One of the most controversial films to come out this awards season is Taika Waititi’s World War II comedy, Jojo Rabbit. Set in Germany during the last years of the War and follows 10 year-old Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), a Nazi fanatic whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). He lives with his mum… Read More Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Undoubtedly the man of the moment in the film that has the festival circuit buzzing, Joaquin Phoenix is the frontrunner for awards for his titular performance in Todd Phillips’ origin story Joker. During a film climate that seems dominated by superhero films, Joker seems like it is doing something entirely different by twisting the tone… Read More Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances
Continuing my roundup of this year’s Oscars, I will be discussing more of the Creative awards handed out on Sunday night. In my first blog I spoke about the acting awards (here) and the following posts looked at the creative awards (here). The array of topics from the winners and nominees show just how varied… Read More 91st Academy Awards – Creative Awards (Part 2)
