The Canadian Screen Awards was presented last night with the big winner of the night being Xavier Dolan‘s It’s Only the End of the World, which won six awards, including Best Picture and Director. The runner-up was Race, which won four awards, including Best Actor for Stephan James. The awards also solidified the fact that Tatiana […]
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Tonight is the night of the 2017 edition of the Canadian Screen Awards. Because the nominees were announced so close to the Oscars announcement, I never got to writing about them. However, I have decided that I will combine my nominee refresh and predictions into one post, to help get ready for tonight’s awards. Best
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Well, that happened…. In perhaps the biggest Academy Awards mess-up of all time, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were seemingly given the wrong envelope when it was time to announce Best Picture. Beatty was quite confused at the contents of the envelope and handed the card to Dunaway, who quickly read out La La Land. The
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Tonight is the 89th annual Academy Awards and it seems like the focus will be on anything but the films themselves. For the first time since 2003, when the ceremony went on despite the start of the war in Iraq, the political climate is probably going to be front and centre this year. Despite, all
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The Oscars are this Sunday and it is time once again for me to link back to my reviews of nominated films. Stayed tuned for my official Oscar predictions on Sunday. Best Picture Nominees Arrival La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Other Nominees in Major Categories Elle (Best Actress) Nocturnal Animals (Best
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This morning saw the announcement of the nominees were announced for the 89th annual Academy Awards. The nominees were announced in a different fashion this year, opting more for pseudo-documentary testimonials from past nominees and winners, instead of the usual live event. The question on everyone’s mind this year is whether there would be any
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It was a pretty predictable night at the Golden Globes last night as La La Land ended up being the big winner of the night with a clean sweep of its 7 nominations, including Best Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Director, and acting awards for stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. It seems like the stage is
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It is time for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. This is the official kick-off for awards season and while the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does make odd choices at times, there are always a few awards that will given an idea how the Oscars are going to turn out. So, here are my predictions for
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Awards season has officially begun with the announcement of nominees for the 74th annual Golden Globes. Every year, this bunch of awards handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association treads a fine line between being a predictor for the Oscars and being a populist joke. Every year has some nominees that leave you scratching
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Last night saw the presentation of the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards and it is probably no surprise to anyone that Room ended up being the big winner of the night, taking away 9 of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Achievement in Directing for Irish director Lenny Abrahamson. Probably, the biggest surprise among Room‘s wins
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