2022 Oscars Predictions
This is an article published by Variety.
Best picture contenders:
“Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios)
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
“C’mon C’mon” (A24)
“CODA” (Apple TV Plus)
“Dune” (Warner Bros.)
“King Richard” (Warner Bros.)
“Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
“Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix)
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” (A24/Apple TV Plus)
I have heard of Being The Ricardos, Dune, King Richard and The Power of the Dog. Don't think I've heard anything about the other six. Glad to see that streaming services are being consider for award recognition. Will this be standard for all future Oscar ceremonies?
Best director:
Pedro Almodóvar
“Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kenneth Branagh
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
Jane Campion
“The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix)
Denis Villeneuve
“Dune” (Warner Bros.)
Again, only The Power of the Dog and Dune are movies I have heard anything about. I'm surprised this is the first I've heard of a new Lin-Manuel Miranda project. Normally he is everywhere about his work, kind of like John Legend and Christy Tiegen being everywhere always.
Best actor:
Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
Peter Dinklage
“Cyrano” (United Artists Releasing)
Andrew Garfield
“Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix)
Will Smith
“King Richard” (Warner Bros)
Denzel Washington
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” (A24/Apple TV Plus)
Nice to see Peter Dinklage being considered. He's a great actor, even if he seems so depressingly sullen during interviews.
Best actress:
Jessica Chastain
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures)
Penélope Cruz
“Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Lady Gaga
“House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Olivia Colman
“The Lost Daughter” (Netflix)
Kristen Stewart
“Spencer” (Neon)
Commercials for The Eyes of Tammy Faye are on high circulation. I've heard a bit about House of Gucci. Is Lady Gaga really that good of an actress (yet)? And Kristen Stewart for Spencer seems to be getting a LOOOOT of buzz at this time.
Best supporting actor:
Ciarán Hinds
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
Andrew Garfield
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures)
Corey Hawkins
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” (A24)
J.K. Simmons
“Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios)
Jeffrey Wright
“The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures)
I'm most looking forward to seeing J.K. Simmons in Being The Ricardos. I'm assuming he is playing Fred, the neighbour of the Ricardos. It would be easy to go wrong with this role, so he has his work cut out for him. Haven't heard ANYTHING about any of these other movies, except for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye. Garfield is so physically wrong for the role of Jim Bakker....
Best supporting actress:
Nina Arianda
“Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios)
Caitriona Balfe
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
Judi Dench
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
Ann Dowd
“Mass” (Bleecker Street)
Kirsten Dunst
“The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
LOVE that Ann Dowd's name is in the mix. She has been brilliant in so many things. I've never even heard of Nina Arianda or Caitriona Balfe. I assume they are real people, though.
All of the other categories can bee seen in this article. The only other category that stands out to me is Best Song:
“Unknown possible song” from “Dear Evan Hansen” (Universal Pictures)
“Unknown possible song” from “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Unknown possible song” from “House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
“No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” (United Artists Releasing)
“Unknown possible song” from “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix)
Weird that four different movies have "Unknown possible song" as the song's title.
Kathy Bates won an Oscar for her performance - so well-deserved.
When I watched the second season of "Castle Rock" the name Annie Wilkes didn't resonate but I knew Lizzy Caplan reminded me of someone. And of course that was Annie's origin story. Caplan did a good job imho.
I would take the World War Hulk movie with a grain of salt for the time being. The rights for a solo Hulk film still belong to Universal, that's why Hulk has only shown up in other heroes movies and the Avengers movies. Unless Disney and Universal are finally working something out there. Universal has less incentive to keep the Hulk than Sony does to keep Spider-Man though. Neither solo Hulk movie was very good or successful.
Not a rumor anymore. Murray has confirmed he is in the film.
The scene of driving up into the mountains was really funny as well. And the scene of parking the trailer in the aunt’s driveway was good, too. Lots of funny stuff in this one. The Long, Long Trailer was released in February of 1954 and the studio was unsure whether it would make money as people could see Lucy and Desi on TV for free every week. Which was often…season one of I Love Lucy had 35 episodes. 
In spite of that, the movie was a success. I enjoyed The Long, Long Trailer, but in a way it felt sleight. But that might be because one can’t help but think of all the classic Lucy scenes and want all of them bundled into a 90 minute movie. Of course that’s unreasonable to expect, so I’m glad I saw this one. Thanks for the recommendation, @Artistic Skaters
When I saw Hulk I don't think I had actually seen another Ang Lee movie at the time outside of maybe Pride & Prejudice. Looking back at it in hindsight it is pretty much what I would expect an Ang Lee superhero movie to be. Your post has made me think I should watch it again sometime. My taste in movies has changed a lot since I saw it. I should check and see if it's on Canadian streaming anywhere.
The trailers have not impressed me.
I haven't seen the movie, but based on what I know about the story & the comic I thought this would lend itself better to a limited series to give the characters more time to be developed.
The first movie Bogey and Bacall did together, To Have and Have Not, is a way better movie, I think. It’s also directed by Howard Hawks. I also found The Big Sleep to be dense in tone and a bit too long. It’s worth it for Bogey and Bacall but if I’m chosing a movie of theirs to watch it’s To Have and Have Not or Key Largo which was directed by John Huston.6/10 - The Big Sleep is a 1946 film-noir movie with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in their second movie pairing. Bogart plays private detective Philip Marlowe who is hired to help out a wealthy family and in time has to deal with blackmail, thugs, gambling and murder. The Big Sleep was directed by Howard Hawks, who famously directed the original Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, To Have and Have Not, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Rio Bravo. I enjoyed this movie, but found it a bit dense in tone…most of the running time of the movie, people are in peril so there is a heaviness to the movie with lightness only being a part of the movie in an early scene or two. But we get to see Bogart and Bacall, the two of them reading from the phone book to one another would be a treat.
Trailer for The Big Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-K49CUaeto
The Harder They Fall got a limited theatrical release too which somehow meant it ended up in the theatre in my city and my brother and I went to it last week because you have to be vaccinated or have a negative test to get into the theatre and it was a Monday night so I knew the theatre would be slow. It is pretty much your standard western, there’s nothing really new about it, but the acting is good, it was a lot of fun, very engaging, also as westerns are prone to being, especially modern ones, very violent and very gorey. Regina King is a particular highlight, as she always is. It‘s got gorgeous cinematography, a couple of shots around the final showdown were absolutely stunning in how they set the stage for everything. It’s definitely a movie I’ll be watching again, probably sooner rather than later. If you like westerns it’s worth a look for sure.
