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Final Oscar Predictions

Posted by in In Our Humble Opinion, News, The best of...
07/03/10

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So, just after the nominations were announced I wrote (at length) about who I thought would reign supreme in each catagory. Not much has changed over the last month, apart from I’ve now seen ‘Crazy Heart’ twice and am fully in love with its soundtrack. I have also re-watched ‘Precious’, arthoused it for ‘Un Prophete’ and treated my parents to some great performances in ‘Invictus’. During this period, there have also been many an award ceremony and many a controversy (ie. naughty ‘Hurt Locker’ producers). Needless to say, ‘The Hurt Locker’ has picked up pace winning big at the BAFTAs and (impressively) at the DGAs. ‘Basterds’ winning at the SAGs may have shaken things up a bit, but only slightly. At best, it will mean a screenplay win for Tarantino.

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How Lovely Is Too Lovely?

Posted by in From Page To Screen, Reviews
24/02/10

I haven’t read Alice Sebold’s ‘The Lovely Bones’. I was going to read it before I saw Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the best-selling novel, but then I thought that for the purposes of my blog it would be easier to analyze the film if I wasn’t affected by the books alleged power. I was hoping that as a stand alone piece, the core material would transfer faithfully enough to move me all the same. The last time that Peter Jackson adapted from literature, he created the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and we all know how that turned out).

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An American Werewolf In Tatters

Posted by in Blog, In Our Humble Opinion, Reviews
11/02/10

How many times did ‘The Wolfman’ get pushed back? Like, a million? When any movie gets delayed more than once, you start to worry. You start to think that what probably happened was that it was screened to people in its earliest potentially finished forms, and that everyone thought it was shit. The woeful director of the even worse than ‘The Lost World’ sequel ‘Jurassic Park 3′ was forced (and I stress) on more than one occasion to return to the cutting room floor (and more than likely, the set) in the hope than he could somehow rectify the situation and do justice to the proposed modern adaptation of a Lon Chaney classic. At least, that’s what I think based on the final product.
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OSCAR NOMINATIONS MAKE ME CRAZY

Posted by in Blog, In Our Humble Opinion
03/02/10

Oh, this Oscar business really does rev my engine. Can’t get enough. I was literally on the edge of my seat as the announcements were made, but that’s partly due to the fact that I was watching it on my laptop and the speakers are fairly muted. So, ready for some heated debate? Some nice and not so nice suprises? I hope so, because ‘The Blind Side’ is the worst film I’ve seen to be nominated for Best Picture. But, we’ll get to that later. Without further ado, the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards…

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