Oscars 2014 critics' reaction: 'Maybe it's churlish to expect bangs, whizzes and fireworks' – video review

Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes

Monday, 03 Mar 2014

# Awards and prizes

# Ellen DeGeneres

A sleep-deprived Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes comment on an Oscars night that went exactly as predicted and felt a little flat. The big British winners were Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, which was shot in the UK with a largely British crew

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Catherine Shoard

Catherine Shoard is film editor, Guardian News & Media

Henry Barnes

Henry Barnes is a former Guardian film journalist

Xan Brooks

Xan Brooks is a freelance writer and broadcaster specialising in cinema

Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes

Monday, 03 Mar 2014

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