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OSCAR SHORTS, DOCUMENTARIES, FOREIGN, ANIMATED
The Oscar race is on and the finish line approaches, Sunday March 2nd. It’s all good and exciting. One of my favourite parts is here viewing all those nominated in Best Foreign , Best Animated, Best Short, Best Documentary Best Short Documentary. I get to see such great films from all over the place…
OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS AND THE ACTORS
Last time I wrote about the Nominated Films, I included AUGUST, OSAGE COUNTY, which was not nominated. I wonder why. There are usually ten nominations for Best Picture, this year there only nine. My mistake.. So to the remaining four…from an Actors viewpoint. 1. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET directed by the incomparable Martin Scorsese…
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Dead. So sad, such a loss, a great talent gone and in such a wasteful way. When I was a child, my grandmother, who had worked in theatre, had a picture of a famous actress of her day, with whom my grandmother had worked…Meggie Albanesi. I asked about her and Nan said…
OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS AND GREAT ACTING FROM AN ACTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
In no particular order, let’s look at the ten nominated films for Best Picture and the performances that help achieve their nominations. 1. Saw AMERICAN HUSTLE for the second time this week. Great movie, great performances, I am really impressed. However, for me, one of the most riveting performance came from the uncredited Robert De…
Oscars and the Men
So now we come to Oscars Best Actor nominees for 2014. Again I will list them in alphabetical order, Leading and Supporting: and a lusty, lustrous list it is, with a couple of surprising omissions.
GOLDEN GLOBES, BAFTAS, AWARDS SEASON HERE AGAIN
As I watched the Golden Globes on Sunday, I mused about the two ceremonies I had attended, the first when I was nominated for THE LION IN WINTER and second time when friend, Anthony Hopkins was nominated for SILENCE OF THE LAMBS….. I went along as his pal, because Jenni, his wife was stuck in…
STUCK IN CHICAGO AND BACK IN BOISE
Jane in London…nice weather for December 6 hours watching the update board on my flight from Chicago to Boise and then the interesting news …..”we have lost the pilot, he hasn’t arrived to take the flight and it is now cancelled”. Weariness and panic set in, but United Airlines hand out little pieces of paper…
Christmas and the Twilight of 2013
NELSON MANDELA -A Great Man GoneHello everyone, the Year is nearly over and I am in the UK trying to sort out my life here, the practical elements that is, where to live, getting rid of a lifetimes ‘stuff’ and seeing many dear and missed friends…… missed while I am living in the US. I…
Film Watching Goes On
I think I may have mentioned that, being a member of the Academy and BAFTA, I get to vote during the Awards season. This is a an honour and a privilege that I covet, as I love watching movies. Well here’s two more to add to the current list…I watched Fruitvale Station, which is a…