October nominations

And here are the nominations for October:

Best Film:

Captain Phillips

The Fifth Estate

Escape Plan

How I live now

Best Actor:

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Fifth Estate

Tom Hanks- Captain Phillips

Sylvester Stallone- Escape Plan

Jim Broadbent -Le Week-End

James McAvoy-Filth 

Best Actress;

Saoirse Ronan- How I Live Now

Lindsay Duncan- Le Week-End

Hailee Steinfield- Romeo and Juliet

Julia Louis-Dreyfus- Enough said

Best Actor in a supporting role:

Jeff Goldblum- Le Week-End

David Thewlis- The Fifth Estate 

George McKay- Sunshine on Leith and How I live now

Colm Meaney- One Chance

Best Actress in a supporting role:

Julie Walters- One Chance

Catherine Keener- Captain Phillips

Jessica Alba-Machete Kills

Best Director:

Bill Condon- The Fifth Estate 

Mikael Håfström- Escape Plan 

Kevin MacDonald- How I live now  

Paul Greengrass- Captain Phillips

September Winners

Here are September's winners for the mini monthly Oscars!

Best Film;

Rush















Best Actor: 


Hugh Jackman- prisoners







Best Actress:

Rachel McAdams-About Time














Best actor in a supporting role:

Daniel Brühl -Rush










Best Actress in a supporting role:


Olivia Wilde- Rush






Best Director:

Denis Villeneuve -Prisoners

Rush

My long overdue review of Rush is here, and I can still say I feel the immense impact that leaving the cinema afterwards leaves you with.

First of all I want to start by sharing how amazingly cast the two lead roles were. Both Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl gave incredible performances of the famous racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda and I feel really did the true story justice.

Naturally the film appeals to formula one fans as the film features numerous fast cars (Formula 3 I'm told), girls, cocky racers, pit stops, adverse weather conditions and awesome circuits. Really if you love racing this film is absolutely perfect, but also acts as a great homage to Hunt and Lauda. 

The way that the film has been shot beautifully captures some of those heart wrenching moments, particularly with Lauda's famous crash at the Nuremberg circuit. The cinematography of this film within the racing sequences is very much shot like the races you'd see on screen. The crash on the other hand really is a very intense and jaw dropping moment. 


Niki Lauda had my sympathy all the way through. Of course we are also largely left to follow the story of James Hunt, the player and risk taker. The contrast between these two characters is incredible, however their biggest similarity is their 'drive' and passion for racing. The competition between these two characters keeps you on the edge of your sea, but there is also something beautiful about their 'rivalry'. Without saying much more, I think the ending summed this up perfectly.

Now, I myself am not the biggest fan of cars, having said that the film immediately appealed to me after learning about these two racers. Hemsworth who has been praised for his role in this film, many saying that this is him at his best, really committed to his character and I think gave us a fascinating insight into the unhealthy lifestyle of Hunt. 

Now Daniel Brühl is an actor I am very new to, but his performance also blew me away. He was truly fantastic. Obviously Lauda was a fairly disliked character, because he was good at what he did and he knew it. He fought his way to the driver's seat and won. I love the journey he goes on, and the immense sympathy and admiration, even though it was crazy, for him to get back behind the wheel after such little time after hospital is amazing.

This film is brilliant, I think Ron Howard has done brilliantly and I am so pleased that another British film is making a mark in the film industry. If you do get the chance, watch this film, even if you aren't a car fan. The messages you can learn from these two characters is well worth sitting down and watching the film. Pure brilliance.