93 Christian Bale – Hostiles
6.58 Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Best Acting – Entire Cast
8.70 Lady Bird
8.56 Call Me By Your Name
8.48 Get Out
8.47 Phantom Thread
8.41 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8.22 The Shape of Water
8.11 I, Tonya
8.04 The Florida Project
8.00 The Big Sick
7.73 The Post
7.65 Wonder
7.56 Dunkirk
7.48 Stronger
7.45 Baby Driver
7.34 Logan Lucky
7.31 Darkest Hour
6.90 The Disaster Artist

Best Film of 2017
8.54 Get Out
8.22 Lady Bird
8.18 Call Me By Your Name
7.96 Phantom Thread
7.95 Dunkirk
7.89 The Shape of Water
7.71 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7.70 The Big Sick
7.68 The Florida Project
7.51 I, Tonya
7.40 Wonder
7.39 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7.32 Baby Driver
7.29 Wonder Woman
7.05 The Post
6.91 Stronger
6.79 Darkest Hour
6.36 The Disaster Artist

Quote of the Year
27.49% “Then let me say one more thing. It’ll clear the air. I may have come close, but I never had what you two have. Something always held me back or stood in the way. How you live your life is your business, just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. And before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now, there’s sorrow, pain. Don’t kill it and with it the joy you’ve felt.” Michael Stuhlbarg as Mr. Pearlman – Call Me by Your Name
18.13% “I’m TS-motherfuckin’-A. We handle shit. That’s what we do. Consider this situation fuckin’ handled.” LilRel Howery as Rod Williams – Get Out
18.13% “I’m Mary Poppins, y’all!” Michael Rooker as Yondu – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
14.62% “This will not turn out the way you think.” Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5.85% “When he looks at me he does not know how I am incomplete. He sees me as I am.” Richard Jenkins as Gile – The Shape of Water
4.68% “I did not hit her. It’s not true. It’s bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not… Oh, hi, Mark.” James Franco as Tommy Wiseau – The Disaster Artist
4.09% “Girl, you can’t get no infection in your booty hole. It’s a booty hole.” Tiffany Haddish as Dina – Girls Trip
3.51% “I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.” Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson – Lady Bird
3.51% “Love, love isn’t easy. That’s why they call it love.” Ray Ramano as Terry – The Big Sick

Actress of the Year
44.65% Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water, Maudie, Paddington 2
22.01% Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman, Justice League
18.87% Margot Robbie – I, Tonya, Goodbye Christopher Robin
13.84% Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Murder on the Orient Express
0.63% Kate Winslet – Wonder Wheel, The Mountain Between Us

Actor of the Year
23.46% Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water, The Post
21.60% Hugh Jackman – Logan, The Greastest Showman
17.28% Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Hostiles
12.35% Caleb Landry Jones – Get Out, The Florida Project, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, American Made
9.26% Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Brigsby Bear
5.56% Bradley Whitford – Get Out, Megan Leavey, The Post
4.94% Tracey Letts – Lady Bird, The Lovers, The Post
3.09% John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Detriot, The Circle
2.47% Matt Damon – Downsizing, Suburbicon, The Great Wall, Thor: Ragnarok

Which actress should go to the Hall of Fame?
23.30% Amy Adams
20.45% Jodie Foster
15.91% Kathy Bates
11.36% Charlize Theron
10.23% Jane Fonda
7.95% Joan Crawford
6.25% Jennifer Connelly
4.55% Naomi Watts

Actresses now in the Hall of Fame
Amy Adams, Julie Andrews, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, Judi Dench, Sally Field, Carrie Fisher, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Michelle Pfieffer, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Vanessa Redgrave, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, and Reese Witherspoon

Which actor should go to the Hall of Fame?
29.38% Harrison Ford
20.90% Sidney Poitier
16.38% Samuel L. Jackson
12.99% Heath Ledger
9.60% Laurence Olivier
6.78% Christian Bale
2.26% Will Smith
1.69% Dwayne Johnson

