Anchorman 2: Ron Burgundy's official Goodwood Revival report #stayclassy

It's Ron Burgundy, being sexy of course. #stayclassy

Gravity Trailer - Official Warners Bros. UK

Holy fuck!  This looks totally scary and brilliant all at the same time.  I can't wait!

Man of Steel

A modern day retelling of the Christopher Reeve 1978 classic Superman.

We should all know the story of Supes by now but here is a short synopsis.   Man of Steel is the story of an alien from Krypton who is sent by his parents to Earth as a baby in order to save his race.  We see flashbacks of a time when Kal/Clark was growing up and ostracised from society for being different.  His earth adoptive parents support him and treat him like any other child.  Knowing he is destined for greatness, they teach him to have a strong moral compass and how to harness his super powers.

The story takes off from him as an adult discovering himself for the first time and meeting Lois Lane, the journalist that will change his life.

Many I know that have seen this film didn’t like it at all and many that loved it.  I am one of the people that liked it a lot.  The first hour is a fantastic journey into Krypton.  Russell Crowe, who is internationally lambasted for being acting cardboard, really does shine in the role of Dur El, Kal’s father.  Strong and noble as you would expect from the man that fathers Kal El, his portrayal of the role is touching and stern alike.  And while he is unable to do an accent other than his own, the tone of his voice add the gravitas that the role requires.

Henry Cavill is great casting although his image outweighs his acting talent.  You don’t really get to see him really act.  He is exceptionally good looking and fits the image of the perfect American really well (even though he is from Jersey).  There is a lot of muscle and pec flexing (which is great for me) but not much flexing of the acting muscles sadly.  The real standout exceptional performance is Michael Shannon as General Zod.  I have been a fan of Shannon’s from some time for his roles in Take Shelter (my Take Shelter review being the second highest viewed post on the blog – thanks all!), Bug and Boardwalk Empire.  He epitomises the power crazed Zod just with a twitch of his eyes, his face like thunder.  I think I am in love with Shannon, especially after he did this (very NSFW).

The second half of the film descends into comic book madness and is a fair bit of fun but not to be taken seriously.  It’s not worth watching in 3D as the action sequences are so fast sometimes, it can make you dizzy!

I want Henry Cavill and Michael Shannon for Christmas please Santa!

The Great Gatsby

Baz Lurhman’s epic big screen and budget adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel telling the mysterious tale of Jay Gatsby.

The story is of a torrid love affair between Gatsby (Leo Dicaprio) and Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) and told through the eyes of true friend Nick Carraway (Tobey McGuire).

Gatsby is a man of real mystery, no one has ever really met him.  Stories told are based on hearsay and Carraway gets to meet him by chance.  He discovers a side to the real Gatsby that no one knows, providing his closest ally.

Set in the roaring twenties, we see glamour and true excess of the rich played out in full Lurhman glory.  Its opulent, glorious and extremely sexy.  Lurhman’s visual style plays on these excesses and everything is gilded with gold, filmed from up high to take in the whole party, bright colours and loud music.  Dicaprio fits in this world with extreme precision.  You can drop him in any film, any script and any character and this man will bring him to life perfectly.  While this role is no Oscar winner, Dicaprio does shine in a couple of scenes with Daisy and Nick.

The film falls flat for me though.  It was far too long and sadly as hollow as the rich characters in the film.  It missed the soul of the book.  McGuire and Muilligan were bad casting for Daisy and Nick.  Joel Edgerton was the only real shining star of the film, really going hell for leather as the Daisy’s harsh whore of a husband Tom. 

The sexiness of the book was missing too.  It might win awards for costume design or production but certainly not for acting.

Official Anchorman 2 Trailer

I am in a glass case of emotion right now.  Ron is back and looking sexier than ever.

Say WHAAAAAAAAT?

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek – the one where we suffer the Wrath of Khan.

There is not really a lot I can say about this film and there are a lot of things that are great.  The special effects, the casting, the action.  The script however left a lot to be desired.

There was too much space between each set that it felt like it was the first draft before it’s cut down to the length it should have been.  The film was too long and parts of it noticeably dragged on.  I loved the first film, witty and funny, full of action and suspense.  But this one had all that and stretched it out so the laughs had too much space to breathe.

Alice Eve – you are exceptionally good looking and everything but completely surplus to the requirements of the film.  You don’t see Uhrua flaunting her wares all over the place?  No, because she is smarter than that.  I know the addition of a “fit girl” is for all the fan boys but it needs to be done right and this one was crap (rant over).

