Season One: At The Oscars

When the Best Picture Award was originally created in 1929, it was called the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture and there were only 3 nominations covering films from 1927 and 1928. As more films were created and new members added, the amount of nominations fluctuated, with the current system (introduced in 2011) ‘between five and […]

It’s been a long time coming but I can now say I have watched and reviewed the Best Picture nominations for the Oscars 2021. This is the first time I’ve actually watched all of the noms for any year, let alone reviewed them, so it’s just as ground-breaking as some of the films reviewed here.

The term Nomad is derived from the late 16th century French word nomade, meaning people without fixed habitation. Dating back to Iran 8000 years ago, people spent most of their time hunting and gathering for fruit and seeds, using whatever shelter they could find along the way instead of creating a fixed base. Since then,

Grief and loss are two of the most difficult emotions beings encounter throughout life. Hard to pinpoint and tough to cope with, everyone reacts uniquely to it with different customs all over the world. These emotions aren’t solely dedicated to someone’s death either as the end of a relationship can devastate anyone. Life changes, and

The Black Panther Party (aka Black Panther Party for Self-Defence or BPP) was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California October 1966. Their goals were to empower Black communities by providing food, housing and education as well as put an end to police brutality. They are a significant inspiration to the

South Korean cinema is currently in its renaissance period. Born from liberation and war, the Golden Age of Cinema for the Korean film industry was the late 1950s, with 96 films being made between 1954 and 1959. Since then, there have been regime changes which increased censorship, blacklisting and imprisoning artists, as well as encouraging

Some of the best TV shows have episodes that are completely unique to the rest of the season, acting as a palette cleanser or a way of spotlighting a character. It’s good to keep things fresh, take a detour on your way to a goal and remind yourself what it’s all about. That’s why I’m

Revenge is a powerful and complex emotion. To quote Gandhi “An eye for eye makes the whole world blind”, whilst Francis Bacon describes revenge as ‘wild justice’. Is it not only fair that Maximus Decimus Meridius gets revenge for the murder of his family? I mean, they killed John Wick’s dog, what did they expect

There is nothing more that Hollywood loves than Hollywood itself. Whether it’s the setting, the style or the story, films will continue to be made about it and will usually do well. In recent times, we have The Artist winning best picture in 2011, La La Land the closest second place you’ll see in 2016

Based on a true story set at the height of the Vietnam war effort, America is in political disarray as Lyndon B Johnson withdraws from presidency re-election due declining health and popularity ratings. The democrats are pushing for Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and intend to make him the electoral candidate at the Democratic National Convention