This blog has always been (and still is) about the universally shared love for movies - never politicking. However, in recent years the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences came in for a lot of criticism for being too much of an 'old white boys club'. So I suppose this year's Oscars ceremony was dressed up and presented in such a way that it was all about women and minorities. And as always is was spectacular. It is therefor somewhat ironic that the majority of category winners were old(sh) white men!

But what I really appreciated about this year's Academy Awards was the fact that it was not dominated by one or two 'big' films as was the case on so many occasions the past few years. There was a good spread: from real Hollywood blockbusters made with mammoth budgets like Dunkirk to small independent little gems costing a mere pittance (by Hollywood standards that is) to make like Call Me By Your Name. (I hope to review both of these in the near future.)

So, let's hope that this is the trend for future Oscar Awards even if it wasn't the intended result of all the political grandstanding that accompanied the Academy's 90th Award Ceremony.

 2018 host Jimmy Kemmel