Is It Time For The Academy To Move Beyond Oscar Bait? Kambole Campbell February 13, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Biopics, historical dramas, films about Hollywood, war films. The key phrase continually thrown around by the masses that connects these genres is the demeaning qualifier “Oscar bait” – should the film...
Demolition – Review Thom Denson May 1, 2016 Reviews With a performance that cements his standing as one of the most consistent leading men in Hollywood, Jake Gyllenhaal shines as the twitchy, introverted Davis, a banker struggling with the sudden death of his...
Scene Stealers: Matthew McConaughey in The Wolf of Wall Street Eddie Falvey October 16, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It could be said that for the last couple of years Matthew McConaughey has stolen the show in just about everything he’s laid his hands upon. It began in the summer of 2012. Joss Whedon had torn up box...
Dallas Buyers Club – Review Andy J Smith February 8, 2014 Reviews In a sea of Golden Globe and Oscar praise, Dallas Buyers Club really lives up the the hype as a true great of modern cinema. The well-written and appropriately balanced script explores the difficult character...
Extremely Premature Oscar Predictions – How Did We Do? David Brake January 16, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Back in November, we made our extremely premature Oscar predictions and with the real nominations released today, let's have a look at how we did, and potentially mock/celebrate our soothsayer ways. BEST...
The Golden Globes – Results David Brake January 13, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off The Golden Globes results are in! To be frank, there was no clear winner in the movie department last night. Each big film managed to achieve some form of recognition i.e. 12 Years a Slave - Best...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...