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AT THE MOVIES #715  (718?)      COUNTDOWN TO OSCAR

Simon Morris previews next month’s Academy Awards, assessing the chances of an unusually diverse nine films vying for Best Picture.

A strong favourite is Three billboards outside Ebbing Missouri, starring Frances McDormand.

Many critics favour the performance of Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, written by Kiwi Anthony McCarten.

While Allison Janney as Tonya Harding’s mother in I Tonya is another likely Oscar-winner.