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Golden Globe Winners 2015

Better late than never this week, I'm finally finding five minutes to write you an update: the winners of this years Golden Globes. Interesting to see The Lego Movie nominated here, where it was denied an Oscar nod this year. Otherwise, I think the same few films are taking the awards season by storm. See… Continue reading Golden Globe Winners 2015

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The Academy Award Nominations are out for 2015…

Awards season is really in full swing after the Academy Award nominations were released today. Again, Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel  are strong contenders, with Boyhood and The Imitation Game also main contenders. BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash BEST ACTRESS Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) Felicity Jones… Continue reading The Academy Award Nominations are out for 2015…

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BAFTA 2015 Nominations announced.

Speaking of nominations, as we were yesterday, the BAFTA nominations have come out today, and the strongest player is The Grand Budapest Hotel with 11 nominations, closely followed by Birdman and The Theory Of Everything with 10, and The Imitation Game with 9. The awards take place on February 8th, in London. Check out the full list of nominations here: http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film… Continue reading BAFTA 2015 Nominations announced.

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The Writers Guild Awards Nominations…

The nominations came out today for the Writers Guild Awards, showing a quite diverse list of contenders. The official ceremony is not until February 14th, but it's nice, personally, to see some nominations going to some of my favourites (... like True Detective in the TV categories). The nominations are listed below for the feature… Continue reading The Writers Guild Awards Nominations…

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The New Film Trend For Faith Based Films

When Darren Aronofsky announced his latest project, you'd be forgiven for thinking it would be gripping cerebral drama. Following on the heels of Black Swan or Requiem for a Dream, he decided to make a film called Noah (2014), about the bible story with the ark and the flood (you might have heard of it).… Continue reading The New Film Trend For Faith Based Films

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Michael Bay, Giant Robots & Emerging Markets: How Hollywood investors are learning to stop worrying and love the kaiju.

A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook some rather witty criticisms about Michael Bay’s filmmaking skills. He asked, why are these films being made if they’re crap? And then laughingly pointed out that it’s because people like him had gone to see them.  He was referring to the new Transformers: Age of Extinction movie,… Continue reading Michael Bay, Giant Robots & Emerging Markets: How Hollywood investors are learning to stop worrying and love the kaiju.