The King

This year's Oscar nominations were announced today. While there were a few nice surprises (Rian Johnson nabbing an original screenplay nom for Knives Out), as usual some of the HeadStuff film section's personal favourites went unrecognised.…

It feels wrong to compare a historical medieval epic to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. One is mired in the murky details of the past. The other is beholden to the basic swords and sorcery concept its adaptations would eventually refine it…