After watching Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform this at the Oscars, how couldn’t I make Shallow the music video of the day?
Enjoy!
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Here Are Your 2018 Oscar Winners!
Here are the winner of the 91st Academy Awards!
(I went 13 for 24, which is the worst I’ve done in a while. Oh well. It was a strange year.)
Best Picture — Green Book
Best Director — Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actor — Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress — Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor — Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Best Supporting Actress — Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Adapted Screenplay — BlackKklansman
Best Original Screenplay — Green Book
Best Animated Feature Film — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film — Roma
Best Documentary Feature — Free Solo
Best Documentary (Short Subject) — Period, End of Sentence.
Best Live Action Short Film — Skin
Best Animated Short Film — Bao
Best Original Score — Black Panther
Best Original Song — “Shallow” from A Star is Born
Best Sound Editing — Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Sound Mixing — Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Production Design — Black Panther
Best Cinematography — Roma
Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Vice
Best Costume Design — Black Panther
Best Editing — Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Visual Effects — First Man
Lisa’s Final 2018 Oscar Predictions
Oscar and Audrey Hepburn
Since the Oscars will be handed out tomorrow, now is the time for me to post my final Oscar predictions of 2018. As we all know, this has been a strange Oscar season. For the first time in decades, the ceremony will have no host and I’m all about that. (Seriously, the host is always the worst part.)
Since I have a feeling that 2019 is going to be a weird year in general, I’m going to guess that we’re going to have a few upsets tomorrow night. For instance, I think BlackKklansman is going to shock everyone by winning best picture. Why? The multiple nominations for Vice would seem to indicate that the Academy is in a political mood. However, Vice is a terrible film and the Academy has rightfully been criticized for nominating it. However, BlackKklansman is just as political as Vice but it’s actually a decent film. So, if your goal is to award a movie that criticizes the state of American politics, BlackKklansman is the one to go for.
Here are my final predictions:
Best Picture — BlackKklansman
Best Director — Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actor — Christian Bale, Vice
Best Actress — Glenn Close, The Wife
Best Supporting Actor — Mahershali Ali, Green Book
Best Supporting Actress — Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Original Screenplay — The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay — BlackKklansman
Best Animated Feature Film — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film — Roma
Best Documentary Feature — RBG
Best Documentary (Short Subject) — End Game
Best Live Action Short Film — Detainment
Best Animated Short Film — Animal Behavior
Best Original Score — Black Panther
Best Original Song — “Shallow” from A Star is Born
Best Sound Editing — Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Sound Mixing — Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Production Design — The Favourite
Best Cinematography — Roma
Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Vice
Best Costume Design — Black Panther
Best Editing — BlackKklansman
Best Visual Effects: Avengers: Infinity War
What If Lisa Picked The Oscar Nominees: 2018 Edition
With the Oscar nominations due to be announced tomorrow, now is the time that the Shattered Lens indulges in a little something called, “What if Lisa had all the power.” Listed below are my personal Oscar nominations. Please note that these are not the films that I necessarily think will be nominated. The fact of the matter is that the many of them will not. Instead, these are the films that would be nominated if I was solely responsible for deciding the nominees this year. Winners are starred and listed in bold.
(You’ll also note that I’ve added four categories, all of which I believe the Academy should adopt — Best Voice-Over Performance, Best Casting, Best Stunt Work, and Best Overall Use Of Music In A Film.)
(Click on the links to see my nominations for 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010!)
Best Picture
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Blindspotting
*Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Leave No Trace
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
A Simple Favor
Support the Girls
Best Director
*Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade
The Coen Brothers for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Alfonso Cuaron for Roma
Debra Granik for Leave No Trace
Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite
Orson Welles for The Other Side of the Wind
Best Actor
John Cho in Searching
Jason Clarke in Chappaquiddick
Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born
Daveed Diggs in Blindspotting
*Ethan Hawke in First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Never Really Here
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga in A Star is Born
*Regina Hall in Support the Girls
Anna Kendrick in A Simple Favor
Thomason McKenzie in Leave No Trace
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Bogdonavich in The Other Side of the Wind
*Ben Foster in Leave No Trace
Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther
Josh Hamilton in Eighth Grade
Tim Blake Nelson in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Michael Palin in The Death of Stalin
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place
*Olivia Colman in The Favourite
Zoe Kazan in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Blake Lively in A Simple Favor
Emma Stone in The Favourite
Rachel Weisz in The Favourite
Best Voice Over or Motion-Capture Performance
*Josh Brolin in Avengers: Infinity War
Jake Johnson in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Holly Hunter in The Incredibles 2
Shamiek Moore in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
John C. Reilly in Ralph Breaks The Internet
Ben Whishaw in Paddington 2
Best Original Screenplay
