Hello from New York City! Well, actually hello from New Jersey. I took myself across the Hudson River to Hoboken to check out a few Sinatra-inspired sights, on account of what would have been Ol’ Blue Eyes’ 100 birthday. This week has been the kick-start of awards season nominations, with the SAGs and Golden Globes nods being announced. There were quite a few suprises and snubs, but Carol scooped 5 Globe nods – with its stars Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett both scoring Best Actress noms. But at the SAGs, they’ve been separated into Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Rooney. Also, it’s been a great year for Sweden’s Alicia…
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Boyhood at the Golden Globes
Cue Hero the theme song that plays during the masterpiece that is Boyhood, this year’s Golden Globe winner for Best Picture in the Drama category. This film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January last year, so it seems a little like it’s been around for ever and has been overhyped a lot. Well, it may feel that way, but it’s an extraordinary film, and director Richard Linklater is indeed a hero, a visionary, for sticking with it for 12 years, and giving us a film with a giant heart, so much vulnerability and a kick-ass soundtrack. Selma and Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, winner in the Best Comedy/Musical category…
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The 2014 Golden Globes
Steve McQueen’s beaming smile after winning Best Film, Drama at the Golden Globes (courtesy of the Golden Globes Instagram account), is as wide as it should be. The 12 Years A Slave director has made a moving, artistic piece of cinematic history. The night’s other top prize, in the ‘Comedy’ category, went to American Hustle, which also scored Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence, respectively. Dallas Buyers Club earned Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto Best Actor, Drama and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. No doubt we’ll see these names come Thursday, when the Oscars are announced. PS The Tina Fey/Amy Poehler opening was fantastic, especially the joke about George…
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2014 Golden Globe Nominations
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA 12 Years A Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena Rush BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Cate Blanchett Sandra Bullock Judi Dench Emma Thompson Kate Winslet BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Chiwetel Ejiofor Idris Elba Tom Hanks Matthew McConaughey Robert Redford BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL American Hustle Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska The Wolf Of Wall Street BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Amy Adams Julie Delphy Greta Gerwig Julia Dreyfus Meryl Streep BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR…
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And the Golden Globe Nominees Are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press have made known their best films for the past year, showing love to Salmon Fishing in the Yemen but none for Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook. The nominees are: Best Motion Picture, Comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables Moonrise Kingdom Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Silver Linings Playbook Best Motion Picture, Drama Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Best Director, Motion Picture Ben Affleck, Argo Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee, Life of Pi Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Richard Gere, Arbitrage John Hawkes, The Sessions Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel…