Actors currently in the Hall of Fame
Michael Caine, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Ralph Fiennes, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Alan Rickman, Kevin Spacey, Jimmy Stewart, Denzel Washington, and Robin Williams

Which film should go to the Hall of Fame?
22.22% Psycho
18.13% Citizen Kane
14.62% No Country for Old Men
13.45% To Kill a Mockingbird
11.70% Raising Arizona
11.70% One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
8.19% Brokeback Mountain
0.00% Tootsie

Films now in the Hall of Fame
American Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner, Braveheart, Casablanca, Dead Poets Society, The Departed, The Empire Strikes Back, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Gladiator , The Godfather, The Godfather II, The Graduate, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, The Princess Bride, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Se7en, Star Wars, Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, Toy Story, Usual Suspects, When Harry Met Sally, The Wizard of Oz

That’s it. That’s the list.

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Here are my official choices. They have been bolded and italicized.

BEST PICTURE
The Big Sick
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger
Tom Hanks – The Post
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Meryl Streep – The Post

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart – Logan
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Mckenna Grace – Gifted
Dafne Keen – Logan
Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay – Wonder

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Steven Spielberg – The Post

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer – The Post
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele – Get Out

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Disaster Artist
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound
Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game
Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, Stephen Chbosky – Wonder

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen – The Shape of Water
Rachel Morrison – Mudbound
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Call Me By Your Name

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin – The Shape of Water
Jim Clay, Rebecca Alleway – Murder on the Orient Express
Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis – Dunkirk
Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola – Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Beauty and the Beast
Mark Tildesley, Véronique Melery – Phantom Thread

BEST EDITING
Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar – The Post
Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos – Baby Driver
Lee Smith – Dunkirk
Joe Walker – Blade Runner 2049
Sidney Wolinsky – The Shape of Water

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Renée April – Blade Runner 2049
Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread
Jacqueline Durran – Beauty and the Beast
Lindy Hemming – Wonder Woman
Luis Sequeira – The Shape of Water

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Wonder

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Baby Driver
Logan
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman

BEST COMEDY
The Big Sick
The Disaster Artist
Girls Trip
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Ragnarok
Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Zoe Kazan – The Big Sick
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes

BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
It
The Shape of Water

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
The Square
Thelma

BEST SONG
Evermore – Beauty and the Beast
Mystery of Love – Call Me By Your Name
Remember Me – Coco
Stand Up for Something – Marshall
This Is Me – The Greatest Showman

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
Dario Marianelli – Darkest Hour
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer – Blade Runner 2049
John Williams – The Post
Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk

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15th Annual TSR Movie Awards

Here are the results for the 15th Annual TSR Movie Awards.
Thank you to the 265 movie fans from across the nation voted in the awards this year.

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Best Blockbuster
7.82 Zootopia
7.66 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.36 Captain America: Civil War
7.22 Deadpool
6.77 Finding Dory
6.68 The Jungle Book
5.40 The Secret Life of Pets
5.35 Sing
4.29 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3.85 Suicide Squad

Funniest
7.93 The Nice Guys
7.35 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
7.34 Deadpool
6.91 Zootopia
6.55 Hail, Caesar!
6.48 Don’t Think Twice
6.22 Keanu
6.11 Sausage Party
5.94 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
5.87 Central Intelligence
5.63 Ghostbusters
4.38 Why Him?

Scariest
8.08 The Witch
7.14 10 Cloverfield Lane
7.10 Don’t Breathe
7.04 The Conjuring 2
6.23 Hush
6.04 Ouija: Origin of Evil
5.87 The Shallows
5.70 Lights Out
4.84 Blair Witch

Saddest
8.72 Manchester by the Sea
7.69 A Monster Calls
7.58 Lion
7.50 Moonlight
7.21 Arrival
6.69 Jackie
6.47 The Light Between Oceans
6.30 Pete’s Dragon
6.15 Midnight Special
5.90 Hacksaw Ridge