Excellent casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan, I could listen to his mesmerising voice all day long.  I just felt he wasn’t menacing enough for me.  He is like a really angry Sherlock.

The film was fun but it was only okay and not as good at the first.

BAFTA 2013 TV Awards: Winners in Full

It was a night of surprises and well deserved winners. 

Highlight of the night for me was the wonderful Olivia Coleman's acceptance speeches.  Cute and childlike, in complete shock at the recognition of her amazing talent.  Perry Grayson looking fabulous in his dress and Romala Garai's refreshingly honest depiction of childbirth.

See them all below, do you like who won or think someone was robbed?


LEADING ACTOR

Ben Whishaw - Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
Sean Bean - Accused (Tracie's Story)
Derek Jacobi - Last Tango in Halifax
Toby Jones - The Girl

 

LEADING ACTRESS

Sheridan Smith - Mrs Biggs
Rebecca Hall - Parade's End
Sienna Miller - The Girl
Anne Reid - Last Tango in Halifax

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Simon Russell Beale - Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown)
Peter Capaldi - The Hour
Stephen Graham - Accused (Tracie's Story)
Harry Lloyd - The Fear

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Olivia Colman - Accused (Mo's Story)
Anastasia Hille - The Fear
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango in Halifax
Imelda Staunton - The Girl

 

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

Alan Carr - Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Ant and Dec - I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Show
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show

 

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

Olivia Colman - Twenty Twelve
Miranda Hart - Miranda
Jessica Hynes - Twenty Twelve
Julia Davis - Hunderby

 

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

Steve Coogan - Welcome to the Places of My Life
Hugh Bonneville - Twenty Twelve
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It
Greg Davies - Cuckoo

 

SINGLE DRAMA

Murder
Everyday
The Girl
Richard II (Hollow Crown)

 

DRAMA SERIES

Last Tango in Halifax
Ripper Street
Scott and Bailey
Silk

 

MINI-SERIES

Room at the Top
Accused
Mrs Biggs
Parade's End

 

CONTINUING DRAMA

EastEnders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Shameless

 

INTERNATIONAL

Girls
The Bridge
Game of Thrones
Homeland

 

FACTUAL SERIES

Our War
24 Hours in A&E
Great Ormond Street
Make Bradford British

 

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
The Plane Crash
The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes
The Secret History of Our Streets

 

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

7/7: One Day in London
Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice

 

FEATURES

The Great British Bake Off
Bank of Dave
Grand Designs
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs

 

REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

Made in Chelsea
The Audience
I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Young Apprentice

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World)
Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special)
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure)
What Killed Arafat? (Al Jazeera Investigates)

 

NEWS COVERAGE

Hillsborough - The Truth at Last (Granada Reports)
BBC News at Ten: Syria
Channel 4 News: Battle for Homs
ITN/Channel 4

 

SPORT AND LIVE EVENT

The London 2012 Paralympic Games
The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder
Wimbledon 2012 - Men's Final

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

The Graham Norton Show
Dynamo Magician Impossible
Have I Got News For You
A League of Their Own

 

COMEDY PROGRAMME

The Revolution Will Be Televised
Cardinal Burns
Mr Stink
Welcome to the Places of My Life

 

SITUATION COMEDY

Twenty Twelve
Episodes
Hunderby
The Thick of It

 

AUDIENCE AWARD

Game of Thrones
Call the Midwife
The Great British Bake Off
Homeland
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Strictly Come Dancing

 

SPECIAL AWARD

Clare Balding

 

BAFTA FELLOWSHIP

Michael Palin

Daft Punk - Get Lucky

I for one am very excited about Daft Punk's comeback and this song is perfect.  Its summery, its funky and I am up all night to get lucky :)

Enjoy!

The Woman

Going through a retro-review stage at the moment, thanks to Netflix!  So enjoy!

A sadistic small town lawyer captures a feral woman from his local woods and decides to “civilise” her with the help of his unhinged family.

I think you can expect what happens in this film, a man (very much the man of the house too) spies a feral woman when he goes hunting one night.  He doesn’t see her as a woman, but as a sexual beast that needs taming.  He hatches a plan to capture her and imprison her in his home.  He get his family to participate in the imprisoning, forcing a big divide in the household.  Father and Son both think and act the same, horrid warped views of women in general.  Mother and Daughter both unable to speak out, oppressed by the patriarch and going along with his disgusting plans.

 

It’s easy to predict what is going to happen off the bat, I knew in the first 5 minutes how this was going to go and felt like I had seen it before.  It was predictable and a bit cheap.  None of the gore was particularly original, casting rather poor although I did like the woman who played The Woman herself.

