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The SAG Nominations Giveth and the SAG Nominations Taketh Away

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | December 12, 2018 |

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | December 12, 2018 |


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The Screen Actors Guild nominations are a major part of Oscar season in that they are the awards given out by the actors to the actors and are typically a better judge of the final results than, say, the Golden Globes, which are voted on by like 90 random press members. The Academy is made up in large part by actors in SAG so the crossover is high. This year, the nominations are interesting. Some are great and others make you want to tear your hair out, but overall there’s this sense that a lot of the big decisions were made months in advance and nothing was ever going to change that. Such is the reality of awards season. Get used to it.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible — Fallout

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Amy Adams - Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette - Escape at Dannemora
Patricia Clarkson - Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz - American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Emma Stone - Maniac

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Antonio Banderas - Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss - American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Hugh Grant - A Very British Scandal
Anthony Hopkins - King Lear
Bill Pullman - The Sinner

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Alison Brie - G.L.O.W.
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Jane Fonda - Grace and Frankie
Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alan Arkin - The Kominsky Method
Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader - Barry
Tony Shalhoub - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Henry Winkler - Barry

Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
GLOW
The Kominksy Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman - Ozark
Sterling K. Brown - This is Us
Joseph Fiennes - The Handmaid’s Tale
John Krasinski - Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julia Garner - Ozark
Laura Linney - Ozark
Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid’s Tale
Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
Robin Wright - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Americans
Better Call Saul
The Handmaid’s Tale
Ozark
This Is Us

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Timothee Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott - A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - Vice
Emily Blunt - A Quiet Place
Margot Robbie - Mary Queen of Scots
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale - Vice
Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen - Green Book
John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close - The Wife
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
A Star is Born
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crazy Rich Asians


So… Nothing for If Beale Street Could Talk? Not even for Regina King? And Bohemian Rhapsody for best cast?! I love how we’re all pretending this is a #MeToo season where we are dealing with the systemic abuses of the industry while pretending rewarding a bad movie that made money won’t in any way benefit Bryan Singer. It’s nice to see films like Crazy Rich Asians get their dues, but overall, a lot of this was just kind of… I don’t know… ‘Predictable’ feels a little off, even though a lot of it was. It feels like people ticking the boxes they’re supposed to, then making interesting choices not because of merit but because it makes for a good narrative. I’m going to start stocking up on my Oscar night wine now, just in case.



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