Do Current Affairs Affect The Oscar Races?

One of our top news stories around the world over the last few days has been Michael Schumacher’s awful injury that has rendered him in a critical condition. Schumacher is a huge racing legend, and it occurred to me that Oscar voting has just begun, and there’s a little film that deals with racing and…

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Top 5 New Years Eve Movies to Watch

New Year’s Eve has arrived, and it can be intolerable for some, and a great party for others. Regardless, here is a list of movies that you can watch and enjoy today and tomorrow, all about or relating to New Years: Bridget Jones’ Diary (fun, cute and all about starting over, and making resolutions and…

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Please Welcome…Dame Angela Lansbury!

  For many, this is some of the best news to enter the New Year with. Finally, after SEVENTY years in the performing arts, Angela Lansbury finally receives a CBE from the Queen of England, making her official Dame Angela Lansbury.  This comes just over a month after her Honorary Academy Award win, one of…

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The State of the Oscars…Best Supporting Actor

.. Being the enormous fan of the Academy Awards I am, I find great enjoyment in predicting the Academy Awards. My favorite race is Best Supporting Actor, because some of the greatest performances in history have been awarded here. Last year was a giant nailbiter, with the award going to any of the five men,…

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An Appreciation of…The “Before…” Trilogy

There have been many memorable screen couples – Abbott and Costello, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. A personal favourite is that of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy – they were, for many years and spanning many films, the sexiest screen couple you could possibly see (their behind-the-scenes escapes notwithstanding),…

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Frances Ha (2013)

Noah Baumbach is the new king of independent cinema, and Greta Gerwig the queen. When the two of them decided to work together, I believe all was right in the world at that second. Frances Ha was that very collaboration, and I believe we saw a new side of the amazingly talented (and beautiful) Greta…

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The EGOT

Winning any of the top four American entertainment prizes is an amazing achievement, but winning ALL four is something to be insanely proud of, and one that only eleven people have had the benefit of winning. It is obvious why this is such a prestigious achievement – by winning the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony),…

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Frozen (2013)

Recently, mainstream animated films have lost some of the quirkiness that defined them a decade ago. Recent offerings such as Brave and Tangled have been good, but not overwhelmingly great. Also, the films have become increasingly female-centric, which while not in any way a flaw, can be misconstrued as trying to sell to the feminine…

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