FILMdetail

I’ve made some changes to the sidebar to make the site a little more user friendly.
You can now check out news feeds from Yahoo Movies and Digg, plus you can now see what films are coming at UK cinemas each week.
There is also a list of films I’ve recently enjoyed that are linked to my [...]

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Apologies for not posting over the last few days. A hectic work schedule and the oncoming effects of a cold have kept me busy. Just to prove I’ve not been too lazy, since I last wrote I’ve seen the following films:

Tsotsi (excellent)
The Ringer (amusing, if a little slight)
Basic Instinct 2 [...]

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The Dukes of Hazzard is just the latest in a long line of lame TV adaptations. Maybe its about time for the major studios to look elesewhere for decent ideas.

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Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside - Spain
Best Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman [...]

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Million Dollar Baby wins Best Picture. All the technical awards for The Aviator didn’t in the end lead to a cleansweep and the lower key drama of Eastwood’s film triumphs. As usual the best film in the five nominated (Sideways) didn’t win, although it has got a lot of valuable and unexpected exposure from the [...]

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