Since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been giving out the Oscars.

It’s a fine period drama with some excellent performances and solid production qualities.

It was inevitable that it would winsomething.

King George VI sitting down on a sofa looking melancholy in The King’s Speech.

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Indeed, it won two awards.

Needless to say, the public wasn’t happy.

Such is the case ofKing Richard, a biopic aboutRichard Williams, who coached his daughtersVenusandSerenainto tennis superstardom.

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Suicide Squadis pretty terrible in every sense imaginable.

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Zoë Saldaña dances in a red suit in a dark room around tables of people in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez.

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Emilia Pérez follows Rita, an underestimated lawyer working at a prominent law firm focused on freeing criminals rather than pursuing justice. She is recruited by the leader of a criminal organization, prompting a complex journey that challenges her principles as she navigates the morally ambiguous world of her new employer.

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Jamie Lee Curtis as IRS Auditor Deirdre Beaubeirdre, holding up a form and looking frustrated in Everything Everywhere All At Once

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Art Carney and Tonto in Harry and Tonto (1974) still

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Will Smith as Richard Williams and Saniyya Sidney as Venus Williams walking past the tennis courts with the rest of the family in King Richard

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Anita Page and Bessie Love hold each other close

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Eddie Murphy smiling in The Nutty Professor

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Richard Dix as Yancey and Irene Dunne as Sabra in Cimarron (1931)

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The Suicide Squad stands in a line in the rain, armed and ready to fight.

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Zoe Saldana as Rita Mora Castro walking outside in Emilia Perez.

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