Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-27 Thread Diner 
For a second there I thought you were talking about the new Channing Tatum 
comedy "Dog."

Not nominated for any Oscars. Although that's because it won't be eligible 
until next year's awards.

On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 8:08:42 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote:

> I have now seen the Dog. I don’t hate Campion, and I find Dave’s judgement 
> far too harsh. There is something of an irritating challenge in much of her 
> work though, as if she is pacing the action as slowly as possible and 
> daring the audience to complain. 
>
> I enjoyed the four main performances a lot in Dog (not enough for The 
> Batch to overtake Denzel in my judgement for Best Actor). I wonder if the 
> book comes across in the same way; the film’s only camouflage for its 
> ending is sparse dialogue and cryptic direction, rather than plot 
> complication. That is not necessarily bad, but it does not seem substantial 
> enough in this case to me to justify itself.
>
> I have now seen 6 of the nominated Best Films, and would rate Dune, 
> Macbeth, Belfast and Licorice Pizza (not in that order) ahead of Power of 
> the Dog (that’s not a knock on Dog, because I liked those 4 all very much). 
> I have to take Dave’s comment as hyperbole, as Dog is far more satisfying 
> than the Ricardo’s.
>
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his 
>> 'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all.
>>
>> Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice, 
>> apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the 
>> dullest pictures in film history.
>>
>> I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ...
>>
>> --Dave Sikula
>>
>> On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>>
>>> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to 
>>> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no 
>>> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he 
>>> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing 
>>> it I find myself thinking about it again and again.
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-27 Thread davesik...@gmail.com 
 I have to admit I find myself shocked that anyone would find my being adamant 
as hyperbole :)
I was as bored stiff by "Power of the Dog" as I was by "The Piano," so I assume 
it has to do my with not being on the same wavelength as Campion (though my 
wife, who's much more forgiving -- I mean, she married me ... - felt the same 
way).
As for the "Ricardos," as bad as it was (not "Don't Look Up"-bad, but knocking 
on the door), it at least kept me involved as I kept rolling my eyes and 
yelling at it. "Dog" just stupefied me.
--Dave Sikua

On Sunday, February 27, 2022, 05:08:44 PM PST, PGage  
wrote:  
 
 I have now seen the Dog. I don’t hate Campion, and I find Dave’s judgement far 
too harsh. There is something of an irritating challenge in much of her work 
though, as if she is pacing the action as slowly as possible and daring the 
audience to complain. 
I enjoyed the four main performances a lot in Dog (not enough for The Batch to 
overtake Denzel in my judgement for Best Actor). I wonder if the book comes 
across in the same way; the film’s only camouflage for its ending is sparse 
dialogue and cryptic direction, rather than plot complication. That is not 
necessarily bad, but it does not seem substantial enough in this case to me to 
justify itself.
I have now seen 6 of the nominated Best Films, and would rate Dune, Macbeth, 
Belfast and Licorice Pizza (not in that order) ahead of Power of the Dog 
(that’s not a knock on Dog, because I liked those 4 all very much). I have to 
take Dave’s comment as hyperbole, as Dog is far more satisfying than the 
Ricardo’s.
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV 
 wrote:

Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his 
'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all.
Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice, 
apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the dullest 
pictures in film history.
I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ...
--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to deliver 
the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no expert, but 
I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he made me feel 
like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing it I find myself 
thinking about it again and again.




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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-27 Thread PGage 
I have now seen the Dog. I don’t hate Campion, and I find Dave’s judgement
far too harsh. There is something of an irritating challenge in much of her
work though, as if she is pacing the action as slowly as possible and
daring the audience to complain.

I enjoyed the four main performances a lot in Dog (not enough for The Batch
to overtake Denzel in my judgement for Best Actor). I wonder if the book
comes across in the same way; the film’s only camouflage for its ending is
sparse dialogue and cryptic direction, rather than plot complication. That
is not necessarily bad, but it does not seem substantial enough in this
case to me to justify itself.

I have now seen 6 of the nominated Best Films, and would rate Dune,
Macbeth, Belfast and Licorice Pizza (not in that order) ahead of Power of
the Dog (that’s not a knock on Dog, because I liked those 4 all very much).
I have to take Dave’s comment as hyperbole, as Dog is far more satisfying
than the Ricardo’s.

