Olly Dyche looks at the Best Picture nominees for this year’s Academy Awards and their prospects for winning the Oscar… 2022 saw a splattering of phenomenal movies, and the run up to the 95th Academy Awards was beyond exciting. With many unforgettable performances and fantastic scores (among many other highly acclaimed categories), 2023’s Oscar celebration […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, and Judd Hirsch. SYNOPSIS: Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, the quasi-autobiographical The Fabelmans, arrives on 4K Ultra HD via Universal. A Blu-ray disc is included too, along with a code for a digital copy. The extras are light, but maybe […]
The Good and Bad of Indulged Filmmakers
Some filmmakers get full autonomy. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes, not so much… When you hit a level of success in filmmaking as a director (or occasionally a producing star actor) you find that studios increasingly bend over backwards to your every whim. This can even be to the point of risky ventures with huge […]
2023 Oscar Nominations: Reasons to Cheer and Reasons to Jeer
We look at the Oscar nominations. The surprises, the nods to celebrate and some glaring omissions… The Oscar nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced this week. It’s time to warm up your slapping hands, sorry, clapping hands and ready yourself for the main event. As with every year, there are predictable choices, and pleasing […]
Movie Review – The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Julia Butters, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sam Rechner, Oakes Fegley, Chloe East, Isabelle Kusman, Chandler Lovelle, Gustavo Escobar, Nicolas Cantu, Cooper Dodson, Gabriel Bateman, Stephen Matthew […]
Staggered Release Dates: Why does the UK get the short end of the stick?
Jed Wagman on the archaic practice of staggered release dates… What’s all this fuss about staggered release dates? In the globalised inter-connected digital world that we’re currently living in, why does it take six months for a film to release in the UK? There will always be certain smaller and lesser-known films released in one […]
Black Panther reigns supreme, Glass Onion posts impressive estimates, and Strange World bombs at the box office
This Thanksgiving the U.S. Top 10 ticked all of the boxes when it comes to the fate of the movies people were flocking to see in-between helpings of Turkey and trimmings. There was an undisputed blockbuster topping the chart, a tale of what could of been with the performance of a certified money-maker limited to […]
Steven Spielberg shares frustrations over day-and-date releases and rise of streaming
Steven Spielberg tells The New York Times the business of making films has almost changed too much since the pandemic began. “The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given […]
Movie Review – The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera. SYNOPSIS: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, from age seven to eighteen, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and […]
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans takes home the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award
Could we be heading into an awards season dominated by Steven Spielberg? The legendary filmmaker is looking to recover from his West Side Story letdown at the Oscars with his first awards win of the 2022/2023 season. Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. This marks Spielberg’s first […]
