One Sensational Shot

You probably stayed up all night long watching the highs and lows of 2019's Academy Awards. But even if you did that already, you probably have some opinions on it, right?  Perhaps you think the winner of Best Picture didn't deserve it. Perhaps you're wondering why only the media seem to even care about it anymore. Perhaps you're wondering why YOU even care about it anymore. Or maybe you just think it's time to take it out to the nearby field and shoot it in the head. Whatever your opinion of the Oscars, we have similar things to say about it in our rant. I mean, podcast.  Let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter, leave us a review on iTunes, follow us on Spotify, and check us out on Instagram and eBay.

When VHS was king, we weren't so proud or so wealthy or so cognisant of copyright law that we wouldn't take the opportunity to dub the rental the night before it went back to the library. Even the most sophisticated cineaste requires multiple viewings to properly parse the subtleties of the text at hand, and paying cash money to rent Mannequin Two: On the Move more than once was sufficient grounds to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983). With that in mind, since comedy's Aidan McCaffery was already at O.S.S Ealing to offer his reflections on 2018, of course we held him back another hour to find out what he's looking forward to in 2019. Our business manager calls it "maximising return on investment". Aidan's legal counsel calls it "false imprisonment". While the courts take time to decide, here's what to watch at the cinema in 2019.

We preface a new season of The Evening Glass by looking back at a 12 months so impressive it took 13 just to catch up - the kinda year where it's only when you're sat post-Chrimbo adding Cold War, Hostiles, Firsts Man and Reformed, M:I:6, Spider-Verse and Leave No Trace to a top 10 of increasing numerical inaccuracy that you remember, hold on, Three Billboards and Phantom Thread were in 2018, too! Fletcher's joined once again by comedy's Aidan McCaffery to take us through this rare vintage and its subsequent Academy Award nominations. It's easy to hold the Oscars at arm's length - and we probably do - but, in fairness, an institution which has overlooked male American directors in nine of the last ten ceremonies, but which has also honoured David Lynch literally a third of the time, can't be all bad. Plus, this time Spike'll be there!

Ramis and Murray complete their magnum opus...and them promptly fall out for the rest of their lives. We consider what makes Groundhog Day so special, for better and worse. Let us know what you think. You can get in touch on Facebook, Twitter and please do leave us a review on iTunes. We’re also available to follow on Spotify now, if that’s your thing.