The Oscars are hung-up on race and, it seems, on kids
11 February 2016 - 02:57
Child actors are getting better and better. So why are they consistently forgotten in awards season?Awards-season buzz is a valuable thing and Room has been blessed with a beehiveful.Lenny Abrahamson's film, about a young mother and her five-year-old son being held prisoner in a shed is often hard to watch but if its four Oscar nominations are anything to go by it's proving easy to vote for.
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