Bafta Nominations 2011

The Bafta Nominations for 2011 were announced in full yesterday so here's a run down of them all! The next Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday the 13th of February. 

BEST FILM

BLACK SWAN

INCEPTION

THE KING’S SPEECH

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

TRUE GRIT

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

127 HOURS

ANOTHER YEAR

FOUR LIONS

THE KING’S SPEECH

MADE IN DAGENHAM

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

THE ARBOR

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

FOUR LIONS

MONSTERS

SKELETONS

DIRECTOR

127 HOURS - Danny Boyle

BLACK SWAN - Darren Aronofsky

INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan

THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BLACK SWAN - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin

THE FIGHTER - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson

INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

THE KING’S SPEECH - David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Aaron Sorkin

TOY STORY 3 - Michael Arndt

TRUE GRIT - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

BIUTIFUL

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

I AM LOVE

OF GODS AND MEN

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES

ANIMATED FILM

DESPICABLE ME

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

TOY STORY 3

LEADING ACTOR

JAVIER BARDEM - Biutiful

JEFF BRIDGES - True Grit

JESSE EISENBERG - The Social Network

COLIN FIRTH - The King’s Speech

JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS

ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right

JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right

NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan

NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHRISTIAN BALE - The Fighter

ANDREW GARFIELD - The Social Network

PETE POSTLETHWAITE - The Town

MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right

GEOFFREY RUSH - The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMY ADAMS - The Fighter

HELENA BONHAM CARTER - The King’s Speech

BARBARA HERSHEY - Black Swan

LESLEY MANVILLE - Another Year

MIRANDA RICHARDSON - Made in Dagenham

ORIGINAL MUSIC

127 HOURS - AR Rahman

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Danny Elfman

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - John Powell

INCEPTION - Hans Zimmer

THE KING’S SPEECH - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY

127 HOURS - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak

BLACK SWAN - Matthew Libatique

INCEPTION - Wally Pfister

THE KING’S SPEECH - Danny Cohen

TRUE GRIT - Roger Deakins

EDITING

127 HOURS - Jon Harris

BLACK SWAN - Andrew Weisblum

INCEPTION - Lee Smith

THE KING’S SPEECH - Tariq Anwar

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

BLACK SWAN - Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson

INCEPTION - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

THE KING’S SPEECH - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr

TRUE GRIT - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Colleen Atwood

BLACK SWAN - Amy Westcott

THE KING’S SPEECH - Jenny Beavan

MADE IN DAGENHAM - Louise Stjernsward

TRUE GRIT - Mary Zophres

SOUND

127 HOURS - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron

BLACK SWAN - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella

INCEPTION - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

THE KING’S SPEECH - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin

TRUE GRIT - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Nominees TBC

BLACK SWAN - Dan Schrecker

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait'Hadi, Christian Manz

INCEPTION - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

TOY STORY 3 - Nominees TBC

MAKE UP & HAIR

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Nominees TBC

BLACK SWAN - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

THE KING’S SPEECH - Frances Hannon

MADE IN DAGENHAM - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

SHORT ANIMATION

THE EAGLEMAN STAG - Michael Please

MATTER FISHER - David Prosser

THURSDAY - Matthias Hoegg

SHORT FILM

CONNECT - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon

LIN - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel

RITE - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie, Paul Welsh

TURNING - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown

UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD

GEMMA ARTERTON

ANDREW GARFIELD

TOM HARDY

AARON JOHNSON

EMMA STONE

Give us your predictions! Who will win? Who deserves to win?

Emily x

Golden Globe Winners 2011

As the precursor to the Oscar’s, these Golden Globe winners may give you some idea as to who will win the famous academy award...or will they? Sometimes the Academy surprises us with their choices!

Here are the winners:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Winner - The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Winner - Natalie Portman - The Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Winner - Colin Firth - The King's Speech

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Winner - The Kids Are Alright

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Winner - Annette Benning - The Kids Are Alright

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Winner - Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Winner - Melissa Leo - The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Winner  - Christian Bale - The Fighter

Best Animated Feature Film

Winner – Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner - In A Better World (Denmark)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Winner - David Fincher - The Social Network

Best Screenplay -  Motion Picture

Winner - The Social Network

Ricky Gervais did himself no favours as the host with the least this year. His opening monologue however was very funny (see video). Ricky targeted (amongst others) Tom Cruise, The Tourist and the worlds punching bag - Mel Gibson. Ricky garnered no friends with continuous jibes to some of Hollywood's most beloved like Tom Hanks and Steve Carrell, who both thankfully had the quick wit to respond. At times, it was awkward and no wonder he goes missing for at least an hour while others took on the hosting duties. What is commonly known as 'banter' in this country, did not go down a treat with the beautiful people of Hollywood!

Praise to the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognising the talent of our home grown Christian Bale, winning for his supporting role in The Fighter and Colin Firth, winning for his role in The King's Speech. Also representing us was Hugh Laurie and a nomination for House, Andrew Garfield (the new Spider Man) presenting nomination's for Best Motion Picture and Helena Bonham Carter for...well being herself! (See below)

Kayleigh xxx

Golden Globe Nominations 2011

So the 68^th Golden Globes Ceremony will be taking place tonight in America. Audiences in the UK can catch the awards ceremony on Sky Movies Premiere at 1am or set your Sky+ box! The ceremony’s award winners is usually a good sign for the Oscars in a few weeks time so whoever wins tonight may be on course for a golden gong.

Here are the Motion Picture nominations in full (the ones everyone cares about anyway!) Whose your favourite to win?

