Oscar 2024 Predictions with Fandango's Erik Davis (Academy Awards 2024)

0:00 In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, Fandango editor Eric Davis returns. We talk all about our Oscar predictions for the twenty twenty four Academy Awards. Let's go. Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from my Heart Radio, your pop culture news, views, reviews and celebrity interviews on all the movies, TV, music, and pop culture u CRABE Weekly. Here's Kyle mcmahonna Nit, hello and welcome the pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course am Kyle McMahon, and I am so happy that you're here to hang out with me for this episode of pop Culture Weekly. It is awards season and that's always capped off with the Academy Awards, which you know the Oscars.

0:46 So the twenty twenty four Oscars are this Sunday, depending on why you're when you're listening, and we have some predictions. There's some great films up. I actually think this is one of the best Oscar Award nominee lineup in quite some time. So there's just some interesting facts for you about the Academy Awards. Meryl Streep is the most nominated performer in Academy history, with twenty one nominations. Jack Nicholson is the most nominated male performer in Academy Award history with twelve nominations. Catherine Hepburn has the most Oscar wins for a performer with four, and Daniel day Lewis is the only person to have three Best Oscar winners. Of course, last year was the slap herd around the World when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the face, which is you know, I won't even get into that ridiculous, insane thing. But also in positive news, Michelle Yohe was named Best Actress for her role in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, which I loved, and she became the first woman of Asian descent to win Best Actress. So let's hope for some more First this year, my buddy Eric Davis from fan Dango is back and him and I are gonna just dive right into our Oscar nominations for the twenty twenty four Academy Awards. Let's go. Here's Eric Davis all right. First of all,

2:20 welcome back to Pop Culture Weekly on iHeartRadio. Thank you so much for joining me, Eric Davis, once again, Thanks for having me. Of course, I always love talking shop with you. So what's going on in your world these days? I know we're in the heat of award season, particularly the Oscars. Yeah, you know, I would say there's two big things happening. You have the biggest award show of the year for the entertainment industry, which is the Academy Awards. And then you have I think the first really big movie of the year, first blockbuster of the year. June Part two is opening in theaters, you know, a few days before the Oscars, so really kind of really big moments, like the biggest films from last year are being you know, acknowledged and awarded, and then you know, here comes the first really big year, big movie of the year with Dune Part two, which I'll be honest with you having seen it, it's gonna be another film we're talking about come this time next year, next year's Oscars, because there's a number of categories this one could could be nominated for.

3:23 Yeah, I'm so excited to see it. I missed the screening. I was like double booked, and I was like really trying to finagle it and I couldn't, And so now I just have to wait. And that's fine. But all my friends are talking, you know that have seen the screen screenings talking about it, and I'm like, please stop, but please also keep going. You know. Yeah, it's awesome. You know, it's great to get Like I do feel like this is an all timer of a sequel for a sci fi franchise. You know, I'm a big fan of the part two. I think the part two you can really have fun with because part one sets everything up. Part three maybe ends everything, but that part two is where you can really take some swings and really have some fun. And this part too is just epic and so like, if you're listening to this and you haven't seen it yet or haven't got your ticket yet, I mean you got this is one that put it on the schedule. I can't wait. And it's one of those I feel like you have to see it on the big screen, you know what I mean, Yeah, the biggest screen. Like I honestly treat this the way you treated Oppenheimer, if you were like, I have to go see this in IMAX or IMAX seventy milimeter, because Christopher Nolan's telling me that I gotta watch it that way, Like this is the same situation. I think Denis Villanu shot it in Imax same Imax seventy milimeter as an option in some theaters, so see it big, see it loud. I personally didn't get to see it in Imax.

