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“Ben Hur”. “The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King”. “Jack And Jill”. What do these films have in common? Well, the first two swept the Oscars, winning in pretty much every category they were nominated. The Adam Sandler “comedy” is like that, just on the other end of the quality spectrum. Today,Continue Reading

Yawn. That was largely Electroshadow’s reaction to the Oscars this year. The indignation at several underserving and outright baffling nominations/omissions has given way to indifference. And last night’s broadcast did little to change the feeling that the Oscars is slowly becoming a waste of the film lover’s time. Except for the crafting categories, perhaps, whereContinue Reading

There was a time when Adam Sandler was a respected comic actor. Imagine that. The veteran of TV show “Saturday Night Live” made a career out of playing lovable buffoons, and to be fair, excelled at it. The problem started when complacency set in and he appeared to take roles purely for the paycheques ratherContinue Reading

The  Orange British Academy Award 2012, or BAFTAS (or British Academy Of Film & Television Awards if you want to get formal) were held on Sunday night (UK time) at London’s Royal Opera House. The BAFTAs is usually seen as the poorer cousin to the Oscars, but frankly it’s the common sense version of the Oscars.Continue Reading

The Golden Globe Awards is dismissed by cynics as pretentious, irrelevant and not reflective of true filmmaking quality. Well, are the Oscars, or ANY major filmmaking awards show all that different? Even Cannes can be a dud sometimes. So what? I say, any celebration of the creative spirit is a good thing. So, here weContinue Reading

Hong Kong cinema is a curious beast. Highly prolific yet notoriously inconsistent, it’s not uncommon to see world-class gems followed up by embarrassing trainwecks produced by the same people, within the same year. Talk about variety. Overall, the industry is still thriving despite the serious film piracy problem. Most of the financing comes from mainlandContinue Reading

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards is the UK’s answer to the Oscars. Although with the inclusion of TV, it’s really more like the Golden Globes. But way more prestigious. And credible. It’s not uncommon for winners at the BAFTAs to go on to win at the Academy awards, though punters neverContinue Reading