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In Praise of Sam Rockwell

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of the vastly underrated Sam Rockwell… So after doing a piece on the fantastic Frances McDormand, sticking with the Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri connection, it seemed apt to do a piece on an actor who has always slipped just below the radar. Sam Rockwell is always great and […]

Good Concept, Bad Delivery

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at when good concepts are badly executed… Occasionally you’ll see a film or a TV show and you wonder why they bothered at all. Everything goes wrong. Sometimes it starts from the very concept. In the case of remakes for example, you know right off the bat that some films […]

In Praise of Frances McDormand

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Tom Jolliffe celebrates the career of Frances McDormand… I have a number of favourite actors. If I had carte-blanche to cast a film it would probably be filled up with characters. Maybe brilliant underachievers, who never quite hit their heights for one reason or another (Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Rutger Hauer), or maybe they just […]

Oscars 2018: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations

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Tom Beasley takes a look at the twists and turns provided by today’s Oscar nominations, including the biggest snubs and most shocking surprises… The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were dished out today and it’s fair to say that this was perhaps a more interesting crop of nominees than many expected. The big winners, […]

Oscars 2018: Predicting the nominations in the main categories

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Tom Beasley takes a shot at predicting the final shortlists for the Academy Awards… The Academy will release their shortlists for the Oscars tomorrow, lighting the touchpaper on the final furlong of the awards season race. These nominations are the holy grail of the awards season calendar and being chosen will ensure the great and […]

Why Certain Films Do Well During Awards Season

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Neil Calloway looks at why a certain type of movie will always get the nod at the Oscars… This coming Tuesday sees the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations. We’ve already had the Golden Globes, and if you really care about that sort of thing, the Baftas are next month. We’re deep into awards season, […]

The Week in Star Wars – Han Solo footage and synopsis, The Last Jedi Blu-Ray details, Liam Neeson talks franchise return and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars returns with the latest from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi home entertainment details and box office, more from Rian Johnson’s new trilogy, Liam Neeson on a potential return and more… Let’s kick things off this week with Solo: A Star Wars […]

What it means to watch The Post on the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration

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Sean Wilson on why Steven Spielberg’s new movie couldn’t be more timely… A mere 20 minutes into The Post, the new drama from Steven Spielberg, I started to experience that pleasurable feeling that only the very best movies are capable of invoking. So confidently handled is Spielberg’s latest movie, the story of The Washington Post’s […]

Is the Multiverse the ultimate solution to narrative issues?

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George Chrysostomou on the multiverse… The DC TV shows that can be found on The CW are unique for one very specific reason. Although it is rare for TV shows to crossover, there is an element to these superhero stories that is heavily relied upon to move the narrative forward, offering solutions to new characters, […]