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American Hustle & Gravity Lead The Oscars Nominations, With LGBT Nods Pretty Thin On The Ground

January 16, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

American Hustle

American Hustle

Due to the Winter Olympics, the Oscars are a little later than they have been for the past couple of years, but now the competition is in full swing, with the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announcing the nominations for this year’s gongs.

It’s a bit of a three way race, with American Hustle and Gravity leading the way with ten nominations apiece, while 12 Years a Slave is just behind with nine. Although Hustle and 12 Years are seen by many as the frontrunners for Best Picture, Gravity certainly shouldn’t ruled out.

Hustle also becomes only the 15th film to get nominations in all the acting categories – for Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence – just a year after director David O. Russell did exactly the same with The Silver Linings Playbook. No movie has ever taken all of the acting Oscars, and it would be a surprise if American Hustle changed that.

Unfortunately there aren’t too many LGBT-interest noms. That said, Dallas Buyers Club did pretty well, with nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Makeup. Jared Leto is also by far the frontrunner in the Best Supporting Actor race, for his role as a transgender character in the movie.

The Lesbian-themed Blue Is The Warmest Color was a surprise snub in the Best Foreign Language film category. However Philomena, which includes a gay-themed subplot, scored four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Judi Dench), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Take a look below for the full list of Oscar noms:

BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Hustle – David O. Russell and Eric Singer
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack
Her – Spike Jonze
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Before Midnight – Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix Van Groeningen, director
Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, director
Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director
Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling
Dirty Wars – Rick Rowley
The Square – Jehane Noujaim
20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Grandmaster – Philippe LeSourd
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity – Alfonso Cuaró and Mark Sanger12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
American Hustle – Judy Becker & Heather Loeffle
Gravity – Andy Nicholson & Rosie Goodwin
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn
Her – K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stochausen & Alice Baker

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton, Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyric by Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez
“The Moon Song” from Her – Music by Karen O, Lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Larry Clayton and Larry Mullen, Lyrics by Paul Hewson

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

BEST SOUND MIXING
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

BEST SOUND EDITING
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

BEST ANNIMATED SHORT FILM
Feral, Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa)
Get a Horse, Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)
Possessions, Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)
Room on the Broom, Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything),” Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (KG Productions)
Helium, Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)
“Pitääö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),” Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films)
The Voorman Problem, Mark Gill, director, and Baldwin Li, producer (Honlodge Productions)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
CaveDigger, Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear, Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls, Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Malcolm Clarke
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Edgar Barens

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FILMS: Dallas Buyers Club, Philomena, American Hustle, Gravity, 12 Years A Slave  

The BAFTA Nominations Are Revealed, With LGBT Films Doing Pretty Well

January 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

gravity-poster3The BAFTA nominations are out, with Gravity getting the most nods with 11 nominations. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle are each nominated in ten categories, while Captain Phillips has nine nominations. Behind the Candelabra and Saving Mr. Banks are each nominated five times.

Gravity will compete in the Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects and Leading Actress.

The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award, which is always an interesting category to watch, were announced earlier this week. They include are Dane DeHaan, George MacKay, Lupita Nyong’o, Will Poulter and Léa Seydoux. This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to an actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and promise.

On the LGBT front, Behind The Candelabra did well with five nominations in the Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair categories. Matt Damon is nominated for Supporting Actor. As it premiered on TV in the US, it’s not eligible for the Oscars, but its British cinema release allows it to compete at the BAFTA film awards.

The lesbian-themed Blue is the Warmest Colour, which won the Palm d’Or, is nominated for Film Not in the English Language. Philomena, which includes a gay subtheme, will compete for Best Film line-up, with three further nominations in Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actress for Judi Dench.

The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 16 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Take a look below for the full list of nominations. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  FILMS: Gravity, 12 Years A Slave, Philomena, Behind The Candelabra, Blue Is The Warmest Colour  

The Hobbit Desolates The US Box Office With $73 Million

December 16, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

hobbit-desolation-poster2There was little doubt that The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug would top the US box office this weekend. The only question was how much it would take. There was a lot of disagreement going into the weekend, with some suggesting it could take as much as $80 million, while others thought it would struggle to make $70 million.

In the end it made a strong but not as spectacular as some had expected $73.6 million. It’s certainly not a disaster, and with a strong international showing it’s likely to end up grossing around the same as the billion pounds the first movie took worldwide. It’s also true that the film faced strong holdovers from Catching Fire and Frozen, which may have affected it opening, but it should make up some US ground over the coming week.

