Aside form the now infamous slap to the face given by Will Smith to Chris Rock which largely overshadowed the remaining proceedings, the winners of the golden statue and the also rans are as given below, by way of a recap :-
* Awarded to 'CODA', beating out 'Belfast', 'Don't Look Up', 'Drive My Car', 'Dune', 'King Richard', 'Licorice Pizza', 'Nightmare Alley', 'The Power of the Dog' and 'West Side Story'.
* Awarded to Jane Campion for 'The Power of the Dog', beating out Kenneth Branagh for 'Belfast', Ryusuke Hamaguchi for 'Drive My Car', Paul Thomas Anderson for 'Licorice Pizza' and Steven Spielberg for 'West Side Story'.
* Awarded to Will Smith for 'King Richard', beating out Javier Bardem for 'Being the Ricardos', Benedict Cumberbatch for 'The Power of the Dog', Andrew Garfield for 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' and Denzel Washington for 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'.
* Awarded to Jessica Chastain for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye', beating out Olivia Colman for 'The Lost Daughter', Penelope Cruz for 'Parallel Mothers', Nicole Kidman for 'Being the Ricardos' and Kristen Stewart for 'Spencer'.
Best Supporting Actor
* Awarded to Troy Kotsur for 'CODA', beating out Ciaran Hinds for 'Belfast', Jesse Plemons for 'The Power of the Dog', J. K. Simmons for 'Being the Ricardos' and Kodi Smit-McPhee for 'The Power of the Dog'.
Best Supporting Actress
* Awarded to Ariana DeBose for 'West Side Story', beating out Jessie Buckley for 'The Lost Daughter', Judi Dench for 'Belfast', Kirsten Dunst for 'The Power of the Dog' and Aunjanue Ellis for 'King Richard'.
* Awarded to 'Belfast' by Kenneth Branagh, beating out 'Don't Look Up', 'King Richard', 'Licorice Pizza' and 'The Worst Person in the World'.
Best Adapted Screenplay
* Awarded to 'CODA' by Sian Heder, beating out 'Drive My Car', 'Dune', 'The Lost Daughter' and 'The Power of the Dog'.
* Awarded to 'Encanto', beating out 'Flee', 'Luca', 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' and 'Raya and the Last Dragon'.
Best International Feature Film
* Awarded to 'Drive My Car' from Japan, beating out 'Flee' from Denmark, 'The Hand of God' from Italy, 'Lunana : A Yak in the Classroom' from Bhutan and 'The Worst Person in the World' from Norway.
Best Documentary Feature Film
* Awarded to 'Summer of Soul (. . . Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised!)', beating out 'Ascension', 'Attica', 'Flee' and 'Writing with Fire'.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling was awarded to 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'; Best Costume Design was awarded to 'Cruella' and Best Original Song went to 'No Time To Die' from 'No Time To Die' by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell.
The Governors Awards were presented to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullman each with an Honorary Academy Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented to Danny Glover.
For all the information, details, glitz and glamour of Hollywood's Night of Nights, you can visit the official website at : https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022
'MORBIUS' (Rated M) - this American Superhero film features the Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, and is the third film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe following 'Venom' in 2018 and 'Venom : Let There Be Carnage' in 2021. Directed by Daniel Espinosa whose previous feature film credits include 'Safe House' in 2012, 'Child 44' in 2015 and 'Life' in 2017, this film saw its World Premier screening in Mexico City on 10th March before its release in the US and Australia this week. Originally slated for a 10th July 2020 release, the film was delayed several times before ending up on this weeks schedule largely due to the impacts of COVID-19. Costing US$75M to produce, early critical reaction has been less than positive. 
Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, biochemist Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed in the form of vampirism. Will good override evil - or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges? Also starring Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, Tyrese Gibson, Corey Johnson and Michael Keaton.
'THE DUKE' (Rated M) - is a British biographical comedy drama film Directed by Roger Mitchell in his final film making capacity before his death in September last year. His other more noted Directing credits take in the likes of 'Notting Hill', 'Changing Lanes', 'Hyde Park on Hudson', 'My Cousin Rachel', and 'Blackbird'. In 1961, Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television licenses. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun an intricate web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale. Also starring Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead and Matthew Goode, the film saw its World Premier screening way back in September 2020 at the Venice Film Festival before being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released in the UK in late February and has garnered widespread critical acclaim.
'SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2' (Rated PG) - this American action-adventure comedy film is Directed by Jeff Fowler and based on the video game franchise published by Sega. The sequel to 2020's 'Sonic the Hedgehog' which grossed US$320M off the back of a production budget of circa US$90M that film was also Directed by Jeff Fowler, and features most of the cast returning for this second instalment. Following on from the events of the first film, Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) is determined to make his mark as a hero and decides to stay in Green Hills while Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) and his wife Maddie (Tika Sumpter) go to Hawaii for her sister Rachel's (Natasha Rothwell) wedding. When Doctor Eggman (Jim Carrey) returns from the mushroom planet in search for the Master Emerald to conquer the world and exact revenge against Sonic with the help of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by Idris Elba), Sonic and his new friend Miles 'Tails' Prower (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) set out to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands. This film is due for release in the US on 8th April. In February of this year, Sega and Paramount confirmed that a third Sonic film and a Knuckles spin-off series are in development.
'THE BAD GUYS' (Rated PG) - is an American computer-animated crime comedy film Produced by DreamWorks Animation and Scholastic Entertainment and is directed by Pierre Perifel (in his feature directorial debut) and based on the children's book series of the same name by Aaron Blabey. After a lifetime of legendary heists, notorious criminals Mr. Wolf (voiced by Sam Rockwell), Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos), Mr. Shark (Craig Robinson) and Ms. Tarantula (Awkwafina) are finally caught. To avoid a prison sentence, the animal outlaws must pull off their most challenging con yet - becoming model citizens. Under the tutelage of their mentor, Professor Marmalade (Richard Ayoade), the dubious gang sets out to fool the world that they're turning good. In the meantime, a new villain emerges. Also starring the voices of Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh and Alex Borstein. The film was released in Latin America on 17th March, goes on wide release in the US from 22nd April and has so far grossed US$8.5M.
This week then to tempt you out to your local Odeon, we have four new movie offerings kicking off with a Superhero film based on a Marvel character that sees a biochemist who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, inadvertently infecting himself with a form of vampirism instead. This is followed by a story set in 1961 in which a sixty year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. Next we have the sequel to a 2020 film about a blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds, and when his arch rival returns to Earth with a new ally, this hedgehog and his new friend is all that stands in their way. And we close out the week with an animated feature about a bunch of reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals who attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way.
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the four latest release new films as Previewed below, or those doing the rounds currently on general release or as Reviewed and Previewed in previous Blog Posts here at Odeon Online, you are most welcome to share your movie going thoughts, opinions and observations by leaving your relevant, succinct and appropriate views in the Comments section below this or any other Post. We'd love to hear from you, and in the meantime, enjoy your big screen Odeon outing during the week ahead.
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