In what was one of the more anticlimactic Oscar nights in recent memory, Oppenheimer surprised absolutely no one by taking home the Academy’s most prestigious award, along with six others to cap off what was a dominant awards season. The Christopher Nolan blockbuster also took home the awards for Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian …
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2022 Winner for Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 was a unique year and kind of an inconsistent year for the Best Picture nominees. On the surface, it looked like the weakest batch of nominees in several years, but the films that were good were very good, and the others, well, they left something to be desired. There were a couple of films …
2021 Winner for Best Picture: CODA
In what must be considered at least a mild upset, indie darling CODA beat out such heavy weights as Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza. It beat out Nightmare Alley starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchet. It beat …
2022 Best Picture Nominees Ranked from Worst to Best
It’s that time of year again, and I’m sure the thing you’re thinking is the last thing you want is another list ranking Best Picture nominees. Well, I’m giving you one anyway. The order of this list doesn’t reflect who I think will win but is simply my objective opinion on my favorites and least …
2020 Winner for Best Picture – Nomadland
In what should have been a surprise to no one, and could largely be viewed as a coronation, Nomadland walked away with the night’s top honor, along with Oscars for Best Director (Chloé Zhau) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Frances McDormand). Nomadland is a powerful film about self-discovery, overcoming grief and finding the courage to live …
2019 Winner for Best Picture: Parasite
A desperate poor family cons its way into working various servant jobs for a well-to-do family before one of the servants they got fired threatens to expose them. Oscar history was made the night of February 9, 2020 when Parasite became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. The South Korean film also …
2018 Winner for Best Picture: Green Book
A bigoted night club bouncer is hired to be the driver of an African-American pianist on a tour of the segregated deep south of the early 1960’s. In what would turn out to be one of the more controversial winners in years, Green Book took home the Academy’s highest honor. Based on a true story, …
Should the Academy Take Box Office Into Account?
Asking whether the Academy should take box office numbers into account is a fair question, and one that came to my mind when I read the article linked here. I saw the article on my Facebook feed the other day, and the writer compared the last 15 Best Picture winners with the last 15 yearly …
2017 Winner for Best Picture – The Shape of Water
Chalk one up for the Fantasy genre. The Shape of Water joined The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as the only true Fantasy films to win the Oscars’ highest honor. A modern-day fairy tale, The Shape of Water actually seems like a polarizing winner, as many people liked it, but not …
2016 Winner for Best Picture – Moonlight
The Oscar ceremony had one of its most controversial and memorable endings ever when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope and erroneously announced that La La Land had won Best Picture, when, in fact, it was Moonlight that had achieved the Academy’s highest honor. Once all of the dust had settled …