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Jean Collection HandcraftedbyMontecristoinVancouver. oakridgecentre604.263.3611metropolisatmetrotown604.325.2116hastingsathornby604.899.8866 PEPPERED WITH COMPLIMENTS Tomato-stuffed side made with a surprise ingredient YOU VANCOUVER SUN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019 SECTION MARK DANIELL Roma and The Favourite led Oscar nominations with 10 nods apiece, but as always there was another list of high-profile snubs and surprises, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and embrace of the critically panned Bohemian Rhapsody, the omissions of Bradley Cooper and Ryan Coogler in the director category, crickets for A Quiet Place and a spoonful of reality for Mary Poppins leading lady Emily Blunt. We look at what stood out most. A STAR BORN Bradley A Star Is Born earned a slew of nods, including best picture, best actor (for Cooper), best adapted screenplay, best actress for Lady Gaga and best supporting actor for Sam Elliott. But Cooper was left out of the best director category in favour of Adam McKay (Vice) and Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War).

But maybe Cooper, who is nominated for a Guild prize, can take comfort in the fact that Ben Affleck saw his 2012 snub in the same category lead to a best picture win for Argo. SOME LOVE FOR SUPERHEROES After high-profile snubs in past years for films including Wonder Woman, Logan, Deadpool and The Dark Knight, the academy nominated Black Panther for best picture. not a huge surprise considering its reviews and box office take (the film was the highest-grossing title in North America last year), but it shows a growing acceptance for the genre. Still, it all roses. Black Panther failed to garner noms in the acting categories (Michael B.

Jordan turned in a stellar performance as the villainous Erik Killmonger) and direction. NO COUNTRY FOR OLDSTERS With Robert Redford hinting that his most recent film, The Old Man the Gun, might be his last, I thought it would be a nice sign of respect for the academy to at least nominate the veteran actor and his co-star Sissy Spacek. Ditto Clint Eastwood, who turned in a stellar performance as a drug courier in The Mule. latest was a powerful meditation on time and familial regret that I think will be remembered as one of his best. AY OH Hot off its winning night at the Golden Globes, Bohemian Rhapsody continued its march to possible Oscar glory with best picture and best actor nods.

The film, which was a miss with critics, has been an audience pleaser since its release last fall. SORRY, CHALAMANIACS Rising star Chalamet received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Choice noms for his role as a drug addict in Beautiful Boy. But the Oscars passed on him and the entire film, which was shut out altogether. THE RETURN OF SPIKE LEE BlacKkKlansman is one of the best films of last year and one of Spike very best, period. a searing social commentary that boasts uncanny prescience to the times living in now.

But I wondered if its August release date might have caused it to be forgotten. Kudos to Lee, who has earned his first nod for directing, and to Adam Driver, who is up for best supporting actor. Sadly, star John David Washington failed to make the cut in the best actor category. NETFLIX, AMAZON HIT MILESTONES After being snubbed by Cannes, streaming giant Netflix emerged as a major player at film festivals in Toronto and Venice in September. Now with Roma, Alfonso semi-autobiographical story that chronicles a year in the lives of a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City, Netflix has landed its first best picture nod.

In addition, Roma also scored a best actress nod for first timer Yalitza Aparicio, a supporting nomination for Marina de Tavira and best director for Similarly, Amazon Studios netted surprise noms for its Polish- language feature, Cold War. CRICKETS There was no better movie- going experience in 2018 than John taut thriller A Quiet Place. I had expected the film would be a multiple nominee for best picture and Emily Blunt for best actress. CRAZY RICH SHUTOUT Crazy Rich Asians might have made box office history with its all-Asian cast, but the film (a hit with audiences and critics) was overlooked entirely. Sad, considering it was chockablock with fine performances from Awk wafina and Michelle Yeoh, and a crackling screenplay from by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? Playing the original role of Mary Poppins in 1964 helped star Julie Andrews go home with a best actress Oscar. But, despite a nod at the Golden Globes earlier this month, Emily Blunt Trip a Little Light Fantastic to her first nomination for her role in long-awaited sequel. CONTROVERSY? WHAT CONTROVERSY After its TIFF Choice prize, Golden Globe win and Guild Award, Peter feel-good road trip dramedy Green Book seemed clearly in the seat heading into awards season. Then, a series of controversies surfaced including an anti-Muslim tweet from one of the writers and producers, and news that Farrelly once liked to flash his genitals threatening to derail its chances. Voters seemed undaunted heaping five nods on the film, including best picture.

FAILURE TO LAUNCH Ryan Gosling and First Man earned critical raves after the TIFF of the Neil Armstrong biopic. But the Damien Chazelle-directed flick crash- landed with audiences and failed to earn even an expected best supporting actress nod for Claire Foy. The 91st Academy Awards air Feb. 24 on CTV. A LIST OF NOMINEES IS ON C6 COMMENT SNUBS SURPRISES Roma and The Favourite lead Oscar race, while others fail to leave the starting gate Marina de Tavira earned a best supporting actress nod for the film Roma, which received a total of 10 Oscar nominations on Tuesday..