Starting John McTiernan, it's the movie "Nomadland" is not a sequel to, it's —

#71, or #2441, 1986's "Nomads."

It's the movie today best remembered for the "Seinfeld" episode of the same title where Elaine is the only person in town who hates it, leaving now for a screening of —

#72, or #2442, 1996's "The English Patient."

With this one I'm 8/10 for seeing this year's Best Picture nominees in the cinema, leaving now to go see —

#73, or #2443, 2026's "Sentimental Value."

With and after dinner, watched —

#74, or #2443, 2026 Netflix doc “Queen of Chess.”

Interesting story about a woman I knew nothing about. But it’s a shame it has to tell her story by focusing on her rivalry with a man. Do enjoy watching her crush these dudes, though, obviously.

As I understand it, this Brazilian Best Picture nominee is not about a secret agent, leaving now to go see —

#75, or #2445, 2026's "O Agente Secreto," or, "The Secret Agent."

It's the "Star Trek" movie that dares to ask, what if the "Star Trek" movies had a cast that actually liked being in the same room as each other, it's —

#76, or #2446, 1994's "Star Trek Generations."

#startrek #tng

The only one of this year's slate of Best Picture nominees I have to watch at home instead of in the cinema, it's —

#77, or #2447, 2025's "Train Dreams."

The conversation about this one has collapsed into "boy, they really whiffed it on this one," but that means there's a chance I can be contrarian just by having a good time, so, you know, still gotta see it, leaving now to go see —

#78, or #2448, 2026's "The Bride!"

Meant to go see this true story Tourette's drama before it became unexpectedly topical but never got around to it until what's probably the last screening, leaving now to go see —

#79, or #2449, 2026's "I Swear."

Yesterday was Pie Day. On a related note, it's —

#80, or #2450, 1999's "American Pie."

The Pursuit of Purple March? No. The Chase for Burnt Sienna November? Absolutely not. It's —

#81, or #2451, 1990 John McTiernan picture "The Hunt for Red October."

Used to be all you needed for a Best Picture nominee was two guys and a chain gang for them to escape from, it's —

#82, or #2452, 1958's "The Defiant Ones."

Ths seems like a movie for a yawny Wednesday where I'm not gonna do anything else, I understand it to be about Sean Connery doing doctor science in the jungle, but the title sure is a bit of a red flag, it's —

#83, or #2453, 1992 John McTiernan picture "Medicine Man."

Lorraine Bracco has been sent to the Amazon to go find Sean Connery, and she's as tough a bird as the time she's havin', as it were.

(Already you can tell this wants to be "Romancing the Stone.")

You don't get a lot of movies these days where the main character is introduced by them just being a massive, honking dickwad of a misogynist to their co-lead, do you.

*points at the "massive cultural change is completely possible, it just takes ten years to do it and another ten to get used to it" sign*

"You send me back on the basis of my gender. It's called sex discrimination."

ah it's a message picture about how women are people

@Alexis You'd know better than I -- did that tend to be a message that other movies hadn't cottoned to yet in 1992?

Not necessarily other message pictures, but whether screenwriters hadn't figured that out in large numbers yet.

I'm inclined to think they hadn't...