4:42 My screening was not in Imax. It was in Dolby so the sound was amazing. But I am going to go back and go see this in Imax because it's just the craftsmanship is just on another level awesome. I can't wait. And what's going on in the Fandango world. Yeah, I mean we're getting ready for Doom Part two, which is exciting, and really getting ready for a long stretch of you know, here come the big movies we have on the you know, after Doom Part two, there's a new Ghostbusters movie, there's a Godzilla Verse Kong movie, The Fall Guy opens up May, and then we're into a summer season that's got, you know, stacked with I think, a bunch of franchises that people love, Despicable Me, Inside Out, Too, Bad Boys, Boy Boys four, a lot of really good stuff. So we're getting ready for all of those movies. Ghostbusters tickets actually just went on sale on fandango, So if you're looking to take the family out to that one, I heard it's scary. It's like a scary I cannot wait for that. That's on sale now. And then over at at Voodoo, a bunch of those movies that have come out earlier this year have just been released, so you can, you know, check out some of those movies like Beekeeper and several several others that are brand new to the platform. So today we are talking about I'm just looking at my notes here, Oscar nominations predictions for twenty twenty four. What do you think the big thing will be? You know, are we going to see a big take home this year, somebody's gonna sweep or you know, what are your thoughts

6:15 on that? Yeah? I would say the top story is Oppenheimer. It's the top story. It's been winning all of those Best Picture esque awards at every award show, so that really is I mean, in terms of a front runner, you can't get any more of a front runner than Oppenheimer is right now. And so yes, I mean, without a doubt, predicted to win Best Director and Best Picture, Christopher Nolan would take home his first ever Oscar. Yeah, which is crazy, Yeah, crazy to me? When if he wins for Oppenheimer and so, but I think the larger story for Oppenheimer, you know, it could either tie or break the record for the most amount of Oscars ever won during the ceremony. For those counting at home, that number is eleven. It is held by Ben her Titanic is up there, and the Lord of the Last, Lord of the Rings movie Return of the King all won eleven awards, So Oppenheimer nominee for thirteen.

7:16 So we'll see that we could have another another big record holder in its wins this year. I think, you know, I love the Oppenheimer so much, and like you said, it's insane that he has never won it, like literally insane. And this has got in my opinion, this has got to be the movie that he takes it home. It's gotta be. Yeah, yeah, this will be the movie. And it's a great movie, and I think it's most accomplished film. And you know, I think Christopher Nolan was already in this sort of stratosphere of directors very much so for pushing the boundaries of what the cinematic experience could be. He was really that first pioneer of working with imax cameras and you know, really educating audiences on why I have to go to see this in imax and what that that? What does that mean to the experience? And so to see him finally now recognize with this big win at the Oscars, I think is now going to kind of take him to that to that next level, that that legendary level, that that level that maybe like Martin Scorsese, who is opposite him in that director category, you know, I think that that level is like where Scorsese, where Spielberg is. I think it's time to start elevating Christopher Nolan and honestly right behind him is going to be Deni Villanu. Mmm. Okay, So just looking at categories here, you know, I'm just kind of randomly selecting some of the some of the best animated future film. We have The Boy in the Hair and Elemental Pneumona, Robot Dreams, and Spider Man Across

8:50 the Spider Verse. For me personally, I love the Spider Man Across films and I believe that one for the first one, right, yeah, it won the Oscar. The first into the Spider Verse won the Oscar for that. This is an interesting category because and this is a few different categories where you know a lot of OSCAR experts will look at who's winning the other award shows. You know, the Academy Awards is not the only award show. There's like a million award shows, and so you know, this is one of those categories where Across the Spider Verse has won a bunch of awards, and then The Boy and the Heron has won a bunch of awards, and so which of those two films is going to win it? You know, there's some people that say, you know, Into the Spider Verse one, let you know, for its first film, and this is a second installment, and so maybe we'll award the next installment, which will cap off the trilogy. But then there are others that you know, you can't deny just how incredible, you know, the largest team of animators ever assembled made this movie, and watching it is just you know, such a crazy, wild, this whole experience. How do you not give it the Oscars? So at this moment in time, I think I'm going to go with Across the Spider Verse winning. Yeah, I agree with you. I do worry, as you know, people like us do other people really why would you be worried about that? But I do kind of worry that because it's a sequel

