In every other category at the Oscars, the nominee with the most votes wins. It sounds obvious. Except that since 2010 the voting rules for the biggest award of the night were changed. The Academy realised that if two major films polarised the vote, a third could sneak past, so they changed the rules. This […]
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Bohemian Rhapsody DVD: Does Rami Malek sing? Meet the 'secret voice' behind Freddie film
It is an impossible task stepping into Freddie’s shoes as an entertainer, let alone a singer. At the Oscars on Sunday night, Adam Lambert will once again perform alongside Brian May and Roger Taylor, as he has done for some years now. However, his distinctive vocals are not used in the movie. A little known singer was […]
Bohemian Rhapsody DVD: Rami Malek thought THIS was a 'lost cause' in Freddie Mercury film
With hindsight, it would be easy to think that the movie was always certain to be a huge success. It is now the biggest drama and biopic of all time and looks set for Oscars glory next weekend. Yet, it took over ten years to reach the big screen, lost its director during filming and critics sharpened […]
BAFTAs 2019 Best Film winner: What won the biggest prize? Netflix movie Roma is victorious
Alfonso Cuarón is now comfortably on course for big Oscars success later this month after his acclaimed film Roma won Best Film at last night’s BAFTAs. Cuarón also scooped Best Director, beating Yorgos Lanthimos, Spike Lee, Bradley Cooper and Paweł Pawlikowski. In Best Film, it defeated BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, Green Book and A Star Is […]
The Best and Worst Movies of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival closed up shop yesterday, ending 11 days of premieres, competition, and deal-making — and leaving festival-goers and critics to contemplate the independent, foreign, and documentary films that will likely dominate those landscapes for the months to come. Your film editor was among them, and I came away with a strange sense […]
Disney is making another ‘top secret’ VR film after Cycles
Disney is making another full VR animated film, says Cycles director Jeff Gipson. Cycles is Disney’s first full VR animation.Read More
The original Ghostbusters franchise is getting a new film in 2020
Enlarge / Who ya gonna call? Three of the four original Ghostbusters: Bill Murray, the late Harold Ramis, and Dan Ackroyd. (credit: Columbia Pictures) Fire up your proton packs, people, because there’s going to be another Ghostbusters movie from Sony Pictures, according to Entertainment Weekly. Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking) will direct the […]
Velvet Buzzsaw streaming, release date, more – All you need to know about NEW Netflix film
The movie is the second collaboration between Dan Gilroy and Jake Gyllenhaal after Night Crawler. Speaking with Business Insider, Gilroy teased the project saying: “It’s set in the world of contemporary art in Los Angeles, and its got a Robert Altman-like large ensemble cast and the story is being told through these different characters.” When […]
You won’t BELIEVE which film has topped Home Alone as highest-grossing Christmas movie
Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone was the high-grossing Christmas movie of all time with a worldwide record of $ 476 million. That was until the Christmas that has just passed, which saw one festive movie make over $ 500 million. Ironically, that prize goes to The Grinch. No, not the Jim Carrey version from almost 20 […]
Bohemian Rhapsody: Brian May BLASTS huge 'MISTAKE' critics made over Freddie Mercury film
The movie has been a runaway success with fans and roared past $ 740million at the global box office. Many critics, however, were less enamoured of the rock biopic, accusing it of avoiding the more difficult aspects of Freddie’s life. Who is right? After Bohemian Rhapsody scooped Best Film- Drama at the Golden Globes, Queen icon May […]