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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

BAFTA Nomination list 2014

Here it is guys, the list of BAFTA award nominations, hope your favs are on there :D !

BEST FILM
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
The Selfish Giant

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer) Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel (Writer) Saving Mr. Banks
Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor
Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer) For Those in Peril
Scott Graham (Director/Writer) Shell

DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen - 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf Of Wall Street

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell - American Hustle
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón - Gravity
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Bob Nelson - Nebraska

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley - 12 Years A Slave
Richard LaGravenese - Behind The Candelabra
Billy Ray - Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope - Philomena
Terence Winter - The Wolf Of Wall Street

LEADING ACTOR
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
Judi Dench - Philomena
Sandra Bullock - Gravity

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey - The Butler
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Act Of Killing
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila
Wadjda

DOCUMENTARY
The Act Of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks

ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University

ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 Years A Slave - Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief - John Williams
Captain Phillips - Henry Jackman
Gravity - Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years A Slave - Sean Bobbitt
Captain Phillips - Barry Ackroyd
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael

EDITING
12 Years A Slave - Joe Walker
Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
Rush - Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
The Wolf Of Wall Street - Thelma Schoonmaker

PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 Years A Slave - Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
American Hustle - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Behind The Candelabra - Howard Cummings
Gravity - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
Behind The Candelabra - Ellen Mirojnick
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman - Michael O’Connor
Saving Mr. Banks - Daniel Orlandi

MAKE UP & HAIR
American Hustle - Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
Behind The Candelabra - Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
The Butler - Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
The Great Gatsby - Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

SOUND
All Is Lost - Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
Captain Phillips - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
Gravity - Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
Inside Llewyn Davis - Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
RUSH Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 - Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim - Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness - Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Everything I Can See From Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping With The Fishes

BRITISH SHORT FILM
Island Queen
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Dane DeHaan
George McKay
Lupita Nyong'o
Will Poulter
Lea Seydoux

* Source: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=39733

The awards will be on Sunday 16th February 2014 and the show is going to be hosted by our very own Steven Fry.

January Nominations

Happy new year everyone! Here are the nominations for January 2014!

Best Film:

Mandela: Long walk to Freedom

American Hustle

12 years a slave

The Railway Man

The Wolf of Wall Street

Grudge Match

Best Actor:

Idris Elba (Mandela: Long walk to Freedom)

Robert De Niro (Last Vegas and Grudge match)

Chiwetel Ejfiofor (12 years a slave)

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Colin Firth (The Railway Man)

Leonardo Di Caprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Actress:

Nicole Kidman (The Railway man)

Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Keira Knightly (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit)

Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long walk to Freedom)

Best Actor in a supporting role:

Michael Fassbender (12 years a slave)

Jeremy Irvine (The Railway Man)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Bill Nighy (I, Frankenstein)

Chris Pratt (Delivery Man)

Best Actress in a supporting role:

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

Zoe Saldana (Out of the Furnace)

Kim Basinger (Grudge Match)

Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Imogen Poots (That Awkward moment)

Best Director:

Steven McQueen (12 years a slave)

Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Peter Segal (Grudge Match)

Justin Chadwick (Mandela: Long Walk to freedom)

December Winners

Here are the winners for last month!

Best Film

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Actor:

Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug )

Best Actress:

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)

Best Actor in a supporting role:

Ian McKellen (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug )

Best Actress in a supporting role:

Kate Bosworth (Homefront)

Best Director:

Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug )

Thursday, 12 December 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Brace yourselves, I am a hugggeeee hunger games fan!

Okay so Catching fire is the second instalment in the Hunger games trilogy and it was incredible. Hunger Games fans won't be disappointed, I know I had very high expectations having read all the books, but the arena, the costumes everything was perfect!!!

Once again Jennifer Lawrence amazed as Katniss Everdeen. This role had to be cast so perfectly in order to get everyone to want her lead and actually like the character. Lawrence is so entertaining and captivating in the role, we can't help but love her!

This film saw Katniss become even more aware of the consequences of her victory in the previous games. Rebellion and riots are beginning and this film is clearly building up to the third and final act (Mocking Jay). Of course this is being split into two films meaning more action for us :P

Now the relationship between Katniss and Peeta is becoming more serious in the eye of Panem and we also see their private relationship grow. Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark is so sweet and loveable in his role. But of course the only person standing in the way of his happiness with Katniss is Gale, played by Liam Hemsworth. A particularly distressing scene in this film is the torture/whipping of Gale in the town square.

Another character and personal favourite of mine is Haymitch played by the awesome Woody Harrelson. He provides most of the comedy within this film. Of course the film would also be nothing without Cinna (Lenny Kravitz), Katniss' stylist who makes the incredible dresses in this film, Effie (Elizabeth Banks) who we really grow fond of in this film and Caesar (Stanley Tucci) who has some awesome costumes in this film haha.

Now we can't fail to mention some of the new characters and the two I felt who particularly stole some of the scenes, Sam Clafin as the gorgeous Finnick Odair and Jena Malone as the feisty Johanna Mason. These two characters I personally became really attached to, particularly once the games have begun.

Now without spoiling anything, can I just say the arena in this film was spot on! So thank you filmmakers, it was truly awesome!

So yeah, this film is a lot darker and is so much bigger and better than the first film! There has been a clear development in all the old characters. President Snow is more evil, Katniss is more kick ass and Haymitch is drunker!

But seriously, love this series. Some people fail to credit the film and don't see the real genius behind it. Look at it as a prediction for the future and take away the social messages and I think you may be able to appreciate the film in a lot more depth. Love it!

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

So I actually saw this a month or so ago, but it's out on DVD now so still relevant and would make the perfect xmas gift ;)

So Alan Partridge played by Steve Coogan is a bit of an old fashioned radio DJ whose show is considered boring by the new generation of listeners. When the station is taken over by a new media company, the bosses of the radio station are ordered to find new ways to reestablish the station and gain more listeners, (basically get rid of the old radio presenters).

Upon hearing that himself and other radio presenters are under threat of losing their jobs, Partridge makes the suggestion that they 'just sack Pat' (Colm Meaney), another presenter who considers Partridge his friend. Of course after being fired Pat becomes very depressed and goes insane taking over the station with a gun, holding hostages.

I won't say anymore about the plot, but this film is absolutely hilarious. Coogan and Meaney are so funny, you will literally be laughing throughout the entire film. The concept is so crazy it is brilliant and there are some fantastic one liners. The cast is amazing, also consisting of the brilliant Nigel Lindsay.

I really recommend this film. It was way better than I ever expected. Just make sure you don't watch with young ones, it's a 15!

December nominations

Best Film:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Anchorman 2: The Legend continues
The Secret life of Walter Mitty
Homefront

Best Actor:

Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2: The Legend continues)
Ben Stiller (The Secret life of Walter Mitty)
Jason Statham (Homefront)

Best Actress:

Christina Applegate (Anchorman 2: The Legend continues)

Kristen Wiig (The Secret life of Walter Mitty)

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Winona Ryder (Homefront)

Best Actor in a supporting role: