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Joe Reid is a Vulture contributor who has been covering movies and pop culture since 2007, and co-hosts the podcast This Had Oscar Buzz. He also designed and hosts Vulture's Movies Fantasy League.

  1. alternate timelines
    What If Meryl Streep Never Won a Lifetime Achievement Award?If Streep hadn’t won the Cecil B. DeMille and gone after Trump in her acceptance speech, Amy Adams’s life might look different — among other things.
  2. movies fantasy league
    Good Night, OppyAwards season is officially here, time to start raking in the points
  3. it’s an honor
    The 50 Greatest Awards-Show Speeches of the Last 55 YearsThe best acceptance moments can make or break careers, cement fandoms, and spark blind items.
  4. movies fantasy league
    It’s a Wonka New Year in the MFLThe chocolatier takes command of the box office, and a preview of the post-HFPA Golden Globes.
  5. movies fantasy league
    Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve from the MFL!The Oscars made a shortlist, and they’re checking it twice!
  6. movies fantasy league
    The Globes Are GlobingA massive points infusion to the MFL indicates which movies may be the major players for the remainder of awards season.
  7. movies fantasy league
    Three Awards Bodies Walk Into a Movies Fantasy LeagueAnd they’re all trying to buy Todd Haynes a drink.
  8. movies fantasy league
    It’s Finally Trophy Time for the MFLThe Gotham Awards mark the start of accolades season (and points) for the league. How it all breaks down, including the latest from the box office.
  9. movies fantasy league
    Spiders, Snakes, and Trolls: It’s a Very MFL ThanksgivingBox office flops, Paul Giammati trivia, and the first ever MFL mid-season bonus prize.
  10. movies fantasy league
    MCU Drafters Take a Marv-‘L’Plus, a look The Holdovers at the box office, and a deep dive into a very special mini-league.
  11. movies fantasy league
    A Good Weekend for Miss PrissPlus, leaderboard shakeups, a team name spotlight, and The Marvels on the horizon for the Movies Fantasy League.
  12. movies fantasy league
    One, Two, Freddy’s Coming for the Movies Fantasy LeaguePlus, the latest look at our podcaster mini-league.
  13. movies fantasy league
    First Marty Hit the Box Office, Then the Gotham Awards Pandered to Big BarbieDigging into Killers of the Flower Moon’s awards potential and the MFL implications of the season’s first nominations.
  14. movies fantasy league
    Taylor Swift’s Box Office Domination Era Has BegunPlus box-office predictions for the rest of 2023, and the strike strikes again—this time bumping Jeff Nichols’s The Bikeriders.
  15. movies fantasy league
    The Exorcist: Believer’s Low Box Office and Oppenheimer’s Low UptakeKnowing that Christopher Nolan’s latest wasn’t among them, can you guess which five movies were picked most in the MFL?
  16. movies fantasy league
    The Movies Fantasy League Mea Culpa SpectacularNow that rosters are locked and points are rolling in, we can take a retrospective look at the pricing that we got right, and oh-so-very wrong.
  17. movies fantasy league
    We’re Pitting Podcasters Against Each Other in the Movies Fantasy LeagueFollow members of the film commentariat as they face off in a new mini-league—and be sure to register your own team by Thursday’s deadline.
  18. movies fantasy league
    The Game is Getting Messy and FestiveBad news, Taylor Swift, and Venice/Telluride/Toronto buzz are already impacting the Movies Fantasy League.
  19. movies fantasy league
    So You Want to Win the Movies Fantasy League?An exhaustive strategy guide to building your team for the 2023–24 MFL season.
  20. ranking
    The 50 Most Definitive Performances in Wes Anderson’s FilmsIncluding voice performances and narrators but excluding Mordecai the falcon.
  21. summer preview 2023
    The Movie Stars Who Have the Most at Stake This SummerThe season is packed with big movies — the kinds that could mean huge things for certain stars, if all goes well.
  22. vulture sports
    The Movies Fantasy League Postmortem Charts ExtravaganzaBreaking down the inaugural season by the numbers.
  23. gold rush
    All 54 Oscar-Nominated Movies (and Shorts), RankedSome are great, some are good, and some are genuinely terrible. Cue the montage music, because we’re starting from the bottom.
  24. cheat sheet
    How to Gossip About the 2023 OscarsEven (or especially) if you haven’t watched any of the movies.
  25. mfl
    Movies Fantasy League News: Wakanda Had a Big WeekendThe Black Panther sequel just earned 112 points for any MFL team that drafted it. Want in on the action? Then be sure to join by Monday, November 21.
