It might be a lot less than those I follow on social media, but I’ve made an impressive attempt at watching as many Oscar nominated films for 2021. That’s even with the fact that cinema watching and film distribution has been anything but normal in the last year. I’ve seen 43/56 films, just over three…
Category: Film
Oscars 2020: predictions and wishes
Of the 53 films nominated at the 92nd Academy Awards, I’ve seen 31 which is 59% and, I think, my highest pre-ceremony viewed percentage. For the top 6 categories (Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay), I’ve seen 95% as I’ve missed one of the 17 (Cynthia Erivo’s performance in…
Favourite films of the decade
I was asked to choose my favourite film of the decade for Cineworld, which you can find here along with choices from other writers. If you can’t tell from my last three blog posts (2019 favourites | 2019 films | Decade favourites), I love lists and stats. So I wanted to do something about film…
Top 10 films of 2019 (and stats!)
Let’s talk rules. I’m a stickler for the rules and when creating lists, I need to know what my limitations are. So I tend to go by the guidelines of: stick to a location and year of release. So I only consider films released theatrically in the U.K. during 2019 as my contenders. Not films…