Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Actor: Drama
Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Best Film: Drama
Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Editing
Strong Contenders Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame) Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis) (↑10) Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker) Barbie (Nick Houy) (↑5) The Holdovers (Kevin Tent) (↑1) Possible Contenders Maestro (Michelle Tesoro) (↑7) Air (William Goldenberg) Ferrari (Pietro Scalia) Anatomy of a Fall (Laurent Senechal) (NEW) Past Lives (Keith Fraase) Outsiders The Colour Purple (Jon Poll)... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Cinematography
Strong Contenders Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) (↑1) Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto) (↑1) Poor Things (Robbie Ryan) (↑2) The Zone of Interest (Lukasz Zal) Maestro (Matthew Libatique) (↑7) Possible Contenders Saltburn (Linus Sandgren) (↑5) The Colour Purple (Dan Laustsen) (↑1) El Conde (Edward Lachman) (↓2) Barbie (Rodrigo Prieto) The Killer (Erik Messerschmidt) (↓3)... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Original Screenplay
Like Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay is looking like a two horse race between two, almost certain, Best Picture nominees. Both Celine Song's "Past Lives" and Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers" have received strong reviews this year, with The Holdovers finishing runners-up at TIFF in September. The festival season has since changes in the top five with... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Actor in a Supporting Role
There has not been too much change at the top of my predictions for Best Supporting Actor over the past couple of months. Despite the vast number of premieres across the fall festival circuit, no performance by a supporting actor has truly stood out enough to put them in contention to snatch the award from... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Actress in a Leading Role
Unlike the men's category, there has been a major shake up amongst the potential nominees for Actress in a Leading Role. With the fall festivals usually serving as a good indicator for the upcoming awards season, it would only be wise to focus on the buzz surrounding "Emma Stone" following the Golden Lion winning premiere... Continue Reading →
What To Watch In September
August turned out to be a relatively slow month at the cinema following from the box-office breaking phenomenon that was Barbenheimer. The biggest release of the month worldwide was the Jason Statham starring The Meg 2: The Trench, with Disney's Haunted Mansion and DC's Blue Beetle massively underperforming at the global box office. Hopefully with... Continue Reading →
Past Lives (12A)
Dir: Celine Song Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro This beautiful debut feature film by writer-director Celine Song is not just a simple love story, but a poignant tale of what-ifs, that will leave you feeling breathless. I had heard nothing but great things surrounding this directorial debut by Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song. The... Continue Reading →