  26. weird
    The Celebrity Cameos in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, RankedNot since Anchorman 2 has a movie taken more madcap delight in trotting out famous people in the service of something so dumb.
  27. rankings
    All 53 Oscar-Nominated Movies, RankedIt’s the end of another Oscars season. Let’s celebrate (and side-eye) the movies that made the cut.
  28. rankings
    Every Type of Oscar-Acceptance Speech, RankedFrom printed lists (boo!) to giggle fits to self-indulgent spectacles, we ranked 19 categories of Oscar-acceptance speeches.
  29. gold rush
    A Brief History of the Oscars’ Love-Hate Relationship With ShakespeareUntil Spielberg’s West Side Story, no Shakespeare adaptation had broken into Best Picture for 53 years.
  30. gold rush
    5 Extravagant Stunts the Oscars Will Never Try Again (But Should)Don’t you want an Academy Awards that puts on a show? Don’t you want a high-kicking Debbie Allen and Tyson Beckford? Don’t you want the Oscars back?
  31. and the oscar goes to…
    The 9 Most Chaotic Oscars Acting-Category Upsets (of the Last 25 Years)After months of predictions and whispers, the last-minute upset is a necessary reminder that, at the end of the day, we don’t know a damn thing.
  32. m4gs
    Who Are the AARP-iest Contenders at This Year’s Movies for Grownups Awards?You can’t tell these retirees anything, and we love them for it.
  33. the little screens
    How to Stream (Just About) Every Film Nominated for the Indie SpiritsThey barely overlap with the Oscars this year.
  34. the little screens
    How to Stream (Just About) Every 2022 Oscar-Nominated MovieFrom star-driven biopics to a lovely film with a yak.
  35. she makes oscars better
    Let Her HostWhy Nicole Kidman is the only choice to helm the Oscars in 2022.
  36. alternate timelines
    What If Topher Grace Made Venom Instead?Here’s what happens in the mirror universe where a That ’70s Show actor gets gooped before Tom Hardy.
  37. streamliner
    Using Your iPhone As a Remote: Good in Theory, Tricky in PracticeThough some devices have the technology squared away, other services left us scratching our heads.
  38. the gold rush
    All 56 Movies Nominated for an Oscar This Year, RankedSome might suggest our ranking of every nominated film is subjective, but we might suggest you let the truth just sink in.
  39. let’s go grandmas
    This Could Be a Groundbreaking Year for Grandmas at the OscarsEither Glenn Close or Youn Yuh-jung could make history in Best Supporting Actress for all mamaw-kind.
  40. the gold rush
    The Academy vs. Rotten Tomatoes: Remembering the Lowest-Rated Oscar NomineesHillbilly Elegy joins the ranks of the worst-rated films recognized by the Academy.
  41. onward and upward
    Hollywood’s Six Pathways from Supporting Parts to StardomHow some of the most beloved character actors became some of the most beloved leads.
  42. ooh it’s them!
    The 32 Greatest Character Actors Working TodayWe asked critics and Hollywood creators: Which supporting players make everything better?
  43. the gold rush
    A Brief History of Saturday Night Live As an Oscar Campaign StopHow Jeremy Irons, Emma Stone, and 12 more Oscar winners hit up 30 Rock en route to picking up their trophies.
  44. the gold rush
    The 2021 Oscars Ballot by the NumbersFrom Glenn Close nominations to animated sequels, we’re breaking down the math behind this year’s crop of Academy Awards hopefuls.
  45. the gold rush
    In Memoriam: The Classic Oscar Nomination MorningSorry to Priyanka and Nick, but we miss the old (boring) days.
  46. the gold rush
    A History of Child Oscar NomineesWe all want Alan Kim to get an Oscar nomination for Minari, but how likely are kids to be nominated, anyway?
  47. the gold rush
    This Is Going to Be the Most Ridiculous Best Original Song Year EverGet ready to be very puzzled by the films and songs that get nominated in the Oscars’ shakiest category.
  48. the gold rush
    How Likely Are Golden Globe Winners to Win Oscars Anyway?We crunched the numbers and did the math, and the results are in.
  49. the gold rush
    The Golden Globes Strikeouts Are a Who’s Who of Who Hasn’tsOscar winners? Yes. Tony winners? Yes. Globe winners? No.
  50. the gold rush
    For No Reason at All, Here’s the Greatest Emma Thompson Acceptance SpeechThe 2021 Globes ceremony might be a mess, but we’ll always have this ghostly moment.
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