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The 2016 Oscar Nominations Are Here: Still Very White, Still Very Boring

The 2016 Oscar nomination (for 2015 films) have been announced, and, well whatever. This maybe isn’t the time for me to complain about Carol not getting enough or The Revenant getting too many. Or that no actors of color were nominated in any category, nor did any of the films landing nominations in the major…

Leonardo DiCaprio Does Not Deserve An Oscar for The Revenant. Come On.

Critics agree. The Revenant is a visually and emotionally visceral film in which Leonardo DiCaprio puts himself through actual physical and mental torture. They say this movie is peak masculine grit and fortitude—the story of a true survivalist—and Leo will finally win an Oscar for Best Actor. I find that laughable.