Our spoiler-free round-up of 14 films nominated in key categories for the 9th Academy awards.




The year of cultural phenomenon Barbenheimer, but what other Oscar-nominated films impressed Izzi, Neil and Adam? Is repeat watchability a measure of a great film and is it a failure if the biggest talking point about a film is its running time?




For the 3rd year, we’ve predicted who we think will win best picture, all 4 acting categories, director and both original and adapted screenplays.




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