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Guide to the Oscars

The 2021 Academy Awards will air on Sunday, 4/25, at 5pm PST.  Here are the nominated films with ratings and links to where they can be streamed.

Best Picture

Mank (Netflix)
IMDb: 7; 83% Critics, 60% Audience; My Rating: 3.5/5
10 Nominations: Picture, Director (D. Fincher), Actor (Oldman), Supporting Actress (Seyfried), Cinematography (Messerschmidt), Score (Reznor, Ross), Sound, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair

Nomadland (Hulu) 7.6; 94%, 82%; 4/5
6: Picture, Director & Adapted Screenplay & Editing (Zhao), Actress (McDormand), Cinematography (Richards)

Minari (Rent) 7.6; 98%, 89%; 4+/5
6: Picture, Director & Original Screenplay (Chung), Actor (Yeun), Supporting Actress (Yuh-jung), Score (Mosseri)
Interview with Lee Isaac Chung (Writer/Director): https://outofthewhirlwind.com/film/minari/

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 7.8; 89%, 91%; 4-/5
6: Picture, Original Screenplay (Sorkin), Editing (Baumgarten), Cinematography (Papamichael), Supporting Actor (Cohen), Song

Sound of Metal (Prime) 7.8; 97%, 91%; 4+/5
6: Picture, Original Screenplay (Marder, et al), Editing (Nielsen), Actor (Ahmed), Supporting Actor (Raci), Sound

The Father (Rent) 8.3; 98%, 89%; 4/5
6: Picture, Adapted Screenplay (Zeller, Hampton), Editing (Lamprinos), Actor (Hopkins), Supporting Actress (Colman), Production Design

Judas and the Black Messiah (Rent) 7.6; 96%, 95%; 4/5
6: Picture, Original Screenplay (King, et al), Supporting Actors (Kaluuya, Stanfield), Cinematography (Bobbitt), Song

Promising Young Woman (Rent or Buy) 7.5; 90%, 88%; 4+/5
5: Picture, Director & Original Screenplay (Fennell), Editing (Thoraval), Actress (Mulligan)

International

Another Round (Rent or Buy) 7.892%, 91%
2: International Film, Director (Vinterberg)
Collective (Rent or Buy) 8.3; 99%, 91%
2: International Film, Documentary
Better Days (Rent or Buy) 7.6; 100%, 97%
Quo vadis, Aida? (Rent or Buy) 7.6; 100%, 84%
The Man Who Sold His Skin (N/A) 7.2; 100%, 82%

Documentary

Collective (Rent or Buy) 8.4; 99%, 93%
2: International Film, Documentary
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) 8.2; 100%, 94%
Crip Camp
(Netflix) 7.7; 100%, 92%
The Mole Agent (Hulu or Rent/Buy) 7.8; 95%, 89%
Time (Prime) 7; 98%, 50%

Animated

Soul (Disney+ or Buy) 8.1; 95%, 88%; 3.5/5
3: Animated Film, Score (Reznor, Ross, Batiste), Sound
WolfWalkers (AppleTV+) 8.1; 99%, 100%; 4.5/5
Onward (Disney+ or Rent/Buy) 7.4; 88%, 95%; 4/5
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix) 6.9; 96%, 80%
Over the Moon (Netflix) 6.4; 81%, 73%

Multi-Nominated

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 7; 98%, 75%; 2.5/5
5: Actor (Boseman), Actress (Davis), Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair

News of the World (Rent or Buy) 6.8; 88%, 89%; 3.5/5
4: Cinematography (Wolski), Score (Howard), Sound, Production Design

One Night in Miami (Prime) 7.2; 98%, 82%; 3/5
3: Adapted Screenplay (Powers), Supporting Actor (Odom), Song

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Prime) 6.7; 85%, 64%; 3.5/5
2: Adapted Screenplay (Cohen, et al), Supporting Actress (Bakalova)

Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) 6.7; 26%, 84%
2: Supporting Actress (Close), Makeup/Hair

Tenet (Rent or Buy) 7.5; 70%, 76%; 4/5
2: Visual Effects, Production Design

Mulan (Disney+ or Buy) 5.6; 72%, 49%
2: Visual Effects, Costumes

Pinocchio (Rent or Buy) 6.2; 84%, 40%
2: Costumes, Makeup/Hair

Emma. (HBO Max or Buy) 6.7; 87%, 72%
2: Costumes, Makeup/Hair

Others by Category

Adapted Screenplay
Bahrani: The White Tiger (Netflix) 7.2; 91%, 80%

Actress
Day: The United States vs. Billie Holliday (Hulu) 6.3; 53%, 86%
Kirby: Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) 7.1; 75%, 86%

Score
Blanchard: Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 6.5; 92%, 54%, 2/5

Sound
Greyhound
(AppleTV+) 7; 79%, 75%

Visual Effects
Love and Monsters (Rent or Buy) 7; 92%, 89%
The Midnight Sky (Netflix) 5.6; 50%, 26%
The One and Only Ivan (Disney+) 6.6; 70%, 66%

Song
The Life Ahead (Netflix) 6.8; 92%, 75%
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) 6.5; 63%, 77%

Shorts

White Eye (T/Port) 7.6
The Present (Netflix) 7.6
The Letter Room
(Topic) 6.8
Two Distant Strangers
(Official Site) 6.4
Feeling Through
(Official Site) 7.5:

Documentary Shorts

A Love Song for Latasha (Netflix) 6.8; N/A, 88%
Do Not Split
(Facebook) 7.5
Hunger Ward (PlutoTV) 7
Colette (YouTube) 7.3:

A Concerto Is a Conversation (NYTimes) 6.9:

Animated Shorts

If Anything Happens I Love You (Netflix) 7.9; 100%, 92%
Burrow
(Disney+) 7.5
Genius Loci (Official Site) 6.2
Yes-People (Rent or Buy) 5.5
Opera (Instagram7.3:

 

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