On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his
> 'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all.
>
> Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice,
> apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the
> dullest pictures in film history.
>
> I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ...
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>
>> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to
>> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no
>> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he
>> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing
>> it I find myself thinking about it again and again.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-09 Thread davesik...@gmail.com 
 McDormand, whom I generally like, did the show live here at Berkeley Rep a few 
years ago (with some joker from Game of Thrones). Reviews were mixed: Review: 
Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory 
Theatre. I'm not a fan of the play, generally (it suffers from some of the text 
going missing over the years, apparently), and have managed to avoid the Coen 
version.

--Dave Sikula


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On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 08:00:01 AM PST, PGage  
wrote:  
 
 Clearly I strongly disagree with you on this version overall, though I do 
agree that Francis McDermott, one of our most talented actresses, is 
surprisingly less effective in her role as Lady Mac than most of the rest of 
the cast is in theirs.


On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 7:01 AM Kevin M.  wrote:

Re: MacBeth
I own multiple versions, some better, others worse. This latest version of 
MacBeth feels ham-fisted, the sort of thing somebody who wanted to mock PBS 
would point to as an example of the elite nonsense they subsidized back when I 
was a kid (“oooh, it’s in black and white, so it must be artsy!”). There was 
some decent acting, but there was also a lot of overacting. And to me the real 
star of MacBeth is Lady MacBeth, and that star didn’t shine for me in this 
version. 
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries  wrote:

The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on streamers 
either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to qualify for the 
award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director Jane 
Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and Kodi 
Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay by Campion 
from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood, sound, 
production design, cinematography, editingDUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, 
including Best Picture, adapted screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score 
by Hans Zimmer, production design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, 
costumes, editing, visual effectsKING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, 
including Best Picture, actor Will Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, 
original screenplay, Beyonce's "Be Alive" for original song, editingDON'T LOOK 
UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay, score by 
Nicholas Britell, editingBEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor 
Javier Bardem (Desi), alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor 
J.K. Simmons (Bill Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!CODA (Apple+):  3, including 
Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur, adapted screenplay from the film 
"La Famille Belier"THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia 
Colman, supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by 
Elena FerranteTHE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel 
Washington, production design, cinematographyCRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access 
day-and-date):  2, including makeup/hairstyling and costumesTICK, TICK...BOOM! 
(Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editingSINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated 
feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the Machines," animated feature 
(Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated feature (Disney+ Premier Access 
day-and-date), "The Hand of God," international feature from Italy (Netflix), 
"Summer of Soul," documentary feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short 
documentary (Netflix), "Lead Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three 
Songs for Benazir," short documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short 
(Netflix), "Coming 2 America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).
 For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a host, 
probably not Whoopi.

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-09 Thread Steve Timko 
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 4:16 PM PGage  wrote:

> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to
> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no
> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he
> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing
> it I find myself thinking about it again and again.
>

In case everyone has not seen it, Ethan Cohen reviewed Joel Cohen's MacBeth.


https://imightbewrong.substack.com/p/joel-coens-the-tragedy-of-macbeth



> Other Hot Take: As I mentioned elsewhere, if anyone deserves an award for
> the disappointing Ricardo’s, it is the amazing Nina Arianda; it is an
> outrage that she appears to be the only of the 4 main actors not nominated
> (the only other that maybe deserved it was JK).
>
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries  wrote:
>
>> The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on
>> streamers either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to
>> qualify for the award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:
>>
>> THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director
>> Jane Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons
>> and Kodi Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay
>> by Campion from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood,
>> sound, production design, cinematography, editing
>> DUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, including Best Picture, adapted
>> screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score by Hans Zimmer, production
>> design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, costumes, editing, visual
>> effects
>> KING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, including Best Picture, actor
>> Will Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, original screenplay,
>> Beyonce's "Be Alive" for original song, editing
>> DON'T LOOK UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay,
>> score by Nicholas Britell, editing
>> BEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor Javier Bardem (Desi),
>> alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor J.K. Simmons (Bill
>> Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!
>> CODA (Apple+):  3, including Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur,
>> adapted screenplay from the film "La Famille Belier"
>> THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia Colman,
>> supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by
>> Elena Ferrante
>> THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel Washington,
>> production design, cinematography
>> CRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date):  2, including
>> makeup/hairstyling and costumes
>> TICK, TICK...BOOM! (Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editing
>> SINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the
>> Machines," animated feature (Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated
>> feature (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date), "The Hand of God,"
>> international feature from Italy (Netflix), "Summer of Soul," documentary
>> feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short documentary (Netflix), "Lead
>> Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three Songs for Benazir," short
>> documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short (Netflix), "Coming 2
>> America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).
>>
>>  For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a
>> host, probably not Whoopi.
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-09 Thread PGage 
Clearly I strongly disagree with you on this version overall, though I do
agree that Francis McDermott, one of our most talented actresses, is
surprisingly less effective in her role as Lady Mac than most of the rest
of the cast is in theirs.



