Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars
Kermode & Mayo’s Take
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So awards, Schm Awards, does that have its own little bit of video? |
| 0:03.7 | I don't think it does, because we can't do this very often. I'm just a bit of jazz hands. Money. A bit of jazz hands. Awards. Hello, it's a FaceTime with the family. It's the last take ultra before the Oscars, which are happening on Sunday, March the 15th. So, state of the race, then. post-afters shake-up, final Oscar voting is underway right now, |
| 0:24.1 | which ends on March the 5th, so tomorrow. And the BAFTAs have significantly stirred the pot. |
| 0:32.2 | So Mark will probably say, or has it, indeed. Mark will say it? Mark will say who will win and who should win. |
| 0:39.8 | So first of all, best picture, closest racing years. Two films dominate everything. Sinners, |
| 0:45.7 | 16 nominations the most in Oscar history. One battle after another long-term critical favourite. |
| 0:52.4 | Indy Wire said the Baftas did not resolve the battle, |
| 0:55.6 | but they soften Shalameh's lead, losing at the Bafters. |
| 0:59.9 | I don't think they did because he lost to Robert Aramayo, |
| 1:04.1 | who's not in the running for the Oscars. |
| 1:05.6 | So I don't think they did soften. |
| 1:07.5 | Variety still projects Sinners as the most likely overall winner tally and entertainment |
| 1:12.9 | weekly, I think that is, suggest the race is genuinely split, but leaning slightly towards |
| 1:16.8 | one battle after another. |
| 1:18.7 | So best picture. |
| 1:20.8 | I do think it's going to be one battle after another. |
| 1:24.2 | Do you say Variety said that they think that it's going to win this category, or they think that it's going to win the most awards? |
| 1:31.7 | Most overall. |
| 1:32.9 | Most overall. |
| 1:33.7 | Okay, that's fine. |
| 1:34.7 | I think that one battle after another has had a long enough tale on it that it is going to be that. |
| 1:41.6 | It is going to be close, but I think it is going to be one battle after another. |
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