The Oscars

Nomadland will be in cinemas towards the end of May. I have booked a ticket at my local cinema to see it. I think these networks have filled a void during the pandemic but with restrictions easing I think people will be looking forward to going back to the cinema again.

Personally I was rooting for Riz Ahmed to win the Best Actor award "The Sound of Metal" which is on Amazon although rather a bleak film his performance is outstanding as a heavy metal drummer rapidly going deaf.

I agree with Sarnia the networks have filled a void during lockdown, I miss going to the cinema, but subscribing to Prime and getting Netflix courtesy of my son has enabled me to see some films I may have otherwise seen at the cinema if life were normal.

Maybee sometimes if you dig around on the internet you will find films - especially documentaries - on other platforms. My Octopus Teacher is on this link, I think it is free, I hope it works:

www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=My%20Octopus%20Teacher

It's wonderful that it has won so many awards.

Thanks for that. I’ll give it a go.

I am disappointed that Nomadland isn’t on Netflix or Amazon Prime but on Disney Plus. I will just have to go to the cinema to see it. Roma was on Netflix but I was a bit disappointed with it, Parasite was on Netflix or Amazon Prime and I thought that was very good indeed. I will be watching The Sound Of Metal this weekend.

I don’t mind if films eventually go onto dvd but I tried for ages to get Roma. I think it might be on dvd now.