The only other new opener was Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, which disappointed with $16 million. Most of Perry’s other Madea movies have had $25+ million openings, so despite the festive theme, it seems audiences aren’t that interested.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 13th-15th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug $73.6 $73.6
2 Frozen $22.1 $164.3
3 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas $16.0 $16.0
4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $13.1 $356.9
5 Thor: The Dark World $2.7 $198.1
6 Out Of The Furnace $2.3 $9.4
7 Delivery Man $1.8 $27.9
8 Philomena $1.7 $11.0
9 The Book Thief $1,6 $14.8
10 Homefront $1.6 $18.4
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FILMS: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Frozen, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Thor: The Dark World, Out Of The Furnace, Delivery Man, Philomena, The Book Thief, Homefront  

Frozen Sneaks Past Catching Fire To Top The US Box Office

December 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

frozen-teaser-quadFrozen had a great opening over the Thanksgiving holiday, but even so it ended up second on the US box office chart due to the continuing success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. However this weekend the roles were reversed as Frozen snuck past Catching Fire with $31 million versus Hunger Games 2’s $27 million.

It’s good news for Disney as it’s one of the best holds following Thanksgiving ever and suggests the movie will continue to do well going into Christmas.

The only new entry on the chart was the Christian Bale starrer Out Of The Furnace, which may have placed third, but still tanked pretty badly taking just $5.3 million. Some had thought the movie might be an awards contender, but it’s unlikely it’ll be in the running and will probably end up a complete flop, especially as it seems to be getting pretty lousy word of mouth.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 6th-9th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Frozen $31.6 $134.2
2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $27.0 $336.6
3 Out Of The Furnace $5.3 $5.3
4 Thor: The Dark World $4.7 $193.6
5 Delivery Man $3.7 $24.7
6 Homefront $3.3 $15.2
7 The Book Thief $2.7 $12.0
8 The Best Man Holiday $2.6 $67.2
9 Philomena $2.2 $8.2
10 Dallas Buyers Club $1.4 $12.4
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FILMS: Frozen, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Out Of The Furnace, Thor: The Dark World, Delivery Man, Homefront, The Book Thief, The Best Man Holiday, Philomena, Dallas Buyers Club  

Philomena (Cinema)

November 5, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Steve Coogan, Judi Dench, Anna Maxwell Martin, Mare Winningham
Director: Stephen Frears
Running Time: 98 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: November 1st 2013

Peter Mullan’s 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters was a howl of outrage at the Catholic Church in Ireland; a coruscating, raw drama about the abuse of young girls basically held prisoner by sadistic nuns after falling pregnant.

Stephen Freers’ Philomena has basically the same theme but is, by comparison, a gentle, warm story, which seems too timid to unveil the same power as Mullan’s film. Dench and Coogan have rightly garnered strong reviews for their performances, but the film’s script seems too scared of going for the emotional knockout punch, despite the real power of the story. [Read more…]

Philomena Trailer – Steve Coogan teams up with Judi Dench

August 10, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Judi Dench and Steve Coogan play unlikely friends in Philomena, the moving, funny and at times shocking true story of one woman’s search for a lost son. Now the first trailer for the movie has arrived, which you can watch here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a “fallen woman”. When her baby was only a toddler, he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him but with no success.

‘Then she met Martin Sixsmith, a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off to America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena’s son, but also create an unexpectedly close bond between Philomena and Martin.

‘The film is a compelling narrative of human love and loss that ultimately celebrates life, showing that there is laughter even in the darkest places.’

Directed by BAFTA winner Stephen Frears (The Queen), Philomena will open in the UK and Ireland on 1st November 2013. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan  DIRECTORS: Stephen Frears  FILMS: Philomena  

Judi Dench & Steve Coogan Take On Stephen Frears’ LGBT-themed Philomena

September 29, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Stephen Frears is one of the most eclectic director’s around, having taken on everything from Dangerous Liaisons and the Queen, to the likes of High Fidelity, Tamara Drewe and Accidental Hero. However he first made his name in the movie world with the 1985 gay-themed hit, My Beautiful Launderette. Now he’s lined up a new movie which also has LGBT-interest, Philomena, and Variety reports that Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan have signed up to star.

The movie is based on the Martin Sixsmith true story book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a 50 Year Search. The plot follows Lee, who teams up with Sixsmith to try and find the illegitimate son that she was forced to give up while living in a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in Ireland. Meanshile, it turned out that her son had grown up as Michael Hess, and become a Republican politician and closeted homosexual who had been diagnosed with AIDS. With the knowledge that he was dying, he traveled to Ireland to try and get the nuns at the Catholic home to reveal his mother’s identity.

Coogan has been involved with the project for a long time and even co-wrote the film with Jeff Pope. He will play the Sixsmith, while Dench will be Lee. Coogan commented, “The film is a comic tragedy or a tragic comedy. It’s about two very different people, at different stages of their lives, who help each other and show that there is laughter even in the darkest places.”

Shooting starts next month in London, Northern Ireland and Washington, D.C.

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ACTORS: Steve Coogan, Judi Dench  DIRECTORS: Stephen Frears  FILMS: Philomena  

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