February marks the last lap of this year’s awards season. From Capernaum to Green Book, the level of this months array of Oscar-bait films at an all-time high, with an impressive number of nominations between them.
So, if you haven’t already, make sure you get your final cinema seats booked and then get ready to strap in for this year’s Oscar results on the 25th February from 8pm ET…
JANUARY 1ST
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME
Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. (IMDB)
Director: Marielle Heller
GREEN BOOK
Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. (IMDB)
Director: Peter Farrelly
JANUARY 6TH
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly
A deactivated female cyborg is revived, but cannot remember anything of her past life and goes on a quest to find out who she is. (IMDB)
Director: Robert Rodriguez
JANUARY 8TH
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime. (IMDB)
Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Matt Bai, Jay Carson
THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART
Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. (IMDB)
Director: Mike Mitchell
FEBRUARY 22ND
CAPERNAUM
James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect. (IMDB)
Director: Nadine Labaki