awards bait

Spotlight
What Is Awards Bait?

“Awards bait.” The phrase is bandied around a lot this time of year in the run up to the Oscars. But what exactly is it?

Legend
A Guide To 2015’s Failed Oscar Bait

Every year, it is easier for audiences to grow more cynical as awards season comes ever-closer, with the plethora of middle-of-the-road “prestige pictures” being dumped by the truckload at multiplexes worldwide, to indifferent audiences who would prefer to watch a star war. For the standard movie fan, prestige season should be an embarrassment of riches, the best films of the year being released all at once like a smorgasbord of cinematic delights. But with each passing year, audiences have wised up to the cynical nature of these movies: