The Rolling Tape

With Oscar nomination morning just around the corner on January 23, we break down category by category our final predictions for what will be nominated at the 97th Academy Awards this coming March. We discuss our predictions for everything from Best Makeup & Hairstyling to Best Picture and all of the categories in between providing our full and final analysis for all categories.

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Evan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTok

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Nate Hayden

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

After winning Best Drama Film at the recent Golden Globes, for our last review before the Oscar nominations we are discussing The Brutalist directed by Brady Corbet which premiered last year at the Venice International Film Festival. When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client. The film stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:02:54 Initial Thoughts
• 0:31:23 Spoiler Review
• 2:09:17 Oscars Assessment
• 2:21:24 Final Ratings

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Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTok

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The Brutalist Review by Paul Rai

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature and being recently shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the Academy Awards, Porcelain War is now in limited theatrical release. Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it's easy to make people afraid, it's hard to destroy their passion for living. We discuss the bravery and courage it took to make the film and feature the work of the Ukrainian artists during the war.

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Slava Leontyev IMDb

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

On a day filled to the brim with awards season headlines, we debrief the nominations from two of the most impactful guilds, SAG and DGA, and how they affect the performance and director races.

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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Owen Wilczek on Letterboxd, and X

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Our final episode in the category-by-category prediction series brings us to the craft categories with Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. With just two weeks to go before the Oscar nomination announcements, this is our final look before our annual mega predictions episode covering all categories.

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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Gabe Lillianthal on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, and TikTok

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

To kick off 2025, we are entering Aardman Animation Studios with a return to the Wallace & Gromit universe in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Top dog Gromit springs into action to save his master when Wallace's high-tech invention goes rogue and he's framed for a series of suspicious crimes. The film is directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham and features voice work by Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith, and Diane Morgan.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:02:13 Initial Thoughts
• 0:19:25 Spoiler Review
• 1:06:52 Oscars Assessment
• 1:15:00 Final Ratings

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Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Nandita Joshi on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, TikTok, and Linktree

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Review by Landon Defever

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we immediately debrief and recap our takeaways for the winners and the implications for the rest of the awards season.

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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTok
Kam Ryan on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Empty Theater Podcast
Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and X
Valerie Buvat de Virginy on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Empty Theater Podcast

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Golden Globes Winners

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With the Golden Globes approaching this coming Sunday, we make our final predictions for all film categories before live reacting to the ceremony.

Categories:

1. Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
2. Original Song
3. Original Score
4. Screenplay
5. Director
6. Actor in Supporting Role
7. Female Actor in Supporting Role
8. Male Actor (Musical/Comedy)
9. Female Actor (Musical/Comedy)
10. Male Actor (Drama)
11. Female Actor (Drama)
12. Best Picture (Non-English Language)
13. Animated
14. Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
15. Best Picture (Drama)

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Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok

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Golden Globes Nominations

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Nearing the end of our category-by-category prediction series, we are discussing the three feature categories for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature after receiving the AMPAS shortlists last week.

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Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

As one of our wrap-up conversations of 2024 before we enter the new year, our retrospective this week is celebrating another medium of storytelling. Similar to our horror retrospective for Halloween, we are celebrating the animation of 2024 today recapping our way through the year all the way back from Orion and the Dark to the box office boom of Inside Out 2 to arthouse selections like Flow and Memoir of a Snail.

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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Sasha Raquel on Letterboxd, Instagram, and YouTube
Red Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and Instagram
Landon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the Void

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Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller