THE MIDTERMS ARE COMING!!!

I bet you’ve seen the signs, and maybe the commercials and mailers, so hopefully you are aware that our Midterm elections are taking place on Tuesday, November 6. These Midterms are some of the most important elections of our day and age, with the potential to change the federal government’s powers significantly.

Disclaimer: If you’re exhausted with all of politics and the fighting and the infighting and the media and the ugliness, as we all are, it’s important to remember that just because you may choose to not pay attention, it’s still going on. You may not notice it immediately, but the train doesn’t stop. I realize that this is a lot of information, and keeping up with politics is not for the faint of heart, but becoming informed to vote with your values and best interests is important for your future. It’s often hard to grasp the large abstract issues, and it’s too easy to get stuck on one issue, but this is your only chance to weigh in on the current state of affairs.

Regardless of your political affiliation, it is vital to take part in the patriotic act of voting. A lot of Americans don’t think their vote matters. Voting is extremely powerful, and it’s a privilege that we have an opportunity to influence change in our community. Without the use of an electoral college during Midterms, every vote counts. There’s a lot at stake during this election, and there’s no reason to talk yourself out of voting or assume that your vote doesn’t matter. TO BE HEARD, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AND VOTE.

Voter turnout in the United States is terrible, plain and simple. Turnout for a Presidential election typically hovers around 50%, while turnout for midterms is often half that. There are a variety of reasons why people don’t turn out, whether they are uninformed, are unable to get off of work, are without access to transportation, etc. Low voter turnout makes every vote more important, because often these elections are decided by a handful of votes, despite the outcome affecting everyone. Millennial voting in the last presidential election was 49% and in the last primary in 2014 it was 22%. Unacceptable. Make sure you vote.

Making a Voting Plan & Sample Ballot

Do you have a voting plan? Do you know WHERE your polling place is? (Find out here if you’re in WV and here if you’re in OH). Do you know what time they close? Have you set a reminder in your phone? Are you going alone or with friends or family?

Once you have a concrete plan, you have to figure out who you’re going to vote for. This is where sample ballots come in. Each county and precinct provides a sample ballot online so you know exactly what to expect and plan accordingly. There is no excuse to not take time to research these candidates and ballot measures to vote as best you can. Millennials are much less likely to not vote if they are unaware of the issue or candidate’s views, while Baby Boomers will vote regardless – this matters because if you are a Millennial, you have to live with the repercussions for a lot longer.

Find your sample WV ballot here and your sample OH ballot here. Vote Save America has bipartisan voter guides on their website found here, where you can type in your address, see the biggest elections in your district, read about each candidate, create a sample ballot and email or print so you can take it to the poll.

So what’s at stake?

Currently Republicans control all three branches of government, and both houses of Congress.

US SENATE

The Senate is made up of 100 seats, and is currently comprised of 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats. (If you don’t know, each state has 2 seats.) There are 35 seats up for grabs during this election, with 26 being Democratic. The majority party represented on the Senate will flip if the Democratic Party defends all seats and gains two.

US HOUSE

The House is made up of 435 seats. (This is the branch where seats are given out based on population). West Virginia has 3 seats while Ohio has 16. ALL of these seats are up in 2018. As of now, the Republicans hold 235 seats, while the Democrats hold 193 seats. Seven seats are currently vacant. If the Democratic Party wants to have a majority representation in the House, 23 additional seats need to be gained.

One of the hottest Congressional races is in the 3rd District of West Virginia with Richard Ojeda (D) running against Carol Miller (R). To learn more about this race, click here.

STATE RACES

In this year’s midterms there are 36 gubernatorial elections, including Ohio, that will have large implications for the 2020 census. Who cares about governor’s seats in other states, right? You should. Governors typically have veto power over gerrymandering attempts, thus it is important to vote for someone who aligns with your values to ensure representation both within and outside of your state of residence.

DeWine (R) is the current Attorney General of Ohio and is running on his experience and track record in state government. Cordray (D) has most recently worked as the Director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In 2010 these two ran for the Attorney General position, where DeWine won by 49,000 votes, and where he’s held the post since. You can read more about each of their platforms here.

BALLOT MEASURES

In addition to federal, state, and municipal choices up for a vote, the midterms are when state legislatures attempt to pass ballot measures. Ballot measures include Constitutional Amendments, also called Initiatives. Both West Virginia and Ohio have ballot measures to consider this midterm. These initiatives can have a significant effect on your life, and the life for those in your state. Ballot Measures are written by state legislatures and are often very difficult to read in plain English. They tend to be confusing, thus it is more important to do your research. Ohio and West Virginia, we did that for you.  (The following ballot measure information came from votesaveamerica.com)

Ohio has one Initiative on the ballot and it reads as follows:

Issue 1: Drug and Criminal Justice Policies Initiative

This initiative would amend the state constitution to reduce drug penalties and send fewer people to prison.

This amendment could do the following:

• Reduce the charge for those caught using or possessing drugs from a fourth- or fifth-degree felony, which could lead to serious prison time, to a misdemeanor, which is punishable with up to 6 months in county jail.
• Prohibit courts from sending people on probation for felonies back to jail for non-criminal probation violations
• Create a sentence credits program for inmates’ participation in rehabilitative, work, or educational programs
• Require Ohio to spend savings from a reduction of inmates on drug treatment, crime victim, and rehabilitation programs
• Make it more difficult to prosecute drug traffickers.
• Take away available resources  from the court for rehabilitation and remove judges’ ability to use incarceration when it’s necessary.

This measure would not reduce penalties for drug dealers, who typically possess enough drugs to be charged with a first, second, or third degree felony. That’s drug trafficking, not drug possession. Also, under this measure, probation violations — like missing a meeting with a probation officer or not paying money owed to victims — would no longer mean prison time. According to Policy Matters Ohio, Issue 1 would reduce the prison population by more than 10,000 people, saving taxpayers about $136 million a year.

One criticism from opponents is that this proposed constitutional amendment does not provide adequate funding for treatment infrastructure nor treatment itself.  Another concern is that while Issue 1 would reduce penalties for fourth- and fifth-degree offenses that were on the books as of Jan. 1, 2018, at that time, fentanyl wasn’t labeled as one of the state’s most dangerous drugs. So anyone caught with less than 20 grams of fentanyl would face a misdemeanor instead of prison time. A lethal dose of fentanyl can be as small as 2 milligrams. That means 20 grams could kill as many as 10,000 people. Ohio law also defined third-degree possession of fentanyl as “five times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a standard pharmaceutical reference manual.” That would be much less than 20 grams of fentanyl.

Vote YES if you want to amend the state constitution to reduce drug penalties and send fewer people to prison and vote NO if you do not want to amend the state constitution to reduce drug penalties and send fewer people to prison.

West Virginia has two constitutional amendments on the ballot.

Amendment 1: No Right to Abortion in Constitution

The amendment would change the constitution to explicitly state that it doesn’t protect a woman’s right to have an abortion. In other words, if Roe V. Wade were to be overturned, this language would make it constitutionally impossible to allow abortion in West Virginia.

What’s that mean, you may ask? This amendment would add language to the constitution that says “Nothing in this constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.” The President of West Virginians for Life said this language was included “to make clear that the state constitution isn’t going to be addressing the abortion issue.” (One might argue that updating to the state constitution to explicitly say it will never secure or protect a right to an abortion is, in fact, addressing the abortion issue pretty hard.) Here’s the bottom line with this one: While adding this language wouldn’t immediately outlaw a women’s right to choose to have an abortion in West Virginia (which is still protected by Roe v. Wade, at least for the time being), it does explicitly remove all protections of that right from the West Virginia constitution.

If you vote YES, you support altering the West Virginia constitution to explicitly say that the it doesn’t secure or protect a woman’s right to have an abortion, or fund an abortion. If you vote NO, you do not support altering the West Virginia constitution to explicitly say that the it doesn’t secure or protect a woman’s right to have an abortion, or fund an abortion.

Amendment 2: Legislative Authority Over Budgeting for State Judiciary Amendment

This resolution would amend the state constitution to give control of the West Virginia Supreme Court’s budget to the state legislature — allowing them to cut it by as much as 15 percent.

What’s that mean?

Currently, the state judiciary controls its own budget. If this amendment passes, the West Virginia State legislature would be able to cut the state judiciary budget, or any item in it, by as much as 15%. It would also mean that Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals would have to appear before the legislature to answer questions about the budget, if requested, and would allow the chief justice to appear at hearings voluntarily. It’s worth noting that state legislatures in all 49 other states have control over the budgets of their state judiciaries. A little background: While proponents of this amendment claim that it’s been in the works for a long time, it was almost certainly helped along by last year’s allegations that the West Virginia Supreme Court misused funds on courthouse office renovations, which apparently included a $32,000 couch for the former Chief Justice. Those against the amendment argue that the Court has put oversight measure in place to make sure that doesn’t happen again — and that giving the state legislature this kind of control would upset the balance of power, putting lawmakers in a position to use budget cuts to “punish” the Court for rulings they don’t like.

If you vote YES you support giving the WV State Legislature control of the WV Supreme Court’s budget. If you vote NO you do not support giving the WV State Legislature control of the WV Supreme Court’s Budget.

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Heist movies have a certain alikeness, so what happens when you make one with 8 talented women? Turns out….the exact same thing.

The movie opens with Danny Ocean’s sister, Debbie (writers – siblings don’t have to have first name alliteration) getting out of prison where she’s spent the last five years rerunning the perfect crime in her her head. How? We never find out, and honestly that is extremely confusing to unpack with limited internet access in prison. Either way, Sandra Bullock is perhaps the most glamorous person ever leaving a prison.

She immediately delves back into a world of crime with a great scene of her getting “settled” back into the real world. She finds her best friend, Cate Blanchett as Lou, and immediately discloses her plan: stealing the $150 million 6-lb Cartier necklace that has its own security team. Debbie is all work and no play for the entirety of the film, while Lou is a bit more fun. They are both down to business but we get some comedic relief from the ensemble. Unfortunately with a cast this big, we don’t get to focus on individual personalities. Helena Bonham Carter as a Vivienne Westwood-type (her IRL icon) fashion designer Rose Weil was perfectly cast and portrayed. It’s the best I’ve seen her in years both in appearance and performance.

Ocean’s 8 saunters along checking off the mechanics of the heist, as any good caper would.The score is good, but the rhythm feels off, with some scenes going on forever and others being knocked out in one fell swoop. It takes a while to assemble the team, so other aspects of planning feel rushed. The movie takes a lot of liberties for everything to fall in place for this heist to work (see: entry level assistant job at Vogue miraculously filled by 43-year-old Sarah Paulson).

The Met Gala is a great recognizable setting for everything to go down, with glamour, high fashion, and bustle. The heist itself is satisfying, and the cameos at the Met Gala, from Anna Wintour to Serena Williams to Zac Posen to a flurry of Kardashians were really fun. After the heist, the movie tries to leave the blueprint, but wanes out significantly. James Corden is introduced as a second wind, a Colombo type insurance detective sent to find the necklace. The adrenaline is gone, but we find out what actually happened, *spoiler* it’s revenge. There are some twists and turns, which are cute, it could and should have just ended with the team of criminals riding off into the sunset. Overall, the movie fits well into the Ocean’s universe.

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Going into Ocean’s 8, I was extremely hesitant of the gender-washing an all-male movie. I was skeptical it would be a redo of 2016’s Ghostbusters reboot which was one of the worst movies of 2016. You were sexist if you didn’t support it, but truth be told, it was terrible, and that had nothing to do with the gender aspect. In Hollywood, inequality between women, men, and non-binary folks runs rampant. It’s rare to have a female-centric movie that isn’t a rom com, and the pay gap is realer than real. How come when we do get female-centric movies, Hollywood just goes all in and swaps every main character for a women, giving it a real patronizing *girl power* feel. Women don’t need to remake male-centric movies to be successful. Hollywood needs to give more women filmmakers, producers, writers, and actresses the chance to stand alone with original stories and characters with gusto and a point of view.

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What Ocean’s 8 gets right: THE HAIR AND MAKEUP AND WARDROBE. I spent far too long debating cutting bangs and buying a powder blue suit a la Cate Blanchett. Everyone looked great and Ocean’s 8 cast a diverse group of extremely talented women. There wasn’t time for them to all shine with such a large ensemble. Rihanna and Awkwafina (look out for her later this summer in Crazy Rich Asians) were grossly underused. Sarah Paulson was quirky, and Mindy Kaling was…Mindy Kaling. Overall great casting choices. James Corden provided a nice male addition.

What Ocean’s 8 gets wrong: Anne Hathaway’s mocking performance of herself got old quick. She’s kind of funny but mostly nauseating. Mission complete, I guess. The use of the ex-boyfriend and the revenge storyline was entirely unnecessary. It would have been nice to have a female caper movie that had no semblance of romance at all. A women doesn’t have to be wronged for her to be a badass. The movie is a bit too by the book, and the screenwriters could have afforded to take some more risks.

Overall: 7.5/10.  This was great summer movie. All I look for in a summer movie is ENTERTAINMENT, and I got it. My heart beat faster through the heist, silly because its a movie and of course it works out, but it was fun. The twists were somewhat predictable, but I enjoyed myself and laughed a lot. I won’t remember this movie, just like I have no idea what happened in the male reboots, but it’s fun. Thanks Moviepass for letting me see any and every movie in theatres.

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**WARNING: SPOILERS**

Let me start out by saying, I haven’t read Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time, but have been ecstatic to see the movie, as it’s the first movie directed by a woman of color, Ava DuVernay, with a budget of over $100 million. Thanks for that Disney! Side note, this week is the first time ever that the #1 and #2 movies at the box office (Black Panther, and A Wrinkle in Time) were both directed by people of color; DuVernay passed on directing Marvel’s Black Panther. Fortunately, this film had more wrinkles to iron out, in terms of both storyline, and technical production.

The movie opens with Meg Murry’s scientist doctor disappearing to the cosmos amidst the adoption of her younger sibling, Charles Wallace. Charles Wallace is a know-it-all child prodigy who is cute but annoying; it’s like nails on a chalkboard by the end of the movie never hearing them call him anything but “Charles Wallace”, no Chuck, CW, Charlie, C-Wall, nothing. Life goes on, and everyone at school is mean to Meg, including the principal, discussing how her temperament has changed since her dad vanished. She’s timid and hits the popular girl in the face with a basketball and Charles Wallace comes to the rescue, cue embarrassment. We cut to home, and meet Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit, one of the three Mrs. Ws, who just shows up and starts about tesseracts working, and Dr. Murray being out there in the universe. Barely anything about the universe is explained, or the rules that govern them, aside from a brief intro to “tesseracts” (verb: tessering), which is how they travel across the universe. We meet the token love interest/sidekick while he just appears while on a walk and mentions something about being drawn to them at that moment. Charles Wallace seems to be the only person who knows what’s going on throughout the storyline, and his youthful acting essentially carries the movie.

The Mrs. Ws all appear in the backyard to take the kids tessering to find Dr. Murray; they are comprised of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which (Mindy Kaling) and Mrs. Who (Oprah). Oprah is mainly seen as a 20 foot giant hologram, or in extreme closeups of her gem-laden eyebrows and glittery lips, that are beautiful. Guessing that was the only way she would do the movie. Mindy Kaling only speaks in quotes (everyone from Outkast to Lin-Manuel Miranda to Shakespeare). I was excited to see Kaling cast in this movie, but she was SO underutilized.

On the first planet, Urial, the kids are happy go lucky for a brief second. Reese Witherspoon promptly turns into a large lettuce leaf, as you do, and flies the kids around the planet. This is when we first meet “The IT”, the bad guy, who in the book is a large literal evil brain. In the movie, it feels kind of like the Upside Down in Stranger Things but reminded me of the black ooze in Little Nemo in Slumberland (1992). The IT seems to be all of your unhappy thoughts that take over and make you unsuccessful, but again, not a great explanation.

They then have no luck and Mrs. Whatit remembers they should go see a Seer, who just so happens to be Zach Galifianakis. They have a weird interaction as if they used to date. The whole scene provided some growth for Meg and Oprah, but was too silly for me.

Lastly, the group tessered to Camazotz and the Mrs Ws must depart with some wisdom. This planet feels very Wizard of Oz, tornado included. Meg is precocious and smart, but when Calvin asks her to explain velocity, they dumb her down by saying “it’s just a physics thing”, it’s as if Disney doesn’t think the audience is capable of understanding science. Camazotz gets really trippy, and we see cameos from Michael Peña and Bellamy Young. Eventually we get to where we’re going and find Dr. Murry inside the “Hotline Bling” video set. It seems like he’s been frozen there because he’s unaware of how much time has passed and his hair hasn’t grown in 4 years. The beloved Charles Wallace succumbs to The IT and turns into a demon. Eventually Meg finds her inner strength and saves the day and tessers back to her own backyard. Charles Wallace gets to meet his dad, Dr. Murry, for the first time, and happy tears are had by all.

What A Wrinkle in Time gets right: Diversity & Inspiration for its tween audience. Nearly every scene in the movie features people of color and doesn’t mention it. It feels like what real life should feel like, inclusion without patting yourself on the back for it. The movie also teaches tweens to trust themselves, and their faults, as well as accepting others despite their thoughts.

What A Wrinkle in Time gets wrong: The story has a great message of virtues and light vs dark, but the film does a terrible job explaining itself. The movie doesn’t trust the audience, the Mrs. Ws give the kids all of their direction, and they make almost zero decisions for themselves. The movie was far too ambitious for its own good.

Overall: 6/10

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I love movies. From the production choices, to the cinematography, to the costumes and actors choices, everything about an entire created world is fascinating. While our day-to-day lives can be hectic and unpredictable, with everyone glued to their phone and social media and the turbulence of society, movies offer a break from reality to just take a step away from your own life and peer into the fantasy of another. Whether they offer you a perspective on a historical event, like Darkest Hour or I, Tonya, or present an unconventional love story like The Shape of Water, we all see some part of ourselves in movies. It can be so good to just go to a movie and do nothing other that feel and react and allow your mind to wander. If you love or even like going to the movies, I highly recommend MoviePass. It’s a $10 monthly service where you can see unlimited movies in most theaters. It’s super easy to use and has saved me SO much money in the 6 months I’ve had it. This past year, I used it to see every movie nominated for the top 6 categories (and then some).

The Oscars have been celebrating movies for 90 years. The winners are chosen by more than 6,000 voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. In recent years, the show has had some controversies, with #OscarsSoWhite – rightfully so, and the mix-up last year when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong winner for Best Picture, shouting “La La Land!” instead of the victor Moonlight. It was downright bizarre. This year’s ceremony will take place Sunday March 4, 2018, and it is more diverse than ever, with people of color and women being represented in nearly every category. The only thing I love more than the movies nominated is the red carpet.

On to the predictions!

Best Picture

• Call Me By Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Prediction: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. For most of the award season, I realllllly thought The Shape of Water would win. It’s up for 13 awards, the most of any film this year. Personally, I would choose The Shape of Water. It was visually stunning & a beautiful whimsical story, and I’ve never been so attracted to a fictional sea creature. Despite the backlash Three Billboards has received, I still think it’s poised to take the top prize for divisive reasons: 1- Best Picture and Best Director don’t often go to to the same film.  2-Best Picture tends to favor actors over technical aspects of the film. 3- Three Billboards has outperformed all other films in the other award shows this season (Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture- Drama, SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and BAFTA for Best Film). I thought the movie fell flat in terms of its lack of dealing with the derogatory racism, while being able to portray emotional dimension so well; it seemed to only be able to handle one discourse in its comic twist on a revenge drama. Regardless, it’s great to have a year where it’s kind of up in the air as to who will win.

Best Director 

(All first time nominees other than PTA)

• Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
  • (Technically stunning chance to award someone whose former movies aren’t nominated)
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
• Jordan Peele, Get Out
  • (While Get Out was released in 2017, and feels more relevant than ever, it was inspired by the Democratic Primary between Obama and HRC in 2008.)

Prediction: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water. The first year Christopher Nolan is nominated for an Oscar, and he isn’t likely to win. While Dunkirk was technically stunning, and deserves a lot of other awards, this one is rightuflly going straight to GDT. The Shape of water was visual, and all of the directors choices fit like a perfect puzzle. GDT made you believe a love story between a mute woman and a fish-man, and for that he deserves the oscar. Paul Thomas Anderson is the only veteran in this category. Jordan Peele is one of the few directors who was nominated for Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay with their first feature film. Fun Fact: Though it feels more relevant than ever, Get Out was written in 2008 after the Democratic Primary between Obama and HRC. Many think Martin McDonagh, director of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was snubbed in this category (I am not one of them).

Best Actor

• Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
  • (Second nomination)
• Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Prediction: This award will without a doubt go to Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour, who also isn’t a good dude by society’s standards, but is a hell of an actor. He was unrecognizable as Churchill (200 hours in a makeup chair for the film), but his dialogue-centric performance brought vivaciousness to some of the greatest speeches of all time. Timothee Chalamet had a good performance in Call me by Your Name (he was also in Ladybird), but nothing to write home about. Props to the Academy for nominating Daniel Kaluuya, and everyone alive is scratching their head wondering if anyone actually saw “Roman J Israel, Esq.” Side note: James Franco was rightfully snubbed for “The Disaster Artist” because of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, his performance in it was one of my favorites of the year.

Best Actress

• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • (5th nomination – won in 97 for Fargo)
• Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
• Meryl Streep, The Post

Prediction: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. The clear frontrunner, McDormand won best Actress in 1997 for Fargo, and this is her fifth Oscar nomination. This year alone she’s won the Golden Globe, the SAG, and the BAFTA for Best Actress. Her performance was chilling, sympathetic, unrelatable, insane, and deeply emotional at times. She is mad as hell and up against a system she has no chance of infiltrating, this performance resonates. Ronan and Robbie were both GREAT in their roles, and Meryl is up for her 21st (!!!!) nomination. I genuinely loved every one of these performances, and all of the films sans Three Billboards. It was a great year for featured actresses.

Best Supporting Actor

• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
• Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • (First nomination)

Prediction: Sam Rockwell,Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. In his first Oscar nomination, Rockwell has swept the supporting actor award this season. His character is all about redemption and change, and boy does he need it. He is so easy to just despise in this film, slowly changing his tune as he goes. He deserves the award. I’m disappointed that Michael Stuhlbarg (the dad in Call Me By Your Name) wasn’t nominated for this award. He appears in three Best Picture nominees this year (The Post and The Shape of Water) and deserves the nomination based on his last scene in the film alone.

Best Supporting Actress

• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Leslie Manville, Phantom Thread
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Prediction: Allison Janney in I, Tonya. This category is the race of strong-willed mothers. Laurie Metcalf loves her daughter fiercely, while Allison Janney is just fierce. It blows my mind that Allison Janney has never been up for an Oscar before, and she’s completely swept the award shows this year, winning every major award for her performance of Tonya Harding’s unloving, ruthless mother. She’s hilarious and mean.

If you’re local to the MOV/Appalachia, you may find yourself caring about the Best Documentary Short category for the first time, I know I sure am. One of our own, Elaine Sheldon McMillion is the filmmaker behind Heroin(e), a Netflix Original Documentary Short following three women combating the opioid epidemic in Huntington, WV. The movie is slated to win it’s category by a landslide.

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