On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 7:01 AM Kevin M.  wrote:

> Re: MacBeth
>
> I own multiple versions, some better, others worse. This latest version of
> MacBeth feels ham-fisted, the sort of thing somebody who wanted to mock PBS
> would point to as an example of the elite nonsense they subsidized back
> when I was a kid (“oooh, it’s in black and white, so it must be artsy!”).
> There was some decent acting, but there was also a lot of overacting. And
> to me the real star of MacBeth is Lady MacBeth, and that star didn’t shine
> for me in this version.
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries 
> wrote:
>
>> The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on
>> streamers either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to
>> qualify for the award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:
>>
>> THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director
>> Jane Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons
>> and Kodi Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay
>> by Campion from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood,
>> sound, production design, cinematography, editing
>> DUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, including Best Picture, adapted
>> screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score by Hans Zimmer, production
>> design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, costumes, editing, visual
>> effects
>> KING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, including Best Picture, actor
>> Will Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, original screenplay,
>> Beyonce's "Be Alive" for original song, editing
>> DON'T LOOK UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay,
>> score by Nicholas Britell, editing
>> BEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor Javier Bardem (Desi),
>> alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor J.K. Simmons (Bill
>> Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!
>> CODA (Apple+):  3, including Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur,
>> adapted screenplay from the film "La Famille Belier"
>> THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia Colman,
>> supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by
>> Elena Ferrante
>> THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel Washington,
>> production design, cinematography
>> CRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date):  2, including
>> makeup/hairstyling and costumes
>> TICK, TICK...BOOM! (Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editing
>> SINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the
>> Machines," animated feature (Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated
>> feature (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date), "The Hand of God,"
>> international feature from Italy (Netflix), "Summer of Soul," documentary
>> feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short documentary (Netflix), "Lead
>> Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three Songs for Benazir," short
>> documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short (Netflix), "Coming 2
>> America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).
>>
>>  For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a
>> host, probably not Whoopi.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-09 Thread Kevin M. 
Re: MacBeth

I own multiple versions, some better, others worse. This latest version of
MacBeth feels ham-fisted, the sort of thing somebody who wanted to mock PBS
would point to as an example of the elite nonsense they subsidized back
when I was a kid (“oooh, it’s in black and white, so it must be artsy!”).
There was some decent acting, but there was also a lot of overacting. And
to me the real star of MacBeth is Lady MacBeth, and that star didn’t shine
for me in this version.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries  wrote:

> The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on
> streamers either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to
> qualify for the award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:
>
> THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director Jane
> Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and
> Kodi Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay by
> Campion from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood,
> sound, production design, cinematography, editing
> DUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, including Best Picture, adapted
> screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score by Hans Zimmer, production
> design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, costumes, editing, visual
> effects
> KING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, including Best Picture, actor Will
> Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, original screenplay, Beyonce's
> "Be Alive" for original song, editing
> DON'T LOOK UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay,
> score by Nicholas Britell, editing
> BEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor Javier Bardem (Desi),
> alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor J.K. Simmons (Bill
> Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!
> CODA (Apple+):  3, including Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur,
> adapted screenplay from the film "La Famille Belier"
> THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia Colman,
> supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by
> Elena Ferrante
> THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel Washington,
> production design, cinematography
> CRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date):  2, including
> makeup/hairstyling and costumes
> TICK, TICK...BOOM! (Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editing
> SINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the
> Machines," animated feature (Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated
> feature (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date), "The Hand of God,"
> international feature from Italy (Netflix), "Summer of Soul," documentary
> feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short documentary (Netflix), "Lead
> Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three Songs for Benazir," short
> documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short (Netflix), "Coming 2
> America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).
>
>  For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a
> host, probably not Whoopi.
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-09 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV 
Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his 
'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all.

Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice, 
apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the 
dullest pictures in film history.

I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ...

