As awards season begins to heat up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that twenty films remain in contention for a nomination in the category of Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards. Vying for one of the five Oscar nomination spots are: Ant-Man and the Wasp Aquaman Avengers: Infinity […]
Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie thinks the Oscars should add a stunts category
Christopher McQuarrie, director of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has suggested that the Oscars should add a stunts category to the awards show. There has been a fair amount of talk lately regarding new categories for the Oscars, with a ‘popular film’ category not going down very well with pretty much anyone. But what else should be […]
25 movies submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards
The Academy Award nominations won’t be announced until January, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 25 films have been submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar; check out the full list here… Ana y Bruno Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Early Man Fireworks Have a Nice Day Hotel Transylvania 3: […]
The Academy is postponing the new Achievement in Popular Film Oscar category
After widespread criticism from people within the film industry and fans alike, the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences has decided to postpone the inclusion of its new Oscar category, Achievement in Popular Film. The move was announced a few weeks ago among other changes to future Oscar broadcasts, but it was not met with […]
Oscar Isaac says the Academy Awards’ Popular Film category is “pretty stupid”
The Oscar’s newly announced award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film is a “pretty stupid” idea according to Oscar Isaac. The Academy’s new idea for rewarding more popular films hasn’t gone down particularly well with movie fans and those working in the industry, with many seeing it as patronising. Oscar Isaac, who has been involved […]
The Oscar for Most Baffling New Category goes to… The Oscars!
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent decision to introduce a new Academy Award category… The Oscars are always contentious. It’s the ‘big’ award ceremony. It’s the one. No one really pays much attention to the Golden Globes, or anything else. The Oscar is the one statue everyone in Hollywood strives for. So now, in their […]
The Academy’s ‘Achievement in Popular Film’ is a demeaning category
Ricky Church on the new Oscar category ‘Achievement in Popular Film… The Academy Awards is the film industry’s most prestigious event of the year, celebrating outstanding achievements in a wide array of behind the scenes filmmaking from direction, acting to sound design and more. That’s how the ceremony is presented to audiences at least and […]
Academy Awards to introduce ‘Achievement in Popular Film’ category
For several years, fans and moviegoing audiences have bemoaned the fact the Academy of Arts and Sciences often neglects some of the industry’s biggest blockbusters for more serious and ‘artsy’ films. Instead, films such as The Dark Knight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Avengers have been relegated to the technical awards of sound editing and visual effects rather […]
Steven Spielberg thinks Netflix films are TV movies and shouldn’t qualify for the Oscars
Out on the promotional rounds for his new film Ready Player One, legendary director Steven Spielberg has been chatting about current trends in filmmaking – and specifically, the rise of original content on streaming services such as Netflix. “A lot of studios today would rather just make branded, tentpole, guaranteed box office hits from their […]
Oscars 2018: Full list of winners from the 90th Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured the very best in film last night in Hollywood at the 90th Academy Awards, with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water winning four Oscars in Best Picture, Best Director, Best Production Design and Best Original Score. On the acting from, Gary Oldman and Frances McDorman […]
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