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Oscars 2015: No big surprises

From the moment Lupita Nyong’o announced J.K. Simmons as the winner of the first award of the night, the standard had been set. It would be a night of few, if any, surprises, and one where all the favorites in the acting categories brought home the Oscars. Everything went, as they say, according to the script. Although both […]

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Final Oscar thoughts and predictions

Tonight is the big night. Neil Patrick Harris is ready to host the show for the first time ever, and the nominees are all nervously putting their speeches in their inside pockets, praying that it will come in handy by the end of the night. 8 movies are fighting for the Best Film award, whereas […]

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Early Oscar favorites

The Oscars are still a few months away, but the buzz has already started ahead of the 87th Academy Awards, which will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February the 22nd. Neil Patrick Harris, known from ‘Dougie Howser, M.D’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’, is set to host the show. […]

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Upcoming movies: A missing wife, a crazy reporter and… a birdman?

As the summer slowly but surely gives way to autumn (ok, maybe not so much here in Malta), it’s time to leave the beach for the movie theaters. Here are a couple of movies to look forward to in the coming months, with a very short reason why I’m looking forward to them, plus a […]