The Shape of Water was the big winner at last night’s Academy Awards ceremony. All of the winners are listed below in bold: Best Picture Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri   Actor in a Leading […]

Best Picture Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri   Actor in a Leading Role Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman […]

  BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Winner: Moonlight   ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Winner: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Gosling, La La Land Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington, Fences   ACTOR IN […]

It’s that time of year again… so here we go: (with links to reviews)   BEST PICTURE Arrival was one of my favourite films of the year, although I don’t think it has a chance for the Oscar, especially with Hollywood darling La La Land in the mix. Hollywood LOVES a story about Hollywood. I […]

Another year, another list of Oscar nominations which doesn’t at all represent diversity. Alas, there are quite a few good nominees on this list, so let’s just dive right in:   Best Picture What is all the hype with The Big Short!? It’s a good film, not a great film.  And The Martian – it’s […]

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The 2015 Oscar Nominee list is looking a little vanilla this year – in more ways than one. Here is the full list of Oscar Nominations 2015 + commentary:   Best Picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash — The Academy can vote for […]

On January 15th, 2015 at 5:30 a.m. PT, Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams will announce the 2015 Oscar nominees in the following categories: Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Film Editing, Original Song, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. At 5:38 a.m. PT, […]

by Ella Jean Judith Hill is the rising star being lifted by the Oscar winning film 20 Feet From Stardom.  It’s a touching documentary uncovering the history of back-up vocalists from the 1960’s to present day. Judith Hill is the present.  Her biggest gig was the one she never got to do: She was set to […]

Best Picture It is no surprise that the winner of Best Picture was 12 Years a Slave – Producer Brad Pitt & director Steve McQueen and the cast were on hand to accept. American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street Actor in […]