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would be surprised if it didn t pick up this oscar purely because most of its contenders are weak dream winner fantastic beasts and where to find them i feel this picture has been left out of the academy this year i m not sure whether that s because it arrived a little too early to make a huge impact on the award circuit but it was a great family friendly film with beautiful cinematography and special effects the nominees for best original screenplay are hell or high water la la land the lobster manchester by the sea 20th century women predicted winner manchester by the sea i see why la la land is slated to pick this one up but i do not find it all that original in the organic sense it s a boy meets girl fluffy flick which is great but not ground breaking or challenging in the way manchester by the sea is dream winner the lobster it s honestly just nice to see this little weirdo getting nominated but it s as deserving of best original screenplay as any of the other nominations i mean it s certainly original the nominees for best adapted screenplay are arrival fences hidden figures lion moonlight predicted winner fences i haven t predicted many wins for fences but the screenplay was well produced and authentic dream winner lion having read the book the screenplay is based on i can say this is one of the best book to film adaptations i ve seen in a long while it remains true to its roots and handles the content with sensitivity and respect the nominees for best animated feature are kubo and the two strings moana my life as a zucchini the red turtle zootopia predicted winner moana this is another case where my genuine prediction and my dream winner line up moana was a masterpiece a film aimed at children and families that resonated with adults too dream winner moana children s films that are popular with adults don t come around often especially animated ones but when they do they are a roaring success take frozen for example a deserved win all around the nominees for best film editing are arrival hacksaw ridge hell or high water la la land moonlight the nominees for best visual effects are deepwater horizon doctor strange the jungle book kubo and the two strings rogue one a star wars story predicted winner rogue one a star wars story any star wars film receives unprecedented hype and critical attention and rogue one s visual effects are top notch i believe the cleverly edited additions of characters from a new hope will tip this film into the winning spot dream winner the jungle book i actually had to think really hard about these two my predicted and dream winners are i think probably interchangeable the jungle book didn t do all that well but the visual effects are spectacular the nominees for best makeup and hairstyling are a man called ove star trek beyond suicide squad predicted winner suicide squad this film was an utter shambles and i genuinely feel bad for all the talented actors who put really strong performances to such a weak script but having said that it was beautiful to look at and the makeup especially on the joker harley quinn and the enchantress was a masterpiece dream winner star trek beyond i m biased because i saw this film in 4dx but it was incredible anything sci fi where there s a huge range of species intermingling on a constant and organic basis requires immense amounts of makeup and hairstyling and this most recent star trek franchise does this seamlessly does the academy s silence on scorsese reflects the death of intellectualism in hollywood february 15 2017 february 15 2017 lily wilkins leave a comment looks like someone forgot to invite silence to the party this year after a complete lack of nominations at the golden globes i had high hopes that silence would gain a few nominations for the oscars notably best director for martin scorsese and best supporting actor for andrew garfield whilst andrew garfield enjoys some much deserved recognition for the visceral masterpiece that is hacksaw ridge during this year s award season his role as jesuit priest rodrigues is equally if not more deserving of a nomination silence is the culmination of over two decades of work for scorsese and offers and unflinching and often challenging insight into the religious and political conflict in japan in the 17 th century many critics have suggested that the lack of recognition and disappointing box office performance of the film are caused by the overtly religious message throughout i would agree were it not for the comparative success of hacksaw ridge whilst set in a different time the two stories bear some striking similarities both are about men of faith persisting with the courage of their convictions and belief in the face of extreme adversity both are set in japan both convey overtly religious messages throughout and yet one has received academy recognition and one has not a more likely reason for the snub on silence is that the academy is not interested in taking risks of any kind films like la la land a pretty love letter to hollywood from hollywood were always destined to do well that it would pick up quite so many globes is something i hadn t predicted but it did not surprise me scorsese s silence is a punishing watch it offers no happy ending nor arguably an ending at all you do not end the film feeling uplifted and hopeful as with hacksaw ridge i believe films that are willing to go off formula are often the most rewarding in the long term and this is true of silence i have seen all the nominations for best picture and maintain that silence deserves a place amongst them my disappointing oscar prediction s piece will be up soon critical response to the critical response to x men apocalypse may 20 2016 may 20 2016 lily wilkins 3 comments i can distinctly remember the very first time i picked up a comic book it was september 2007 and i was thirteen years old for some this may be considered a little on the late side but it wasn t the dc marvel hoards that prompted my first visit to the limited edition comics stall in the local indoor market it was gerard way s dark horse umbrella academy series although that series ended in 2013 my love for comic books was born out of my love for way and his band my chemical romance so i m grateful to him and to that series for giving me a passion i have carried with me into adulthood once i d accustomed myself to the reading style of comic books the instalments of umbrella academy weren t enough to satisfy me i went back to that comic book stall and picked up the first comic book with a name i recognised the x men with its many variations and storylines spanning decades there was no shortage of material and i fell in love this backstory my origin story if you will may seem irrelevant and largely it is but i chalk my love of comics up to the wealth of brightly coloured good vs evil narrative i was exposed to through 1980 1990s x men these are themes i identified with most prominently when i went to see x men apocalypse last night i was blown away and i didn t even see it in 3d although i m going to see it in 4dx over the weekend some films are just made for 3d and the action shots in this one are a clear example of that i was so in love with it the colours the nostalgia the nods to the core fan base if it is to be director brian singer s swan song it s a fitting tribute to his unique reboot of the franchise and adequately paves the way for the new younger cast to take over the characters reading other