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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

How did I never hear about this?? I need Jessie in a big screen musical ASAP

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Sorry, but are you sure we watched the same movie?? Because "Don't bother" sure as heck was not my takeaway. I genuinely cried at Mabel's speech mid-film about her frustration with fighting against a seemingly apathetic world. The film is about fighting anyway, not giving up.

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I just saw it earlier today (thankfully no issues at my IMAX screening). I really liked it, even if it's not quite up there with Hosoda's best. It's ambitious and compelling despite some messiness in the execution.

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We should count ourselves *very* lucky that movie wasn't a literal franchise-killer. Otherwise we never would have gotten the terrific Trachtenberg trifecta. (Try saying that five times fast)

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Surprised since they already started their marketing campaign, though summer does seem like a more prime date for it. October's also very crowded with releases this year, and it'd have only had 2 weeks before having to deal with steeper November competition (Predator, Running Man, Wicked, Zootopia).

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Mufasa did manage to be profitable, even if it made less than half what the 2019 Lion King did. The same cannot be said for Alice Through the Looking Glass and Maleficent 2 though...

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I was on vacation in Tokyo recently and we stayed at the Toy Story Hotel- complete with Lotso's Garden Cafe. They sell soooo much merch of him, still wrapping my head around the disconnect!

Standee of Lotso from Toy Story holding strawberries with a happy expression.

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I still think Anora is the frontrunner, though Conclave is the likeliest alternative. Emilia Perez is 0 for 4 with the major guilds and couldn't even win Picture at the BAFTAs, so I think we're safe from that worst-case scenario (it'll win Supporting Actress and maybe Song, but that's likely it).

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I saw it last week, it was rad! A real step up from the first one, especially animation-wise.

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We'll see what ends up taking the top prize at SAG this weekend, as that will likely be Anora's biggest challenger. No movie in the past 30+ years has won Best Picture without taking at least one of the big 4 guild prizes along the way (PGA, DGA, SAG, WGA).

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

That's 3 of the 4 big Guild prizes for Anora, gonna be pretty tough to beat at this point! No movie in the past 30 years has won the Best Picture Oscar without taking at least one of the 4 top guild prizes (PGA/DGA/SAG/WGA), so all eyes on SAG next week to see what may be Anora's biggest challenger.

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a young girl is smiling and holding a piece of paper that says the evil is defeated .

Worth noting that voting for the PGAs closed just before the big Emilia Perez racism scandal broke, so even without that it still lost! (Also good for Anora! Was worried that one was getting pushed to the wayside, it'd be a great BP winner)

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ALT: a young girl is smiling and holding a piece of paper that says the evil is defeated .

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1917 won both in 2020, only to lose Picture and Director at the Oscars to Parasite (that movie did win at SAG first, so we'll need to see what comes out on top there)

Holy cow, do we finally have a frontrunner?!

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Ooh, a very nice surprise! Between this and Critics Choice, Anora's really getting a much-needed shot in the arm for its campaign.

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Sweet, I'm Still Here won't be out in my city until next weekend, need to catch up on that and Nickel Boys. Gotta say we have a really strong Best Picture lineup this year, Emilia Perez notwithstanding (though recent controversy might thankfully prevent that one from winning now, fingers crossed).

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I think it'll be between Conclave and The Brutalist at this time, Emilia Perez is likely too divisive to win out on the ranked choice ballot (that and the Academy has been averse to giving BP to Netflix for years now). A Complete Unknown did surprisingly well though, so that could be a spoiler too.

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Outside the Top 10 (in no particular order): Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Rebel Ridge It's What's Inside Ghostlight Civil War Girls State The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Will & Harper A Real Pain Nosferatu Hit Man Conclave Juror #2 Red Rooms Better Man

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

May as well post here, my picks for the Top 10 Films of 2024: #1: Look Back #2: The Wild Robot #3: Sing Sing #4: Dune: Part Two #5: The Substance #6: I Saw the TV Glow #7: Hundreds of Beavers #8: Anora #9: Challengers #10: Wicked (Still need to see: The Brutalist, Hard Truths, Nickel Boys)

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Been over a week and a half since I saw Better Man and can't stop thinking about how the heck they managed to do that one-take Rock DJ?? Literally insane that they did that and it slaps this hard!

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Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (Regent Street) | Better Man | Official Movie Scene

YouTube video by Robbie Williams

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Pleasantly surprised that Bailey got in, since no one had him pegged to be nominated before now. Supporting Actress is wildly different from the Globes, weird that Rossellini didn't make the cut. This is also a big boost for A Complete Unknown, I think Barbaro will make it into the Oscar lineup now.

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This is the hardest Baz Luhrmann ever cooked, nothing to apologize for. Curious to see how the stage musical is.

A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I actually think they could pull off this 5, the Academy in recent years has proven that they won't automatically nominate Disney if the movie isn't glowingly reviewed (Frozen 2, Strange World, Wish). If anything we may get a Robot Dreams-style spoiler in spot 5 that's under the radar right now.

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Probably the only Funko collection I'll ever need. #MuppetChristmasCarol

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A.B. @justchilling0624.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My partner and I loved it, it's both a gripping cerebral thriller with real ideas on its mind AND a fun mystery movie with catty, power-hungry cardinals spilling tea on the regular. Excellent ensemble cast too, undoubtedly one of Ralph Fiennes' best performances.