Eric Prime

I cant wait for tomorrow

I’m going to an advance screening tomorrow for this, so...yay?

This movie deserves an Oscar just for that title.

Yeah, no. I know being the resident Timmy T fanboy here makes me sound like a nutcase, but here's the problem. First off, reviews are fine? It's largely landing in the high C's, low B's, which isn't a great result, but certainly fine enough, and isn't an outright panning. Especially since Chalamet is by far the most acclaimed element in the film. Generally, even people who don't like the movie tout that Chalamet's performance was incredible, and he's already riding a huge amount of goodwill with CMBYN and his future projects. From passion alone, he has a great shot. Outside of that, what else do we have when it comes to contenders so far? Ben Foster would be cool, but it feels a touch unlikely. Richard E. Grant is getting a lot of attention, so he seems okay. Adam Driver has also done well, but I feel as if having him getting nominated depends on John David Washington's chances (the Academy pulling another Do the Right Thing I just don't see happening), and JDW is on the fringe, and really depends on if Malek disappoints and/or Redford's movie gets forgotten about. Sam Rockwell might deliver with Backseat. Haven't heard much about Sam Elliott, but maybe he gets in thanks to ASIB being such a hit. Crowe could do well too, but he hasn't been singled out much. I guess Beale Street, Widows, or Ben is Back might make him vulnerable if either of those land. But as of right now, I don't think it's fair to cut him out just yet, unless Kaluuya, Duvall, Stephan James, or Hedges get raves tonight or tomorrow.

Variety (positive): https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/gloria-bell-review-julianne-moore-1202933162/ THR (positive): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gloria-review-1141194 RogerEbert.com (positive) https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/tiff-2018-gloria-bell I wasn't all that much into A Fantastic Woman, but I'm always down for a new Moore joint.

EW (A-) https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/08/the-hate-u-give-movie-review/ Variety (positive) https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-hate-u-give-review-1202933118/ THR (positive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hate-u-give-review-1141145

Also because I'm a fair man...

Baby got rid of his glorious curls. Pine still looks like a snacc tho

So all that remains from the lost Weinstein releases are The Current War, The War with Grandpa and Mary Magdalene, right?

The new Whoopi Goldberg joint. Apparently it's kickstarting the SACU

Peppermint also made around $750K. It's not from studio sources though, so it could change.

Also of note, Hell Fest: 4-9M Little Women: 3-5M in 600 locations

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/mattel-films-dallas-buyers-club-producer-robbie-brenner-1202929275/

Peppermint 49 1476 3.32% The Nun 239 2356 10.14% Peppermint Comps: 136% of The Foreigner (17.8M) 83% of Death Wish (10.8M) 44% of Tomb Raider (10.3M) 19% of The Meg (8.6M) 114% of Mile 22 (15.6M) Seems pretty decent. The Nun Comps: 368% of The Strangers 2 (38.2M) 129% of A Quiet Place (64.8M) 115% of The First Purge's 5-Day (36.1M) 93% of The Meg (42M) Again, seems to be very solid.

Mark Wahlberg tho

Never saw any of his work, but still sad to see such an amazing legend go. Guess I'll watch Smokey and the Bandit tonight.

I assumed LI was going to be in less than 2,000 theaters, no?

Feels like the Actor categories have been really boring the past few years tbh. Last one that felt truly competitive was the 2014 one, while everything else has been pretty barren. Of course when it comes to Supporting Actor this year, you-know-who will become the talk of the town on Friday. It'll be justice after his award was wrongfully stolen from Gary Oldman doing his best Shrek impression.