It’s the talk of cinephile circles and Demi Moore gives a career-best performance. But is The Substance too icky for the Oscars? At its best, cinema will sneak up on you and deliver something no one could have expected. A dazzling kaleidoscopic rollercoaster body horror starring Demi Moore? No one would have predicted a project […]
Oscars 2025: Emilia Pérez leads nominations for 97th Academy Awards
The nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards were announced this morning, with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez leading the field of contenders for the 97th edition of the Oscars with nominations in 13 categories, followed by Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and John M. Chu’s Wicked with 10 apiece. All three of the aforementioned films are up […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Judgment at Nuremberg over West Side Story for Best Picture of 1961
Graeme Robertson on why Judgement at Nuremberg should have won over West Side Story at the Academy Awards… It’s Oscar season again, so it’s time to take a look at Oscar ceremonies of the past and spotlight the films that I feel should have won the coveted Best Picture trophy over those that ultimately did. […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – There Will Be Blood for Best Picture over No Country for Old Men
Graeme Robertson on why There Will Be Blood should have won Best Picture at the 80th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best that 2007 had to offer were something of an oddity, in that nearly every film nominated in the main categories dealt with rather dark and complex themes, with the only light in this […]
Ranking the Major Best Picture Contenders for the 2024 Oscars
EJ Moreno looks at films heading for the 2024 Oscars… As we enter the New Year and the 2024 award season begins, the contenders for Best Picture are starting to take shape. While anything can happen from now to the Oscars in March, we have over ten films that most likely play a part in […]
Has the Oscars Finally Embraced “The Weird”?
EJ Moreno looks at the Academy Awards and the new era of films vying for recognition… As we enter a new awards season, it’s refreshing to look at the landscape of potential contenders. Loving the race to the Academy Awards for decades and later entering my own awards season as a Critics Choice Association voter, […]
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads winners of the 96th Academy Awards
Heading into the night as the favourite after a strong awards season run, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer picked up seven Oscars at last night’s 96th Academy Awards, including gongs for Best Picture, Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). In perhaps the biggest surprise of the evening, Emma Stone […]
Angela Bassett addresses the “disappointment” of losing out on an Oscar for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Angela Bassett was the front-runner for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but during the 2023 Oscars, Jamie Lee Curtis picked up the honor for Everything, Everywhere All At Once. This marked Bassett’s second nomination, the first being for Best Actress in What’s Love Got to Do with It. The […]
Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer and Barbie battle for Best Picture as 96th Academy Awards nominations announced
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards as Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the field, racking up a total of 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) There’s a distinct Barbenheimer flavour to this year’s nominations, with Barbie also securing a […]
The Academy Award for Best Original Score does not go to Birdman’s Antonio Sanchez
Birdman has been doing fairly well this year, both among critics and with accolades. Already the recipient of several awards, including dozens of nominations and wins, the film is an absolute frontrunner for several statues at this year’s Academy Awards. But sadly, Antonio Sanchez’s extraordinary improvisational, jazz-based drumming score will not be one of them. […]
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