91st Academy Awards Preview & Predictions

This awards season has been completely insane, and I am angered by the way a lot of it is going, however I feel that in terms of the films involved, this has been one of the best awards seasons ever - and that fact that this year's Oscars are so unpredictable is a testament to the quality.

Film Review | If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk is directed by Barry Jenkins and stars Kiki Layne and Regina King. 

Drama, Romance, Crime. Released 2018.

If Beale Street Could Talk follows Tish (Kiki Layne), a newly engaged Harlem teen carrying their first child, all whilst trying to prove her fiance, Fonny (Stephan James) is innocent of a crime he has been wrongly accused of with the support of her mother, Sharon (Regina King). 

Film Review | The Favourite

The Favourite is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Drama, History, Comedy. Released 2018.

My main attraction to this piece was Emma Stone - I am surprisingly unfamiliar with Olivia Colman's work (even though she's a national treasure), and I have never seen a Yorgos Lanthimos film. Little did I know, I was about to experience one of the most unconventional and masterfully bizarre films I had ever seen. 

Film Review | Roma

Roma is directed by Alfonso Cuaron and stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina De Tavira.

Drama. Released 2018.

Roma is a semi-autobiographical story that chronicles a year-in-the-life of a middle class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. 

Film Review | Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy is directed by Felix Van Groeningen and stars Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet.

Drama, Biopic. Released 2018.

Less than a year after Timothee Chalamet made a huge impression on the film industry in Lady Bird and his incredibly powerful performance in Call Me By Your Name, he returns this awards season with Steve Carell to tell the true story of David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothee Chalamet), a father attempting to aid his son into overcoming a threatening drug addiction.

Film Review | Green Book

Green Book is directed by Peter Farrelly and stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.

Biopic, Drama. Released 2018.

Green Book is based on the true friendship between Tony Lip and Dr. Don Shirley. Tony, an Italian-American bouncer becomes the chauffeur for an African-American pianist who is about to embark on a concert tour through the deep south in 1960s America. 

Film Review | Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns is directed by Rob Marshall and stars Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel-Miranda.

Musical, Family, Fantasy. Released 2018.

During a difficult time in the lives of the Banks 'children', the legendary, magical nanny Mary Poppins returns to visit them after several decades.

Film Review | Creed II

Creed II is directed by Steven Caple Jr. and stars Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.

Drama, Sport. Released 2018.

Creed II is the sequel to Creed (2015) and is a natural continuation of Adonis' story (Michael B. Jordan) both personal and professional, and under the guardianship of the legendary Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), Adonis prepares to face off against the son of Ivan Drago, the man who killed his father.

This film had a lot to live up to, since the first Creed from 2015 set the bar incredibly high. Creed is an incredibly well made and poignant character's journey, so I was excited and hopeful to see that journey progress in the same nature.