Dir: Martin Scorsese Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects. Score: ★★★★★ Based on Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman is the story of Frank Sheeran a World War II veteran who... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Marriage Story (2019)
Dir: Noah Baumbach Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score. Score: ★★★★☆ Writer / Director Noah Baumbach's comfort zone is with those people and families that are financially well off enough that they have time to think about how shitty things are and actually have... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Ford v Ferrari / Le Mans ’66 (2019)
Dir: James Mangold Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing. Score: ★★☆☆☆ Ford v Ferrari or as it's known in the UK Le Mans '66, is the latest output by James Mangold, most well known for Cop Land, Girl Interrupted, Walk The Line and both Hugh Jackman X- Men spin-offs... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Parasite (2019)
Dir: Bong Joon-ho Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing. Score: ★★★★★ For Bong Joon-ho's South Korean black comedy thriller Parasite to be talked about seriously as a not only a best picture contender at this year's Academy Awards, but also to be... Continue Reading →
Oscar Nominations 2020 – FILM REVIEW: Joker (2019)
Dir: Todd Phillips Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing. Score: ★☆☆☆☆ Is Joker the worst movie of the year? OK I am sure there are many in reality (most... Continue Reading →