THB #81: Oscar Nominations 2022

Good morning, Hollywoodnam!!!

As expected, the Oscar nominations were… expected.

If there was a real surprise, it was the revenge of the theatrical release. Power of the Dog is the same likely winner that it has been for months. There just hasn’t been a movie that has stepped up and demanded the win over Power. The only real way to take it down will be to tear it down… and I don’t see how you do that to a movie with a a legendary female director of enormous standing with a movie that deals with sexual orientation and an abused woman.

But… only 3 nominations for the streamers. Power, CODA, and Don’t Look Up. And neither CODA or Don’t Look Up is likely to take home anything. Warner Bros got as many Best Picture nominations as Netflix. Fox also got 2 Best Picture nominations, though Disney has killed off the part of Fox that brought us West Side Story… Searchlight lives!!!

Why is this?

Good question. I don’t think there is a clever answer. I don’t think it is anti-streamer bias. It’s the m…