This week we once again take a trip back in time as we fill in some gaps in our cinema knowledge by catching up with the year's nominees for Best Picture at the 56th annual Academy Awards in 1984 visit the dystopian hell-scape that was 1984 to fill in some gaps in our cinema knowledge  Mr. Orwell would tell you it was a dystopian hell-scape ruled over by a ruthless regime intent on stripping the populace of it's very identify, but it was also the year that welcomed a bouncing baby Sinead into the world and Terms of Endearment seemed to endear itself to the Academy, while The Right Stuff pushed the envelope and Tender Mercies had some hard words about how life can chew you up and spit you out.