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FILMS WATCHED IN 2024 Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) dir. Martin Scorsese

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'When Cillian Murphy took to the podium during Sunday night’s Golden Globes, his nose smudged in his wife’s lipstick, it was as if a door had opened on this Hollywood Neverland and an ambassador for the real world had stepped through.

Accepting the Best Actor in a Drama award for Oppenheimer, Murphy wasn’t so much un-starry as stonkingly everyday. Here was a normal person who had somehow beamed into peak Tinseltown and, if pleased, was also clearly a bit perplexed by it all.

The Oppenheimer win has made Murphy a frontrunner for the Oscars. In all likelihood, he will be up against a creepy Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, an overblown Bradley Cooper in Maestro, and a fervent Leonard DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon. With the arguable exception of the grandstanding Cooper, all would be worthy winners. And yet, underdogs everywhere will be cheering for Murphy. He’s spent the past 20 years negotiating Hollywood on his own terms and has rejected Tinseltown’s showiness in favour of staying grounded and playing the long game.

Murphy always wanted to be an actor rather than a star. Such a choice could easily have condemned him to a lifetime of supporting roles. Or a hiatus in TV, to which he seemed exiled when he settled in for a long run as Tommy Shelby in Birmingham noir Peaky Blinders.

But his decision to turn away from flashy parts has proved inspired. He is that rarest of things: an experienced A-list actor who comes to the Oscars without baggage. Unlike DiCaprio, he hasn’t had to overcome a past life as a teen pin-up. Nor does he have to justify a lucrative stint in comic book films, as Cooper has with his time as Rocket Racoon in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Above all, Murphy goes into Oscar season as an antidote to the “look at me!” culture of the social media era. In an age when fame is regarded as the ultimate commodity – more important than awards or critical acclaim – Murphy would rather let his work speak for itself. He lives humbly in suburban Dublin with his wife and two children – and his great passion outside of acting is music, as demonstrated by his semi-regular presenting slot on BBC 6 Music.

That’s lifetimes removed from Hollywood, with its self-mythologising and turbo-charged fakeness. It is also of a piece with his career since he broke through playing a survivor of the zombie apocalypse in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. Ever since, he has chosen his jobs thoughtfully. In so doing, he has assembled a body of work of which he can be proud.

He hasn’t been above popcorn. He was a memorable villain in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, where he played the Scarecrow as a trippy nightmare. But even when shooting for the box office, Murphy has been studiedly un-starry. Careful to keep his ego in check, he’s often happy in an ensemble – hugging the background in A Quiet Place II and settling for an extended cameo in Nolan’s Dunkirk, where he was content to let Harry Styles and Tom Hardy hog the spotlight.

Hog it they did – yet it was Murphy who proved to be in it for the long road. Because he could go into Oppenheimer without a Hollywood aura, he disappeared into the role. If hardly obscure, he nonetheless assimilated fully into the part. Throughout that film, you were aware of its stars. Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt doing their best with under-written female characters. Robert Downey Jr trying to pretend he hadn’t spent a decade as Iron Man.

Murphy, by contrast, split the acting atom. He vanished into Oppenheimer with a performance that exuded humility and sincerity. Bookies have now installed him as a favourite for the Best Actor Oscar. If he wins, it would be a victory for knowing who you are and what you stand for and believing good work has value beyond short-term acclaim. Above all, his success shows that it is possible to stay grounded while scaling Hollywood’s giddiest heights.'

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QUENTIN TARANTINO RANKED: 8th - Django Unchained (2012)

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

No matter how mad we are about Lily Gladstone not winning the award, no one is angrier about it than Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

[maleficent-cannoli]

You know what, after @cyrankaa’s post about Jeremy’s favorite movie being Mamma Mia! I have decided it’s time to speak my truth

Me the first time Jeremy showed up in TSC: haha he was for sure a theater kid in high school

Me when Jeremy mentioned he was an English major: oh he is so a Shakespeare enjoyer

Me when Jeremy mentioned being Boykisser™️: I would bet actual money this bitch fucking LOVES Twelfth Night

[mysharona1987]

JD Vance to Usha Vance these days:

“I love you! I love our kids.”

“I’m still an evil racist, tho.”

[artifexanimae]

the category is: pornstaches

[girls-cry]

"There might be some insurrection for a while. But then people forget that. They don't remember and they don't care. It will be another ordinary everyday tragedy."

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023) dir. Martin Scorsese

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Reminder we’re not tuning in to the Oscars on March 10, 2024. Instead we are keeping our eyes on Rafah, which israel plans to target.

We will not have a repeat of superbowl Sunday.

[mostunderratedawards]

Most Underrated Lead Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon

Matt Damon in Air 

Christopher Abbott in Sanctuary 

John David Washington in The Creator 

Ben Platt in Theater Camp

Morgan Freeman in A Good Person

Aiden Ehrenreich in Fair Play

Billy Porter in Our Son 

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The Wolf of Wall Street

[weclassybouquetfun]

It was an end of a tradition - no annual Mindy Kaling / B.J. Novak Mark Seliger Vanity Fair picture! I need awards season closure.

But one tradition that stuck around was the unoffical Black excellence gathering.

You can tell who got there early: Rashida Jones, Jeremy O. Harris, Trevor Noah, John Legend, Nnamdi Asomugha, Shonda Rhimes, Franklin Leonard, Bethan Hardison, Donald Glover, Quinta Brunson and Kerry Washington.

Kenya Barris, Jeffrey Wright, Bethan Hardison, Ava DuVernay, Cynthia Erivo, Danai Gurira, Aldis Hodge, Lizzo (with boyfriend Mike Wright), Kerry Washington, Lena Waithe, Busta Rhymes, Anderson Paak, Jodie Turner Smith, Shonda Rhimes, Usher, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Ice Spice, Chloe & Halle Bailey, Babyface all the way on the side with Jeremy Pope beside him, Shameik Moore, Michelle Buteau, I see Laverne Cox, Tiffany Haddish, Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Leticia Wright, Trevor Noah all the way in the back with Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade.

Seeing as Busta was there, I wonder if Trevor rapped for him again.

Too bad the lighting wasn't better.

2023's

-While not at the Vanity Fair affair- instead seen at pre-Oscar party was Teyana Taylor of A THOUSAND AND ONE (which she was incredible in).

Teyana was seen talking to her costar of the untitled Paul Thomas Anderson film which is slated for an August 2025 release, Leonardo DiCaprio.

which - of course - has started rumours that they're involved.

Teyana is too much woman for Leo.

[thefinaljohnson]

The best acting performance from the best actor winners this decade?

[afairycreature]

Last 4 movies I watched:

POOR THINGS dr. Yorgos Lanthimos

DUNE Part Two dr. Denis Villeneuve

Palo Alto dr. Gia Coppola

Romeo and Juliet dr. Baz Luhrmann

[not100bees]

That's the most damning indictment of Jonathan Groff I've maybe ever heard.

[emmatgc]

Fire vs Oil (Oppenheimer vs KOFM)

Just watched Killers of the Flower Moon

and OMG! It is a worthy opponent to Oppenheimer in all its nominations.

Emmys, Screen Actors , Critics Choice but the biggest one, Oscar

For me, its between these two.

Ill be ok if the best picture comes from either of the two

For best actor, I'm already set with Cillian Murphy, but Leo is still Leo.

I love Leo long before Cillian lol but this time I'll pick Cillian Murphy to win it all and Oppenheimer, too.

Plus, Christopher Nolan deserves the best director too but my heart also beats for Martin Scorsese, but I believe its Nolans time.

2 great films. 2 American stories. 2 worthy contenders.