Blindspotting
The Death of Stalin
*Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Game Night
Support the Girls
Best Adapted Screenplay
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
*A Simple Favor
A Star is Born
Best Animated Feature
Early Man
Have A Nice Day
The Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
*Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature
Avicii: True Stories
Recovery Boys
Shirkers
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
*Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Foreign Language Film
Battle
Gun City
Happy as Lazzaro
Have A Nice Day
The Most Assassinated Woman In The World
*Roma
Best Casting
Blindspotting
Eighth Grade
Mandy
Mid90s
Roma
*Support the Girls
Best Cinematography
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity Wars
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
*Mandy
Roma
Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
*Black Panther
The Favourite
Lizzie
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Simple Favor
Best Film Editing
Avengers: Infinity Wars
Eighth Grade
Mission Impossible: Fallout
*The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
Searching
Best Makeup and Hair Styling
*The Favourite
Lizzie
Mandy
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Simple Favor
Support the Girls
Best Original Score
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Death of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
*Mandy
The Other Side of the Wind
Best Original Song
*“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
“All the Stars” from Black Panther
“Limitless” from Second Act
“I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star is Born
“Is that Alright” from A Star is Born
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
Best Overall Use of Music
Bohemian Rhapsody
Eighth Grade
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Mid90s
*A Star is Born
Three Identical Strangers
Best Production Design
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
The Commuter
*The Favourite
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Quiet Place
Best Sound Editing
Annihilation
*Avengers: Infinity War
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
12 Strong
Best Sound Mixing
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
*A Star is Born
Best Stuntwork
Avengers: Infinity War
Beirut
Black Panther
*Mission Impossible: Fallout
12 Strong
Upgrade
Best Visual Effects
Annihilation
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
*Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Films Listed By Number of Nominations:
11 Nominations – Avengers: Infinity War
9 Nominations – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Favourite, Roma
8 Nominations – Eighth Grade, A Star is Born
7 Nominations – Black Panther, The Other Side of the Wind
6 Nominations – A Simple Favor
5 Nominations – Leave No Trace, Support the Girls
4 Nominations – Blindspotting, Mandy, Mission Impossible: Fallout
3 Nominations – Annihilation, The Death of Stalin, Mary Queen of Scots, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2 Nominations – Aquaman, Have A Nice Day, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Incredibles 2, Lizzie, Mid90s, A Quiet Place, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Searching, Three Identical Strangers, 12 Strong
1 Nomination – Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avicii: True Stories, Battle, Beirut, Bohemian Rhapsody, Chappaquiddick, The Commuter, Early Man, First Man, First Reformed, Game Night, Gun City, Happy as Lazzaro, Isle of Dogs, Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, The Most Assassinated Woman In The World, Paddington 2, Recovery Boys, Second Act, Shirkers, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Upgrade, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, You Were Never Really Here
Films Listed By Number of Oscars Won:
3 Oscars – Eighth Grade, The Favourite
2 Oscars – Mandy, A Star is Born, Support the Girls
1 Oscar – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, First Reformed, Leave No Trace, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Other Side of the Wind, Roma, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Three Identical Strangers
As for the real nominations, they’ll be announced on Tuesday morning!
2018 in Review: Lisa’s Top 26 Films of 2018
And now, without further ado, I conclude my look back at 2018 with my 26 favorite films of the years. Why 26? Because Lisa doesn’t do odd numbers!
- Eighth Grade
- A Simple Favor
- Leave No Trace
- Support the Girls
- The Favourite
- Roma
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Blindspotting
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Other Side of the Wind
- The Death of Stalin
- Mission Impossible: Fallout
- Mandy
- Searching
- A Star is Born
- Chappaquiddick
- A Quiet Place
- Black Panther
- Annihilation
- Paddington 2
- Game Night
- American Animals
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
- Three Identical Strangers
- Mid90s
And there you have it. Some of these films, I’ve reviewed here on the site. Some of them — far too many of them — I have not. My hope is that I’ll be able to fix that over the upcoming week. But, whether I manage to write a 100 reviews or only three, I encourage everyone to see these 26 films, along with every other films that they can get their hands on.
2018 was an okay year for movies. We had some really good ones. We also had some really bad ones. For the most part, though, this was pretty much of a middle-of-the-road year. Personally, I can’t wait to see what 2019 has waiting for us!
Thank you everyone for reading. And now, let’s great ready to make 2019 the best year since 2015!
Lisa Looks Back At 2018
- Ten Worst Films of 2018
- Best of Lifetime
- Best of Syfy
- 10 Favorite Novels
- 12 Favorite Non-Fiction Books
- 10 Favorite Songs
- 10 Good Things That I Saw On Television
Here Are The Winners of the 24th Annual Critics Choice Awards!
TSL writer Patrick Smith has referred to The Critics Choice Awards as being his “fifth favorite awards show” and that seems like the perfect description of where they fall in awards season. People do pay attention to them and, in the past, they’ve been a pretty good precursor as far as the Oscars are concerned. At the same time, there always seem to be confusion as just who exactly votes for the Critics Choice Awards.