reviews from so called critics i couldn t help but fear there was a little palm greasing from the disney machine disclaimer that s an opinion and not in any way factual please don t sue me corporate lawyer men most of the things the critics are dissing apocalypse for like predictable story lines and a fairly 2d villain are pretty standard marvel superhero movie traits but civil war and avengers age of ultron are held above this criticism apparently not to mention the key fact here films are for fans not for critics just as we can t expect film critics to know the complexities of a multi platform franchise for every film they see we shouldn t ignore the complexities of a franchise with this much backstory apocalypse has given us back some beloved characters that have been woefully neglected in the x men franchise of recent years it s making x men fresh again and bringing in new audiences whilst being meta enough to continue pleasing diehard fans if i were a professional critic i d give it 8 10 but i m not so i ll just say this the critical response to x men apocalypse has been surprising and frankly unjustified if you liked x men days of future past go see this film if you don t like x men and don t want to like x men maybe give it a miss and stick to the predictability of the disney machine s marvel movies at least then you re guaranteed the story tropes and characterisation you know and are apparently not tired of radiohead a moon shaped pool may 9 2016 lily wilkins leave a comment 4 5 yesterday radiohead released their 9th lp through online streaming services excluding spotify so we ll all have to work a bit harder to get ahold of it until the physical release for now moments after release the reviews began pouring in as both small and larger mags and critics scrambled over each other to get their piece out ahead of the curve in my experience and this is an experience shared by many radiohead are never to be judged wholly by the first listen of an album songs that seem to simply blend into one another at first contain many layers and with each new listen through the ear will pick up on a melody here or a clever lyric there that was missed at first with this in mind i provide a disclaimer to this review my opinions are likely to change and i may well post an updated review in 6 weeks after i ve inevitably had the album on repeat in the office as the soundtrack to my day for a month or so tuning in to the bbc 6 listening party i couldn t help feeling a bubble of excitement and the vague sense of belonging that comes from being part of a moment you know will be remembered in your personal history if not in musical history as a whole this was one such moment as the album was introduced as a worldwide listening party and burn the witch the single released earlier this week and first track on a moon shaped pool wriggled its way through my anticipation and the inevitable hype and began to sink in properly where the music video drew some of my concentration away from the sound i could now focus a focus that is always heightened when listening with a view to review my university honed analytical skills were activated and i began to appreciate burn the witch as a comment on society rather than just another vaguely unsettling track from a vaguely unsettling band i won t go through the album track by track radiohead albums work best as complete pieces you wouldn t review a book chapter by chapter unless it s a book of short stories but that doesn t apply here radiohead should be played continuously as a stream of consciousness throughout radiohead maintain their well honed knack for creating a hypnotic waking dream which makes you feel like the protagonist of a drama that probably ends in a horrific car crash after an extended driving through the rain at night to the sound of daydreaming sequence it makes you feel uncomfortable and out of sorts no matter where you are which is particularly disjointing when sitting in a brightly lit office listening through headphones whilst the rest of the world goes on around you in some parts a moon shaped pool sounds like a teenager experimenting with the various novelty buttons on an electric keyboard but they layer sounds with such technical brilliance that it would be sacrilege to accuse them of not knowing exactly what they are doing the album is full of lilts and lulls growing in richness and volume stripping itself back to almost nothing but vocals and a base line and then layering instruments so seamlessly you don t realise you re riding the waves until the track trails off and into the next it would be very easy to accidentally listen to 4 or 4 songs continuously without being able to discern where one ends and another begins which for an album of this magnitude is perfectly reasonable the creative choice to end the album with a remastered version of true love waits is an interesting one whilst the new version has received mostly positive reactions i am left unimpressed there are many arguably much better versions of the song floating around the web if you know where to look especially some well recorded live versions that do much more with the bare bones of the original song than this one perhaps it s a way for radiohead to remind us all that they are a big deal or maybe they re feeling nostalgic whatever the reason it doesn t take away from the fact that this is a good album an interesting experiment and a testament to radiohead s fearless commitment to creativity love them or hate them at least they re not producing the nondescript indie rock that is saturating the market counterfeit electric ballroom 23 04 16 april 26 2016 lily wilkins leave a comment blood sweat tears ok so the blood was down to inappropriate footwear and the tears were mostly a reaction to all the sweat in my eyes but still for those in the know counterfeit are the new ish kids on the block tearing the european rock scene a new one for those not in the know they re still tearing new ones across the continent so go check em out on one of their remaining dates i ve been a fan for a couple of years seeing the band through some lineup shuffles and a rebirth from the darling buds to counterfeit so i decided to go with the whole package the vip experience for an extra couple of quid the band will do your laundry homework and drive you home after the show disclaimer this might not be 100 true but no i got to enter the venue an hour or so early meet the band selfies and signings and then roam the venue aimlessly waiting for the bar to open first up were monarks a british four piece who had as first support the toughest job of the night electric ballroom are notorious for having early stage times with early curfews i guess because the place doubles up as a club even on gig nights so no crowd is likely to be 9pm enthusiastic or 9pm drunk at 7 monarks smashed it though setting the tone for the whole night and converting hundreds of people to their particular brand of good n heavy rock n roll i wanted to get a picture for this article but i was stuck behind some very tall people next came bellevue days this is the kind of band really cool edgy people listen to so you should listen to them if you want to sound cool and edgy as you stand in a bar in soho and talk about all the best new music on the scene they kind of made me feel like i was at a dave matthews band arena show probably because they re destined to be playing arenas in the not too distant 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