BAFTA Awards ceremony at the 69th edition this year (2016), was hosted by Stephen Fry on February 4th at the Royal Opera House in London. One of his comments stirred again the new trend of Politically Correctness around, and after he angrily replied on Twitter, he deleted his account. As a result, you won't be re-directed to that anymore, because the meta disappeared from his name: Had amazing time @ BAFTA's tonight x props to @stephenfry for hosting brilliantly & to all those diverse … [Read more...]
The Revenant, My Favorite Best Picture in 2016
The Revenant is a 2015 superb adventure drama directed by previous year's Best Director, Alejandro González Iñárritu. It is by far the most artistically beautiful movie in all the eight Oscar 2016 nominees. I regret now that I haven't begun the Oscars reviews marathon with this one, because it revealed itself to be my favorite in all eight. This is partially based on the novel with the same name written by Michael Punke in 2002. [source] The Revenant's History It is funny that in … [Read more...]
Winners of the Golden Globes 2016 – The List
Finally, the (73rd) Golden Globe 2016 Awards, Winners List. Only the winners are here. Because the Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there must be a little bit more objectivity in how the awards are being distributed. You have the nominees list here, so I'm not going to fill the spaces again, with everybody. I like it a lot that one of the most brilliant comedians in Great Britain was chosen yet again to host the … [Read more...]
Amores Perros
Amores Perros is a 2000 Mexican drama thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. I didn't know till recently that it made part of a trilogy, of whom the other two parts were 21 Grams and Babel. I liked 21 Grams, I liked only the story in Babel (wonderful story broken up by Brad Pitt "World War Z!" style, he's a specialist in being utterly non-credible), but I have enjoyed this one, Amores Perros, the most. [source: imdb] I have to be ashamed … [Read more...]
Oscars 2015 – The Results
Here is the full list of nominees and winners of the 87th Academy Awards, after the ceremony held on February 22nd, 2015. As you will see, no surprises, nothing out of range. Everybody almost expected these particular awards, I have no comments to add. Finally, Mr. Iñárritu has been awarded how he expected himself. With Babel, he just expected, but his expectations and hopes were turned upside down by Mr. Scorsese's friends and supporters. That was a surprise that I liked quite a lot. I remember … [Read more...]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 American comedy–drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Mexican famous director who was almost winning the Oscar for Babel. I didn't like Babel, it was too hard and heavy for my taste. Otherwise, a very good concept, with that shotgun and the circle. [source of all pictures: imdb.com] Birdman stars Michael Keaton (former Birdman, actual Riggan Thomson) , Zach Galifianakis (his lawyer and … [Read more...]