Mahershala Ali

Belfast, The Power of the Dog, and Licorice Pizza rack up significant BAFTA nominations while Lady Gaga becomes the only Best Actress Oscar hopeful to hit all the major precursors.

There's nothing like Oscar season to get our competitive juices flowing. The front-runners may be obvious by now, so let's advocate for the actors, directors, and one rock-star composer we'd like to see go the distance.

Mahershala Ali plays a dying man and his own AI replacement in a movie too heavy on mood.

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