The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards were presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association last night, with Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Best Film – Musical or Comedy) and Sam Mendes’ 1917 (Best Film – Drama) taking home the top film awards, and Chernobyl (Best Limited Television Series), Succession (Best Television Series […]
Netflix dominates 77th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, and its proven to be good news for Netflix with the streaming service picking up a host of nominations in both the film and TV categories, including Marriage Story, The Irishman, The Crown and Unbelievable. Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story […]
76th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations announced
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, with Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic Vice leading the movie field with six nods, and The Assassination of Gianni Versace topping the TV nominations with four. Vice will contest the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award alongside […]
This is what Tommy Wiseau wanted to say on stage at The Golden Globes
Following the 2018 Golden Globes, you may have noticed a bit of an uproar on social media regarding the way James Franco handled his acceptance speech for The Disaster Artist. You see, the actual, mythical Tommy Wiseau joined Franco onstage as he accepted his award for Best Actor in a Comedy, or Musical, and decided […]
Golden Globes 2018: Winners and Losers from the World of Film
Tom Beasley takes a look at the winners and losers from the Golden Globes, and what that means for the Oscars… Hollywood’s biggest and brightest starts packed into the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night for the 75th Golden Globes. The spectre of movie industry harassment loomed large over proceedings, whether it was in the stars […]
Can we all just admit the Golden Globes are kind of terrible?
Anghus Houvouras on the Golden Globe Awards… This headline feels redundant, as if it’s a deeply held belief by 88% of the civilized world. The other 12% are made up of the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and people like my wife who enjoy watching the red carpet fashion on display no matter […]
The Golden Globes are absolutely useless in predicting Oscars success
Tom Beasley argues that the Golden Globes do not deserve their position as a major awards ceremony and Oscars precursor… The film world briefly lit up with awards excitement earlier today with the announcement of the nominations for the 2018 Golden Globes. It was Guillermo del Toro’s warm and wildly enjoyable fantasy romance The Shape […]
We shouldn’t dismiss the Oscars as out of touch
Henry Bevan on why we shouldn’t dismiss the Oscars as out of touch… Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the 89th Academy Award nominations. As expected, La La Land led the pack. As expected, there were a few surprises like Amy Adams not being nominated (HOW?!?!). As expected, the nominated movies […]
10 Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy nominations that aren’t musicals or comedies
Scott J. Davis looks at the always dubious Best Musical or Comedy from the Golden Globes… Last night, Hollywood’s best and brightest gathered for the Golden Globes, the main precursor before the Academy Awards next month. The strangest award of the night went to ridley Scott’s The Martian, which bizarrely walked away with the award […]
And the winners of the 73rd Golden Globes are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never ceases to surprise and go against the grain. Only a select few categories in film lined up with the predictions of professional analysts, while all of television was completely out of left field. That’s not to say anything here isn’t well deserved. Except for The Martian anyway, which was […]