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After multiple drafts of above the line predictions we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. Today we round out the primary above-the-line categories focusing on performances with Best Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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The Gotham Film & Media Institute held their ceremony for the 35th edition of The Gothams. We recap the winners across all categories including Best Feature for One Battle After Another after the film led the way, receiving six nominations. It Was Just an Accident, however, was the big winner of the night taking home three awards. 

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The first four episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 have arrived! One last adventure battling Vecna with the party is here and our team is stationed at the Squawk to discuss. This mini-series has run the gauntlet through recapping all four previous seasons up until the release of Season 5: Volume 1, the first four episodes of the final season. Stranger Things 5, which will consist of eight episodes, is set to be released in three parts. The first volume premiered on November 26, 2025, with the second slated for December 25, and the finale on December 31. The series will close with one more episode after...

Hamnet is written and directed by Chloé Zhao, with the screenplay co-written by Maggie O'Farrell, based on her 2020 novel of the same name. The film is described as a powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, "Hamlet". Hamnet had its premiere at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival back in August and received a limited theatrical release by Focus Features on November 26 before expanding wide this coming week in December. The film stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Jacobi Jupe, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn.

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After multiple drafts of above the line predictions between April and October we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. This episode features our updated predictions for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Adapted Screenplay. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website's Oscar Board.

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Happy Stranger Things week!!! Tomorrow we'll receive Part One (the first four episodes) of the fifth and final season, and to celebrate, here's our full recap and discussion on Season 4! Grab your eggos and travel with us to the upside down. Season 4 released worldwide on Netflix in two volumes. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, while the second set of two episodes was released on July 1, 2022. This mini-series will follow the Stranger Things season by season through its newest and final season 5 which will be released in 3 parts over the holidays. The main cast and...

Wicked: For Good is the second part of the Wicked film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. The film is described as follows: after challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, Elphaba must grapple with her identity as the "Wicked Witch of the West". Meanwhile, the Wizard has given...

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Season 4 of RETRO//RANKED has reached its grand finale on Edgar Wright's filmography with a mega ranking episode covering his last four feature films The World's End, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho & The Running Man. By the end of this episode we complete the entire ranking of his career and announce which director we'll be tackling for Season 5 of the show.

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Back in April we hosted our first conversation of the awards season with a way-too-early glimpse at the potential contenders ahead, and in July we revisited that with our first official draft of above-the-line category predictions, and in October we revisited again with our second official draft of above-the-line categories. We are now starting our specialized prediction episodes that feature 1 to 3 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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The Running Man is directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. The story is as follows: A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them. The film stars Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

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Ben Kalina is an award-winning director and producer whose work centers on the collision between human nature and the force of nature (Can We Cool the Planet?, Shored Up). His latest work, Plan C for Civilization, has its World Premiere at DOC NYC 2025. Plan C for Civilization tackles the promise and peril of solar geoengineering with exclusive verite access to its protagonist David Keith and the SCoPEx project as well as the rogue geoengineers of Make Sunsets. Ben sits down with Danny Jarabek to discuss the film and its relationship to experimental climate change solutions.

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