For many historians, this coming August marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Manson Murders, an event that shocked Hollywood and the world. In what may seem like inappropriate timing, a film about the killings has…
SYNOPSIS: In 19th Century Wyoming, gunslinger Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) hitches a ride on a stagecoach with deadly bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his sadistic prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh)….
Three years after helming the brilliant western thriller Django Unchained (2012), maverick director Quentin Tarantino is returning to the Old West for his eighth feature, The Hateful Eight. The Oscar-winning filmmaker of Reservoir Dogs (1992),…
The Academy have spoken…. Once again, there was a mixture of predictability and shock with this year’s Oscar nominations as Hollywood held its breath over those being recognised (or ignored!) Leading this year’s race with…
With just over a week to go until the Oscar nominations are announced, the British have once again revealed their nominees for 2014 as the awards race begins to hot up. Sci-fi blockbuster Gravity is…
The glitz and glamour of awards season is finally kicking in after the Golden Globes became the latest major group to reveal their nominees. And once again, the leader of the pack is the upcoming…
The Oscar race is finally starting to heat up as the first of three major awards groups announced their nominations earlier today. Unsurprisingly, the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) handed out the most mentions to the…
As one of cinema’s most consistent filmmakers, Alexander Payne has built up a strong CV of well-crafted films over the years including About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004) and more recently, The Descendents (2011). His latest…
Awards season is getting pretty hectic now as three critic groups announced their winners for 2013 thus allowing several films and actors to take advantage in the Oscar race. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Firstly, the Boston Society of…
This year’s Oscar race has started rather boldly so far with the National Board of Review naming their winners for 2013. Rather unexpectedly, the indie romance Her, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely man…
