The Dossing Times

00.40…I’m already wrecked, Fearne Cotton has been on Sky 1 for over an hour now desperately trying to grasp a few minutes with people who are there inexplicably (Zach Efron) and deservedly (Mickey Rourke). Lots of filler, lots of talking heads and lots of ‘who are you wearing?’
12.58…hot chocolate, popcorn and Corona’s ready, I’m really [...]

Apologies to Yeddnek – the great books of fiction will have to wait. The Academy Awards are this weekend and Top 6 looks to this self-congratulatory high point of award season for our list this week. Its considered a particularly poor year for diverse nominations and those nominated for Best Picture are getting the worst [...]

Films can exist outside of the actual viewing experience – with the Wrestler, there is the movies award season buzz which people will know about without needing to see the movie, there will be talk of Mickey Rourke’s come-back, which he, the promoters and interviewers will be happy to flag, discuss and mention, again with [...]

As the dust settles following the nominations, two moe Irish names have emerged amongst the contenders for Oscar. Irish producer Redmond Morris has been nominated for his work in ‘The Reader’ – while the film is being admonished for being undeserving of a Best Picture nomination, should they receive the award it is the producers [...]

So lets start with the good:
Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor for ‘The Dark Knight’ is not surprising, but very welcome. This category threw up the best surprise for me in the form of a nomination for Robert Downey Jnr. in ‘Tropic Thunder’ – its an all too rare sign of humour and a broad range [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]