The Academy got this right.

The next 28 Years Later film for sure - and I know Jordan Peele has a new film in preproduction but no idea if that's likely to come out in 2026, probably not? I guess The Bride! will be horror or horror-adjacent so that one as well.

Lucy Liu is perfection in Kill Bill but my vote is still going to Marcia Gay Harden, the MVP of Mystic River.

Hm, I did wonder if someone would point that out. Bit like Shawshank isn't all Mexican beaches and big Morgan Freeman smiles.

Think I might need to watch Oldboy and City of God before voting otherwise I may have to abstain in a couple of categories.....

Was Simon only allowed to watch films beginning with R? Also Papillon 👏

I was locked in but yeah, I didnt like that particular "message", even if it wasnt intentional...

Mixed feelings. Willa was incredible and it was impeccably shot (shout out DP Ribisi) but I had major issues with the treatment of / narrative around one particular character and a decision they made....

It was... !

Tom had Eve at 23 and I think it's 8th of the BP winners in his list 😉 I, however, had it at 15 and 7.

But is he really the villain?! Also I want to adopt "this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye" for stupid calls that could have been an email.

Same with me though because I have zero interest in any Westerns, no matter how iconic, and my tolerance for musicals is limited.