Did you miss all the action at the Oscars? Maybe you didn’t fancy staying up that late on a school night. Perhaps you aren’t a fan of the self-congratulatory back-patting. Maybe you’ve (also) got an aversion to Alex Zane.
Never fear! We’ve got the full winners list from the Oscars and, perhaps more importantly, what we thought to them! And the winners are…
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Rockwell dedicated his win to the late, great Phillip Seymour Hoffman. This is what we thought to Three Billboards.
Guess who’s back…she’s Mary Poppins y’all!
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Darkest Hour
Here’s Chris Wyatt’s ten cents. Apologies in advance.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Icarus
COSTUME DESIGN
Phantom Thread . Again, completely without irony.
SOUND EDITING
Dunkirk
SOUND MIXING
Dunkirk
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Shape of Water
Here’s what Flickfeast had to say…
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman, Chile
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
“I did it all by myself.” Allison Janney also wins Acceptance Speech Of The Night.
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dear Basketball
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coco
Here’s our original Trailer Park…
VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Deservedly so. Even if only for Joi.Here’s our 5 star review.
FILM EDITING
Dunkirk
Has the Academy even seen Baby Driver?!
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
The Silent Child
Here’s our original review of the ‘must-see short film that you simply will not regret watching.’
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Call Me by Your Name
Here’s our thoughts on a film that is ‘bittersweet, melancholic yet ultimately uplifting.’
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— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 5, 2018
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Get Out
Here’s our write up on Jordan Peele’s modern classic.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Roger Deakins finally picks up his well-deserved Oscar for Blade Runner 2049 after a whopping fourteen career nominations!
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Shape of Water
‘Gorgeous’ says the Flickfeast review. One day, Johnny Greenwood. One day.
ORIGINAL SONG
“Remember Me,” Coco
BEST DIRECTOR
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
The film which ‘raised the bar in his creativity and made an unconventional romance into a stunning fairy tale.’
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Two words: Inclusion Rider. Here’s the juice on her now Oscar-winning ‘commanding performance’
BEST PICTURE
The Shape of Water
And with that, our ‘wrap it up’ music’s playing and we’re being ushered offstage. How did your favourite fare? Disagree with our write-ups? Let us know in the comments below.
