Road to 2016: Bringing Joy to the Oscars

Several big contenders are starting to emerge in the early race towards the Academy Awards on Sunday February 28th 2016. Alejandro G. Inarritu’s follow up to his Oscar winning Birdman is the equally impressive looking The Revenant starring an inevitably nominated Leonardo DiCaprio. Steven Spielberg has made his first genuine contender since Lincoln in the Tom Hanks Cold War…

Teaser Trailer: Joy

Joy is the third film that David O. Russell (writer and director of Joy) is working with stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper following Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. Both were received positively, therefore there is a lot of pressure for Joy to be a success. Lawrence plays the main character…

Editors Choice: Favourite Jennifer Lawrence Film

 Editor-in-Chief Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Though Winter’s Bone was Jennifer Lawrence’s first breakout role, it was Silver Linings Playbook that propelled her to the top of the Hollywood tree. Winning her an Oscar for Leading Actress, Lawrence stars alongside Bradley Cooper (one of many collaborations) and Robert De Niro as a mentally unstable twenty something who…

Oscar Preview: Best Director

Regarded as one of the major awards to win, Best Director is often controversial but has, until recently, been practically inseparable from Best Picture. However last year signaled a major shift in this trend, with Life of Pi director Ang Lee picking up his second Oscar while Ben Affleck, director of Best Picture winner Argo, wasn’t even…

David O. Russell & Jennifer Lawrence for Miracle Mop Film?

It has been reported that David O. Russell is in talks to direct a currently untitled film about Joy Mangano, creator of the Miracle Mop, with rumours that he wants to cast Jennifer Lawrence as the outgoing inventor. The film is still a couple of years away from being out, if it even goes ahead,…

2014: The Year of the Bridesmaids

‘Always the bridesmaid, never the bride’ is a term often used for the unlucky in love, those that often play their part in a ceremonial gathering of acquaintances, witnessing the happiest moment of someone else’s life, a moment that could not have happened without them. For the eternal bridesmaids a spotlight is elusive, within sight…

Oscar Classics: American Hustle (2013)

David O. Russell has done it again. When will this guy get an Oscar? American Hustle follows a con man (Christian Bale), his partner (Amy Adams), his wife (Jennifer Lawrence) and a cop (Bradley Cooper) as they become reluctantly entangled in a complex con full of bluffs, double bluffs, triple bluffs, and lots of corrupt politicians…

American Hustle Wins Big at NYFCC Awards

The New York Film Critics’ Circle Awards were held recently, and David O. Russell’s American Hustle took home Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, with other winners including 12 Years a Slave (Director), All Is Lost (Lead Actor) and Inside Llewyn Davis (Cinematographer). Interestingly, Stories We Tell scooped the documentary prize, while films such as Gravity, Saving Mr. Banks, Captain Phillips,…