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Bryan Cranston’s Real Life Hollywood Tale TRUMBO Might Just Score Awards Gold

Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood. That means Trumbo shouldn’t be ruled out as major contender when the awards season rolls around. Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston plays Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter who penned the [...]

August 15, 2015

Blu-Ray Review: THE PAST Is A Tense Drama With Great Performances

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) delves deep into the psychology of family and relationships with The Past (Le Passe). This multi-award winning French–Italian–Iranian drama is an impressive piece of filmmaking which features strong [...]

June 28, 2014

ARGO & THE ARTIST: Hollywood Loves Movies About Movies

The 2012 and 2013 Academy Awards saw films centered on Hollywood win the Best Film award. Michel Hazanavicius’s silent film, The Artist won the hearts of the Academy in 2012, while the 2013 awards saw Ben Affleck’s Argo score the top honour. The [...]

March 11, 2013

BAFTAS 2012

My BAFTA journey started with a train ride into central London, on a bitterly frosty morning. After meeting with a selection of members of the press, I was ushered onto the red carpet, having to walk the full length of the crimson material, past a [...]

February 23, 2013

Daniel Craig & Bill Murray Join George Clooney’s THE MONUMENTS MEN

Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and The Artist star Jean Dujardin will join George Clooney in the WWII thriller, The Monuments Men. That’s a heck of a cast. I was there when it was just Clooney starring and directing, but now I can’t [...]

October 29, 2012

DVD Review: The Artist’s Jean Dujardin Stars In ‘CA$H

Jean Dujardin is now best known around the world for starring in Michel Hazanavicius’ Oscar nominated silent film The Artist. However, the French star has had a successful career on his home soil, starring in a string of successful comedy films, [...]

February 24, 2012