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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Child

Oscar buzz and genre snubs: will the Academy finally give sci-fi, fantasy and horror their due?

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked.
Fantasy contender … Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked. Photograph: Universal Pictures/AP

Ah, the Oscars. That perennial exercise in Hollywood patting itself on the back with all the subtlety of a fireworks display, while the rest of us squint at our screens and wonder how many of these movies we’ve actually seen.

At least two years ago there was something for genre fans to crow about: Everything Everywhere All at Once drove all before it, making and resurrecting careers while smartly satirising Marvel’s multiverse saga before the latter even had the chance to collapse under the weight of its own convoluted timelines.

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