All the Best Picture Films Reviewed, Spoiler-Free

It’s Oscars night, so we’ve taken the time to compile all of our reviews for the films nominated for Best Picture in one place! Find reviews for all 9 films below, and simply click on the READ MORE button under each film title and image to read or watch the full review for the film on the blog or on YouTube

Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name is directed by Luca Guadagnino and stars Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. Taking place over a summer in Italy in the mid 80’s, the film follows 17-year-old Elio who begins a relationship with Oliver, his father’s temporary research assistant….

Darkest Hour

For a film about a bunch of old men sitting in rooms, discussing war and arguing about what to do next, Darkest Hour is a surprisingly beautiful film. Bruno Delbonnel took time crafting each shot to capture the mood of a room at any given moment, and this has earned him an Oscar nomination in 2018….

Dunkirk

I love Christopher Nolan films. I love them for many different reasons, but mostly I love them for their uniqueness. There is a particularly ‘Nolan-esque’ quality to all his films – there is no other way to describe this – they are all utterly distinctive.

The only standard by which to judge a Christopher Nolan film is to compare it to another Nolan film. I often say that Quentin Tarantino films cannot be compared to anything other than Tarantino films and Christopher Nolan has carved out his own specific niche as well…

Get Out

I’d been waiting ages to watch this film, and finally got a chance to see it earlier this week. Get Out is the directional debut of Jordan Peele, known for the most part (before this) as one half of the iconic comedy sketch duo Key & Peele.

The film focuses on Chris, a black man who visits his white girlfriend’s family for the first time on their estate. At first everything seems quite normal, and then things start to get weird…

Lady Bird

The Oscars are literally around the damn corner, and as per usual I had to bring you guys my reviews for all the Best Picture nominees. We’ve got most of them covered so far, but you’ll see the last few here in a bit. First up is Lady Bird which stars Saoirse Ronan and is directed by Greta Gerwig…

Phantom Thread

Let’s face it, we were all pretty damn excited or upset when Daniel Day-Lewis announced that he was working on his final film before retiring from acting entirely. Upset that this would likely be his last film ever, and it’s a shame to see a talented actor not spend all of his time doing what he’s best at. And excited that the film would be directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the same masterful filmmaker who directed Day-Lewis to his second Oscar win after 18 years, meaning that the film would probably be amazing…

The Post

I’m not going to lie, I really struggled to get this review going. Look at me, opening a review with a line like that… I’m basically stalling becasuse the truth is that I don’t really know what to say about The Post. It’s an okay film…

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is the latest film by Guillermo del Toro and stars Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones as the Amphibian Man.

In The Shape of Water, at a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity…

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

When Martin McDonough makes a film, I always make a point of seeing it. In Bruges was brilliant and Seven Psychopaths is a firm favourite of mine so when I heard he’s teaming up with Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson again, but this time adding Frances McDormand to the mix I knew it was going to be something special…

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