There won t be some lavish ceremony, with a huge room decked out with the most famous people in the world, but instead it will be a lot like most of our daily working routine, taking place via Zoom.
That doesn t mean the nominees and hosts and guests won t be wearing their best glad rags, all the while hoping that their internet connection doesn t betray them right in the middle of a potential acceptance speech.
To celebrate this year s Academy Awards, we ve put together this Ultimate Oscars Quiz, which will test your knowledge on some of the biggest winners in the Academy s history.
Outside of Ireland, meanwhile, Barack Obama won a second term as US President and the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground on the coast of Italy.
Part of what makes Reeling in the Years so noteworthy is how it manages to cover in just 25 minutes the most important entertainment, news, politics and sports in a given year at both an Irish and an international level.
JOE recently attended a virtual round table event with Reeling in the Years producer John O Regan, during which he was asked about the short running time for the show and whether it would ever be extended.
Round 2 is on all things Oscars, for the glitzy, glamorous day that s in it.
And because evil, incompetent businessmen are the root cause of most of the world s problems – case in point, the next-level muppets recently trying to form the European Super League –
Round 3 sees how well you know bad guy businessmen from the big screen.
To fill your life with joy and happiness, make sure you check out this spoiler-tastic review of the FINALE of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. G
o on, go on, go on, go on, go on.
Having seen the full film, I can confirm that
Wild Mountain Thyme isn t as bad as the trailer. until about 20 minutes from the end, when it does indeed collapse completely into awfulness.
Before then, it isn t even in contention for being the Worst Film Ever (or even the worst film of 2021), thanks to the performances.
Sure, the accents aren t great, but if you can successfully compartmentalise that bit, you re left with Emily Blunt and Christopher Walken and Jon Hamm, all very good actors, giving decently emotional performances. We ve left out Jamie Dornan here not because he s a bad actor, but because the movie has absolutely no idea what to do with him other than fall over a lot.
So, with that in mind, and in no way is this a comprehensive list (we fully expect a new movie or a date shift before we finish this sentence), here are 33 movies due for release in 2022 that we re very excited about.
Scream
The fifth entry in the self-aware horror franchise will focus on a woman returning to her home town to try to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes. Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette are all set to make a comeback too.
Expected in cinemas on 14 January.
Morbius
Biochemist Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.