The Director’s Guild of America has announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, with Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) set to contest the award. “In a year full of excellent […]
And the winners of the 72nd Golden Globe Awards are…
The stars of the big and small screen gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California last night as the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation presented the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards. The big success of the night was Boyhood, which won three categories in Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the 2015 EE BAFTA Film Nominations
This morning at BAFTA HQ in Piccadilly, the Nominations for this year’s BAFTAS were announced by Stephen Fry and The Hunger Games star Sam Clafin. No huge surprises in many of the nominations, as many of the big hitters throughout this year’s award season are present and correct, with The Grand Budapest Hotel receiving the […]
Winners of the 2015 People’s Choice Awards announced
The People’s Choice Awards took place in Los Angeles last night, with the general public deciding a host of categories across film, television and music. Here’s a full list of all the winners… Favorite Humanitarian: Ben Affleck Favorite Movie: Maleficent Favorite Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr. Favorite Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence Favorite Movie Duo: Shailene […]
Writers Guild of America announces nominations for 2015 WGA Awards
The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the nominations for Oustanding Achievement for the 2015 WGA Awards, with Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler and Whiplash set to contest the Original Screenplay award, and American Sniper, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game and Wild up for Adapted Screenplay. Here’s the full […]
Cast your vote for BAFTA’s 2015 EE Rising Star Award
Ahead of Friday’s British Academy Film Awards nominations, BAFTA has announced the contenders for the EE Rising Star Award – the only honour voted on by you, the British public. The nominees for the 2015 award are: Jack O’Connell – Starred Up, ’71 Miles Teller – Whiplash, Divergent Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall […]
Whiplash causes Academy friction, deemed “adapted” screenplay
Deadline reports today that Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s superb Sundance winner, has been somewhat surprisingly classified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as an adapted script, rather than a original screenplay. Even stranger still was that the Academy apparently didn’t inform the director or the films distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, about the decision […]
Producers Guild of America announced the 2015 PGA Awards nominations
The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 2015 PGA Awards, giving us an indication of how the field for Best Picture at the Academy Awards may look when the Oscar nominees are revealing on January 15th. Set to contest the main award, Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Picture are American […]
Razzies 2015: Shortlist for the Golden Raspberry Awards revealed
As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences gears up to announce the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards on January 15th, the shortlist for the 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards has leaked online, giving us a look at the stinkers from the past twelve months who will battle it out for the “honour” of […]
The Academy Award for Best Original Score does not go to Birdman’s Antonio Sanchez
Birdman has been doing fairly well this year, both among critics and with accolades. Already the recipient of several awards, including dozens of nominations and wins, the film is an absolute frontrunner for several statues at this year’s Academy Awards. But sadly, Antonio Sanchez’s extraordinary improvisational, jazz-based drumming score will not be one of them. […]
