One of the talking points of this year’s Oscars was whether or not the correct film won the Best Animated Feature category. Almost inevitably the Academy Award went to Pixar for their latest film – Brave. Fans of Aardman Animation’s The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists were outraged…
In Defence of Seth MacFarlane – Kind Of…
26 February 2013 by Leave a Comment
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 of hatred literally overnight. His reviews are not great and some of the Twitter vitriol has been appalling…
Oscars 2013 Live Blog
24 February 2013 by 4 Comments
Live blog of the 2013 Oscars – join in with discussion of the winners and losers in the biggest night of the film year.
Oscars 2013 Predictions
24 February 2013 by Leave a Comment
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. On the other hand I can’t stand the moaning minnies who complain that it’s all back-slapping and aren’t there more important things in the world to be concerned about…
End of Watch
9 October 2012 by 2 Comments
As with most people interested in film I do like to read or listen to reviews, I have a number of blogs that I read on a daily basis and there’s some podcasts that I listen to religiously. There are plenty of reviewers whose opinions I respect a lot and others I tend to disagree with on a regular basis…
The Iron Lady
27 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to those in the know Meryl Streep is absolutely certain to win the Best Actress Oscar this year for her performance of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic The Iron Lady. But is her performance really that good….
Oscars 2012 Trailer
9 January 2012 by Leave a Comment
Awards season is fast approaching, the Golden Globes ceremony is only a few days away and excitement is building in Hollywood. I’ll admit it, excitement is building here too….