The Film Experience

by Nathaniel R

Emily Blunt in "Oppenheimer"

So is it finally Emily Blunt's time? She's been thisclose to an Oscar nomination multiple times with other awards bodies like SAG, the Golden Globes, and BAFTA making room for her repeatedly! Somehow an Oscar nomination has never materialized even when she 1000% deserved it (hello comedic genius from The Devil Wears Prada). With the largest female role in the The Year's Biggest Prestige Drama, Oppenheimer, she may finally make the shortlist. But what if previously nominated Florence Pugh joins her in the event that a lot of movies intended for the fall don't arrive as scheduled? Despite the movies lengthy running time they both don't get as many scenes as we would have liked but that might not matter given the film and the response.

Other questions looming over the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race are after the jump.

• Will Lily Gladstone be pitched as lead or support in Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Supporting is what everyone is saying but reviews suggest she's the center of the film. If she's a certain nominee -- as some think -- why not go for the bigger category?

Taraji P Henson in "The Color Purple"

• Can The Color Purple score a double nod in this category like the 1985 version did? Danielle Brooks has the Oprah Winfrey role and Taraji P Henson the Margaret Avery role in the film that isn't a remake of Spielberg's classic but an adaptation of the Broadway musical version of the tale. If it does score a double nod, who is playing Anjelica Huston in this reenactment? (For now we're guessing that it'll be a repeat of the Tonys when only Brooks got the nod.)

• Which Ferrari woman will have a meatier role? Penélope Cruz is Ferrari's wife and Shailene Woodley is his mistress.

• Can Nyad bring Jodie Foster back to the Oscars? Does Jodie Foster even want to go back to being a movie star in any capacity?

Which questions come to your mind when looking at the new chart?