10:20 and knowing that there's a third film, are they going to skip over this? And you know, kind of a Lord of the Rings thing, although Fellowship didn't, you know, really light up awards, but but you know I did. That is in the back of my mind, like are they going to go with The Boy and the hair On instead knowing that there was a third film coming or whatever? But just an interesting thing for me. Yeah, And that's always the conversation. And honestly, we're going to be back here next year talking about Dune Part two because I do see it being nominated for Best Picture and we're going to be saying it's the part too. Does that mean that it should be recognized? Should we wait for Doune Messiah, which is likely to be the third film, and that will they'll recognize the entire franchise at that point, So we'll see. But then again, you know Mayazaki, before The Boy and the Heron came out, there was a lot of news that this was going to be his last film, that he was going to retire after this film, and then he came out and said, no, I'm not retiring, So I almost I almost want to say if he stayed with that line. Yeah, yeah, then the Boy in the Heron is that front runner. Because this would be his last film, they would honor him for retiring on his last film. But now because that news is out there that it might not be his last film, I think it's a little bit more of a toss up in terms of which film wins that category. Okay, Best Original Song, which the Fire Inside from Flaming Hot. I'm just can from Barbie it Never went Away? American symp Symphony, a song from My People, Killers of the Flower Moon? And what was I Made For? From Barbie. Also, some interesting news that just popped up is I believe Its Variety is reporting that Ryan Gosling will be

11:56 performing I'm just ken at the ceremony, which interesting. What do you think for this is? Are the two Barbie is going to kind of eliminate themselves? What do you think it? I mean, the first thing that I'm thinking that is that I'm kind of bummed that Jack Black wasn't also nominated for Peaches for Mario Brothers, because to see them, maybe even in a back to back performances of those two songs, I think would have been the reason to tune into the Oscars. But you know, I think it's great that he's performing the song. I think it makes sense that he does. And again, I think it's a toss. I think less so Barbie, you know, and Barbie kind of eliminating each other. I think it's Barbie versus Barbie. I think it's OK. I'm just ken or what was I Made For? Both songs again, have won at various different award shows, So I do think it's those two films against each other. If I were to say, if I were to pick one right now, I would go with the Billie Eilish jam. Okay, what was I making for? You know?

12:56 I also too when like when you think about original song, you know, are one of these songs really popping off on the radio, Like are you just listening to it on repeat when you're driving in your car? You know, that always matters, that makes you know, because people it's like, that's the most recognizable to me. I love that song. I listened to it all the time anyway, So that's the song I'm going to vote for. So you know, what was I Made For? I'm still hearing it in my car when I'm driving, so you know, I think that one's gonna gonna win. Okay, I thought, oh, this one I thought was interesting. Best costume design Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon Oppenheimer, and Poor Things, which I feel like Poor Things did not get its flowers. I think it is such a creative film that is just you know, I feel like it just should have been bigger than what it is. What do you think about you know, all of those are very interesting and you know, on the spot in my opinion in regards to costume, you know, what are you thinking based on past history and looking at these films now, Yeah, and it's interesting. I think if Oppenheimer is not in this show, I think Poor Things is a front runner in a lot of categories. Poor Things in the holdovers, I think are dominating the Oscars if Oppenheim does not exist. But I think Poor Things takes costume design.

14:20 I think it's Poor Things versus Barbie again, another category where you know, both films have won at different award shows in this costume category. The costumes of Barbie really pop for me. But I do think, yeah, I agree that there's a lot of industry love for Poor Things. There's a lot of people that were turned off by that film because it goes to some wild places. But there are a lot of people that love that film and think it's brilliant, including myself. I think that I had such a great time watching that film. So I do think that we're going to see Poor Things pop up in a lot of these below the line categories. I think production design also, it could it could show up there and and then you know, the big one will be you know, could could Emma Stone, you know, beat Lily Gladstone at best actress. That's another category that a lot of eyes are on for costumes. Though I'm gonna go Poor Things, Okay, I I you know that that is my choice as well. I mean I'm more it's more kind of a personal choice just because I love that film so much, and I just, like I said, you know, I've talked to friends about like kind of non industry friends about it and they're like what, And I'm like, poor Things, It's so good and bubble.

