10 Underdog Movies That Deserve Oscar’s Attention

Alissa Simon Film CriticA naïve teenager comes of age amid the carnage of World War I’s Eastern Front in this propulsive adaptation of Aleksandrs Grins’ 1934 patriotic classic “Blizzard of Souls.” With its muscular direction by former documentarian Dzintars Dreibergs, atmospheric cinematography and careful attention to period detail, this account of a troop of Latvian Riflemen fighting first for the Russian Imperial Army against invading German forces and then for an independent Latvia should

EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Labaki starrer 1982, Lebanon’s International Oscar hopeful two years ago, has been picked up for North American distribution by Utopia Media.

according to reports.Wilde was incarcerated at Reading between 1895 and 1897, accused of “gross indecency.” The prison, formerly known as Reading Gaol, was shuttered in 2013, and a bid to sell it to developers fell through in November. Reading’s local council is hoping to turn the building, which is located in the town center, into an arts venue.

Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal celebrated 2021 in good company!The stars and longtime pals rang in the new year together — and took the best photo to prove it. Isaac's wife, Elvira Lind, snapped the now-viral photo in which Pascal, 45, sits on Isaac's lap as he takes a swig of his beer.

One of our favorite pair best friends rang in 2021 together!

Golden Globes back in January that he would be in something of a “bad guy” role for the film.The Elvis film remains untitled, but he stars in it alongside Austin Butler as Presley in the biopic about his life.

Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac playing in ska bands before he was famous.Names of the bands included The Worms, Closet Heterosexuals, Petrified Frogs and The Underdogs, the latter of whom once opened for Green Day and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in the 1990s.After a photo was shared on Twitter of Isaac with The Underdogs, footage began circling of a number of his bands playing across the late ’90s and early 2000s.Still thinking about Oscar Isaac’s ska band that opened for Green Day and The Mighty

Related: The most notable US athletes of 2020: No 6 – Mike Tyson, back from the abyss After declaring García could be a bigger star than he was, De La Hoya confirms he wants to box again, perhaps against Gennady Golovkin. Before GGG’s successful extension of his own career this month, he all but threatened to kill De La Hoya if they shared a ring.

Guy Lodge Film CriticCertain films aren’t made for elevator pitches. “Arthouse ‘Gilmore Girls’ meets ‘The Fault in Our Stars'” would be one way to describe the array of familiar elements in “Asia,” while erasing any hint of the rare delicacy and emotional acuity with which Israeli writer-director Ruthy Pribar assembles them.

The upcoming movie The United States vs Billie Holiday, which stars Andra Day as the title character, has been sold to Hulu!

Also Read: Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' Series Named Best Picture of 2020 by LA Film CriticsA critics’ group whose previous 48 best-film winners have included 11 Oscar Best Picture winners and 41 Best Picture nominees has, for the first time, picked a movie that’s not even eligible for Oscars.

Editors note: Rachel Feldman is a Los Angeles-based film and television director whose credits include over 75 hours of longform movies and recent series including ABC’s The Rookie, CBS’ Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds, and MGM’s The Baxters. A former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, she is working on a political thriller based on the life of equal-pay icon Lily Ledbetter.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAndalusia’s La Claqueta and the Basque Country’s Irusoin, producers of Spanish Oscar entry “The Endless Trench,” have re-teamed to buy big screen adaptation rights to Txani Rodríguez’s novel “Los últimos románticos.”The deal builds on one of the most fruitful regional production alliances in Spain, whose co-productions to date take in not only “The Endless Trench,” a big winner at the 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival, but also true-crime series

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSaudi director Shahad Ameen‘s feminist fable “Scales” has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s official candidate for the Oscar in the international feature film category.“Scales” draws on Arabic folklore about a young woman named Hayat – played by newcomer Basima Hajjar – who rebels against the tradition in her fishing village of sacrificing female children to monstrous mermaids lurking in the sea.

Guy Lodge Film CriticYou can take the girl out of the woods, but you can’t take the woods out of the girl — unless, of course, you take the woods away altogether. Such are the tough lessons learned in “Toorbos,” a satisfying marriage of folky period romance and environmental parable from the misty, mossy depths of South Africa’s Knysna forest region: a national beauty spot much enshrined in local literature and lore, but rarely given this kind of grand-scale screen showcase.

Yes, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn 1970, Gil Scott-Heron recorded his famous poem-song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” But that anthemic line, as forceful as it was, has been proved wrong time and again. Two years earlier, starting on Sept.

Pete Davidson and Timothée Chalamet got the internet talking during the Oscar nominee’s Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Saturday, December 12.The Call Me by Your Name actor, 24, and the comedian, 27, appeared in multiple sketches together during the episode.

Find it on: Amazon Prime VideoCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the gang deck the halls and discover the meaning of the season in the 1965 animated special.Find it on: Apple TV+It’s not Christmas without a magical train journey to the North Pole; based on the 1985 children’s book, with help from an animated Tom Hanks. Find it on: Amazon Prime Video The classic 1947 film follows the intrigue around a department store Santa who claims to be the real deal.Find it on: Disney+Join Buddy the Elf