Best Music
8.49 Sing Street
8.35 La La Land
7.75 Moana
7.57 Swiss Army Man
7.25 Jackie
7.25 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
7.19 Moonlight
7.02 Lion
6.11 The Jungle Book
5.91 Sing
5.88 Passengers
5.31 Trolls
5.20 Sausage Party

Best Action Hero/Villain/Superhuman
7.84 Deadpool – Deadpool
7.33 Captain America – Captain America: Civil War
7.28 Doctor Strange – Doctor Strange
7.25 K-2SO – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6.93 Jyn Erso – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6.88 Chirrut Îmwe – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6.54 Iron Man – Captain America: Civil War
6.53 The Ancient One – Doctor Strange
6.27 Orson Krennic – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5.73 Harley Quinn – Suicide Squad
5.73 Jason Bourne – Jason Bourne
5.61 Chisolm – The Magnificent Seven
5.51 Josh Faraday – The Magnificent Seven
5.36 Batman – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
4.96 Deadshot – Suicide Squad
4.17 Superman – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Most Disappointing (high score means VERY disappointed)
7.87 Suicide Squad
7.60 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
7.37 Independence Day: Resurgence
6.34 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
5.68 Warcraft
5.42 Ghostbusters
4.72 The BFG

Best Ending
8.39 Arrival
8.29 La La Land
7.92 Green Room
7.76 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.74 Sing Street
7.58 Moonlight
7.16 A Monster Calls
7.00 10 Cloverfield Lane
6.48 Swiss Army Man

Best Animated
8.41 Kubo and the Two Strings
8.16 Zootopia
7.57 Moana
7.03 The Red Turtle
7.02 Finding Dory
6.16 Kung Fu Panda 3
5.79 Sausage Party
5.59 Sing
5.47 The Secret Life of Pets
5.18 Trolls
4.33 The Angry Birds Movie

Best Visuals: Special Effects
8.50 Doctor Strange
8.29 Arrival
8.22 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.47 A Monster Calls
7.39 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.38 Captain America: Civil War
6.84 Deadpool
5.86 Ghostbusters

Best Visuals: Non-Special Effects
8.38 Arrival
8.30 La La Land
8.16 Silence
7.90 Moonlight
7.31 Swiss Army Man
7.28 Jackie
7.18 Lion

Best Screenplay: Adapted
8.39 Arrival
8.06 Moonlight
7.48 Silence
7.38 Lion
7.24 Fences
7.12 Hidden Figures
6.91 A Monster Calls
6.82 Nocturnal Animals
6.72 Love and Friendship
6.36 Hacksaw Ridge

Best Screenplay: Original
8.36 Manchester by the Sea
7.77 La La Land
7.89 Hell or High Water
6.95 Jackie
7.06 20th Century Women
7.92 The Lobster
6.94 Captain Fantastic
7.54 Zootopia
7.21 Swiss Army Man

Best Supporting Actress
8.56 Viola Davis – Fences
7.83 Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
7.67 Naomie Harris – Moonlight
7.22 Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
7.19 Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
7.18 Janelle Monáe – Moonlight
7.04 Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
6.66 Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
6.50 Nicole Kidman – Lion

Best Supporting Actor
8.55 Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
8.06 John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane
7.66 Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
7.66 Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
7.59 Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
7.55 Dev Patel – Lion
7.42 Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
7.40 Russell Crowe – The Nice Guys
7.34 Daniel Radcliffe – Swiss Army Man
6.71 Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Actress
8.49 Isabelle Huppert – Elle
8.36 Amy Adams – Arrival
8.10 Natalie Portman – Jackie
8.07 Emma Stone – La La Land
7.74 Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
7.50 Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
7.38 Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
7.28 Ruth Negga – Loving
7.19 Mary Elizabeth Winstead – 10 Cloverfield Lane
6.93 Sally Field – My Name is Doris
6.76 Kate Beckinsale – Love and Friendship
6.66 Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
6.11 Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train

Best Actor
8.53 Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
7.96 Denzel Washington – Fences
7.96 Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
7.68 Ryan Gosling – La La Land
7.67 Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
7.38 Ferdia Walsh-Peelo – Sing Street
7.34 Chris Pine – Hell or High Water
7.20 Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
7.08 Paul Dano – Swiss Army Man
7.04 Tom Hanks – Sully
6.87 Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

Best Acting – Entire Cast
8.71 Manchester by the Sea
8.61 Moonlight
8.19 Arrival
8.09 La La Land
8.08 Fences
8.06 The Nice Guys
8.05 Hell or High Water
7.95 Green Room
7.87 Sing Street
7.65 Hidden Figures
7.58 Lion
7.47 20th Century Women
7.29 Captain Fantastic
7.26 Swiss Army Man
7.16 Jackie
6.42 Hacksaw Ridge

Best Film of 2016
8.40 Arrival
8.31 La La Land
8.18 Moonlight
8.11 Manchester by the Sea
7.92 Sing Street
7.70 Green Room
7.70 Hell or High Water
7.54 The Nice Guys
7.40 Lion
7.26 Hidden Figures
7.14 Fences
7.00 Jackie
6.98 20th Century Women
6.93 Swiss Army Man
6.72 Captain Fantastic
6.59 Hacksaw Ridge

Quote of the Year
21.2% “Would that it were so simple.” Alden Ehrenreich as Hobey Doyle – Hail, Caesar!
19.3% “Sweetheart, how many times have I told you? Don’t say ‘and stuff,’ just say, ‘Dad, there are whores here.'” Ryan Gosling as Holland – The Nice Guys
9.4% “Oh, hello. I know, right? Whose balls did I have to fondle to get my very own movie? I can’t tell you, but it does rhyme with “Polverine.” Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool – Deadpool
9.4% “Every time we have a chance to get ahead they move the finish line. Every time.” Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson – Hidden Figures
7.1% “At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you’re going to be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.” Mahershala Ali as Juan – Moonlight
7.1% “If you must blink, do it now. Pay careful attention to everything you see and hear, no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned, if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish.” Art Parkinson as Kubo – Kubo and the Two Strings
5.2% “This is the dream! It’s conflict and it’s compromised, it’s very, very exciting.” Ryan Gosling as Sebastian – La La Land
4.7% “Now that’s a proper introduction.” Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Banks – Arrival
4.7% “I’ve been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But not my boys, not anymore.” Chris Pine as Toby Howard – Hell or High Water
4.2% “We may be evolved, but deep down we are still animals.” Alan Tudyk as Duke Weaselton – Zootopia
3.3% “Crazy is building your ark after the flood has already come.” John Goodman as Howard – 10 Cloverfield Lane
2.4% “Manny, I think your penis is guiding us home. It’s magic.” Paul Dano as Hank – Swiss Army Man
1.9% “I don’t want to take up a ton of your time, but I’m going to kill myself. I just thought an adult should know.” Haliee Steinfeld as Nadine – The Edge of Seventeen

Actress of the Year
38.1% Amy Adams – Arrival, Nocturnal Animals, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
13.9% Janelle Monáe – Moonlight, Hidden Figures
10.8% Scarlett Johansson – Hail Caesar!, Captain America: Civil War, Sing, The Jungle Book
9.3% Viola Davis – Fences, Suicide Squad
8.2% Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Monster Calls, Inferno
7.2% Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women
6.2% Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women, Jackie, Weiner-Dog
6.2% Tilda Swinton – Doctor Strange, Hail Caesar!

Actor of the Year
51.3% Ryan Gosling – La La Land, The Nice Guys
13.2% Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge, Silence
11.7% Michale Shannon – Midnight Special, Loving, Nocturnal Animals
8.6% Denzel Washington – Fences, The Magnificent Seven
7.6% Adam Driver – Midnight Special, Silence, Paterson
5.1% Michael Fassbender – X-Men: Apocalypse, The Light Between the Oceans, Assassin’s Creed
2.5% Ben Affleck – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Accountant, Live by Night, Suicide Squad