15:31 You know. It's just I just feel like it should have been so much bigger than it was. And I hope that it gets its flowers. Uh, you know, for the Oscar ceremony, I think it will. Yeah, I think it will, you know I and that you know, I think that director, you know, yourgos Lanthobos. His films are have a specific kind of tone to them. Yeah, right, and so and it's the kind of tone that takes some chances. And so you're gonna have a lot of people that are all in his films. Like I'm one of those people. I love his dry warped sense of humor. I'm all in on everything he does. But then there's a lot of people that are just turned off by it because it's not as accessible as Barbie, you know, or as something that like The Holdovers. It's not it's not an accessible general consumer entertainment. It's a little bit left right, and so, uh, you know, I think it takes some chances. And but if you're all in on that, then then you're you're all in on everything that he does.

16:27 Yeah, he is. He is amazing and a visionary for me. He for me, he's like a a more artsy not that Tim Burton is an artsy, but like the art student evil you know, step brother of Tim Burton, you know what I mean. He's got like this vision and uh, and it's I just I just love him and I love poor Things. That's a great comp He's like, yeah, he's like an he's like an artsier Timber. Yeah, without a doubt. Uh. Best Actress and a sup Role Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer, Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple, America Ferrera for Barbie, Jodie Foster Divine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. This is an interesting category for me because I think that, you know, it's so many ways that they could go. Color purple for me was very Also, I feel like the Awards Love Overall wasn't you know, huge, and I thought it would be. I thought it was such a good film.

17:29 I thought it did an amazing job of marrying the book and the movie and the musical all in a kind of its own new thing. And you know, we'll see what happens. But what are you thinking for for Best Importing Actor Actors? Yeah, I mean, I mean, I completely agree with you on the Color Purple. I think if there's you know, I think there's maybe a couple of films that could have shown up bigger at this award show. I think The Color Purple is one of them. I think Salburne is one of them. I think Ben Affleck's Air, which I love, I think that's one of them too. But you know, I think Danielle Brooks is fantastic in it. But like you know, multiple people from that cast could have been nominated. I think the film should have been nominated for Best Picture. That's my personal opinion because I agree with you it does a really great job of marrying all three of those things into one new experience for a new generation. That being said, this is one of those categories where I think you do have to look at all of these previous award shows and Divine Joy Randolph from The Holdovers has won literally every single Supporting Actress award.

18:34 So if she does not win in this category, it's the shock of the night, without a doubt, It's the upset of the night. But I think that, you know, The Holdovers is one of my favorite films of the year. I think it's I don't know how many categories it's going to be awarded in. I think this category is a lock for that film getting kind of its recognition, and I think the vine Joy Randolph takes it okay. Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K. Brown for American Fiction which I love Robert de Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon, who I mean, DeNiro, Robert Downey Junior, In Oppenheimer, Ryan Gosling, and Barbie and Mark Ruffalo import things. So I thought, this for me is another really hard one because they're all such strong performances. Yeah, this is a fun category. I mean they're all like, all of these guys are just awesome. Yeah, and all of them can do you know, comedy, they can do drama, like, they're all so versatile. All of these performances are really great. I love I love Ryan Gosling because you know, I think for the longest time, a lot of people saw Ryan Gosling as like a dramatic actor or like an action movie actor. But I was always like, look, if you saw the nice guys, you realize that Gosling is such a great comedic actor. And I think like to see him recognized on this stage for performance I love because I don't think anybody really ever saw this and Jostling, I think he's brilliant. That being said, I don't

