HOLLYWOOD veteran Samuel L Jackson is a one of the select few who get to vote for the Academy Awards and he’s not one to keep quiet about his choices.

The respected actor, who has been a member of the academy since receiving his first Oscar nomination for Pulp Fiction in 1995, opened up about which films he liked — and hated — in a chat with the LA Times over the weekend.

And while the colourful musical La La Land has scored a record-tying 14 nominations, Jackson admitted he couldn’t even make it to the end of the film.

“The movie everybody’s so hyped on, I only made it through 20 minutes.

I mean, I like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,” he said, cleverly referencing the film without actually naming it.

Acclaimed family drama Manchester By The Sea also left a little to be desired for Jackson.

The film, featuring a brooding central performance from Casey Affleck, is “an interesting story up to a point. But I want to see dude smile once about something.

Something!