Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 4: A No Vote for Bryan Cranston Because Trumbo Was Not a Hero to Me

This member of the writers branch asks, "What 'Straight Outta Compton' and 'Inside Out' are even doing here I don't know — how can writers nominate a movie that has four or five different f—king writers?"

February 28, 2016 12:45pm

Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 4: — Trumbo Still - H 2015
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle

This is part of a series of conversations with Oscar voters about their ballots. You can read other installments here; additional installments will be added each day through the day of the Oscars, Sunday, Feb. 28.

Voter Profile: A member of the Academy's 392-person writers branch.

Read more Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 1: Voter Skewers 'Revenant' ("Road Runner Movie"), 'Brooklyn' ("Sentimental Drivel")

Read more Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 2: 'Mad Max' "Extraordinary," 'Martian' "Just 'Cast Away' on Mars"

Read more Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 3: "Bothered" by Leo's Bodyguards, "Disgusted" by Category Fraud