Lincoln
Released: 2013 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field A superior biopic – Spielberg back to his best When you look at the cast and synopses of some films...
View ArticleZero Dark Thirty
Released: 2013 Director: Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt Brilliantly acted and very well made but no emotional connection I’m doing my best to catch up with as...
View ArticleOscars 2013 Predictions
It’s Oscars Day and I’m excited. I love the Oscars, I love the good and the bad outfits. I love the gushing speeches and the losers proving why they lost by not being able to act happy for the winners....
View ArticleOscars 2013 Live Blog
Just under an hour until the red carpet coverage of the Oscars starts and I’ll be live blogging all of the evening’s events from the arrivals and fashion to the winners and their speeches. I’m joining...
View ArticleIn Defence of Seth MacFarlane – Kind Of…
There are many thankless tasks in this world but as Seth MacFarlane is probably now realising, being the host of the Academy Awards is possibly the most public way to make yourself a worldwide figure...
View ArticleArgo
Released: 2012 Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman A worthy Oscar-winner Just before the Oscars I did one of those Facebook quizzes – how many Best Picture Academy...
View ArticleBrave
Released: 2012 Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly (voices) Ground-breaking – but not for its animation One of the talking...
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