Archie Lockyer’s Oscars Predictions 2022 Archie Lockyer considers the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards and offers his predictions for the big three categories. It’s that time of year again: the time we all collectively gather around thetelevision to see what a bunch of Hollywood elitists with a flimsy understanding of film deem […]
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Ella Buckley’s Oscars Predictions 2022
Ella Buckley’s Oscars Predictions 2022 Ella Buckley considers the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards and offers her predictions for the big three categories. Although the Academy may not always get their nominations right (or their award winners, for that matter) I do love the Oscars and the awards season in general. For […]
2021 Oscars Predictions
Niamh Walsh predicts the results of this year’s Academy Awards.
If I was the Academy…
Katie Templeton-Knight gives her take on the Oscars and who she would have picked were she the academy.
Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins’ distinctive style shines as brightly as ever in his newest feature, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name. Touching on issues of racism, mass incarceration, and housing discrimination, the film portrays the love story between Fonny and Tish, a young black couple living in Harlem in the 70s. Following […]
Like a fine wine: age in the film industry
Last month, a Guardian article pointed out an interesting trend among Oscar-winning actors and actresses in the past decade or so – they’re getting older. In the 2000s, best actresses had an average age of 36, which then went up to 41 from 2010 onwards. Best actors have also seen a slight increase in the […]
The Coup D’Etat
The Oscars will celebrate achievement in film for the 91st time later this month. Over the years, the Academy has faced growing criticism, including its underrepresentation of people of colour within its membership as well as its nominations, and its tendency to snub several well-received films each year. With critically acclaimed films such as 1979’s […]
The Oscars and Foreign Film
The 91st Academy Awards are happening in just under a month’s time and all eyes are on whether Black Panther will become the first superhero film to win Best Picture, or whether Glenn Close will finally win the award for Best Actress after 7 previous nominations. As a result, the Best Foreign Language Film category […]
Get Out: A monster with human teeth
What Jordan Peele has created with his debut film is a product of genius; it’s a film that feels like a career-defining piece, yet has all the blindingly fresh quality of a first time effort. It is not just a genuinely creepy horror laced with social commentary; it is an impeccably balanced horror-comedy that moulds […]
False and Spurious: NIGHTCRAWLER
The 87th Academy Awards were perhaps the most competitive in recent years with The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Birdman, American Sniper, Foxcatcher, Selma, Interstellar, Whiplash, Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel all vying for success. Whilst the depth of competition offers an explanation for the greatest Oscar snub in my lifetime, it certainly […]