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After my decent effort (11/17) of predicting the 2016 BAFTA awards, it’s time to look at the BIG one: the 2016 Academy Award presentations to be made next Sunday, February 28th. So below you will find my predictions as to what/who I think WILL win (considering how normal Hollywood biases apply) and what/who I think SHOULD win the coveted … Read more
How the hell do you review a film like Deadpool? It’s almost in a category of its own. Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to superhero pics: he played the disappointingly limp “Green Lantern” in 2011 and before that he played this character – Wade Wilson – in “Wolverine: Origins” with Hugh Jackman (who is the … Read more
OK – so it’s that time of year again, and time to put the proverbial member on the block and nail my predictions to the wall for the 2016 BAFTA awards, which will be presented in London this evening. In traditional fashion I’ve predicted, for the main categories, what/who I think will win (considering how … Read more
As someone in his frisky fifties, I am old enough to remember the arrival on our British TV screens of the original Dad’s Army back in 1968. I can still remember my dearly departed Dad with tears flowing down his cheeks at the antics of this motley crew of (mostly) old folks as they confronted … Read more
The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable concentration to keep up with the financial jargon thrown at you. At a sociological level, the fraud and corruption that were endemic within the venerable … Read more