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Oops - I thought about it, but I felt that plenty of people nominate genre faire and I left it to others. It's a shame because something from that series deserves to be in the tourney.

Roughly half of the unseconded nominations are mine :unsure:[/QUOTE]

hmmmm...quality over quantity ?

Second: Molly's Game

NOMINATION #13

Film: Begin Again
Director: John Carney
Year: 2013

I know that Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman are in contest, and thank God Inside Llewlyn Davis, but I keep nominating...

Second: Dallas Buyers Club

NOMINATION #12

Film: Swallow
Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Year: 2019 (world premier at Tribeca Film Festival)

A truly disturbing psychological thriller.

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I will second Dolamite is My Name - welcome back Eddie, I missed you.

NOMINATION #11

Film: The Great Gatsby
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Year: 2013

Luhrmann is one of our great visionary directors, and his take on Fitzgerald's classic American Dream novel is...

NOMINATION #11

Film: Creed
Director: Ryan Coogler
Year: 2015

The concept was so logical and so obvious, and yet it all seemed so fresh and original. Rock becomes Mickey, and the...

I will second Marriage Story - great performances.

NOMINATION #10

Film: Jackie
Director: Pablo Larrain
Year: 2016

A tour de force performance by Natalie Portman as the one of greatest first ladies.

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I have a feeling all of the movies I like will be out after the first round.[/QUOTE]

I have a similar feeling - this often turns into a best piece of pop culture.

NOMINATION #8

Film: Yesterday
Director: Danny Boyle
Year: 2019

A nice change of pace for the director of Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and 28 Days Later. This guy really changes up...

Second: Crazy Rich Asians.

Henry Golding is my choice for the against-type James Bond.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GOOD PIC! SECOND! It is in.. ignore!

I WILL DO SHAZAMM!![/QUOTE]

I already seconded Compton.

NOMINATION #7

Film: Blinded by the Light
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Year 2019

Part biopic, part homage to the transformative nature of Bruce Springsteen's music for a Pakistani teenager...

And I will second Straight Out of Compton - I forgot about this one. Loved it.

Seconded
I haven't forgotten. It was on my list to come. I have a number of music-related ones on my list (Her Smell and Rocketman have been put up). This would have been my next one.

NOMINATION #6

Film: Rocketman
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Year: 2019

Part biopic, and part broadway musical. Loved every minute of this fantastical look at Sir Elton John.

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NOMINATION #6

Film: I, Tonya
Director: Craig Gillespie
Year: 2017

One of most smartly written comedies of the past decade. If you are from Massachusetts, like me, and lived through this...