20:07 think he's going to win. You know, Downey Junior has been winning this category and several award shows. It's you know, I think he's due. He hasn't won the Oscar yet. No, he's been nominated a couple of times, he hasn't won yet. So I do think that this is Downey Junior's time. As much as I think it's Downey Junior, I personally wish it was Sterling K. Brown. I think Sterling in American fiction is out of bounds. I think he's fantastic. I think that film like The Holdovers deserves some greater recognition at the Academy Awards. But because of the Oppenheimer's and the poor things, like, I don't know how much it's going how much love it's going to get. I do think it will win Adapted Screenplay for Core Jefferson. This is his first film, but I personally would love to see Sterling win this category. I do think it's going to go to Downy Junior for Oppenheimer, which I'm happy about too. Yeah, yeah, because you know, after a million Marvel movies, it's great to get like a rich, like juicy Robert Downey Junior performance. You know. Yeah, he's gotten one of those in a while. So I think he's great in Oppenheimer.

21:17 He deserves it, And you know, for me, this is another category where no matter who wins, I feel like we win, you know what I mean, Because it's just such a rich category this year, with so many amazing performances that it's like I'd be happy with any of them, you know, exactly. Yeah, de Niro too. I thought DeNiro is great in Killers of the Flower Moon. And you know, he's a guy who's got out cut, you know, late in his career. I think he does. He does do a lot of movies where people are like, you know, he's just kind of writing that performance in But whenever he shows up in a score says he filmed, you can tell like he shows up to like bring everything he's gotten. I think he's great and Killers in the Flowers. I think Leo is great, mate too. I think I think Leo could have been nominated as well. I think it's one of his more versatile performances, so that I think that was kind of a surprise to not see him definitely in acting category. Definitely. All right, We're gonna take a break for just a moment to pay the bills. I love you, and I love that you support us and me and this show and everything I do. And I hope to continue to keep it coming for you forever and make it better and bigger than ever every single time. But to do that, we have to pay the bills. So hang out here for about sixty seconds and we'll be right back to dive in. All right, we are back. Thank you for hanging out with us and letting us pay the bills.

22:42 Let's get back into my conversation with Fandango editor Eric Davis on the OSCAR nominations and our predictions for the twenty twenty four Academy Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Andette Benning uh for how do you pronounce that? Yet? No? Yet? Okay, so I was saying it right. Lily Gladstone Killer is the Flower Moon, Sandra Huller for Anatomy of a Fall, Carry Mulligan for Maestro, and Emma Stone for Poor Things. I you know, I am again partial to poor Things. But Lily Gladstone was incredible, and and I think you had mentioned she's been kind of sweeping right, well, not not necessarily like Emma Stone has has won uh some of this award as well.

23:33 Emma Emma won the Baftah, and I think a lot of people then shifted to Emma Stone taking home the Oscar, and then Lily Gladstone won at SAG the SAG Awards, and so now everybody's shifted to Lily glad But you know what, that's fun Like this, I think is the category of the night. I think this, I think Lily Gladstone versus Emma Stone is one of the top stories. Both women deserve this. I think they both have very different performances. Emma Stone very physical, very out there, takes a lot of risks in that in that role. Lily Gladstone much quieter, you know, so much of her performance is in her face, isn't her gestures, is in the way she looks at the situation. And so like just two completely different performances, both excellent both. I think neck and neck for who wins this one, I am in. I am in the Lily Gladstone camp right now, having shifted back over from the Emstone camp. I think I think Lily Gladstone wins. And she does win. She'll be the first Native American woman ever to win this Oscar for Best Actress. So history is on the line, and I think I think Lily Lily takes it. And you know what, I hope Lily takes it because Emma Stone great actress, she's good, she's gonna have a career, she's gonna be at a bunch of big films coming out. She's she's good. Yeah, she'll be back here at some point. Willy Gladstone is an actress that I think is on

