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Film show: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' looks headed for Oscar success

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We look at the major contenders for this year's Academy Awards, as film critic Lisa Nesselson gives us her assessment of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", which is nominated for five Oscars. The screen adaptation of August Wilson's 1982 play stars Chadwick Boseman as a talented young horn player in the actor's last movie performance before his death last year.

We also discuss the unique appeal of cephalopods, as "My Octopus Teacher" delights critics and competes for the best documentary prize.

We then find out more about a creative initiative from cinema owners in Paris, who are celebrating local businesses by using the empty billboards on their facades.

And we check out the larger-than-life face-off between two legendary monsters in "Godzilla vs. Kong".

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