The Oscars dispenses its wisdom tonight. By tradition the award for the past year’s best film won’t go to the past year’s best film. This means 12 Years a Slave will probably win. Here’s a quick recap of the movies in contention and what our film critic Deborah Ross thought of them.
Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
‘It’s … three hours of the same events, over and over. Make a ton of money, get totally whacked on drugs, have sex with hookers. Make a ton of money, get totally whacked on drugs, have sex with hookers. And sometimes, for variety: make a ton of money, get totally whacked on drugs, buy a yacht, buy a helicopter, have the hooker stand a candle in your bum…’
Read the rest of Deborah Ross’s Spectator review here.
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
Slavery was really really really really really really really bad. Thanks for clearing that up, Steve.
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