It could have been so much better and scarier I think but have enough originality to keep me riveted. Can take or leave this one.  It was certainly an improvement from What to Expect When You’re Expecting (I chose The Woman as it was completely opposite to WTEWYE).

What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Lots of couples expecting a baby and how they deal with their relationships during the 9 month gestation period.  Starring Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Matthew Morrison, Elizabeth Banks and Chace Crawford.

Quite possibly the worst film I have ever seen.  90 minutes of crap jokes, terrible pregnancy acting and rubbish script.  It was a lot of pretty people looking great while pregnant.

The only thing I got out of the film was the chance to stare lovingly at Chace Crawford for all of the 10 minutes of his appearance in the film.

Don’t waste time on this one.  I hate Netflix for even suggesting it to me.

BAFTA TV 2013 Nominations: In Full

Well, I am a day late to the party but here is the BAFTA TV nominations for the 2013 awards.
Who are your winners?

Here is a full list of this year's nominees.

Leading Actor
Sean Bean - Accused (Tracie's Story)
Derek Jacobi - Last Tango in Halifax
Toby Jones - The Girl
Ben Whishaw - Richard II (The Hollow Crown)

 

Leading Actress

Rebecca Hall - Parade's End
Sienna Miller - The Girl
Anne Reid - Last Tango in Halifax
Sheridan Smith - Mrs Biggs

 

Supporting Actor

Peter Capaldi - The Hour
Stephen Graham - Accused (Tracie's Story)
Harry Lloyd - The Fear
Simon Russell Beale - Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown)

 

Supporting Actress

Olivia Colman - Accused (Mo's Story)
Anastasia Hille - The Fear
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango in Halifax
Imelda Staunton - The Girl

 

Entertainment Performance

Alan Carr - Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Ant and Dec - I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Show
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show

 

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Olivia Colman - Twenty Twelve
Miranda Hart - Miranda
Jessica Hynes - Twenty Twelve
Julia Davis - Hunderby

 

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Hugh Bonneville - Twenty Twelve
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It
Steve Coogan - Welcome to the Places of My Life
Greg Davies - Cuckoo

 

Single Drama

Everyday
The Girl
Murder
Richard II (Hollow Crown)

 

Drama Series

Last Tango in Halifax
Ripper Street
Scott and Bailey
Silk

 

Mini-Series

Accused
Mrs Biggs
Parade's End
Room at the Top

 

Continuing Drama

Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Shameless

 

International

The Bridge
Game of Thrones
Girls
Homeland

 

Factual Series

24 Hours in A&E
Great Ormond Street
Make Bradford British
Our War

 

Specialist Factual

All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
The Plane Crash
The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes
The Secret History of Our Streets

 

Single Documentary

7/7: One Day in London
Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice

 

Features

Bank of Dave
Grand Designs
The Great British Bake Off
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs

 

Reality and Constructed Factual

The Audience
I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Made in Chelsea
The Young Apprentice

 

Current Affairs

Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special)
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure)
The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World)
What Killed Arafat? (Al Jazeera Investigates)

 

News Coverage

BBC News at Ten: Syria
Channel 4 News: Battle for Homs ITN/Channel 4
Hillsborough - The Truth at Last (Granada Reports)

 

Sportand Live Event

The London 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isle of Wonder
The London 2012 Paralympic Games
Wimbledon 2012 - Men's Final

 

Entertainment Programme

Dynamo Magician Impossible
The Graham Norton Show
Have I Got News For You
A League of Their Own

 

Comedy Programme

Cardinal Burns
Mr Stink
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Welcome to the Places of My Life

 

Situation Comedy

Episodes
Hunderby
The Thick of It
Twenty Twelve

 

Audience Award

Call the Midwife
Game of Thrones
The Great British Bake Off
Homeland
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Strictly Come Dancing

Cloud Atlas

Weeks after watching this film, I am still unable to write a review.

Not because I can't write, I can gas on about most things.  But because Cloud Atlas so so damned confusing.

Supposedly telling many tales of the same crossing paths of destiny over many time frames and eras, I found it confising and unable to tell they story well.

Much like The Time Travellers Wife, the film never really executes the twisty turns of time as well as the imagination can whilst reading the book.

I had hoped the Wachowski Sibling's return to such a large and ambitious project would bring back the former glory of The Matrix, a film so steeped in timeshifts and alternate realities and still able to make sense, that perhaps Cloud Atlas would be spellbinding and mindbending.

