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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. vulture games
    Cinematrix No. 39: April 18, 2024Can you name a Hugh Grant movie with “and” (or “&”) in the title?
  2. gold rush
    Who’s the Most Overdue for an Oscar Right Now?For some, the most-nominated people are the ones who “deserve” to win. But that’s an awfully clinical way of looking at this! Ever heard of vibes?
  3. movies fantasy league
    A Season in Charts: Recapping the 2023–24 Movies Fantasy LeagueCalling all data-visualization enthusiasts to the front.
  4. movies fantasy league
    We Have a Winner! One Winner!The Oscars are over, which means it’s time to announce the champion of the Movies Fantasy League.
  5. my academy awards
    All 53 of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies and Shorts, RankedThe feature-length and short films that were nominated in 2024 are, in the aggregate, the most impressive (to me) in years.
  6. the action edition
    Cinematrix No. 6: The Action EditionMichael Bay directed six movies between 2010 and 2019. Can you name one?
  7. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Is the Cure for SAGging SpiritsAnd so begins the final Oscars countdown.
  8. pretty statues
    Cheese: An Annotated History of the Oscar Class PhotoRevisiting 39 years of fancy midday Hollywood hangs.
  9. movies fantasy league
    The MFL’s Most Valuable Directors and Least Valuable MoviesThe DGA weighs in, plus we take a look at which draft picks aren’t exactly pulling their weight on this year’s rosters.
  10. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Podcast League SpotlightA certain This Had Oscar Buzz co-host is leading the podcaster mini-league, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of!
  11. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Lines Up to Ride the Post-Oscar BumpWhich draft picks this year yielded the highest value? Plus, the latest from the box office.
  12. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Offers a Silver Lining to the Whole Barbie Snub ThingWhere nominations are absent, may there be comfort in fantasy points.
  13. movies fantasy league
    An MFL Update on Oscar-Nominations EveA box office update and BAFTA nominations shake up the leaderboard ahead of Super Tuesday.
  14. movies fantasy league
    Oppenheimer Has Engulfed Awards SeasonChristopher Nolan’s epic starts to pull away from the rest of the pack, earning eight wins at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards.
  15. 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.
  16. movies fantasy league
    Good Night, OppyAwards season is officially here, time to start raking in the points
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. movies fantasy league
    Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve from the MFL!The Oscars made a shortlist, and they’re checking it twice!
  20. 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.
  21. movies fantasy league
    Three Awards Bodies Walk Into a Movies Fantasy LeagueAnd they’re all trying to buy Todd Haynes a drink.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. movies fantasy league
    One, Two, Freddy’s Coming for the Movies Fantasy LeaguePlus, the latest look at our podcaster mini-league.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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?
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. court coverage
    The 12 Best Tennis Scenes in MoviesHollywood is short on truly great tennis movies, but that doesn’t mean tennis isn’t a good movie sport.
  34. 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.
  35. ranking
    The 50 Most Definitive Performances in Wes Anderson’s FilmsIncluding voice performances and narrators but excluding Mordecai the falcon.
  36. 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.
  37. vulture sports
    The Movies Fantasy League Postmortem Charts ExtravaganzaBreaking down the inaugural season by the numbers.
  38. 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.
  39. cheat sheet
    How to Gossip About the 2023 OscarsEven (or especially) if you haven’t watched any of the movies.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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?
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. the little screens
    How to Stream (Just About) Every Film Nominated for the Indie SpiritsThey barely overlap with the Oscars this year.
  49. the little screens
    How to Stream (Just About) Every 2022 Oscar-Nominated MovieFrom star-driven biopics to a lovely film with a yak.
  50. she makes oscars better
    Let Her HostWhy Nicole Kidman is the only choice to helm the Oscars in 2022.
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