"One of the 50 Coolest Websites...they simply tell it like it is" - TIME
Oscar Winners 2019 | List of Nominees by Category
Best motion picture of the year
BLACK PANTHER | Kevin Feige, Producer
BLACKkKLANSMAN | Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, Producers
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | Graham King, Producer
THE FAVOURITE | Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, Producers
GREEN BOOK | Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers
ROMA | Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón, Producers
A STAR IS BORN | Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers
VICE | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Yalitza Aparicio in ROMA
Glenn Close in THE WIFE
Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE
Lady Gaga in A STAR IS BORN
Melissa McCarthy in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in VICE
Marina de Tavira in ROMA
Regina King in IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Emma Stone in THE FAVOURITE
Rachel Weisz in THE FAVOURITE
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in VICE
Bradley Cooper in A STAR IS BORN
Willem Dafoe in AT ETERNITY’S GATE
Rami Malek in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Viggo Mortensen in GREEN BOOK
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Mahershala Ali in GREEN BOOK
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A STAR IS BORN
Richard E. Grant in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Sam Rockwell in VICE
Best animated feature film of the year
INCREDIBLES 2 | Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
ISLE OF DOGS | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
MIRAI | Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET | Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Achievement in cinematography
COLD WAR | ?ukasz ?al
THE FAVOURITE | Robbie Ryan
NEVER LOOK AWAY | Caleb Deschanel
ROMA | Alfonso Cuarón
A STAR IS BORN | Matthew Libatique
Achievement in costume design
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS | Mary Zophres
BLACK PANTHER | Ruth Carter
THE FAVOURITE | Sandy Powell
MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Sandy Powell
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | Alexandra Byrne
Achievement in directing
BLACKkKLANSMAN | Spike Lee
COLD WAR | Pawe? Pawlikowski
THE FAVOURITE | Yorgos Lanthimos
ROMA | Alfonso Cuarón
VICE | Adam McKay
Best documentary feature
FREE SOLO | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING | RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
MINDING THE GAP | Bing Liu and Diane Quon
OF FATHERS AND SONS | Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
RBG | Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Best documentary short subject
BLACK SHEEP | Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn
END GAME | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
LIFEBOAT | Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN | Marshall Curry
PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. | Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton
Achievement in film editing
BLACKkKLANSMAN | Barry Alexander Brown
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | John Ottman
THE FAVOURITE | Yorgos Mavropsaridis
GREEN BOOK | Patrick J. Don Vito
VICE | Hank Corwin
Best foreign language film of the year
CAPERNAUM | Lebanon – Directed by Nadine Labaki
COLD WAR | Poland – Directed by Pawe? Pawlikowski
NEVER LOOK AWAY | Germany – Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ROMA | Mexico – Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
SHOPLIFTERS | Japan – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
BORDER | Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
VICE | Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BLACK PANTHER | Ludwig Goransson
BLACKkKLANSMAN | Terence Blanchard
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK | Nicholas Britell
ISLE OF DOGS | Alexandre Desplat
MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Marc Shaiman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“All The Stars” from BLACK PANTHER | Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith, Lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe
“I’ll Fight” from RBG | Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyric by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
“Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN | Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS | Music and Lyric by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
Achievement in production design
BLACK PANTHER | Production Design: Hannah Beachler, Set Decoration: Jay Hart
THE FAVOURITE | Production Design: Fiona Crombie, Set Decoration: Alice Felton
FIRST MAN | Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Production Design: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
ROMA | Production Design: Eugenio Caballero, Set Decoration: Bárbara Enríquez
Best animated short film
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR | Alison Snowden and David Fine
BAO | Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
LATE AFTERNOON | Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
ONE SMALL STEP | Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
WEEKENDS | Trevor Jimenez
Best live action short film
DETAINMENT | Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
FAUVE | Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
MARGUERITE | Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
MOTHER | Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado
SKIN | Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman
Achievement in sound editing
BLACK PANTHER | Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
FIRST MAN | Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A QUIET PLACE | Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
ROMA | Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay
Achievement in sound mixing
BLACK PANTHER | Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
FIRST MAN | Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
ROMA | Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
A STAR IS BORN | Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow
Achievement in visual effects
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR | Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN | Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
FIRST MAN | Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm
READY PLAYER ONE | Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY | Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy
Adapted screenplay
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS | Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
BLACKkKLANSMAN | Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? | Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK | Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins
A STAR IS BORN | Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Original screenplay
THE FAVOURITE | Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
FIRST REFORMED | Written by Paul Schrader
GREEN BOOK | Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
ROMA | Written by Alfonso Cuarón
VICE | Written by Adam McKay
NEWSLETTER
Ratings delivered to your inbox
CAVEATS
Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements.
We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.
Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically-released versions of films; on video there are often Unrated, Special, Director's Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review.
The Return - 7.7.5
The Brutalist - 8.4.5
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - 1.7.1
how to
support us
PLEASE DONATE
We are a totally independent website with no connections to political, religious or other groups & we neither solicit nor choose advertisers. You can help us keep our independence with a donation.
NO MORE ADS!
Become a member of our premium site for just $1/month & access advance reviews, without any ads, not a single one, ever. And you will be helping support our website & our efforts.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
We welcome suggestions & criticisms -- and we accept compliments too. While we read all emails & try to reply we don't always manage to do so; be assured that we will not share your e-mail address.
how to
support us
PLEASE DONATE
We are a totally independent website with no connections to political, religious or other groups & we neither solicit nor choose advertisers. You can help us keep our independence with a donation.
NO MORE ADS!
Become a member of our premium site for just $2/month & access advance reviews, without any ads, not a single one, ever. And you will be helping support our website & our efforts.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
We welcome suggestions & criticisms -- and we will accept compliments too. While we read all emails & try to reply we do not always manage to do so; be assured that we will not share your e-mail address.