Stanko's Stance

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

My Nominations

• Dave Bautista – “Knock At The Cabin”
• Matt Damon – “Air”
• Taron Egerton – “Tetris”
• Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
• Keanu Reeves – “John Wick: Chapter 4”

MY WINNER: Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

My Nominations

• Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer”
• Josh Hamilton – “Reality”
• Chris Messina – “Air”
• Dewayne Perkins – “The Blackening”
• Donnie Yen – “John Wick: Chapter 4”

MY WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

My Nominations

• Emily Blunt – “Oppenheimer”
• Melissa Barrera – “Scream VI”
• Keira Knightly – “Boston Strangler”
• Sydney Sweeney – “Reality”
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge – “Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny”

MY WINNER: Sydney Sweeney – “Reality”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

My Nominations

• Viola Davis – “Air”
• Liana Liberato – “Scream VI”
• Sophia Lillis – “Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
• Florence Pugh – “Oppenheimer”
• Jasmin Savoy Brown – “Scream VI”

MY WINNER: Florence Pugh – “Oppenheimer”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

My Nominations

• “Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham”
• “Legion Of Super-Heroes”
• “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

MY WINNER: “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

My Nominations

• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Dan Lausten
• “Oppenheimer” – Hoyte Van Hoytema
• “The Pale Blue Eye” – Masanobu Takayanagi
• “Scream VI” – Brett Jutkiewicz
• “Tetris” – Alwin H. Küchler

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer” – Hoyte Van Hoytema

COSTUME DESIGN

My Nominations

• “Air” – Charlese Antoinette Jones
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Paco Delgado
• “Oppenheimer” – Ellen Mirojnick
• “The Pale Blue Eye” – Kasia Walicka Maimone
• “Tetris” – Nat Turner

MY WINNER: “Air” – Charlese Antoinette Jones

BEST DIRECTOR

My Nominations

• Ben Affleck – “Air”
• Jon S. Baird – “Tetris”
• Sam Hargrave – “Extraction 2”
• Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”
• Chad Stahelski – “John Wick: Chapter 4”

MY WINNER: Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

My Nominations

• “Bama Rush”
• “BS High”
• “Call Me Kate”
• “Cocaine Bear: The True Story”

MY WINNER: “BS HIgh”

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

My Nominations

• “Making Of The Last Of Us”
• “Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis To The Big Screen”

MY WINNER: “Making Of The Last Of Us“

FILM EDITING

My Nominations

• “Air” – William Goldenberg
• “Extraction 2” – William Hoy, Alex Rodríguez
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Nathan Orloff
• “Oppenheimer” – Jennifer Lame
• “Reality” – Ron Dulin, Jennifer Vecchiarello

MY WINNER: “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Nathan Orloff

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

My Nominations

• Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

MY WINNER: Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

My Nominations

• “Boston Strangler” – Can’t Identify Lead
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Can’t Identify Lead
• “Oppenheimer” – Luisa Abel
• “The Pale Blue Eye” – Can’t Identify Lead
• “Tetris” – Can’t Identify Lead

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer” – Luisa Abel

ORIGINAL SCORE

My Nominations

• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard
• “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny” –  John Williams
• “Oppenheimer” –  Ludwig Göransson
• “The Pale Blue Eye” – Howard Shore
• “Tetris” – Lorne Balfe

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer” –  Ludwig Göransson

ORIGINAL SONG

My Nominations

• “On My Soul” (Tobe Nwigwe and Nas featuring Jacob Banks)

MY WINNER: “On My Soul” (Tobe Nwigwe and Nas featuring Jacob Banks)

BEST PICTURE

My Nominations

• “Air”
• “The Blackening”
• “Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
• “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny”
• “John Wick: Chapter 4”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Reality”
• “Scream VI”
• “Sisu”
• “Tetris”

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

My Nominations

• “Air”
• “Boston Strangler”
• “John Wick: Chapter 4”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “The Pale Blue Eye”

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer”

SHORT FILM ANIMATED

My Nominations

• Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

MY WINNER: Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION

My Nominations

• Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

MY WINNER: Have not seen any movies applicable to this category.

SOUND

My Nominations

• “Extraction 2”
• “Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
• “John Wick: Chapter 4”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Tetris”

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer”

VISUAL EFFECTS

My Nominations

• “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny”
• “John Wick: Chapter 4″
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Renfield”
• “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts”

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer”

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

My Nominations

• “Cocaine Bear” – Jimmy Warden
• “Knock At The Cabin” – Paul Tremblay, M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman
• “Oppenheimer” – Kai Bird, Christopher Nolan, Martin Sherwin
• “The Pale Blue Eye” – Scott Cooper, Louis Bayard
• “Reality” – Tina Satter, James Paul Dallas

MY WINNER: “Oppenheimer” – Kai Bird, Christopher Nolan, Martin Sherwin

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

My Nominations

• “Air” – Alex Convery
• “The Blackening” – Tracy Oliver, Dewayne Perkins
• “Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” – Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio, Chris McKay
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” – Shay Hatten, Michael Finch, Derek Kolstad
• “Tetris” – Noah Pink

MY WINNER: “Air” – Alex Convery

Films Ranked By Nominations

• Oppenheimer | 15
• John Wick: Chapter 4 | 13
• Air | 9
• Tetris | 9
• The Pale Blue Eye | 6
• Scream VI | 5
• Reality | 5
• Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | 4
• Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny | 4
• The Blackening | 3
• Boston Strangler | 3
• Extraction 2 | 3
• Knock At The Cabin | 2
• Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts | 2
• Bama Rush | 1
• BS High | 1
• Legion Of Super Heroes | 1
• Call Me Kate | 1
• Cocaine Bear | 1
• Cocaine Bear: The True Story | 1
• Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis To The Big Screen | 1
• Making Of The Last Of Us | 1
• Renfield | 1
• Sisu | 1

Films Ranked By WINS

• Oppenheimer | 12
• Air | 2
• BS High | 1
• John Wick: Chapter 4 | 1
• Making Of The Last Of Us | 1
• Reality | 1
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 1
• Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts | 1

2023 movies I have seen

65
Air
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Bama Rush
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
The Black Demon
The Blackening
Boston Strangler
BS High
Call Me Kate
Cocaine Bear
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Extraction 2
Heart Of Stone
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis To The Big Screen
Knock At The Cabin
Legion Of Super-Heroes
M3gan
Making Of The Last Of Us
Oppenheimer
The Pale Blue Eye
The Pope’s Exorcist
Reality
Renfield
Scream VI
Shotgun Wedding
Sick
Sisu
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Tetris
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts

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