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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Top 10 Female Performances of 2014

Better late than never! Here are my top 10 performances by women in the films of 2014, going by UK release dates.

10. Aubrey Plaza in Life After Beth

9. Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin

8. Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars

7. Juno Temple in Magic Magic

6. Julianne Moore in Maps to the Stars

5. Hilary Swank in The Homesman

4. Essie Davis in The Babadook

3. Naomie Harris in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2. Lupita N’yongo in 12 Years A Slave

1. Patricia Arquette in Boyhood

Saturday, 21 February 2015

2015 Oscar Predictions and Oscar Odds on the William Hill Podcast

I was invited back to give my predictions on what might be the big winners at the Oscars in 2015 on the William Hill Oscars Specials Podcast. I was invited on by Lee Phelps from William Hill last year and returned to give my opinions again this year. You can listen to the podcast below:

listen to ‘The Oscars Podcast: Friday February 20th’ on audioBoom

I've got too much riding on the Oscars now so I'm really hoping some of my predictions come true. My biggest bets are for Inarritu to win Best Director for Birdman and Boyhood to win Best Picture. I've also bet on a bunch of the favourites but I'm clearly not going to win much on them. If you want to have a gamble on the Oscars at William Hill, head here. There is loads of categories.

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Screen Actors Guild Award Winners 2015

Over the weekend, we had the Producer's Guild Awards and the Screen Actor's Guild Awards announce their winners for the past year of film making. At the PGA's, the producers of Birdman, The Lego Movie, TV's Breaking Bad and Fargo won the big prizes while there was a fascinating spread of movies that won at the SGA's. Below I have listed the nominees (for the movie categories) and in bold are the winners. Not one movie had two winners, meaning that The Theory of Everything, Still Alice, Whiplash, Boyhood and Birdman all picked up awards. It's great to see all these films picking up something and it will be very interesting to see if this is repeated at the Oscars.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
STEVE CARELL Foxcatcher
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Imitation Game
JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nightcrawler
MICHAEL KEATON Birdman
EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JENNIFER ANISTON Cake
FELICITY JONES The Theory of Everything
JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice
ROSAMUND PIKE Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON Wild

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ROBERT DUVALL The Judge
ETHAN HAWKE Boyhood
EDWARD NORTON Birdman
MARK RUFFALO Foxcatcher
J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY The Imitation Game
EMMA STONE Birdman
MERYL STREEP Into the Woods
NAOMI WATTS St Vincent

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

THE IMITATION GAME

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Monday, 19 January 2015

35th LONDON CRITICS' CIRCLE FILM AWARDS WINNERS

FILM OF THE YEAR

Boyhood (Universal)

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

Leviathan (Curzon Artificial Eye)

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

Under the Skin (StudioCanal)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Citizenfour (Curzon Artificial Eye)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Michael Keaton - Birdman (Fox)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Julianne Moore - Still Alice (Curzon Artificial Eye)

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

JK Simmons - Whiplash (Sony)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood (Universal)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Timothy Spall - Mr Turner (eOne)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl (Fox) & What We Did on Our Holiday (Lionsgate)

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Alex Lawther - The Imitation Game (StudioCanal)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Richard Linklater - Boyhood (Universal)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER

Yann Demange - '71 (StudioCanal)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Under the Skin - Mica Levi, score (StudioCanal)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM

Miranda Richardson

TOP 10 FILMS of 2014

1. Boyhood

2. Birdman

3. Under the Skin

4. Whiplash

5. Mr Turner

6. Leviathan

7. The Grand Budapest Hotel

8. Ida

9. Nightcrawler

10. The Theory of Everything

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Oscar Nominees (Almost) Full List

The Oscar nominees for 2015 are in and here is almost the complete list. I'm sorry I missed some as Chris Pine particularly speaks far too quickly for me to make a note of all of these. I'll also have to update with some names at a later date. For now, please feel free to click any of the titles for my reviews (except those I have either not seen or reviewed yet).

BEST PICTURE

American Sniper

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR

Birdman Alejandro Inarritu

Boyhood Richard Linklater

Foxcatcher Bennett Miller