With the Oscars fast approaching I got to write about one of the main contenders and a film I really like, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set political thriller Conclave, for Pop Junctions.

OSCARS WATCH 2025 – Political Fears and Fantasies in Edward Berger’s Conclave — Pop Junctions

This post is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. The political thriller is a genre that most effectively exists in close proximit...

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Have spent the last week watching Oz related things and here’s my definitive ranking: 1) The Wizard of Oz (1939) classic 2) Wicked (2024) very good 3) The Wiz (1978) good 4) Return to Oz (1985) weird 5) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) bad 6) The Wizard of Oz (1925) torturous

Ridley Scott makes exactly one great film per decade: 1970s - Alien 1980s - Blade Runner 1990s - Thelma & Louise 2000s - Gladiator 2010s - The Martian Gladiator 2 is pretty good, but I don’t think we’ve got the 2020s one yet.