Instead I thought it was boring much of the time with so many characters I didn't have enough time to care about and beyond stupid character choices.  Seeing Halle Berry as a White Jewess, Ben Wishaw as a woman, or Hugh Grant as a Japanese pimp (complete with eyes slanted) was all too much of a joke.

All in all, its not for everyone and if you loved book, don't see it.  Actually, no one see it, its crap.

Stoker

Chan-Wook Park's first English speaking film is a story of gothic proportions and tells of a young teenagers sexual awakening after she meets her long lost uncle following the sudden and tragic death of her father.

India Stoker (excellently and subtly played by Mia Wasikowska) is a quiet and meek looking girl.  Harmless looking but don’t let that fool you.  Underneath all that is a meditative girl, one that studies everything and keeps her cards close to her chest.  When her father dies suddenly in a car accident, she holds back on her emotions as her mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) publicly falls to pieces.  Their relationship is not close by any means but when Charles (Matthew Goode) arrives in town for the funeral, that gap between mother and daughter is driven further apart.

Don’t be fooled by the title.  I had expected this would be a modern day Dracula story.  Stoker is more than that.  And sexier than that too. Wasikowska is an absolute gem in this film.  Having only seen her in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (2010), I had no real opinion of her acting talent.  Wasikowska is not a showy actress, there are no theatrics in this film.  She plays out every emotion through her eyes in a way I haven’t seen in a young actor in some time.  And that is the essence of this film.  It’s a really slow burner, you don’t really know where it’s going to sometimes.  But all that time spent painting a bigger picture builds the tension so high that they pay off is immense.

Nicole Kidman may have made some turkeys in her time but she really knows how to act.  She gets the over emotional, yummy mummy, sexy older siren thing down perfectly.  While everyone else is trying to keep their emotions to a minimum, she plays her character loud and melodramatic.  But it suits the story perfectly.

Matthew Goode is fantastic throughout this film and it’s a good chance this will propel him to big things.  While he has been acting solidly for many years now and done some amazing roles (Match Point, A Single Man, Dancing on the Edge), this is the film we have seen him really shine.  As the slightly creepy and sexy uncle Charlie, you want to fancy him but you keep him at arm’s length at all times.  His character draws you in closer and closer until you can’t take any more.  Like Wasikowska, Goode plays Charlie with his eyes. 

Park spends a lot of time with tight close up shots of faces and eyes so you can see each twitch of a muscle or tightening of the eyes.  We see a lot of India’s hands on the piano, lovingly stroking the keys, almost flirting with it.  At times I couldn’t tell if each shot meant something or was overdone.  Sometimes the visuals were stunning and really played well with the slowness of the plot, but at times I wondered if it was trying too hard.  I particularly loved the song on the end credits, Becomes the Colour by Emily Wells.  Beautiful.

Worth a mention but the script was written by none other than the gorgeous actor Wentworth Miller of Prison Break fame.  Not just a pretty face!

By the end of the film, I think the pay-off was worth it and overall makes a quite visually stunning and thoroughly creepy thriller. 

Oscars 2013 - Winners in full

Hi all!

By now you will have seen the winners all over the news, or you may have sat up late to watch the event live.
In case you were in the dark, here is the full winners list!

BEST PICTURE

Argo
Amour

Django Unchained

Les Misérables

Life Of Pi
Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Silver Linings Playbook


BEST DIRECTOR
Life Of Pi - Ang Lee

Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
Amour - Michael Haneke

Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell

Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin



BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Denzel Washington - Flight

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Alan Arkin - Argo

Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook

Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Naomi Watts - The Impossible

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables 

Amy Adams - The Master
Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Sally Field – Lincoln
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ANIMATED FILM

Brave
Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

Wreck-it-Ralph
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Chris Terrio - Argo

Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild 

David Magee - Life Of Pi

Tony Kushner - Lincoln

David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Michael Haneke – Amour
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom

Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

John Gatins - Flight
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Life Of Pi - Claudio Miranda

Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained - Robert Richardson

Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall - Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran

Les Misérables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka

Snow White And The Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Searching For Sugar Man
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers 

How To Survive A Plague
The Invisible War


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORTInocente
Kings Point
Mondays At Racine
Open Heart

Redemption

BEST FILM EDITING

Argo - William Goldenberg

Life Of Pi - Tim Squyres

Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

Lincoln - Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Amour – Austria
Kon-Tiki - Norway

No - Chile

A Royal Affair – Denmark
War Witch - Canada

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
Hitchcock - Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli

