by Cookie N Screen There is nothing better than seeing home grown talent exceed in every possible way. It’s even better when a bunch of film-makers do something completely stellar, original and fresh that earns a massive amount of award buzz whilst simultaneously garnering critical acclaim. One such movie, now an Oscar and BAFTA nominated movie is Daisy Jacobs and Chris Wilder’s The Bigger Picture. Now,in case you missed it, it’s definitely worth checking out because the film is a romping technical and artistic success that is gloriously envisaged and brilliantly executed. The stop motion animation with live-size paintings interacting with their surroundings is visually and narratively great. Whilst breaking the boundaries of 3D, 2D and cinematic animation, they also told a tender and heart-felt movie about the impact of ageing parents and the strain between two very different brothers. Jacobs and Wilder have excellently done something new here. by Robbie Jones Awards season is here, ladies and jellybeans. It’s time for the "Best Films of 2014" to be showered with praise at several different award shows, during which we will cheer, moan, cry and if worst comes to worst, write a very formal letter of complaint. The latest awards show was the London Critics Circle awards, and it seems their choices are bang on the money. by Jo Johnstone It has been a rather impressive year for DreamWorks. Having upped their game over the last few years to compete with rivals Pixar, their movies are growing stronger each year. With How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Penguins of Madagascar released in 2014, the studios next outing will be Home featuring an unconventional alien invasion. With more notable films, you have to wonder who their best character is. With that in mind, here is a countdown of DreamWorks top ten charactersL by Leah Stone Who doesn’t like zombie films? There are zombie films to suit anyone, comedy such as Shaun of the Dead, romance like Warm Bodies, action packed like World War Z, or scary, such as Dawn of the Dead. Mitch Cohen comes along with a completely fresh movies named Super Zero. The film revolves around main character Josh, a student who loves mechanics and engineering. He gets a phone call from his doctor telling him that he has a rare, terminal brain cancer. Because of this phone call, he decides he will take his own life, because he felt like he had nothing to life for, and that he was a pathetic joke (there are many darker elements here). by Cookie N Screen Having only had moments to settle down from the Oscar nominations and quietly seethe with rage rather than wail about it loudly, the Critic’s Choice Awards kicked off last night. As the stars descended to navy blue carpet (because red is so last year darling. It’s also, the erm, colour of the awarding body), the 20th anniversary of the awards saw the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightely and Quvenzhane Wallis gather in celebration of this year’s talent. From Birdman to Selma, Boyhood to The Imitation Game, this year was a fierce competition of greatness. But who were the lucky winners of the prestigious awards? by Laura W (If you don't know anything about Cheryl Strayed, this article contains spoilers) There is never shortage of films based on true events or true stories. In fact, the award season is full of them as directors take real life phenomenon’s, locked in bones and flesh, and let them dazzle on screen. Over the past couple of months, even last year, cinemas were screening this great stories: The Imitation Game told us the work and abuse that genius Alan Turing suffered; The Theory of Everything recanted Stephen Hawking’s breath-taking story; Selma marched to the beat of Martin Luther King’s Civil Right Movement. And these are just a handful of films. One such film is Wild, set to be Reese Witherspoon’s career triumph. |
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