Showing posts with label BAFTA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BAFTA. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

'Boyhood' Best Film at 2014 EE BAFTA Film Awards, 'Budapest Hotel' wins five


"Boyhood" may have been the biggest winner at the 68th BAFTAs winning best film, director and supporting actress (Patricia Arquette), but it was "The Grand Budapest Hotel" that took home the most awards. The comedy-caper won five awards: best original screenplay, production design, costume design, score and make-up & hair.

Other big winners were homegrown favorite "The Theory of Everything" with wins for lead actor (Eddie Redmayne), outstanding British Film and adapted screenplay.

Joining the aforementioned in the best film race were "Birdman" which won for its cinematography, while "The Imitation Game" was shut out of its nine categories.

Of the films not nominated in the top race, "Whiplash" won three for supporting actor (J.K. Simmons), sound and editing.

 Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone won oustanding British debut for their film "Pride".

Other winners in top races were Julianne Moore for lead actress.in "Still Alice," "The LEGO Movie" winning animated feature, and Oscar-nominated films "Ida" winning for film not in the English language and "Citizenfour" for documentary.

"Interstellar" won its bid for special visual effects.

Best film- "Boyhood"
Best director- Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Lead actor- Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Lead actress- Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Supporting actor- J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Supporting actress- Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Original screenplay- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Adapted screenplay- "The Theory of Everything"
Outstanding British film- "The Theory of Everything"
Outstanding British debut- Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone, "Pride"
Animated feature- "The LEGO Movie"
Film not in the English Language- "Ida"
Documentary- "Citizenfour"
Production design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Costume Design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Cinematography- "Birdman"
Score- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Alexandre Desplat, composer)
Editing- "Whiplash"
Sound- "Whiplash"
Special visual effects- "Interstellar"
Make up and hair- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
British short film- "Boogaloo and Graham"
British animated short- "The Bigger Picture"

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

On Netflix: 'Happy Valley' is 2014's Best New Cop Show

Sarah Lancashire as Sgt. Catherine Cawood in the miniseries "Happy Valley".
West Yorkshire Police Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) charges onto the screen in just the first three minutes of the entire miniseries with her backstory. She's 47, divorced and has two kids (one dead, and one who doesn't talk to her). She has one grandchild, and her sister, a recovering heroin-addict, lives with her. That's how she introduces herself to a man, and us, who's threatening to light himself on fire at a playground after a break-up with his girlfriend.

Sgt. Catherine Cawood is the tough, yet fragile lead character in "Happy Valley", a BBC One production named after an area of West Yorkshire known for its drug problem. But drugs isn't the focus of this series. Instead, it toes the line of a "Fargo" storyline, with an extortion/kidnapping plot and a likeable female officer at the center. Though, this story doesn't have as much humor peppered into it as the Oscar-winning film.