The Oscars: as unpredictable as a five-year-old child. More often than we’d like, these awards end up being a shocker, naming Best Picture of the year a film that no one remembers as being “that great” five years later. Continue reading
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My Oscars Predictions
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Tags: Academy Awards, la la land, moonlight, oscars 2017, predictions
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Film Review: Jackie
How hard can it be for a thespian to portray a real-life character? And not just that, but someone who was well-known and whose life was followed by the media step by step. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Biopic, Film, Jackie, JFK, Movie Review, Natalie Portman, Oscars
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Film Review: The Revenant
For the past couple of months, I have been worrying about one thing: Leo’s Oscar. To be precise, I have been worrying about the fact that the Academy might be about to give him the long-awaited award simply because “it’s about time” instead of having rewarded him in the past for the great performances he has given. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Domhnall Gleeson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Review, Oscars, The Revenant, Tom Hardy
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Film Review: The Big Short
I have never understood financial gibberish. Not because I’m stupid, but because I was never into maths or anything of the sort, so one would think that a film that spends its two hours talking about the stock market and mortgages wouldn’t be engaging from my point of view. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Adam McKay, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Film Review, Movie Review, Oscars 2016, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, The Big Short, Wall Street
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Honest Posters of 2016’s Oscar Nominees
Ah, the Oscars. How I love them. I have been watching them live since I was about ten years old, and I always enjoy them thoroughly. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Best Picture, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Max: Fury Road, Nominees, Oscars 2016, Steve Jobs, The Martian
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What Oscar-Nominated Posters Should Really Say
Hey! Look at that, it’s almost Oscar night! This Sunday we will finally know what film wins the Best Picture statuette (Boyhood) instead of the one that truly deserves it (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Continue reading
Film Review: The Theory of Everything
There is an unspoken rule for the Oscars that states the following: if you are doing a biopic where you play someone overcoming a disability or something of the sort, you will win an Academy Award. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything
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Film Review: The Imitation Game
Some movies just seem to be designed to be nominated for everything during an awards season, even if it wasn’t its makers’ intention –usually, the big producers are the ones that make sure the films go that way. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Benedict Cumberbatch, Film Review, Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
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The Biggest Letdowns from the 2014 Oscars
The Oscars: the most awaited event of the film world, the one that culminates the awards season. Millions of movie buffs look forward to this event, but as it happens, it tends to be met with disappointment when it doesn’t meet the expectations. Usually, it is the host to blame, or the dubious criteria of some awards. But no matter how bad they might be a year, people will still watch them the following one. Here are some of the biggest letdowns from last night’s show, from my perspective. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Disappointments, Ellen DeGeneres, Gravity, Oscars 2014
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Philip Seymour Hoffman: Irreplaceable and Unforgettable
Hoffman in 2011 at the premiere of “The Ides of March” – © Georges Biard
It is indeed so sad to find out about the death of a great thespian like Philip Seymour Hoffman. It does not matter what the cause of death was, we just lost a truly remarkable actor who gave us mind-blowing performances, both on screen and on stage. Continue reading
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Tags: Academy Awards, Death, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tribute, Truman Capote
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