The 90th Academy Awards are on their way! With the nominations out, the speculation can begin. Part of the fun, however, has always been the propensity for the annual glitz-fest to surprise.
With that in mind, here are 5 surprising films that bagged Oscars…
★★★★
There are moments throughout Coco, Pixar’s latest so-called return to form, in which the quality of animation is so extraordinarily well crafted that one would be forgiven for mistaking the format for stop-motion puppetry, not merely CGI. They’ve done it again. Somehow, Pixar have raised the bar.
★★★
Alexander Payne promises big but falls ironically short with Downsizing, a sci-fi comedy-drama with more to say than is quite within its capacity.
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