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Halle Berry – Frankie and Alice

Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

James Franco – 127 Hours

Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Alice in Wonderland

Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right

Red
The Tourist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

Anne Hathaway – Love & Other Drugs

Angelina Jolie – The Tourist

Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right

Emma Stone – Easy A

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture
Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland

Johnny Depp – The Tourist

Paul Giamatti – Barney's Version

Jake Gyllenhaal – Love & Other Drugs

Kevin Spacey – Casino Jack

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams – The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech

Mila Kunis – Black Swan

Melissa Leo – The Fighter

Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Christian Bale – The Fighter

Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Andrew Garfield – The Social Network

Jeremy Renner – The Town

Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature Film

Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Tangled

Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful (Mexico, Spain)

The Concert (France)

The Edge (Russia)

I Am Love (Italy)

In A Better World (Denmark)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

David Fincher – The Social Network

Tom Hooper – The King's Speech

Christopher Nolan – Inception

David O. Russell – The Fighter

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech

Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland

A. R. Rahman - 127 Hours

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network

Hans Zimmer – Inception

Emily x

'I want to suck your blood...' Return of True Blood – Season Three.

The 14^th of January heralds the return of True Blood to British TV screens courtesy of the FX channel. Now in its third season, the story continues to follow telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her struggle in a world where everyone knows Vampires exist and there are more beasts on the horizon…

The huge success of season one in America garnered the age old question, why all the interest in Vampires? The simple answer is - immortality. So many of us wonder, what would it be like to live forever? In the case of True Blood, many of the most enjoyable episodes are character driven flashbacks explaining the reasoning behind this immortality (as demonstrated in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries etc) and what leads these characters to this point. As an avid fan of all things vampire, I am always intrigued by a well thought out back story and True Blood is no exception, both Bill and Eric’s stories give fans great incite into their character and motivation.

The success of True Blood is largely down to the raunchiness of the series, heralding back to the Hammer House ethic of the connection between blood and sex. Humans who are obsessed with Vampires are referred to as ‘fang-bangers’ juxtaposed with those who want to sell their blood, known as ‘drainers’. This all adds to the complexity of the relationship between Vampires and humans, however the premise of the series still remains simple, does Sookie have a choice about her involvement?

If the series is anything like the third book in The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, within which True Blood is based upon, then we should expect more blood, gore and romantic shocks and spins to keep us thirsty!

Kayleigh x

Four Lions

Narrowly missing out on making the Top 10 of 2010, Four Lions is my favourite Brit film from the year. It is about four British jihadists with dreams of being extremists. It might not sound funny but this comedy has the right amount of humour, seriousness and ridiculous events mixed in to see the lighter side of four idiots trying to make bombs. Highlights include their unique way of not being caught on camera, the amazing idea to blow up the internet and suicide crows. Culminating in an explosive fun run I would recommend this film as a great example of how we Brits really do find a way to laugh at anything.

And remember - no sheep were harmed in the making of this film!

Emily x 

The Top 10 Of 2010

    2010 was a good year. Here is our favourite 10 films from the year, enjoy!!! 


  10.   Shutter Island

     From the mysterious and epic mind of Martin Scorsese comes the tale of Teddy Daniels a US Marshal investigating the disappearance of a murderess from a hospital for the criminally insane. The best twist in cinema from 2010 keeps you guessing from beginning to end, layers upon layers of doubt creep into the characters and viewers mind as the truth unravels.

9. The Social Network

Another great film from the genius mind of David Fincher depicting the rise and troubles of Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg. I reviewed it last year and it remains one of my favourite films of the year.

8. Twilight: Eclipse

(Sneaking this into the Top 10 against Emily’s wishes and above The Social Network and Shutter Island!) Possibly the best film in the Twilight franchise, Eclipse has the right balance of action and romance. More wolves, more vampires and more wondering, ‘Why doesn’t Edward just bite her and get it over with?’ Simply because that wouldn’t be very romantic, would it?

7.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Deathly Hallows marks the beginning of the end for Harry and his chums. This is another saga that many of us have grown up with and will sorely miss when it all comes to the end! It lived up to expectations as the perfect bridging film to start the wizarding action of their final challenge and included an unexpected and impressive animated portion.  

6. Toy Story 3

The sequel every person who has grown up with Toy Story has been waiting for. It marked the finale film of the toys we have grown to know and love, introducing some new ones along the way. It includes some truly harrowing scenes causing me and my mum to blub more than the children in the cinema! 

5. A Single Man

Colin Firth won the Bafta for his portrayal of George Falconer an English Professor who has lost his partner in a fatal car accident. It portrays a day in his life full of regret, decision and grief. Tom Ford directs Firth beautifully creating a unique character driven and heartbreaking story.

   

4. Kick Ass

One of the lesser known graphic novels to surface after the huge success of the comic book franchise, Kick Ass hit the box office like an Armenian guy with mental health problems. A good introduction into the world of superhero’s for a person who like their hero’s a little less super and a little more human.

3.  Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Pow! Directed by our own home grown Edgar Wright, his third feature length film is homage to the uber geek. Recommended to the old school video gamer, you will not be disappointed with this fast paced tail of love, evil ex’s and flaming swords a plenty!

2. Up

It’s the Disney film that made the world weep (me included) within five minutes of it starting. It tells the story of an elderly man who rediscovers the wonders of the world through a young boy, a talking dog and an exotic bird. Full of laughs as much as tears this film appealed to children and adults alike (and includes the best short I think Pixar have ever preceded a film with!)

   1. Inception

Undoubtedly the film of the year from the brilliant Christopher Nolan. Not only did he direct this masterpiece, he also wrote and produced it, hiring some of the most talented actors in the business today, including the late great Pete Postlethwaite. Probably one the most creative yet infuriating final shots in cinema history which just makes you want to watch it again and again.

Here's to an equally brilliant 2011!

Kayleigh and Emily xxx