It's The Most Wacky Awards Time Of Year

Sing it!

We are floating in the Mini-Me *Oscar season. Some people are happy. Some less so. But it is undeniable that this is not just a two-month delay in the way things normally are (except at Netflix... and not really even there). We are in a shrunken season, with as many players that are not creating the pool of potential nominees and winners as we are players who are hoping to take advantage of the void.

This will be the awards season in which the fewest people in the history of Oscar see any of the nominees on a theatrical screen. That includes both Oscar voters and civilians.

Many in the media see this as a triumph. I do not. Oscar is teetering on the edge of irrelevance. Moving forward is not a step forward, but a step toward oblivion.

I will step off of my soapbox and get to the movies. Six weeks ago, I opined...

1. Mank – Your likely winner.
Nomadland
Tenet
Dune
News of the World
C’mon C’mon (no date yet)
Connected
Hillbilly Elegy
The Trial of The Chicago Seven
The United States vs. Billi…