Oscar Race

It’s the end of the year and 2.5 short months until Oscars night. It is on March 15^th so mark your calendars.

Perhaps just as important a date is January 22^nd.  That’s the date on which the Oscar nominations will be announced. Now with all of this obsession over the Oscars and dates, one might think I’m up for a nomination. No such luck.

But what I will tell you is that every year, my wife and I make it our mission to see all of the Oscar Best Picture nominees before Oscars night arrives. For those without a calendar or a calculator, that is a period of 52 days. To see up to 10 nominated films!! 

As you may recall, in 2009, the Academy changed the number of Best Picture nominees from five films to ten. At the time, they claimed this was to broaden the appeal of the nominee pool by allowing popular films to be nominated along more Oscar-bait type art house films.

Great for the Academy. A lot of potential work for me and my wife.

The good news is that if we play our cards right, we find on the date that the nominees are announced that we have often seen at least half of the nominees. Fingers crossed that this happens again this year.

Based on recent reporting, here are the current favorites to be nominated for Best Picture:

1	One Battle After Another
2	Sinners
3	Hamnet
4	Sentimental Value
5	Frankenstein
6	Marty Supreme
7	It Was Just an Accident
8	Train Dreams
9	Wicked: For Good
10	F1

 If that list is anywhere close to accurate, here is where we stand.

SAW IT: Sinners, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, It was Just An Accident, Marty Supreme, Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good

STILL NEED TO SEE: One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, F1

Whew! This is great news. We can certainly see 3 films during the ramp up to Oscar night.

And they are actually films I’m looking forward to seeing. Some years the films we are missing from our list are ones that we don’t always enjoy but sometimes you just have to take one for the team.

What’s still on your list?

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Thanks for reading!

Frosty