The 2017 Golden Globe Awards were hosted on January 8 by one of the funniest guy in television at the moment, the former "Saturday Night Live" actor, "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"'s maker, Jimmy Fallon himself. He did this for the first time. The ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. [The source of pictures not specified separately is imdb.com] [source: latimes.com] Below you have the list of nominees and winners, without my comments for the moment. … [Read more...]
Oscar Nominees 2016
Here are the Oscar nominees 2016 list for the 88th Academy Awards Ceremony: (Here is just a list, not a normal post, so it has only an archived information value) Oscar Nominees - Main Interests Best Picture The Big Short [source] Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner Bridge of Spies [source] Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger Brooklyn [source] Producers: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Mad Max: Fury … [Read more...]
Golden Globe 2016 Nominees
The 73rd Golden Globe Awards will honor the best in film and American television of 2015 and will be broadcast live on January 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST by NBC. The sparky Ricky Gervais will host the show for the fourth time! And the nominees are: Motion picture, drama "Carol" "Mad Max: Fury Road" "The Revenant" "Room" "Spotlight" Motion picture, comedy "The Big Short" "Joy" "The … [Read more...]
Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher, my friends, is a very dark movie from the beginning. It started very somber, continued in this note and had a terrible finale. I'm not very fond of biographical movies because when you know the persons involved, there is no more surprise. You watch the technique, the play, the talent, maybe. [source for all pictures: imdb.com] Foxcatcher is not nominated for Best Picture this year, but it determined another three important nominations, the Best Actor for Steve Carell, who … [Read more...]
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a 2014 thriller directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore based on the biography "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges. [source of all pictures: imdb.com] The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, a very apt fellow, who started to work for the British Ministry of War during World War II, leading a team of crypt analysts in the challenge to solve the Enigma code. They have been in the possession of such a specimen and they tried to … [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...]