Which actress should go to the Hall of Fame?
31.3% Carrie Fisher
18.2% Sigourney Weaver
15.4% Debbie Reynolds
11.2% Bette Davis
7.5% Elizabeth Taylor
7.5% Charlize Theron
6.1% Kathy Bates
2.8% Jane Fonda

Actresses now in the Hall of Fame
Julie Andrews, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, Judi Dench, Sally Field, Carrie Fisher, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Michelle Pfieffer, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Vanessa Redgrave, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, and Reese Witherspoon

Which actor should go to the Hall of Fame?
26.2% Alan Rickman
24.3% Marlon Brando
13.6% Harrison Ford
13.1% Jeff Bridges
7.9% Sidney Poitier
7.0% Samuel L. Jackson
5.6% Heath Ledger
2.3% Robert Downey Jr.

Actors currently in the Hall of Fame
Michael Caine, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Ralph Fiennes, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Alan Rickman, Kevin Spacey, Jimmy Stewart, Denzel Washington, and Robin Williams

Which film should go to the Hall of Fame?
34.4% The Godfather II
18.4% No Country for Old Men
17.0% Inception
9.9% Raising Arizona
9.0% The Sixth Sense
4.7% The Jerk
4.2% Rain Man
2.4% The Artist

Films now in the Hall of Fame
American Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner, Braveheart, Casablanca, Dead Poets Society, The Departed, The Empire Strikes Back, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Gladiator , The Godfather, The Godfather II, The Graduate, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, The Princess Bride, Pulp Fiction, Se7en, Star Wars, Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, Toy Story, Usual Suspects, When Harry Met Sally, The Wizard of Oz

That’s it. That’s the list.

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Try to nail 300 points on the 2017 Academy Awards.

This is a confidence list.

There are 24 categories.

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2024, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2015.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.

Previous Scores
2016 – 246
2015 – 208
2014 – 271
2013 – 257
2012 – 256
2011 – 246

If you don’t fully understand the rules, here are my Oscar predictions below.

Oscar Bowling 2016

24 – Score – La La Land

23 – Director – Damien Chazelle – La La Land

22 – Supporting Actress – Viola Davis – Fences

21 – Production Design – La La Land

20 – Makeup and Hairstyling – Star Trek Beyond

19 – Cinematography – La La Land

18 – Film Editing – La La Land

17 – Original Screenplay – Manchester by the Sea

16 – Adapted Screenplay – Moonlight

15 – Animated Feature – Zootopia

14 – Documentary Feature – O.J. Made in America

13 – Picture – La La Land

12 – Actress – Emma Stone – La La Land

11 – Supporting Actor – Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

10 – Song – City of Stars – La La Land

09 – Visual Effects – The Jungle Book

08 – Sound Editing – La La Land

07 – Sound Mixing – La La Land

06 – Foreign Language Film – The Salesman

05 – Costume Design – Jackie

04 – Actor – Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

03 – Animated Short – Blind Vaysha

02 – Documentary Short – Joe’s Violin

01 – Live Action Short – Sing

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Sundance Film Festival 2017 Reviews

Landline

Plot (courtesy of Sundance):

U.S.A., 2017, 100 min., color

Two sisters come of age in ’90s New York when they discover their dad’s affair—and it turns out he’s not the only cheater in the family. Everyone still smokes inside, no one has a cell phone, and the Jacobs finally connect through lying, cheating, and hibachi.

DIRECTOR: Gillian Robespierre

SCREENWRITERS: Elisabeth Holm, Gillian Robespierre

PRINCIPAL CAST: Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, Finn Wittrock

Review: With Robespierre’s feature debut, Obvious Child, there was a singular path which was to follow Donna (Slate) through her path to an abortion. It was a fantastic film with a specific focus. Landline is set in the ’90s and is a little messy. This works quite well because besides reminding us about pay phones and eyebrow piercings, it’s about infidelity. It doesn’t get much messier than that.

