Dir: Greta Gerwig Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Costume Design. Score: ★★★★☆ After the success of Greta Gerwig's 2017 debut feature Ladybird, the much hailed new director and long time offbeat comedy actress returns with her updated take on Louisa May Alcott's 1868/1869 (it... Continue Reading →
Dir: Taika Waititi Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing. Score: ★★☆☆☆ Jojo Rabbit is the 6th feature of New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi, a career that started with Eagle vs Shark progressed to What We Do In The Shadows, took a bizarre... Continue Reading →
Dir: Sam Mendes Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Orginal Score, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects. Score: ★★★★☆ In the long and storied history of cinema, war has always been a preoccupation with filmmakers, who's approach to the subject... Continue Reading →
Dir: Marielle Heller Nominated for: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (Richard E. Grant), Best Adapted Screenplay. Score: ★★★★☆ Another in the glut of true life based films that has swarmed the Oscars this year, on the surface this one seems like the premise for a somewhat different, flimsier film. Author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) has... Continue Reading →
Dir: Spike Lee Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Adam Driver), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing. Score: ★★★★★ There is little doubt Spike Lee is one of the pre-eminent directors of this generation or of any other. His voice is singular, distinctive and perhaps most importantly of all... Continue Reading →
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