Giving some potential Oscar love to a few of the year's best movies so far.
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8 Oscar Winning Actors Who Failed To Capitalise On Their Success
After winning an Oscar, it should be the boost to take any actor's career to the next level. Not these guys.
Dear Celebrities: Accept Your Award And Walk Away
The Oscars are this Sunday, and no doubt there'll be winners making speeches about the state of the country.
Oscars 2017: #OscarsNotSoWhite But Still Lacking Diversity
To take seven out of twenty nominations as a celebratory event that ends the lack of diversity is celebrating…
Casey Affleck Should Have Won His Oscar in 2007
It would appear that Casey Affleck is one of those shoe-in awards for the Oscars next month that betting agents…
Why Hollywood Needs More Female Blockbuster Directors
Recently, 20th Century Fox has announced that it is on the hunt for female directors for their major movies, and it…
Please Turn Off Your Oscars and Watch The Movie
The Oscars bore me. There, I said it. I’ve tried writing this article three different times but I’ve found myself…
Oscars: Looking Back at 87 Years of ‘Best Picture’ Winners
The Oscars are, by and large, a loathsome, self-congratulatory affair, saved only by the continued recognition of…
Make the Case: 5 Essential Leonardo DiCaprio Movies
For an award that no one supposedly cares about, there are an awful lot of people who want to see Leonardo DiCaprio…
Oscars Special: The Best of the Best Pictures
There were moments during my Best Picture challenge, that I seriously considered throwing in the towel. I struggled…
Oscars Special: 5 Films That Should Have Won Best Picture
I love the Academy. I wouldn’t have watched all of the Best Pictures if I didn’t respect the opinions of its male…
FILM REVIEW: Spotlight (2015)
"Everyone’s a reporter." That’s the saying nowadays. Thanks to so called ‘Citizen Journalism’, every Tom, Dick and…
Oscars Special: 5 Most Underrated Best Picture Winners
I used to have a pretty impressive party trick. Let me take you back to 2008. Picture me as the nerdy 17-year-old…
Make the Case: 5 Essential Nicolas Cage Films
One thing is for absolute certain: Nicolas Cage is fucking nuts. His stark eccentricity lends itself well to the…
The Oscars: Why Britain Isn’t Best
The Oscars has never really interested me, the choice of films up for nomination tend to be too similar and the…
Every Oscar Nominated Film in 2 Minutes and 47 Seconds
Can you condense dozens up dozens of hours of emotional, potent film-making into something under 3 minutes long? If…
Awards Season: Why So Few Nominations For Women?
It’s film awards season and there have been snubs, outrages and some downright lucky nominees. What I, and so many…
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award Winners in Pictures
Whilst certainly not one of the most prestigious Academy Awards on offer, the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Award and…
REVIEW: Nebraska
Ashley Bebbington reviews one of the cinematic highlights of the year in Nebraska. Nebraska - the new film from…
The Mercury Prize: Appeal through Failure
On the official website, The Mercury Prize (or the Barclaycard Mercury Prize as we apparently have to call it now)…