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Birdman, The LEGO Movie and Breaking Bad among the winners at the 2015 PGA Awards

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The road to the Oscars continued last night in Los Angeles as the Producers Guild of America presented the 2015 PGA Awards, with Birdman scooping the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Despite being snubbed by the Oscars, The LEGO Movie was victorious in the Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures category, […]

The Selma Solution: Boycott the Academy Awards

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Anghus Houvouras calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards… I’m frustrated. Another year, another round of Oscar nominations, and another outpouring of anger about the lack of female and minority nominees. Right now a legion of entertainment bloggers are hammering keys like monkeys trying to write Shakespeare to tell me the world ain’t fair. […]

The Oscar Race or the Oscar Master Race: Sexism, Racism, and the All-White Award Show

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Anghus Houvouras on the Academy Awards and a lack of diversity… ‘Armchair quarterback’. It’s a popular phrase here in the United States, referring to those know-it-all fans who sit in their armchairs yelling at the screen during a football game. Some d-bag who is certain that he or she can make better decisions than the […]

Winners of the 35th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards announced

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The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards took place at the May Fair Hotel in London tonight, with Boyhood taking home the top honour, Film of the Year, as well as Director of the Year (Richard Linklater) and Supporting Actress of the Year (Patricia Arquette). Under the Skin was named British Film of the Year and […]

George Lucas slams all-white Oscar nominations, “it’s a political campaign”

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Star Wars creator George Lucas is not a man known for mincing his words when it comes to the Academy. Having famously left the Directors Guild of America after being fined for not having a standard title sequence on Star Wars (which also meant he couldn’t get Steven Spielberg to direct one of the movies), […]

James Gunn says The LEGO Movie was “flat out snubbed” at the Oscars, also feels Guardians of the Galaxy should have received more nominations

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As with every year of the Oscars, it was the movies that were “snubbed” that were talked about more than the films that actually got nominated. In the case of this year, it was The LEGO Movie that received the most attention when it wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Movie. Guardians of the Galaxy director […]

Winners of the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards announced

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Coming hot on the heels of the Academy Award nominations, the winners of the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards were announced last night, with Birdman taking seven gongs including Best Actor, Best Comedy Actor and Best Acting Ensemble, while Richard Linklater’s Boyhood ended the night with Best Picture and Best Director. Here’s a full […]

And the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards are…

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has today announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards, with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel leading the pack with nine nods apiece, followed by The Imitation Game with eight. The two films will contest Best Picture against American Sniper, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Selma, The […]

Razzies: 2015 Golden Raspberry Award nominations announced

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With many of Hollywood’s finest busy on the awards season circuit, it wouldn’t be the same without the end of year Razzie nominations, which looks at those films that didn’t set the world alight in 2014. It’s perhaps no surprise that it’s Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film, Age of Extinction, that leads the way with […]