With so many categories at the Golden Globes, not least the split between dramas on the one side and comedies and musicals on the other, the chances of a clean sweep is impossible, but the 2015 awards saw film honours spread largely between Boyhood, Birdman and The Theory of Everything – with a handful of […]
A day after the Screen Actors Guild announced its nominations, the Golden Globes have confirmed the media satire Birdman as the front-runner for this year’s awards season, with seven nominations, including Best Comedy, Best Actor for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton for Best Supporting Actor and Alejandro González Iñárritu for both directing and writing. But much of […]
Holding on to the top spot is black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which has brought in £3,608,968 in its second weekend on top. The film that is nominated for four Oscars follows the true story of Jordan Belfort and his rise to the high life to his downfall. The Wolf […]
Straight to the top spot last weekend was Martin Scorsese’s latest film, The Wolf of Wall Street, the true story of Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a wealthy stockbroker living the high life until his fall involving corruption, crime and the federal government. The film made £4,655,984 on its opening weekend in the UK, […]
Straight to the top spot is British-American epic historical drama film, 12 Years a Slave which made £2,511,349 on its opening weekend. The film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold […]
My film journalism usually involves reviewing films and reporting on festivals and awards from around the world. But the unique position of UK Screen’s owner Sam Asi, a Hollywood Foreign Press Association member and Golden Globes voter, makes these awards different. We get to see them from the inside: THURSDAY 9th JANUARY 2014 Having arrived […]
David O Russell’s 1970s crime caper American Hustle has won the most awards at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, taking the Best Film in the Comedy and Musical category as well as acting awards for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence, in the lead and supporting competitions respectively. The best dramatic actress award went, as […]
Knocking The Hobbit off the top spot on its opening weekend is crime comedy-drama, American Hustle which opened to £3,632,094 in the UK. Christian Bale and Amy Adams play two con artists who are forced to work with a FBI agent, played by Bradley Cooper, to set up corrupt politicians such as the mayor of […]
With such an eclectic and crowded year, the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were spoiled for choice when they picked their honorees. No one had been able to predict this year’s nominations, yet no one was surprised when they were announced this morning. Each one of these nominations was justly merited. Steve McQueen’s […]
Two-time Globes-winning comedy actress, Tina Fey, and a Globes nominee, Amy Poehler, will return to host the annual Golden Globes for the second time in a row. The announcement was made by Globes organizers: the Hollywood Foreign Press, NBC and Dick Clark’s productions, who were thrilled for the return of the two comedians, who have […]