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Oscars - 88th Academy Awards - winning films reviewed by IssuesEtc




Oscars - 88th Academy Awards - winning films reviewed by IssuesEtc

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honouring the best films of 2015, were largely overshadowed by questions of Hollywood racism. The host of the ceremony was Chris Rock, an African American Comedian. His scathing opening monologue worked not to guilt Hollywood into change but rather to shame them into change. Missed the monologue? Take a look. 

The rest of this post details Oscar Winning films that were reviewed by Pr. Ted Giese and were featured on the Lutheran radio programme IssuesEtc. Not every Oscar winning film of the past year were reviewed by Giese and Wilken. Curious to see what Lutherans think about these Oscar winning films and other films? Follow the links in this post and listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. 

Spotlight

Read the review click here - Listen to the interview about the review on IssueEtc click here

Best Picture - Spotlight - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Blye Pagon Faust

Best Original Screenplay - Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

The Revenant

Read the review click here - Listen to the interview about the review on IssueEtc click here

Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant 

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass

Best Cinematography - The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki

Bridge of Spies

Read the review click here - Listen to the interview about the review on IssueEtc click here

Best Supporting Actor - Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel

Spectre

Read the review click here - Listen to the interview about the review on IssueEtc click here

Best Original Song - "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre – Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Mad Max: Fury Road

Read the review click here - Listen to the interview about the review on IssueEtc click here

Best Sound Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road – Mark A. Mangini and David White

Best Sound Mixing - Mad Max: Fury Road – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo

Best Production Design - Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson

Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, and Damian Martin

Best Costume Design - Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

Best Film Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel

Rev. Ted Giese is associate pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; a contributor to The Canadian Lutheran and Reporter; and movie reviewer for the “Issues, Etc.” radio program. Follow Pastor Giese on Twitter @RevTedGieseCheck out our Movie Review Index

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