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60 B C B U S I N E S S . C A J A N U A R Y 2 0 24 THE BUSINESS MOVIE OSCARS 2024 We give out the first (and maybe last) Academy-esque Awards for movies about businesses by Nathan Caddell F I L M Mario and Luigi, The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sure, the ad at the beginning is cute. But The Super Mario Bros. Movie doesn't really have anything funny or smart to say about the legendary characters it's based on. Are we the only ones who wanted to watch the brothers stay in Brooklyn, try to earn five-star reviews on Google and scale up their business in a sustainable and smart way? Barbie Barbie, in general, is pretty great. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and the rest of the stacked cast are hilarious. For the most part, Greta Gerwig's direction and script are sharp. Could we have skipped the whole part where Mattel executives insert themselves into the story and are played by the likes of Will Ferrell? We think so. Air Ben Affleck's film about Nike signing Michael Jordan totally wasn't a barefaced effort on Affleck's part to fulfill a clearly long-held dream of playing Nike boss Phil Knight. Either way, it's enjoyable as heck. Dumb Money It's not exactly The Big Short, but Dumb Money—about the GameStop stock manipulation attack and the investors that held the line on it—is one of those real-life stories that makes you want to believe in the little guy. Even if the little guy does cringe streaming videos. BEST FILM CONSTRUCTED AS A VEHICLE FOR YOU TO PLAY PHIL KNIGHT MOST CRINGE INSERTION OF CORPORATE OVERLORDS BEST FILM ABOUT FINANCE MOST UNREALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF AN ENTREPRENEUR This month, the Acad- emy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nominees for its 96th Acad- emy Awards. As with every year, the academy's choices are sure to excite some and anger others. Well, we thought we'd do the very same by handing out Oscar nominations to our own fa- vourite (or favourite for the wrong reasons) films that feature a business. First, some ground rules: • The business has to be featured prominently. • Someone has to be work- ing for or with the business at some point in the film. • Bonus points if the busi- ness name is in the title. • Our candidate list only included movies we could watch by press time. Okay, let's get to it. F r o m t o p t o b o t t o m : U n i v e r s al P i c t u r e s ; A m a z o n S t u d i o s ; B l a c k B e a r P i c t u r e s ; J a a p B ui t e n d ij k / W a r n e r B r o s . P i c t u r e s ; P o p c o r n : i S t o c k