Marketa Irglova, who seems interminably soft spoken and embarassed to be imposing herself on our lives, didnt get  a chance to make her thanks at the Oscar ceremony this past Sunday partly due to Glen Hansard rambling on and also the ‘wrap it up’ music drowing her out. Jon Stewart, kind soul that he is […]

So  we here at the Dossing Times have some good intuition – we tipped Marion Cotillard for greatness 2 years ago when she won the award for Slammin’ Hottie of the Year award at the 2006 Dossing Times Movie Review of the Year. Her appearance last night did nothing to undo that accolade. She added […]

Neither Lyndsay Lohan or Eddie Murphy chose to turn up to accept the multiple awards they scored last night at The Golden Raspberry awards for starring in bad, bad movies. I could explain how Lohan managed to win Worst On Screen Couple but that would involve looking into the plot of her movie and that […]

Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly in some musical parodying of the awards show. Dam you Academy for not letting me embed it here. Venture over to You Tube briefly to enjoy - Clip 1, Clip 2.

I have written how ‘No Country for Old Men’ marked a return to form for the Coen Brothers and is a perfect partner to their debut and one of my favourite films ‘Blood Simple’. This excellent article from the New Yorker works its way through each of the brothers work, examining their style, influences and […]

These opening months of 2008 have been the greatest for movies I can remember. Already the list of contenders for movie of the year is swelling. This is reflected in the calibre of movie nominated for Best Picture and so too the fact that there are a number of deserving works that have not made […]