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Banshees of Inisherin tops Golden Globes nominations as HFPA fails to shake off legal action

13th December 202224th January 2023Jason Korsner

Nearly two years after the revelation that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had no black African members – a scandal that brought the [click for more...]

Black Adam – Review

21st October 202221st November 2022Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Jaume Collet-Serra – FEATURING: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Bodhi Sabongui, Marwan Kenzari, Mohammed Amer, Noah Centineo, Pierce Brosnan, Quintessa Swindell, Viola Davis [click for more...]

British stars, snubbed by BAFTA, are nominated for Oscars

15th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

Four British stars, who failed to be recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, have been shortlist for the most [click for more...]

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Review

18th December 202015th January 2021Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: George C Wolfe – FEATURING: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Dusan Brown, Glynn Turman, Jeremy Shamos, Jonny Coyne, Joshua Harto, Michael Potts, Taylour Paige [click for more...]

Moonlight causes Oscars upset – in more ways than one

27th February 201726th March 2017Jason Korsner

Two of the producers of the musical La La Land – the equal most nominated film in Oscar’s history and one of the hottest [click for more...]

La La Land wins 5 BAFTAs

12th February 201713th February 2017Jason Korsner

The hot favourite going into the British Academy Film Awards, the first original musical for decades, La La Land, has delivered on its [click for more...]

Fences – Review

10th February 201711th March 2017Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Denzel Washington – FEATURING: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Christopher Mele, Jovan Adepo, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Stephen McKinley Henderson [click for more...]

Black actors dominate SAG Awards, a month ahead of Oscars

30th January 20172nd February 2019Jason Korsner

A week after the most ethnically diverse set of Oscar nominations in recent history, the latest back-slapping ceremony in Hollywood has raised the [click for more...]

La La Land leads the most diverse set of Oscar nominations for years

24th January 201713th February 2017Jason Korsner

The traditional movie-musical La La Land has followed expectations and dominated the Oscar nominations, with a record-equalling 14 nods. Emma Stone and Ryan [click for more...]

La La Land and The Night Manager dominate Golden Globes

9th January 201714th January 2017Jason Korsner

The Oscar-tipped musical love-letter to Los Angeles, La La Land, has become the most successful film ever at the Golden Globes, winning all seven of the categories in which it was nominated. [click for more...]

Actors’ backing boosts Leo’s Oscar hopes as Elba wins 2 SAG Awards

31st January 20162nd February 2019Jason Korsner

The Screen Actors Guild has given out its annual film and TV awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles that is seen as one of the better indicators of who might go on to win Oscars, as such a large proportion of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are actors. [click for more...]

Prisoners – Review

27th September 201320th September 2015Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Denis Villeneuve – FEATURING: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Dastmalchian, Dylan Minnette, Erin Gerasimovich, Kyla Drew Simmons, Len Cariou, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Wayne Duvall, Zoe Soul [click for more...]

The Help – Review

26th October 20122nd October 2015Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Tate Taylor – FEATURING: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Mary Steenburgen, Octavia Spencer, Sissy Spacek [click for more...]

Trust – Review

8th July 20116th January 2016Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: David Schwimmer – FEATURING: Liana Liberato, Catherine Keener, Chris Henry Coffey, Clive Owen, Jason Clarke, Noah Emmerich, Viola Davis [click for more...]

Eat Pray Love – Review

24th September 201024th February 2017Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Ryan Murphy – FEATURING: Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis [click for more...]

Knight & Day – Review

6th August 201014th October 2016Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: James Mangold – FEATURING: Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise, Jordi Mollà, Maggie Grace, Paul Dano, Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis [click for more...]

Law Abiding Citizen – Review

27th November 200914th November 2019Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: F Gary Gray – FEATURING: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Annie Corley, Brooke Stacy Mills, Bruce McGill, Christian Stolte, Colm Meaney, Dan Bittner, Gregory Itzin, Josh Stewart, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Michael Kelly, Regina Hall, Richard Portnow, Viola Davis [click for more...]

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