A storm of angry criticism has been raging over the internet since writer David Franzoni, who won an Oscar for writing “Gladiator,” revealed in an interview with the Guardian, that he would be working on a biopic about the 13th century Persian-Muslim Poet, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi and that he would be casting Leonardo DiCaprio […]
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number of big surprises, not least in the top category. Spotlight was a surprise Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight, about the Boston journalists who exposed the scale of child sex abuse within the Catholic […]
Holding on the top spot for a second week is The Lego Movie as it makes £5,978,904 from cinema ticket sales last weekend. The film is about an ordinary Lego minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, as he is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the […]
Remaining in the top spot for its third week is Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street which has made another impressive £2,385,585, racking up a total of £14,964,390 in the UK. The film follows the true story of financial fraudster Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his rise to the high life to […]
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, […]
Last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters shocked the film industry when they overlooked Ben Affleck in the best director’s category, this year they outdid themselves, snubbing safe potential contenders such as Emma Thompson, Robert Redford and Tom Hanks in the acting categories and Paul Greengrass in the directing category. Other […]
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 […]