Oscars and Racism in the U.S.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a winner! In 2015, Selma is the only film that approaches the majesty and gravitas of what an Oscar for Best Picture should be. It is a superb story but, ironically, not a well-produced film. Selma is actually a ten-part HBO television series squashed into a two-hour movie. The writer and director try to tell the complicated story of a flawed hero - Martin Luther King - in the weeks before the civil rights march from...

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Films By and For Actors & The Theory of Everything

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Working hard on the usual match-fixing, corruption and sport stuff. I will be back in a few weeks with a fair amount of work and news. However, in February I am taking a break to post thoughts on the themes of the current Best Picture Oscar-nominated films. I also include below the bookmaker’s rankings of the films from an ‘Odds-Checker’ site. ** Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman and The Theory of Everything Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman are films by and...

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