Dana (Slate) is engaged to Ben (Duplass). She’s having cold feet and drifts to a former crush. Dana’s dad, Alan (Turturro), is writing beautiful poetry to someone other than his wife (Falco). Stuck in this messy family is Ali (Quinn) who is up to the task of playing off of the extraordinary charismatic Slate, as sisters who are reconnecting through family mistakes. Honestly, I love Slate. She has such a loving freedom on screen. She snorts, and charms me. She cheats, and (almost) charms me. There are a few moments when I want more comeuppance in this film, but the journey of this family can ring true for a variety of people, not just New Yorkers, and not just those that are products of the ’90s.

Thankfully this film is stronger than the annoying subject of infidelity. There are plenty of powerful moments that can occur because of cheating partners, but it always has the inevitable selfishness and pain. Robespierre handles it like Slate acts, with a comfortable casualness. This isn’t to say the film takes cheating lightly, but Robespierre continues to play difficult subjects authentically.

It’s always nice to find a new director you can trust, and be excited for the next one. Robespierre is there for me now after two films. Hopefully, she keeps bringing Slate along for the ride.

Score: 7

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Sundance Film Festival 2017 Reviews

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Plot (courtesy of Sundance):

U.S.A., 2016, 97 min., color

When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves, alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Macon Blair

PRINCIPAL CAST: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye

Review: It feels like director/writer Blair went to school when he was working with director/writer Jeremy Saulnier. This is a wonderful thing for the film title that you should say over and over again until you officially have it memorized, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. It is such a strong start for a director that it’s hard not to think about his influences. Thankfully, that can be after enjoying the hell out of this movie.

Everyone’s favorite (I swear I haven’t met anyone at Sundance who doesn’t light up when you say her name), Lynskey, gives an incredibly strong performance as Ruth. She’s a nurse who is sick of the assholes in the world. The film starts with all of the little things that do (or should) drive us nuts about other people happening over and over again to her. You know it’s just a matter of time before she snaps. She joins up with Tony (Wood) after throwing dog shit in his direction. Don’t worry, he deserved it. This is the kind of character that seems perfect for Wood, though I can’t say I’ve seen this side of him. He’s angry, remorseful, shy, Christian, and ready to punch. Tony ends up being the motivation for Ruth to not take anyone’s crap anymore. She doesn’t realize the darkness that truly lurks near her.

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore keeps turning up a notch, with Blair getting great performances from actors I didn’t recognize. There are guns, knives, snakes, and at the center Ruth is having a push and pull with whether she wants to be in this deep or is being dragged down.

When a coach has an assistant or former player do well, the coach is referenced. Blair might have this happen for a while with Saulnier. Who the hell cares? This is good art, and a very strong directorial debut. It’s also a title I will (hopefully) remember.

Score: 8

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Sundance Film Festival 2017 Reviews

Ingrid Goes West

Plot (courtesy of Sundance):

U.S.A., 2016, 97 min., color
A young woman becomes obsessed with an Instagram “influencer” and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life.

DIRECTOR: Matt Spicer
SCREENWRITERS: Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith
PRINCIPAL CAST: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen

Review: The films about being obsessed with social media won’t stop. They will keep getting liked, shared and redone. Thankfully, a quality filmmaker, screenwriter and cast will always be able to shine a proper light on the subject and that is exactly what Ingrid Goes West is able to pull off.

Ingrid (Plaza) has just lost her mom and attaches herself on Instagram to anyone who will give her a hint of reason. That leads her to Los Angeles and clinging to Taylor who leads the perfect online life. It’s easy to see where we are eventually heading with stalking, but the film doesn’t feel weighted down by inevitably, instead it keeps finding wonderful commentary on our society through these well thought out characters (instead of big speeches on the compulsion of an online life).