25:03 the up and up a lot of people. She's not a household name like Emma Stone. And you know, winning an award like this is so meaningful. It's so impactful for an actress like Willie Gladstone, And so I hope it goes to Lily because I think it'll really kind of then catapult her to the next level of her career and put her in a bunch more movies that make her a household. Yeah. And you know it's interesting because, like you said, should she win, she would be the first Native American woman to win this. Now, I'm like, wow, history really is on the line. So now you have me switching over. I'm like, but that'll be a great one to watch, Yeah, without a doubt. Best Actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper from Maestro, Coleman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamati for The Holdover, Cillia Murphy for Oppenheimer, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction. This is another one, in my opinion, that is hard to pick for me. I mean, they all did such great performances, They're all such great films. What are you thinking? I agree, I think they're all great films. Killian Murphy has been winning this for Oppenheimer.

26:11 He is I would say he's due. Great actor, never really recognized in this fashion. This is his first ever Oscar nomination, So I think like this is an actor who I think is due. Then again, Giamatti is. I'm such a fan of The Holdovers, and so every time I talk about that film, I just smile. I feel like it's going to be a film that I watch every Holiday season because it just gives you those those those comfortable vibes. Yeah, Giamatti's won. He's won this award at some of these award shows, So you know, I don't necessarily think it's as close of a toss up as it is between Lily and Emma for Best Actress.

26:53 But I do think there is a lot of people that are looking at this as like Achillean versus Giamatti, and so I think Murphy's gonna win it ultimately, but I do think it's it's a bit of a race. But everybody in that in that category is awesome. It's great to see Coleman Domingo, who's an actor who in the last few years has really sort of stepped out, and you know, everything he's he's doing is memorable. Every performance he turns in is memorable. He reminds me of Sterling K. Brown in the way of he's an actor that just you can tell when he's performing he gives one hundred and twenty percent. He gives everything he has to that character that he's playing. Both of those guys kind of remind me of each other in that way. And so you know, if I was going to say, hey, Eric, you get to pick who gets it, I'd give it to Coleman, honestly. But I do think Killian's gonna win. Okay, Best Director, Anatomy of a Fall Justin Justine Triatt, Martin Scorsese, Killers The Flower Moon, Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer, Your gos lanth The Most Poor Things? Am I saying that? Right? Yes? Okay? Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest, which was Wow. That was a film that yeah that it was a great film, but oh my god, I needed therapy after that, more therapy than I normally get great film. Who do you think is we kind of talked about this before, you think this is Nolan's

28:26 year. I think Christopher Nolan wins this. I think he wins his first Oscar in this category without a doubt. You know, again, similar to Divine Joy Randolph. If Christopher Nolan does not win in this category, like you're looking at like a pretty big upset. Yeah, And honestly, if he doesn't win, I think it goes to that guy, Jonathan Glazer, just because I think there's so many people, so many directors, so many industry folks who are so taken by the way that that film was shot and the sound of it, and so I do think there's all of interest is going to pick up you know, a couple of Oscars, probably in the below the line categories. But you know, Oppenheimer, Nolan, this is his year. He deserves to win it. Yeah. I mean, he took a film about, you know, a nuclear physicist and made it one of the highest grossing movies of the year, one of the most entertaining films of the year. I mean, how do you not give this guy the Oscar for just achieving that? Yeah, yeah, I agree. I love I love him, I love the film, and I really am hoping that it wins Best Picture. American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest. Are you expecting any upsets this year? What do you you know? What are your thoughts on this list?

29:53 Not expecting any upsets as we head into it. I do think, like I said at the top of the you know, we haven't had a front runner like Oppenheimer. Like Oppenheimer is the front runner of all front runners right now. It has been winning this award at every award show. If it does not win Best Picture, it's a huge surprise. But I also think, like when you look at this, this list of Best Picture nominies, it's one of the best I think that we've had in years. Every one of these films is really great. You have giant box office hits on this, you have smaller films that really resonated and meant a lot to people. You know, there isn't a person that I talk who you know, a lot of these have been big, big airplane movies, so a lot of people are discovering, like Past Lives is being discovered on a lot of airplanes right now, And everybody I talk to is like, I just watched Past Lives on an airplane. I was crying my eyes out, you know.

