Academy Award Predictions: Actor in a Leading Role

Despite the fall festivals being well underway and heavy hitting festivals TIFF and Venice being well and truly behind us, there has been very little change at the top of my Best Actor predictions. "Cillian Murphy", "Bradley Cooper", "Colman Domingo", "Leonardo DiCaprio" and "Paul Giamatti", have all retained their places in the top five slots,... Continue Reading →

Academy Award Predictions: Directing

Now that the fall festival season is well and truly underway with TIFF and Venice behind us, we now have a better indication as to what films will be in the conversation when it comes to a Directing nomination. The directors that have not done themselves any harm out of TIFF and Venice are "Yorgos... Continue Reading →

Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

Awards season is well and truly under way now that we are halfway through September. My previous predictions were very early in the awards calendar as the only major festivals to base my predictions on were Cannes and Sundance. Now, we are a couple of months further down the line and more festivals have been... Continue Reading →

A Haunting in Venice (12A)

Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh Kenneth Branagh's latest turn as iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is the best of the series to date. With an intriguing murder mystery at the centre and a spooky... Continue Reading →

El Conde (15)

Dir: Pablo Larrain Cast: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Munchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Stella Gonet Pablo Larrain follows up his haunting biopics of Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, with this darkly funny and eerily gothic alternate history horror There are very few filmmakers that manage to divide critics quite like Chilean director, Pablo Larrain. After a... Continue Reading →

Sound of Freedom (15)

Dir: Alejandro Monteverde Cast: Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp While there are flaws from a filmmaking perspective, 'Sound of Freedom' succeeds in raising awareness of its sensitive subject matter When it comes to writing reviews on this blog, there are several things I take into account. These can range from the pure craft of... Continue Reading →

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