Congrats to Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech snagging eight nominations (best film director, screening and four acting noms) for the 13th annual Moet British Independent Film Awards, which were announced yesterday morning in London. Chris Morris‘s Four Lions, Gareth Edwards‘ Monsters and Mark Romanek‘s Never Let Me Go also received multiple noms — great. But how seriously can anyone take these awards if they’ve also nominated Matthew Vaughn‘s Kick-Ass for best film?
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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