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i think gary oldman's performance definitely deserved an oscar. it was brilliant. frankly, the director and the script writer should have shot for offenses against history. [laughter] you know, it was outrageous the way it was implied that chamberlain had teamed up against halifax to -- because, in fact, churchilled had behaved with such, i think, sensitivity towards chamberlain, he'd allowed him to stay in downing street, he hadn't moved out of the admiralty, a whole or -- in fact, chamberlain supported churchill. and i'm afraid british and american filmmakers have very little respect for history. i think, actually, continental film makers have a much better, have a much better treatment of history in that particular way. no, as far as bridge too far is concerned, it's a lot better than many other war movies, i think, in that particular way. there are a number of things you can criticize. i think cornelius ryan didn't want to criticize the british too much or monty too much in it. .. in a brilliant research team it was never even used. in this extraordinary archiv

gary oldman earned a belated best actor oscar for playing winston churchill in darkest hour.nd the best film and best director gongs went to guillermo del toro‘s magical fantasy, the shape of water, one of my favourite films of the last ten years. contenders for the forthcoming 91st academy awards are shaping up to be equally wide—ranging. the front—runner in the best picture race is a star is born, the fourth incarnation of this timeless screen story in which leading man bradley cooper makes his directorial feature debut. in the best actress category, lady gaga is also highly tipped, while the year's enduring earworm, shallow, looks like a dead cert for the best original song nomination. # i'm off the deep end, watch as i dive in. # i'll never meet the ground. but there are plenty of other movies which could derail a star is born‘s winning streak. he's been working for a black man. you and the deep south. there's going to be problems. green book doesn't open in the uk until february 2019, but peter farrelly‘s ‘60s set drama about african american pianist don shirley and his

john lithgow as churchill and gary oldman as churchill. he used charm, wit to bring america into england's solitary fight against naziism, boasting in his memoirs about how he played fdr by staging a tantrum. for churchill's ministry of information, there was no better propaganda for a visiting american dignitary questioning the legitimacy of the british empire than a night of the blitz in the company of plucky londoners prepared to meet an invasion with hand-to-hand fighting. in this way, we are left with a global empire masquerading as a tiny, in.com national eye hand and a diehard imperialist posing as a pugnacious defender of democracy. in times of stress, cruder or more sentimental understandings of history tend to prevail. to truly reckon with our desire to see the war and our part in it on only in the most favorable light, we must look at the war outside occupied europe, the war as it was experienced on other home fronts. the fall of rangoon and hong kong and the disastrous surrender at singapore have yet to receive wide screen trea

home best picture at the oscars, frances mcdormand took best actress for three billboards, and gary oldman hour. blockbusters black panther and crazy rich asians shining a bright light on the lack of diversity in hollywood. not only two of the top earning films, both featured casts predominantly made up of people of color. 2018 also brought celeb power to the polls as stars stepped out to support candidates in the midterms. taylor swift's online political endorsement alone prompted over 65,000 people to register to vote. the singer was also named 2018's most influential people on twitter even though she only tweeted 13 times throughout the year. and kanye west created a media frenzy sitting down with the commander in chief to talk prison reform. falls from grace, roseanne barr fired from the popular reboot of her sitcom following racist tweets posted online. comedian kevin hart lasted just two days as the host of the a academy awards, stepping down amid criticism over years-old anti-gay tweets. [cheers and applause] >> the me too and time's up movements building momentum in 2018. and there