Argo - Alexandre Desplat

Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

'Skyfall' from Skyfall

'Before My Time' from Chasing Ice
'Everybody Needs A Best Friend' from Ted
'Pi's Lullaby' from Life Of Pi

'Suddenly' from Les Miserables
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Lincoln
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Paperman
Adam and Dog

Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson In "The Longest Daycare"


BEST LIVE FILM SHORT

Curfew

Asad
Buzkashi Boys

Death Of A Shadow
Henry

BEST SOUND EDITING

Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall

Argo

Django Unchained
Life Of Pi


BEST SOUND MIXING
Les Miserables
Argo
Life Of Pi
Lincoln

Skyfall

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Life Of Pi


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Marvel Avengers Assemble 

Prometheus 

Snow White And The Huntsman 

Star Trek: Into Darkness - Motion poster

Motion posters are the way to go and this is one of the best ones I have seen (and heard).
Benedict Cumberbatch has one sexy voice.....

BAFTAS 2013 - Winners in full

In case you haven't already seen it everywhere, but the Baftas happened in lovely Covent Garden last night.

And here are the winners in full....

BEST FILM
*ARGO Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
LES MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
LIFE OF PI Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
LINCOLN Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker
LES MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
*SKYFALL Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
*BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter
DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin
DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill
JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets
TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
*AMOUR Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
HEADHUNTERS Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
THE HUNT Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
RUST AND BONE Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
UNTOUCHABLE Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun

DOCUMENTARY
THE IMPOSTER Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis
MARLEY Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel
McCULLIN David Morris, Jacqui Morris
*SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
WEST OF MEMPHIS Amy Berg

ANIMATED FILM
*BRAVE Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
FRANKENWEENIE Tim Burton
PARANORMAN Sam Fell, Chris Butler

DIRECTOR
AMOUR Michael Haneke
*ARGO Ben Affleck
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
LIFE OF PI Ang Lee
ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMOUR Michael Haneke
*DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
THE MASTER Paul Thomas Anderson
MOONRISE KINGDOM Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARGO Chris Terrio
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
LIFE OF PI David Magee
LINCOLN Tony Kushner
*SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK David O. Russell

LEADING ACTOR
BEN AFFLECK Argo
BRADLEY COOPER Silver Linings Playbook
*DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Lincoln
HUGH JACKMAN Les Misérables
JOAQUIN PHOENIX The Master

LEADING ACTRESS
*EMMANUELLE RIVA Amour
HELEN MIRREN Hitchcock
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Silver Linings Playbook
JESSICA CHASTAIN Zero Dark Thirty
MARION COTILLARD Rust and Bone

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALAN ARKIN Argo
*CHRISTOPH WALTZ Django Unchained
JAVIER BARDEM Skyfall
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Master
TOMMY LEE JONES Lincoln

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS The Master
*ANNE HATHAWAY Les Misérables
HELEN HUNT The Sessions
JUDI DENCH Skyfall
SALLY FIELD Lincoln

ORIGINAL MUSIC
ANNA KARENINA Dario Marianelli
ARGO Alexandre Desplat
LIFE OF PI Mychael Danna
LINCOLN John Williams
SKYFALL Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANNA KARENINA Seamus McGarvey
LES MISÉRABLES Danny Cohen
*LIFE OF PI Claudio Miranda
LINCOLN Janusz Kaminski
SKYFALL Roger Deakins

EDITING
*ARGO William Goldenberg
DJANGO UNCHAINED Fred Raskin
LIFE OF PI Tim Squyres
SKYFALL Stuart Baird
ZERO DARK THIRTY Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

PRODUCTION DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
*LES MISÉRABLES Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
LIFE OF PI David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
LINCOLN Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
SKYFALL Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock

COSTUME DESIGN
*ANNA KARENINA Jacqueline Durran
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
LES MISÉRABLES Paco Delgado
LINCOLN Joanna Johnston
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Colleen Atwood

MAKE UP & HAIR
ANNA KARENINA Ivana Primorac
HITCHCOCK Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
*LES MISÉRABLES Lisa Westcott
LINCOLN Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou

SOUND
DJANGO UNCHAINED Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
*LES MISÉRABLES Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
LIFE OF PI Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
SKYFALL Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
*LIFE OF PI Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Nominees TBC
PROMETHEUS Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth

SHORT ANIMATION
HERE TO FALL Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
I’M FINE THANKS Eamonn O'Neill
*THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson

SHORT FILM
THE CURSE Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
GOOD NIGHT Muriel d'Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
*SWIMMER Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
TUMULT Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ELIZABETH OLSEN
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
SURAJ SHARMA
*JUNO TEMPLE
ALICIA VIKANDER