Oscars
Oscars 2019 – Predictions from the CineSocial UK team
StandardThe Academy Awards 2017. List of my preferred winners for this year’s Oscars
StandardList by film critic Jason Day of the nominees in the top five categories at the 2017 Academy Awards, my preferred winners.
Oscar 2016 predictions
StandardA list of the possible outcomes (and my own preferred winners) for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) 2016, due to be announced on 28 February 2016.
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Spotlight (2015)
StandardFilm review of the drama about a newspaper uncovering the sexual abuse of children at the hands of Catholic priests in Boston. Starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo.
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Director: Tom McCarthy. (129 mins). Anonymous Credit/First Look/Participant/Rocklin Faust. (15)
Drama
Room (2015)
StandardFilm review of the drama about a young woman and her son who are held captive by a man and how she enriches and informs his otherwise insular, fantasy-led understanding of the world outside. Starring Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson. (118 mins). A24/Element Pictures/No Trace Camping. (15)
Drama
The Revenant (2015)
StandardFilm review of the frontier/survival drama directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
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Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu. New Regency/Anonymous Content/Appian Way/20th Century Fox et al. (15)
The Danish Girl (2015). Read our film review for why this is a winning biopic of a trans pioneer.
StandardFilm review by Jason Day of the drama directed by Tom Hooper about Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
Drama
45 Years (2015)
StandardFilm review of the drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay about the secrets that are revealed as a couple approach their 45th wedding anniversary.
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Director: Andrew Haigh. The Bureau/Artificial Eye et al (15)
Drama