While the award season heats up, one thing seems set in stone, and that is a nomination for Chadwick Boseman in either of his two films this year for Netflix. Before his passing, Boseman completed Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, both awards contenders in their own right. It seems now like Netflix […]
Fisher v Whedon | The Flickering Myth Podcast #155
Listen to the latest episode of The Flickering Myth Podcast… Allen and EJ discuss the ongoing drama of Ray Fisher vs. Joss Whedon and DC/WB higher-ups. EJ reviews Antebellum and The Devil All The Time, and we weigh in on the newly announced Oscar nomination requirements. Email in your questions, feedback etc. to podcast@flickeringmyth.com. Listen to the […]
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences postpones 2021 Oscars by two months
The show must go on, but now, it will have a later date than usual. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed that the 2021 Oscars would not be taking place on February 28th. Instead, the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed two months, and will now take place on April […]
The Oscars may be postponed in 2021
A new report reveals that the Academy is considering a postponement to the 2021 Oscars. The global health crisis has upended most things in life and Hollywood has certainly been no different. Now, with all the delays, digital releases, trouble completing films, and social distancing measures, the Academy is considering a delay to next year’s […]
Academy Awards and Golden Globes change eligibility criteria due to global health crisis
With the global health crisis leaving cinemas closed around the world and forcing many of 2020’s films to postpone their releases or forego a theatrical run in favour of direct-to-streaming premieres, both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced that they have altered the eligibility criteria […]
Ten Great Film Scores That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)
Hasitha Fernando with ten great film scores that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… The awards season has officially drawn to a close, culminating with Sunday’s Academy Awards. And like every year, there are snubs and surprises galore interspersed with a handful of sure-fire predictable wins. The category of Best Original Score isn’t one […]
Parasite makes history at the 92nd Academy Awards with Best Picture win
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite made history at the 92nd Academy Awards last night, becoming the first ever non-English language film to be honoured with the Oscar for Best Picture. Parasite collected four awards in total, adding Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film to its Best Picture win, while 1917 – a […]
Six Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)
Graeme Robertson with six great performances that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… It’s often seen as an actors dream to receive the much-coveted golden statue we know as the Oscar, with many great performances seeing their performers taking home the trophy and many more at least receiving the equally great honour of an […]
The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy… The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – The Insider Over American Beauty for Best Picture of 1999
Graeme Robertson on why The Insider should have won over American Beauty at the Academy Awards… The line up for the Oscars celebrating the best of 1999 could arguably be seen as something of a slow year in terms of cinematic brilliance, at least in my opinion. While none of the films nominated is particularly […]
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