30:48 But films like Past Lives, I think, you know, really kind of resonate with a lot of people. But I do think Oppenheimer ultimately takes it. But it's an interesting category. I think this is the first year that we've had two films in the in not not in the English language nominated, with Anatomy of the Fall and The Zone of Interest. If one of those does win, it will be the first time since Parasite, it will be only the second film in non English language that is one Best Picture. So there is some history there with the Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall, both great films. American Fiction. We've talked about. Another thing I love about this category first timers. Sleen Song who directed Past Lives, Core Jefferson, who directed American Fiction. This is their first film. Imagine imagine your first film being nominated for Best Picture, Like like I feel like, that's it a good done about I've done it. Uh so the cool story that they that they're I think cord is gonna win Best Adapted Screenplay.

31:51 I hope he does. I think it's a great screenplay for American fiction. But Uh, the end of the day, I think this is Oppenheimer's one to lose. Any any surprises in general that you think we may see, uh for the Academy Awards this year, you know, I I I think we could see some surprises. I think if we do, the bigger surprises would be holdovers and poor things. Do they show up and win categories that maybe they weren't expected to win? Ken Paul Giamatti win Best Best Actor? You know? Will have the Stone win? Uh? You know? Will the film win in some of these below the line categories where it's where it's not necessarily expected to win. I don't necessarily see this as a huge shocker of a year. Uh. And I say that because I'm looking at the other awards shows what's winning, you know, and and especially if you look at something like you know SAG. A lot of these categories are voted by the group you know. The cinematographers all vote for the cinematographers, the actors all vote for the actors, and then everybody votes for Best Picture. So when you look at something like the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Killian Murphy and Lily Gladstone win, you're saying, Okay, now, if all the actors are voting for them, then when the actors vote for the Oscars, you know they're likely to win. So in looking at the other award shows,

33:22 we haven't seen any really big shocking upsets. I think the biggest upsets have been where Emma Stone and Paul Giamatti have actually come through and won those categories. So I would say, if there is a big upset, look for it to come from from poor things, the holdovers, American fiction, all big audience friendly movies. But I think I would I would hope that the predictions I've just given you will likely will likely stay. I think I think you know, I think you're right. I'm on I'm on your team, team team Eric there, and you're definitely one that knows what the heck he's talking about. So so I'm looking forward to the ceremony. What what else are you you know, going into As you said twenty twenty four will most likely be for twenty twenty In twenty twenty five, talking about Dune to any other things that you see this year that you know you're thinking will be a Oscar Locke for a nomination. You know, there's nothing that I've seen yet other than June two that I feel like that's a film that we're going to be talking about later this year without a doubt. You know, I think once we get later in the later in the year. Ridley Scott has a sequel, Gladiator, coming out in November. The first Gladiator one Best Picture back in two thousands, so you know, immediately, you know, when you have a sequel to a Best Picture winner, you have to kind

34:55 of say, okay. You know, Ridley did not show up as much an award season with Napoleon. I thought the craftsmanship on that film was fantastic, so you do see it a little bit here, but I think it could have had a better showing at the Oscars. So, you know, Ridley Scott's one of those He's another great director. He really makes these great movies. So I'm looking at Gladiator two as being as being one. Paul Thomas Anderson is making a film right now. I'm not sure if it's gonna come out later this year, but it's got like Leonardo DiCaprio on it and Tianna Taylor and I'm a big Pta fan. I love licorice pizza. So you know, let's see when that film comes out, if that becomes something in the conversation and you know, and then from there we're gonna have to see. You know, is there a Barbenheimer this year? Are are there?