Plaza is perfect as the Single White Female in the making. More importantly, we don’t ever get too much beyond the surface of Taylor, which is the point. She is not nearly as obsessive as Ingrid, but it feels like they are dealing with the same problem of living an authentic life, or at least having the perception of one. Ezra (Russell) is the LA artist married to Taylor. He sees the flaws of where his life with Taylor is leading, but grabs a bottle, drinks, and continues to go along for the ride. Stealing the show is Jackson as Dan, who continues to prove he’s an actor who will be around for a long time, and not because Ice Cube is his dad. Dan is a landlord/screenwriter with his own infatuation, which is Batman. He is the most present person in the film, but still distances himself from reality. There are many toss away lines from Jackson that become the funniest moments of the film.

Any sort of stalker film has the eventual problem of the “fall from grace” moment, but Ingrid Goes West deals with it quite well. Taylor’s brother Nicky shows up and escalates the crazy. The ending gets a little messy when you start to add up Ingrid’s money situation, if police should be involved, or how this all could work out, but I was truly satisfied when walking away from this film.

If you have thought, rethought, typed, deleted, then finally posted something only to wait for the approval of a “like” and felt true joy from that, then Ingrid Goes West is a movie you should sit with for an hour and a half.

Score: 7

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Here are a select few of the films that notable film personalities and critics have had me watch…

Drew McWeeny chooses Dead Man.

Drew McWeeny of Hitfix.com is our first guest, and he chose Dead Man, saying it somehow is connected to the Dreamworks animated film Home, which opens March 27.

It’s time to get things started.

McWeeny explains: So why Dead Man?

When I have the entire sum total of every movie Jeff Bayer has not seen to choose from, and I choose Dead Man, it’s a fair question. What makes that movie special? Why should that film be seen by everyone, much less by Bayer specifically?

For one thing, when I bitch in public about feeling let down by Johnny Depp’s choices for the last decade, Dead Man is the best example of why I consider his current work so problematic. Jim Jarmusch’s meditative joke about the death of the American Mythic West is full of tremendously talented actors playing all sorts of roles, and none of that works unless the figure at the center of things can hold it all together. Depp is tremendous as William Blake, a man who feels completely lost and helpless as he wanders this blasted hellscape.
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Amy Nicholson chooses All About Eve.

“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” (Nicholson explains): All About Eve is hit-the-brakes fantastic, a movie so good that you shouldn’t watch anything else until you cue it on Netflix. For film fans who are just starting to get into the classic Hollywood canon, or have heard that Davis is one of the best actresses this city ever had, this is where to start.

Davis plays Margo Channing, a theater star as big and frightening on Broadway as she herself was in pictures. She’s got mean quips and big moments — the infamous, “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” But she’s also vulnerable, loving, and calculatedly restrained. In her first scene at an awards banquet for an ingenue she despises, Davis channels her disdain just by blinking. And if you’re a Gone Girl fan, listen to Anne Baxter’s scheming Eve Harrington — you can hear where Rosamund Pike borrowed her numbed line readings.
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Vince Mancini chooses Seconds.

“What kind of man is he? There’s grace in the line and color, but it doesn’t emerge pure.” (Mancini explains): I first saw Seconds in college, in a film class taught by Jean-Pierre Gorin, a guy who used to work with Godard in the ’70s. But at the time, I knew him only as “JP,” an insane Frenchman who’d waltz into class late, chugging a massive latte, who would openly ogle students and was given to pronouncements like “Sir, you are a cretin, you are nevair alload to speak een my class again,” and “Teacheeng eez not about being bored, or boring, eez about the the grand clowning act of child molestation.” Needless to say, I loved that man. I didn’t share his tastes on all films, but one he showed that always stuck with me was Seconds.

The easiest way to describe Seconds is that it’s like American Beauty meets The Matrix, but better than both. It’s a trippy sci-fi film about something so grounded — suburban ennui. If you think about it in terms of its historical context (it came out in 1966), it’s one of the best expressions of the existential angst that American life produced in the ’50s and early ’60s. America in the ’50s was the most comparatively wealthy country in the history of the world. You could earn enough to have more than you ever even knew you wanted, just from working at a factory. People were prospering beyond their wildest dreams, yet a lot of them looked around and thought, “All that striving … for this? Twin beds, a fancy washer/dryer, and bridge on the weekends?”
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