Oscar 2019 - Original Screenplay

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actress

Best Actor

Sup. Actress

Sup. Actor

Animated Feature

Foreign Language

Documentary

Original Scrnplay

Adapted Scrnplay

Production Design

Cinematography

Costume Design

Makeup/ Hair

Original Score

Original Song

Film Editing

Sound Editing

Sound Mixing

Visual Effects

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

Our Winner:

First Reformed (Paul Schrader) – Taking on two of the taboo subjects (religion and domestic terrorism) with such sympathy is a real achievement in a criminally under appreciated film.

The Academy Award Winner

MovieViews Reviews:

Movie	Year	Comments	Reviewer	Rating
First Reformed	2017	The despair of a parish priest told in an intelligent and thought provoking way as h tries to council a couple away from radicalisation.	Gordon	8
Green Book	2018	if you take it as a biopic of the driver and not of Don Shirley or an exploration of the Green Book itself, then it is a great film. Viggo was brilliant in his lead role and the chemistry with Ali worked well.	Gordon	8
Roma	2018	The deliberately mundane story of a house maid. I was struggling to see what the critics had seen in the film until a scene that singularly blew me away (waves). It was so wonderfully shot and acted that I fully welled up at the beauty and horror of it.	Gordon	7
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	2018	As with most anthology films, some of the tales were hit and miss, but some were excellent (such as Buster and also the wagon train story). It was so wonderfully shot I am surprised it got no awards nominations for cinematography.	Gordon	8
The Favourite	2018	A quirky period tale of two cousins fighting for the attentions of the Queen. Coleman and Stone are superb and the direction inventive, but the story sags quite heavily before a polarising end.	Gordon	8
Vice	2018	Initially Vice appears to be just an excuse to re-do the Big Short formula and for Bale to dust off his Batman voice, but in fact it is another fascinating docu-dramedy from the master of this new genre, Adam McKay.	Gordon	8