Movies - March 2014 (25 movies)

1. The Producers ***
2. Black Swan ****
3. Sunshine ****
4. The Quiet American ****
5. Hombre ****
6. Yojimbo **** new
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel ***** new
8. 300: Rise of an Empire *** new
9. The Stag **** new
10. Side by Side **** new
11. The Long Hot Summer ****
12. Veronica Mars **** new
13. Constantine ****
14. Zero Dark Thirty *****
15. Veronica Mars ****
16. Noel Coward's Private Lives **** new (theatre in cinema)
17. Starred Up **** new
18. Calvary ***** new
19. An Officer and a Gentleman ****
20. Avengers Assemble (IMAX) ***** (double-bill with CATWS)
21. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (IMAX) ***** new
22. Veronica Mars ****
23. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2D) *****
24. Push ***
25. Gorillas in the Mist ****

Movies - February 2014 (14 movies)

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ****
2. Dallas Buyers Club **** new
3. The Eagle ***
4. Only Lovers Left Alive **** new (preview)
5. Red Dragon ***
6. Stay **** new (JDIFF)
7. The Lego Movie ***** new
8. Frozen (singalong) ****
9. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ***
10. Cuban Fury *** new
11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire **** (cinema)
12. Tracks **** new (JDIFF)
13. Locke **** new (JDIFF)
14. Her **** new

It's a wonderful night for Oscar (Oscar! Oscar!)

Best picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
 
My prediction for best picture: 12 Years A Slave
My favourite: American Hustle - I enjoyed the hell out of it! Also, Jeremy Renner, you know?

(I didn't see Nebraska or Philomena)
 
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

My prediction:  Lupita Nyong'o
My favourite: Jennifer Lawrence - because science oven.

(I didn't see August: Osage County or Nebraska)

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

My prediction: Jared Leto
My favourite: Jonah Hill. (Thought Fassbender was phenomenal though.)

(I saw all these films) 

Best lead actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County



My prediction: Cate Blanchett
My favourite: Cate Blanchett. I have always depended on the kindness of strangers...

(I didn't see Philomena or August: Osage County)
 
Best lead actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

My prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor
My favourite: Chiwetel Ejiofor

(I didn't see Nebraska)


Best director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

My prediction: Alfonso Cuaron
My favourite: Alfonso Cuaron

(I didn't see Nebraska)





Adapted screenplay
Before Midnight, written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena, screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street, screenplay by Terence Winter

My prediction: 12 Years A Slave
My favourite: Before Midnight

(I didn't see Philomena)



Original screenplay
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her, Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska Written by Bob Nelson

My prediction: Her
My favourite: American Hustle (Thank God for me, basically)

(I didn't see Nebraska)

Movies - January 2014 (14 movies watched)

1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (EE) *****
2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (EE) *****
3. All is Lost (new) *****
4. Robin Hood ***
5. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (EE) *****
6. American Hustle **** new
7. Bridget Jones's Diary ****
8. 12 Years A Slave ***** new
9. Shame *****
10. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit *** new (preview)
11. The Wolf of Wall Street **** new
12. Beauty and the Beast *****
13. Inside Llewyn Davis ***** new
14. Lone Survivor **** new

Movies - December 2013 (17 movies watched)

1. The Departed *****
2. Frozen **** new
3. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps *** new
4. Tangled ****
5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ****
6. The Perfect Storm ***
7. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ****
8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ***** new
9. It's a Wonderful Life ***** (cinema)
10. Silver Linings Playbook *****
11. Anchorman II: The Legend Continues *** new
12. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ****
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl ****
14. Bridesmaids ****
15. The American **** new
16. Red Dawn (remake) ** new
17. The Hunger Games ****

Movies - November 2013 (13 movies watched)

1. Captain Phillips **** new
2. Gravity **** new
3. John Carter ****
4. Saving Mr Banks **** new
5. You've Got Mail ****
6. The Hunger Games ****
7. Catching Fire ***** new
8. Cloud Atlas ****
9. Catching Fire *****
10. Shakespeare in Love ****
11. The Shining *****
12. Catching Fire *****
13. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy *****

Movies - October 2013 - (17 movies watched)

1. The Way Way Back **** new
2. Blue Jasmine **** new
3. How I Live Now **** new
4. Sunshine on Leith **** new
5. Romeo and Juliet ** new
6. The Others ****
7. Carlito's Way **** new
8. Thor ***
9. Avengers Assemble *****
10. Thor: The Dark World ***** new
11. Ender's Game *** new
12. Les Misérables ****
13. Jane Eyre (2012) ****
14. Thor ***
15. Avengers Assemble *****
16. Thor: The Dark World ****
17. The Cabin in the Woods ****