Baftas (almost) live blog

Last year I had a lot of fun live-blogging the Oscar’s ceremony so I’m going to do the same again this year and thought I’d also blog the British Academy Awards. It’s only an almost live blog as it’s live blogging the television broadcast..

End of Watch

As with most people interested in film I do like to read or listen to reviews, I have a number of blogs that I read on a daily basis and there’s some podcasts that I listen to religiously. There are plenty of reviewers whose opinions I respect a lot and others I tend to disagree with on a regular basis…

Celeste Holm Dies

Sad news – Academy Award winning actress Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95. Awarded the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1947 for her role in Gentleman’s Agreement Holm is best known for her roles in All About Eve, High Society…

Oscars 2012 – As It Happened

For many, sensible people in the UK it’s too much to stay up all Sunday night to watch the Oscars especially as the next few days news and papers will be full of the winners and the fashions. I’m not one of those sensible people…

The Iron Lady

According to those in the know Meryl Streep is absolutely certain to win the Best Actress Oscar this year for her performance of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic The Iron Lady. But is her performance really that good….

Oscars 2012 Trailer

Awards season is fast approaching, the Golden Globes ceremony is only a few days away and excitement is building in Hollywood. I’ll admit it, excitement is building here too….