Record inward investment helps 3 UK-made films top 2016’s box office
A record £1.35bn of foreign money was spent on film production in the UK in 2016, up 18% on the previous year. This
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Danish Girl
Daniel Blake? Why Him when you’ve got Captain Fantastic? What was – and was not – Worth Seeing in 2016
Here we go again – another year has come and gone – with hundreds of new films having graced our cinema screens. Some
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Star Wars dominates Empire Awards
Star Wars: The Force Awakens won the most awards at the Empire Awards, being honoured as the Best Sci-Fi, for its visual effects, for director JJ Abrams and for its lead actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, who took the best male and female newcomer awards.
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Oscar spoils shared between The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max – and SPECTRE
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number
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Actors’ backing boosts Leo’s Oscar hopes as Elba wins 2 SAG Awards
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.
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2015 set new UK box office record as US franchises boost production
Box office takings in UK cinemas rose to a record £1.24 billion last year, an increase of 17% on 2014, on a 9%
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Revenant, Mad Max and Martian lead a strong British year for Oscar nominations
The Revenant leads the field with 12 Oscar nominations The Revenant has followed its Golden Globes success by picking up twelve Academy Award
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Carol and Bridge of Spies lead BAFTA Nominations
Two films – Carol and Bridge of Spies – that study the politics of mid-20th Century America have set the running for this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.
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The Danish Girl – Review
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Golden Globes offer a mix of usual suspects and surprises
Often seen as the curtain raiser to Awards Season, the Golden Globes have delivered their usual blend of safe and quirky nominees in
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Trumbo, Steve Jobs, Carol, Danish Girl and Spotlight lead SAG nominations
America’s Screen Actors Guild has announced the first set of nominations that are likely to act as indicators for who might take away
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