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Looking back at a cringeworthy Oscars for the ages 20 years later

LOS ANGELES — Twenty years ago, Rob Marshall’s “Chicago” won six Academy Awards, including best picture, beating out Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours,” Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist.” The triumph of “Chicago” — one of…

Los Angeles Times

‘Chicago’ shouldn’t have won best picture in 2003. Here’s what should have

LOS ANGELES — There’s a case to be made that Oscars should be awarded not a few months but a few years after the movies are released. Maybe even 20 years, so as to weed out the overpraised clunkers, elevate the overlooked gems and ensure that the winners truly stand…

Los Angeles Times

‘Were we cursed?’: how Weekender by Flowered Up encapsulated the drug-fuelled rave era

The band’s prime movers went out every night for two years, wrote a 13-minute anthem about it, then celebrated its release with a wild illegal party that lasted a week – though they would finally be overcome by tragedy

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Oscars 2023: Brendan Gleeson's successful early roles

The actor', who is up for Best Supporting Actor at this weekend's Oscars, enjoyed early success through his roles in 1993's The Snapper and TV movie The Treaty

Dublin Live

Oscars 2023: Brendan Gleeson's life before acting including teaching a Dublin secondary school

From studying in UCD to teaching English and Irish in north county Dublin, the leading actor has had a colourful life

Dublin Live

The Irish Mob review – cat and mouse with the gardaí in knock-off gangster flick

There are sloppy geezerisms, flat-pack tough talk and an overexplaining narration that kneecaps the tension in Patrick McKnight’s dud crime thriller

The Guardian - UK

Airlift cinematographer Priya Seth: Men do not find it necessary to talk about women on Women’s Day, only women talk about women - Exclusive

Priya Seth is one of the few women cinematographers to have made a sizeable impact in Indian films. She has shot big-ticket movies like Akshay Kumar's Airlift and Saif Ali Khan's Chef. She is an expert scuba diver and one of the few specialists who shoot underwater footage in Hindi…

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Scream VI movie review: this gory sequel offers top quality fan service

Things do get silly, but there’s more than enough good stuff here

Evening Standard

'Scream 6' Review: The Best Scream Movie Since the '90s — With One Scary Flaw

As a movie, 'Scream 6' ranks near the top of the franchise, delivering the thrills, violence, and whodunnit mystery the franchise was built on, all cranked up to 11.

Inverse

Scream VI review: Jenna Ortega and Hayden Panettiere in a sequel that’s bloody, satisfying and ridiculously fun

Shifting location to New York, this Sidney Prescott-less sequel helps establish ‘Scream’ as the sturdiest and most reliable franchise in horror

The Independent UK

Colin Farrell to take teenage son to Oscars - and pair to wear statement outfits

Colin will walk the red carpet with his teenage son, Henry, in matching tuxedos on Sunday night

Irish Mirror

Ariana Grande set to meet senior Royal Prince Edward on set of blockbuster movie Wicked

Prince Edward is expected to tour the set of blockbuster movie Wicked later this week, which has a star-studded cast of Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh among others

Daily Mirror

Islam and box-office a match made in heaven

Islamic films have found a devoted market in Indonesia. Commercial success will prolong the trend.

360info

In Pathaan, Shah Rukh shakes up the trolls

Pathaan successfully propagates a masculine state, but also pitches for a country in need of healing.

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Skinamarink labelled 'scariest film ever' with fans so 'disturbed' they want to vomit

Movie goers have been left "wanting to vomit" by a new horror flick called Skinamarink which has been labelled "scary as f***"

The Conversation

No Oscar nominations again for female directors: how the industry can better support diverse filmmakers

There’s an ongoing joke in our household. When I win at cards it’s luck. When my husband wins it’s skill. I often wonder if this is also how the industry perceives female film directors. And I always feel that when a male director makes a great film, he’s a great…

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Strong cast, familiar tropes give 'Champions' winning formula

The Farrelly brothers — Peter and Bobby — reigned supreme over comedies of questionable taste in the 1990s and 2000s (“Dumb and Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “Shallow Hal,” “Stuck on You”), but while brother Peter has gone on to the industry's highest success, picking up best original screenplay and…

Tribune News Service

Oscars 2023: Who will win vs. who should win

The 2023 Oscars are nearly upon us — with standout sequels, Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann passion projects and the multidimensional “Everything Everywhere All at Once” competing for top honors.

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Kerry Condon reveals she watched Oscar nominations in her pyjamas with Colin Farrell

'He’s a very sweet, kind person. He’s very approachable and warm to be around,' she said.

Tribune News Service

Hugh Grant ‘did a Christian Bale,’ threw tantrum on ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ set

Hugh Grant is owning up to throwing a temper tantrum on the set of one of his latest films.

The Guardian - US

Killer dolls, cocaine bears and dinosaurs: how the B-movie became big business

As a string of serious dramas underperform at the box office, silliness has instead taken over Hollywood from M3gan to Cocaine Bear

The Independent UK

Elon Musk says upcoming documentary about him is ‘a hit piece’

‘Musk’ is helmed by Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney

Bangkok Post

Oscar short docs race showcases booming art form

LOS ANGELES - When marine biologist Maxim Chakilev flings open the door of his ramshackle Siberian hut in the Oscar-nominated short documentary "Haulout" to find 100,000 honking and heaving walruses, the effect is breathtakingly cinematic.

The Independent UK

Ukraine calls on Academy to review Top Gun: Maverick’s Oscars eligibility

The Ukrainian World Congress urged the organisation to be ‘vigilant’ against ‘any attempts to influence Hollywood and American society’.

Tribune News Service

Oscars 2023 predictions: Who will (and who should) win

Last year's Academy Awards were, by most measures, a real mess; overlong, unfunny and punctuated by The Slap, an unexpected event that had everyone talking about the Oscars for the wrong reasons. The show was a parade of bad decisions, particularly the choice to prioritize limp comedy sketches over actual…

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