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• Oscar Hopefuls That Likely Won't Happen, But Would Be Awesome

  

  It is Oscar Day! While always a lot of fun, it is very often that the 'best' in cinema for the year aren't even nominated, let alone win. This year's nominees... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014

• Monthly Round-up: February 2014 Viewing

  

  In February I watched 27 films. I didn't visit the cinema as much as usual, but I did catch some undisputed classics (Lawrence of Arabia, His Girl Friday and Do... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014

• 2013 Motifs in Cinema: Man Against Society

  

  I was lucky enough to be asked by Andrew Kendall of Encore’s World of Film and TV, as I was last year, to be part of his annual Motifs in Cinema blog-a-thon. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014

• Review: The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013)

  

  Legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki announced that The Wind Rises would be his final film prior to a timely retirement from filmmaking. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014

• Academy Award Winner Predictions (Part 2)

  I look at the rest of the nominees at this year’s Academy Awards – Best Picture and Best Director, and the Acting and Screenplay categories – and credit who I... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014

• Review: JAY Z: Made in America

  

  Directed by Ron Howard this engrossing multi-faceted documentary chronicles the 2012 debut of the Philadelphia-set “Made in America” music festival, organized... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014

• New Releases (27/02/14)

  

  In cinemas this week: The Wind Rises, Non-Stop, 3 Days to Kill, Out of the Furnace, Gloria, Utopia and Mysteries of the Unseen World. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014

• Academy Award Winner Predictions (Part 1)

  

  Leading the 2013 Academy Award nominees were those for Best Picture: Gravity (10), American Hustle (10), 12 Years A Slave (9), Nebraska (6), Captain Phillips... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014

• Autumn Preview: 25 Films to Watch For This Season

  

  As we have passed through the 'Oscar Season', we enter the beginnings of the 'Blockbuster Season', which seems to start earlier every year. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014

• New Releases (20/02/14)

  

  In cinemas this week: Nebraska, Le Week-End, Lone Survivor, Wolf Creek 2 and The Legend of Hercules.Nebraska - The latest from Alexander Payne (Sideways, The... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014

• February Mini Reviews: RoboCop and Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

  

  RoboCop (Feb 6) - Directed by Jose Padilha (Bus 174, Elite Squad), this loose remake of RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film of the same name is regarded as a... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014

• Review: Le Week-End (Roger Michell, 2013)

  

  In cinemas February 20. Directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Enduring Love and Venus) and written by frequent screenwriting collaborator Hanif Kureishi, Le... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014

• 'The Solid State' and 'The Smith Family' Team For A New Campaign to Raise...

  

  The Solid State are running a campaign for The Smith Family called #TalesOfThe1in10 to raise awareness about disadvantaged Australian kids. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014

• New Releases (13/02/14)

  

  In cinemas this week: Dallas Buyers Club, Blue is the Warmest Color, Are We Officially Dating?, Endless Love and Winter's Tale. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014

• Phillip Seymour Hoffman Memorial

  

  Guest article by Brandon Engel. As The Film Emporium acknowledged earlier this week, the magnanimously talented Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on Sunday... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014

• Review: Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2013)

  

  Ron Woodroof’s powerful true story provides the influence for Dallas Buyers Club, a biographical drama directed by Jean Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014

• New Releases (06/02/14)

  

  In cinemas this week: RoboCop, Last Vegas, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Labor Day, The Past and Mistaken For Strangers. The Past - The latest film from Academ... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014

• RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman

  

  I woke up this morning to the devastating news that Philip Seymour Hoffman had been found dead in his NYC apartment.Thinking back on his career - it was brief,... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014

• Monthly Round-up: January 2014 Viewing

  

  To kick start 2014 I watched 32 films in the month of January. A higher percentage of re-watches, but even with some terrific content, the weekly cinema release... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014

• New Releases (30/01/14)

  

  In cinemas this week: 12 Years A Slave and Grudge Match. 12 Years a Slave - Nominated for nine Academy Awards, and long been the Best Picture favourite, Steve... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014