35:43 You know, Duing Part two? Yes, that movie is gonna do well at the box offic it's gonna be nominated next year. But is are there other big blockbuster type movies that pop with audiences, that pop with voters. That's something I'm looking at, and I'm curious to see if any of these big films really resonate with people. But you know, right now, I would say, you know, if you're looking at your twenty twenty five best picture list, Scratching Dune Part two and then let's see how it fills out. Fandango, as always, is covering all of awards season and films all year, but especially there's a lot of content and coverage with the Academy Awards, with the Oscars, right yep, we'll be covering the Oscars at Fandango. Also our sister's site, Rotten Tomatoes. We have ballots that you can print out if you're gonna have fun at home with your friends and drinking, you know, and have some drinking names with them. So we have a printable ballot that you can get on either Rotten Tomatoes or Fandango Rotten Tomatoes.

36:45 Who's at the oscars luncheon recently? So there's a bunch of interviews that they have on their channels for that, I would say, you know, we have this big ticket interview series that I'm very proud of, and we did the first big cast interviews for Barbie and for Oppenheimer of our most watched interviews of the year. So I would say, going into the Oscars, if you haven't checked out those conversations, they're lengthy, our Oppenheimer conversations like thirty minutes long. People have been loving it, really great conversation. So I would say, go over to our channels, maybe watch some of those conversations. All of these films, many of the films that are nominated are also available on Voodoo right now, and I know we'll probably have most of them on sale, and there's Oscar sales, and so definitely if you need to catch up at home, go over to Voodoo and you'll find the awards collection and you'll have everything that's at least available at home. Right now, we will have over there on Voodoo awesome. And where can we find you and follow all your stuff? Yeah, I mean at Eric with a kay Davis on the Twitter or the X and this is Eric Davis on some other platforms, but you know, just type in Eric Davis Fandango and you'll find me somewhere chirping, chirping about movie. Are you on Letterbox? You know?

38:02 I'm technically on Letterbox, but I'm not as active on Letterbox, and I'm I'm currently debating when do I want to get more active because I see so many movies. But then I also see so many movies very far in advance that when they finally come out, like and I can finally write my Letterbox review, I'm not. I'm not. I don't remember everything. Yeah, so my game is not is not where it should be, but maybe this year is it becomes I step it up a little bit. I've gotten so in the last few months, I've really tried to step up, step up my letterbox game, and I've been running into that problem where, you know, I just saw a film yesterday in New York that doesn't come out for a couple of weeks, and I'm and you know that there's the embargo, social embargo or whatever, and I'm like crap. So I'm like, do I write it in my notes and then go back and like copy and paste it now or whatever. But the community is so awesome there, you know, and so I really do. I really am trying to actively get more involved in it because it's film lovers like us, you know what I mean. Yeah, it's always fun. And I think, honestly, I think if I did kind of go all in on a letter box, I might do it under a pseudonym. Okay, so if you you know, there may be you know something there, you know, it may not be mister Eric Davis, Okay, So Schmerrik Schmavis is definitely not you on letterbox.

39:25 It's definitely Notrek. No, that's I mean, We'll see Thank you Eric as always, Fandango dot Com and Voodoo as well, and Rotten Tomatoes. I appreciate you hanging out with me and talking about the Oscar nominations. Please come back again as always. Yeah, without a doubt man anytime. Enjoy the Oscars. Thank you you too, Eric Davis. It's always a pleasure to have Eric on. He's just an encyclopedia of knowledge. We have a lot of the same tastes and I love that obviously. Let me know what your says are. Who do you think is going to win at the twenty twenty four Academy Awards. Who you're rooting for? What do you think are the upsets? What are you expecting? Hit me up on social let me know or email me. All the links are in the show notes on this episode or the websites Popcultureweekly dot com, and I will see you next time with some Barry interesting guests. Get it, Barry interesting guests, bear Berry very interesting. All right, all right, I love you, see you next week. Thank you for listening to pop Cultureweekly. Here all the latest at Popcultureweekly dot com. Keep my wife's name o't y'all. Keep my

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