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On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to 
> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no 
> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he 
> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing 
> it I find myself thinking about it again and again.
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-08 Thread PGage 
Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to
deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no
expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he
made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing
it I find myself thinking about it again and again.

Other Hot Take: As I mentioned elsewhere, if anyone deserves an award for
the disappointing Ricardo’s, it is the amazing Nina Arianda; it is an
outrage that she appears to be the only of the 4 main actors not nominated
(the only other that maybe deserved it was JK).

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries  wrote:

> The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on
> streamers either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to
> qualify for the award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:
>
> THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director Jane
> Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and
> Kodi Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay by
> Campion from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood,
> sound, production design, cinematography, editing
> DUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, including Best Picture, adapted
> screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score by Hans Zimmer, production
> design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, costumes, editing, visual
> effects
> KING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, including Best Picture, actor Will
> Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, original screenplay, Beyonce's
> "Be Alive" for original song, editing
> DON'T LOOK UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay,
> score by Nicholas Britell, editing
> BEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor Javier Bardem (Desi),
> alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor J.K. Simmons (Bill
> Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!
> CODA (Apple+):  3, including Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur,
> adapted screenplay from the film "La Famille Belier"
> THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia Colman,
> supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by
> Elena Ferrante
> THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel Washington,
> production design, cinematography
> CRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date):  2, including
> makeup/hairstyling and costumes
> TICK, TICK...BOOM! (Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editing
> SINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the
> Machines," animated feature (Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated
> feature (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date), "The Hand of God,"
> international feature from Italy (Netflix), "Summer of Soul," documentary
> feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short documentary (Netflix), "Lead
> Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three Songs for Benazir," short
> documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short (Netflix), "Coming 2
> America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).
>
>  For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a
> host, probably not Whoopi.
>
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[TV orNotTV] Oscar Nominations for Streamers

2022-02-08 Thread Mark Jeffries 
The following are the films nominated for Oscars that were seen on 
streamers either directly (with in many cases a brief theatrical run to 
qualify for the award) or day-and-date with the theatrical run:

THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix):  12, including Best Picture, director Jane 
Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and 
Kodi Smit-McPhee, supporting actress Kirsten Dunst, adapted screenplay by 
Campion from Thomas Savage's novel, original score by Jonny Greenwood, 
sound, production design, cinematography, editing
DUNE (HBO Max day-and-date):  10, including Best Picture, adapted 
screenplay from the Frank Herbert novel, score by Hans Zimmer, production 
design, cinematography, makeup/hairstyling, costumes, editing, visual 
effects
KING RICHARD (HBO Max day-and-date): 6, including Best Picture, actor Will 
Smith, supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis, original screenplay, Beyonce's 
"Be Alive" for original song, editing
DON'T LOOK UP (Netflix):  4, including Best Picture, original screenplay, 
score by Nicholas Britell, editing
BEING THE RICARDOS (Amazon):  3, including actor Javier Bardem (Desi), 
alleged actress Nicole Kidman (Lucy), supporting actor J.K. Simmons (Bill 
Frawley) and Sorkin gets NUTHIN!
CODA (Apple+):  3, including Best Picture, supporting actor Troy Kotsur, 
adapted screenplay from the film "La Famille Belier"
THE LOST DAUGHTER (Netflix):  3, including actress Olivia Colman, 
supporting actress Jesse Buckley, adapted screenplay from the novel by 
Elena Ferrante
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Apple+):  3, including actor Denzel Washington, 
production design, cinematography
CRUELLA (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date):  2, including 
makeup/hairstyling and costumes
TICK, TICK...BOOM! (Netflix):  2, including actor Spider-Man, editing
SINGLETONS:  "Luca," animated feature (Disney+), "The Mitchells vs. the 
Machines," animated feature (Netflix), "Raya and the Last Dragon," animated 
feature (Disney+ Premier Access day-and-date), "The Hand of God," 
international feature from Italy (Netflix), "Summer of Soul," documentary 
feature (Hulu day-and-date), "Audible," short documentary (Netflix), "Lead 
Me Home," short documentary (Netflix), "Three Songs for Benazir," short 
documentary (Netflix), "Robin Robin," animated short (Netflix), "Coming 2 
America," makeup/hairstyling (Amazon).

 For the rest, you know where to go.  Mar. 27 on ABC, and there will be a 
host, probably not Whoopi.

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