All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 18
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CommentGlobes prompt annual sniping
The domestic media has long used Golden Globes week as an excuse to mock The Hollywood Foreign Press Association; but the tide is turning and US studios are increasingly coming round to the huge potential of the international market.
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CommentLessons from Avatar
Mega-blockbusters such as Avatar may be extreme rarities but it serves to remind the industry that while there are big problems yet to be solved; great entertainment and storytelling remain key winning over audiences.
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FeaturesKathryn Bigelow
For many, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker is one of the most tense cinematic experiences of the year, but Bigelow insists she is merely reflecting the real lives of the US bomb-disposal units in Baghdad.“A day in the life of a bomb ‘tech’ in Baghdad, where ...
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FeaturesLee Daniels
“When I read the book [published in 1996], I thought it was just for me,” says Lee Daniels of the novel Push by Sapphire, on which his award-winning film Precious is based.
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FeaturesBest Picture: The gold standards
This year has been an unusually rich season for prestige awards contenders, kicking off as early as the Sundance Film Festival in January when Lee Daniels’ Precious (then called Push) was first seen as well as Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and Oren Moverman’s The Messenger.
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FeaturesWise words
From Up to Inglourious Basterds, The Hangover to A Serious Man, there are some choice, wildly creative original screenplays on offer for awards voters this year. Likewise in the adapted category, films from stage plays, books old and new and foreign-language films are all in contention. Mike Goodridge surveys the ...
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FeaturesAwards Countdown: Original Screenplay
Screen brings you a selection of this year’s potential screenplay awards contenders.
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FeaturesAwards Countdown: Adapted Screenplay
Screen brings you a selection of this year’s potential adapted screenplay awards contenders.
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CommentA Locker full of gold
Despite the difficulties in producing and distributing The Hurt Locker, the heart-pounding Iraq drama is a perfect example of how an independent production can reap the greatest rewards.
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FeaturesStars earn their stripes
With all the year’s films now out of the gate and screening to media, guilds and other awards groups, the complexion of the acting categories has become clearer.Mike Goodridge assesses the hottest contenders at this stage of the race.
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CommentBest Performance By An Avatar
The stars of James Cameron’s Avatar put in such compelling performances as animated blue-skinned aliens that it raises many questions about how actors will work in the future and how that will be recognised.
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CommentBlockbusters kill the movie star
Movies stars have had a tough year with less films being made and falling earnings; now the success of film such as The Hangover, which used a lesser known cast, suggests that star power is losing its pull with younger audiences.
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