Mark and Devin convene immediately after the end of the telecast of the 92nd Oscars to discuss winners, losers, favorite moments and lingering frustrations.
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The M&M Report Predicts the 2019 Oscars
BEST PICTURE
Mark: Parasite
Devin: 1917
BEST ACTOR
Mark: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Devin: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
BEST ACTRESS
Mark: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Devin: Renée Zellweger, Judy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Devin: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mark: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Devin: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Mark: Sam Mendes, 1917
Devin: Sam Mendes, 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark: Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Devin: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Mark: Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Devin: Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Mark: Elton John, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman
Devin: Elton John, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Mark: Parasite
Devin: Parasite
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Mark: Honeyland
Devin: American Factory
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Mark: Toy Story 4
Devin: Toy Story 4
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mark: Roger Deakins, 1917
Devin: Roger Deakins, 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mark: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Devin: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mark: Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
Devin: Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
BEST FILM EDITING
Mark: Jeff Groth, Joker
Devin: Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker, Ford v Ferrari
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mark: Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole, 1917
Devin: Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker, Bombshell
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mark: Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Devin: Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales, 1917
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark: Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy, 1917
Devin: Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy, 1917
BEST SOUND MIXING
Mark: Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, 1917
Devin: Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, 1917
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mark: Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, 1917
Devin: Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, 1917
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Mark: Hair Love
Devin: Hair Love
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Mark: Nefta Football Club
Devin: The Neighbors’ Window
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Mark: Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone If You’re a Girl
Devin: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
“Her”: Future Awe
In writer-director Spike Jonze’s Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays the man some of us might turn out to be in twenty or thirty years. Burdened by the constant bombardment of “connection” and “engagement,” Theodore Twombley is perpetually alone, at least in his own mind. Even though he knows his life is stuck in neutral, he feels too threatened by his own sorrows to make any meaningful strides in the right direction. But technology hasn’t hollowed him out. In fact, Theodore radiates empathy and compassion, even when he doesn’t know where or how to direct it.
That’s the contradiction at the heart of this marvelous film, a richly imagined exploration of the nature of relationships and a study in the futility of rejecting technological progress. Her offers a vision of the future that’s both radically different from our world and very much the same. Theodore’s central quandary – is my relationship with an artificially intelligent operating system “real”? – is just a logical extension of our own uncertainty about knowing and connecting with others. As we place our trust in manmade machines that take on lives of their own, we’re simply transferring the central questions of human existence into a more palatable outlet. In the not-so-distant future of Her, those central questions remain the same, even though they’ve evolved on the surface.
The M&M Report, Episode 19: She
Listen to Episode 19 of The M&M Report here.
This week on The M&M Report, Devin Mitchell and I talked about two pieces of entertainment with female-centric titles: HBO’s Girls and Spike Jonze’s Her. It’s only fitting that we also brought in two women to talk with us!
First, The Eagle news assistant Lindsay Sandoval joined us to discuss the new season of Girls, the strange appeal of Adam Driver and the validity of the controversies surrounding the show.
After that, we welcomed The Eagle student life editor Chloe Johnson to discuss the romantic drama Her, the first film both written and directed by Spike Jonze. All three of us like the movie and recommend you see it instead of choosing from the January trash heap (That Awkward Moment and Labor Day, just to name two).
Next week, we’re happy to finally welcome The Eagle sports editor Eric Saltzman to talk about the Super Bowl, the Olympics and whatever else is on our minds.
In the meantime, make sure to listen to Chloe’s first appearance on Episode 8 of the podcast. Until next week…thanks for listening!
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2013 in Review: My Favorite Movies…and All the Rest
Below, you’ll find my ranked list of every new movie I saw in 2013. (I saw many of them in theaters, some on DVD and Netflix and a few of them in advance screenings.) If it’s not on this list, I haven’t seen it.
First, a few notes: these rankings are really quite arbitrary. I’m happy with the first few at the top and the bottom, but in between, I could make a case for bumping almost every movie up or down one or two slots. I wrote this list to give you a sense of what I enjoyed at the movies in 2013. My hope is that you’ll start at the top of the list and find a few movies worth checking out, or you’ll disagree with my rankings and we can have a discussion about the relative merits of your favorites and mine.
On with the list!
