Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• OSCAR WATCH: SAG Awards

  

  After a mostly predictable SAG awards show, Birdman emerged on top with a Best Ensemble win to ensure that the season's Boyman narrative stays strong. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Top 20 Acting Performances of 2014

  

  This list of acting performances perfectly encapsulates the intriguing year that was 2014. It was a year where my top performances and top films felt even more... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: SAG Predictions

  

  Tomorrow night is the next stop on the awards tour and I'm expecting more of the same. The only difference I expect to see is Birdman taking the top prize. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2014

  

  It's time for me to officially sign off on the year 2014 with my list of the Best Films of the Year. Although there are still some films I would have liked to... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: r100

  

  The kinky sex comedy gets a Japanese spin in "R100", the latest film from director Hitoshi Matsumoto. This bizarre extravaganza dares you to take a ride on the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK/OSCAR WATCH: The Imitation Game

  

  After a steadily rising profile in the Norwegian film industry, it's hardly surprising that Morten Tyldum would attempt an English-language crossover. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: American Sniper

  

  Like the skilled sharpshooters who feature in his latest film, Clint Eastwood has managed to bypass the precursor season and aimed straight for the big targets... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• ASC Announces Spotlight Award Nominations

  

  As one of the most stunningly photographed films I saw last year, I'm pleased to report that Pirjo Honkasalo's " has been nominated for the American Society of... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Critics Choice Awards

  

  Well, that happened. This year's Critics Choice Awards show was mostly lackluster apart from a few great speeches and it seems like several categories now locke... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Oscar Nominations

  

  The nominations have been announced and I'm still trying to process all of it. There were some shocking snubs (no Gillian Flynn?) and some pleasant surprises... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• CONTEST: The Results

  

  The nominations were announced this morning and after tallying up the scores, we had a tie! Ryan and Murtada both scored 85, with Ryan just edging it out by... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Critics Choice Predictions

  

  Here are some last minute predictions for the Critics Choice Awards.Best Picture Boyhood Best Actor Michael Keaton, BirdmanBest ActressJulianne Moore, Still... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• CONTEST: The Predictions!

  

  It's time! The Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow and all the predictions are in for the 2015 Film Actually Oscar Contest. Thank you to all those... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Life Inside Out

  

  Look at the lineups for any independent film festival and you'll observe that stories about personal reinvention are popular and common within cinema today. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: The Animated Films

  

  Before I begin this post, I must acknowledge that I could have seen nearly all of the 20 contenders but...life is too damn short for me to put myself through... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK/OSCAR WATCH: Birdman

  

  As you can probably tell from my latest reviews, I watched some great films this week. However, nothing dazzled me like Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest fil... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: The Songs

  The Best Original Song category is always a crapshoot to predict, as it's almost impossible to get a consensus outside of 1 or 2 frontrunners. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Golden Globe Awards

  

  Well, the Golden Globes happened and as expected, we were thrown a few curveballs (Amy Adams, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Leviathan). For the most part however,... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: The Documentary Features

  

  For the second year in a row, I decided to make a concerted effort to catch as many of the documentaries on the Oscar shortlist as possible. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Foxcatcher

  

  It's an encouraging sign for American filmmaking when directors can take a genre as conventional as the "sports drama" and spin it in fascinating new ways. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES