The King's Speech

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 118 minutes

Director: Tom Hooper

Academy Award winner Colin Firth stars alongside the wonderful Helena Bonham Carter and the brilliant Geoffrey Rush in this regal movie about the tribulations of King George VI and his stutter. Based on true events, the tale depicts the King’s relationship with his family, wife (Bonham Carter), and speech therapist (Rush) as he comes to terms with his childhood, the pressures of royalty, and the duties of a King that he thought he’d never have. Easily the best film of 2010/11. Deserved all the awards that it got. Amazing acting, costume, music, screenplay and more. Highly recommended. 

Rating: *****

68th Annual Golden Globe Award Results :-)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - The Social Network

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - Paul Giamatti for Barney’s Version

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Winner - Christian Bale for The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Winner - Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Best Director - Motion Picture

Winner - David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Winner - The Social Network

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Winner - Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me’

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Winner - The Social Network

Best Animated Film

Winner - Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner - In a Better World

Congratulations to all of the winners, as well as the runners up. All nominations were well deserved.

COUNTDOWN TO OSCARS - 42 days

68th Annual Golden Globe Award Nominations :-)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Inception

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, The Kids are All Right, Red, The Tourist

Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network, Colin Firth for The King’s Speech, James Franco for 127 Hours, Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine, Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter

Most Likely to Win - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Deserves to Win - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice, Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone, Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Most Likely to Win - Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Deserves to Win - Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Johnny Depp for The Tourist, Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland, Paul Giamatti Barney’s Version, Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs, Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack

Most Likely to Win - Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right, Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs, Angelina Jolie for The Tourist, Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right, Emma Stone for Easy A

Most Likely to Win - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Deserves to Win - Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Nominees; Christian Bale for The Fighter, Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Andrew Garfield for The Social Network, Jeremy Renner for The Town, Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Most Likely to Win - Christian Bale for The Fighter

Deserves to Win - Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Nominees; Amy Adams for The Fighter, Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech, Mila Kunis for Black Swan, Melissa Leo for The Fighter, Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Most Likely to Win - Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech

Deserves to Win - Mila Kunis for Black Swan

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees; Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, David Fincher for The Social Network, Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech, Christopher Nolan for Inception, David O. Russell for The Fighter

Most Likely to Win - David Fincher, The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Christopher Nolan for Inception

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees; 127 Hours, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Inception

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees; Burlesque ‘Bound to You’, Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’, Country Strong ‘Coming Home’, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ‘There’s a Place For Us’, Tangled ‘I See the Light’

Most Likely to Win - Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’

Deserves to Win - Burlesque  ‘Bound to You’

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees; 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Best Animated Film

Nominees; Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Tangled, Toy Story 3

Most Likely to Win - Despicable Me

Deserves to Win - Despicable Me

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees; Biutiful, The Concert, The Edge, I Am Love, In a Better World

Most Likely to Win - Biutiful

Deserves to Win - Biutiful

The Golden Globe winners are to be announced on 16th January 2011.

Happy New Year :-)

I hope you all had an amazing christmas and are looking forward to 2011.

The start of a new year means one thing only in the world of film - awards ceremonies. The Golden Globes come up on the 16th January, the BAFTA awards on 13th February and the Oscars on 27th February, filling up the first quarter of our year with acting talent. I’m going to be writing lots about the awards ceremonies over the coming months, so I hope you’re ready!!

2011 also sees plenty of mouth-watering new film releases, such as Rabbit Hole, Love and Other Drugs and Tangled. I will be reviewing as many new releases as humanly possible, to spare you from films that suck and urge you to see films that are out of this world. If you’re into movies, this is the blog for you. Without further ado, here are the top 10 films I can’t wait to watch in 2011;

1. The King’s Speech
2. Chalet Girl
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. Biutiful
5. Black Swan
6. Rango
7. True Grit
8. 127 Hours
9. Thor
10. Restless

As excited as you all are about rushing down to the cinema (‘Orange Wednesdays’ I hear you cry!) enjoy the new year celebrations before you get re-glued to a cinema screen. Have a fun start to 2011, let’s make this year an incredible one. 

:-) thanks for reading :-)