Everything ranked in order of what I currently think is most likely. Most Predicted Nominations Babylon – 11 Best Picture The Fablemans Everything Everywhere all at Once The Banshees of Inisherin Top Gun: Maverick Women Talking Babylon TAR The Whale She Said Aftersun Major Surprise – Avatar: The Way of Water/Triangle of Sadness Best Director …
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Aftersun – London Film Festival 2022 Review
Directed by Charlotte Wells. Starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. 2022. Charlotte Wells makes her directorial debut with a staggering achievement of a film, one that leaves the audience shaken by its quiet beauty and tragedy. It stars Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio as our leads, a father and daughter enjoying a holiday to Turkey …
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The Banshees of Inisherin – London Film Festival 2022 Review
Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. 2022 There are very few films that can make an audience cry tears of laughter and sadness within minutes of each other, but Martin McDonagh manages it with apparent ease here. Banshees is his most mature and emotionally complex film yet. Some of the shots …
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Most Anticipated Films of 2022 – Blockbuster
The blockbuster genre now seems almost entirely taken up by comic book movies, and that is sad at times and is reflected in this list too. However, some of the films here do seem to be taking some real artistic risks, and should be fascinating to see unfold. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part One (dir. …
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Most Anticipated Films of 2022 – Comedy
Many of the films listed here aren’t the traditional broad comedies in the ‘Adam Sandler’ mould, but those sorts of films don’t get made much anymore. Instead, we have much more dramedy and comedies that also tackle other genres. Realistically, the answer to top the list is of course is Knives Out 2, there’s nothing …
Most Anticipated Films of 2022 – Horror/Thriller
Thrillers and horrors can overlap as a genre a lot, and also can be very different, so grouping them wasn’t ideal but it is the best way I could find to do this list. Looking at the films to come, it is a remarkable list of directors that have films coming in this genre, some …
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Final Oscar Nomination Predictions
With the Oscar nominations officially announced tomorrow, these are my final nomination predictions, before attention turns to what will win. Here I predict what I think the nominations will be (these are not my personal picks for what should be nominated) and I will confuse to evolve this as the season develops. So many categories …
Most Anticipated Films of 2022 – Drama
There are so many incredible films in the drama genre due out in 2022, especially from a raft of our greatest filmmakers, and a mix of the old guard and the new guard at that. There will of course be films we don’t even know about yet that end up stealing the show in 2022, …
Oscar Nomination Predictions
With the Oscar nominations just round the corner, this is the start of my coverage of this years awards season. Here I predict what I think the nominations will be (these are not my personal picks for what should be nominated) and I will confuse to evolve this as the season develops. Picture – The …
The Beta Test (2021) – Review
Following on the back of two acclaimed films on the indie circuit with Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow, director Jim Cummings returns again with The Beta Test (this time co-written and directed by his co-star PJ McCabe). Experiencing The Beta Test in the best way is to go in knowing as little …
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