Well, the answer to that question is that the Critics’ Choice Awards are voted on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and, tonight, they announced their picks on the CW.
It was interesting night — two ties and Christian Bale was named Best Actor twice, which of course meant we had to suffer through his “I’m just an ordinary working bloke!” routine two times too many. By far, my favorite winner was Amy Adams for Sharp Objects.
(On another note: Taye Diggs was an interesting choice to host. I thought he did okay but, with his talent, he really should be receiving the awards instead of talking about them. Someone write a great role for Taye Diggs ASAP!)
Here are tonight’s winners! (Check out the nominees here!)
Movie
Best Song — Shallow from A Star is Born
Best Young Actor or Actress — Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Best Supporting Actor — Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Best Supporting Actress — Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie — A Quiet Place
Best Acting Ensemble — The Favourite
Best Action Film — Mission Impossible: Fallout
Best Animated Film — Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film — Roma
Best Original Screenplay — Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Best Adapted Screenplay — Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Actress In A Comedy — Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Best Actor In A Comedy — Christian Bale, Vice
Best Comedy — Crazy Rich Asians
Best Cinematography — Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Production Design — Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, Black Panther
Best Editing — Tom Cross, First Man
Best Costume Design — Ruth Carter, Black Panther
Best Hair and Makeup — Vice
Best Visual Effects — Black Panther
Best Original Score — Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Best Director — Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actress (tie) — Glenn Close, The Wife and Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Best Actor — Christian Bale, Vice
Best Motion Picture — Roma
Television
Best Supporting Actor (Drama) — Noah Emmerich, The Americans
Best Supporting Actress (Drama) — Thandie Newton, Westworld
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) — Henry Winkler, Barry
Best Supporting Actress (Comedy) — Alexis Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Supporting Actor (Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie): Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Best Supporting Actress (Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie): Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Best Movie Made For Television — Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
Best Animated Series — BoJack Horseman
Best Actor (Limited Series or Movie Made-For-TV): Darren Criss, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Best Actress (Limited Series or Movie Made-For-TV): (Tie) Amy Adams, Sharp Objects and Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Best Actor (Comedy Series) — Bill Hader, Barry
Best Actress (Comedy Series) — Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actor (Drama Series) — Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Best Actress (Drama Series) — Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Best Limited Series — American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Best TV Drama Series — The Americans
Best TV Comedy Series — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Here are the DGA Nominations!
The Director’s Guild announced their nominations for 2018 earlier today.
Typically, getting a DGA nomination tends to translate into a film also getting a Best Picture nomination from the Academy. There’s been some exceptions, of course. David Fincher somehow received a DGA nom for his work on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but the Academy was not quite as enamored. Personally, I’m hoping that, this year, Adam McKay will get the David Fincher treatment. McKay may have picked up a DGA nom for Vice but that doesn’t mean that the film’s actually any good. In fact, I’d say that Vice is one of smuggest, most self-congratulatory films that I’ve ever seen but I’ll save all that for my review.
Anyway, here are the DGA nominations! For Best Director of a Feature Film:
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlackKklansman
Adam McKay, Vice
Can you believe that, until today, Spike Lee has never received a nomination for the DGA? Interestingly, BlackKklansman is one of his weaker films but it’s also definitely more of a mainstream crowd pleaser than some of his previous work, which I imagine is why he received a nomination for it and not Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.
This is also the first nomination for both Cooper and Peter Farrelly. With Cooper, that makes sense because this is the first film that he’s ever directed. But how did the Guild fail to nominate Peter Farrelly for that movie where Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are conjoined twins?
This was Cuaron’s second nomination. It was also McKay’s second nomination, despite the fact Adam McKay hasn’t made a good film since The Other Guys.
Here are the nominations for Best First Time Director:
Bo Burhnam, Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Carlos Lopez Estrada, Blindspotting
Matthew Heineman, A Private War
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
For everyone who is hoping to see Black Panther become the first comic book movie to receive a best picture nomination, it’s hard not to be disappointed by the snubbing of Ryan Coogler. A DGA nomination would have really Black Panther with the members of the Academy who might still be hesitant about the idea of honoring a Marvel film.
Personally, I would have replaced Adam McKay with Ryan Coogler. For that matter, I would have replaced Adam McKay with just about anyone else who had a film released last year. Lynne Ramsay. Debra Granik. Yorgos Lanthimos. The Russo Brothers. Peyton Reed. Who directed The Equalizer 2? I’m not sure but I’d nominate him before I nominated Adam McKay. Hell, I’d even build a time machine and bring Ed Wood and Phil Tucker into the present and have them collaborate on a movie about a haunted laundromat before I gave that fifth slot to Adam McKay.
Anyway, should I try to make a prediction? Okay: Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director for Roma while Bradley Cooper is named Best First-Time Director for A Star is Born.
