The Dossing Times

The BAFTA nominations are an oddity, acknowledging films yet to be released in the UK in a desperate attempt to seem relevant. A few years ago they moved the nominations and awards to a date preceeding the Oscars, traditionally viewed as the end point to award season, as they struggled to attract stars to attend [...]

There were two wins for Irish talent at last nights ‘Golden Globes’ – Colin Farrell won Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for his role in ‘In Bruges’. Its genuinely heartening to see his role and indeed the movie acknowledged. Farrell quipped that the vote counting must have been done in Florida.  Gabriel Byrne also won [...]

What’s important about these nominations is that 12 of the previous 19 winners of best feature as selected by the PGA has gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, including ‘No Country for Old Men’ last year. The appearance of ‘The Dark Knight’ here will raise hopes for many that it could feature [...]

10. Get Smart
Steve Carrell giving comedy a hope, perfectly cast in what is a derivative piece but nevertheless well done, with great tongue in cheek and excellent action.
9. Kung Fu Panda
Great vocals, visuals and humour, the placement of this film is an appreciative nod to unchallenging yet pleasing, entertaining film making done well. Its just [...]

Part 1
Today I try to tie together a narrative on the state of movies as I saw it in 2008 and pay some attention to the people and components of movies that marked the year. Monday brings the Top 10 of the year. Due to the level of gushing from what follows, you should have [...]

While the Golden Globes may be more high profile, it is these awards where people in the industry vote for their peers that are better indicators of who will go on to see Oscar success. And the nominees are:

Frost/Nixon, Doubt and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button lead the nominations for the 2009 Golden Globes. Aside from such serious fare getting a look in, its great to report that ‘In Bruges’ and its duo of Farrell and Gleason are all up for major awards.
The five movies nomintaed for best drama are all [...]

Spoiler Heavy

So the comic book world is all a buzz – a long running story-line comes to its climax today being marketed as the death of Batman. Read more deeply though and you will see the scribe of the storyline has suggested this will be the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman – a very [...]