Tag Archives: Hurt Locker

“White Lady Saves the Day” & other honest movie titles

Posted on 11 March 2010 by Jason Best

The red-carpet may have been rolled up for another year, but we’re still chuckling over the spoof movie posters for this year’s Academy Awards list of Best Film nominees. This honest-title poster for The Blind Side is spot on, but … Continue reading →

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2010 Awards | The Battle of the Exes – James Cameron graciously accepts defeat

Posted on 8 March 2010 by Jason Best

James Cameron pretends to strangle ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow after her Best Director victory at last night’s Oscar ceremony capped a trophy-laden evening for The Hurt Locker, as caught in this fabulous pic.  He is pretending… right?!

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Awards Season | The Oscars – Who did win!

Posted on 8 March 2010 by Jason Best

Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker made history at the Oscars last night – Bigelow by becoming the first woman in the 82 years of Academy Awards to win the Oscar for Best Director, and her movie, The Hurt Locker, … Continue reading →

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Awards Season | The Oscars 2010 – Who will win? Who should win?

Posted on 4 March 2010 by Jason Best

Who’s going to scoop the big prizes at this year’s Oscars? The voters’ ballots are all in and the accountants are currently doing the counting. Will James Cameron’s Avatar leave the other contenders feeling blue? Or will Kathryn Bigelow’s The … Continue reading →

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Awards Season | The Baftas – A night of surprises!

Posted on 22 February 2010 by Jason Best

Last night’s Baftas delivered a big shock, didn’t they? No, not Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker triumphing over James Cameron’s Avatar. I mean Vanessa Redgrave curtseying to Prince William! Who would have thought that lefty firebrand Vanessa would be so … Continue reading →

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Awards Season | Glitz, Guilt & Shame: What this year’s Oscar race says about America

Posted on 3 February 2010 by Jason Best

Most of the hullabaloo over this year’s Oscars has so far focused on the Battle of the Exes; the tussle between ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow; between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. It’s a great story: the special-effects driven … Continue reading →

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The Best Movies of 2009

Posted on 30 December 2009 by Jason Best

Vampires, aliens and wizards fought it out at the box office in 2009, but the year at the cinema wasn’t just about blockbusters. Plenty of fine movies reached the screens with much less hype and from places other than Hollywood. … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD : The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow beats the boys at their own game

Posted on 27 December 2009 by Jason Best

As director of gripping Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow will be going head to head with ex-husband James Cameron as Best Director nominees in the Golden Globe awards on January 17th – and probably also at the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-shredding Iraq war movie blows away her macho rivals

Posted on 28 August 2009 by Jason Best

People often make a fuss about Kathryn Bigelow’s status as a female director of action movies as if it’s her gender that makes her special. Yet the remarkable thing about Bigelow isn’t that she’s an action director with breasts, it’s … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Film Festival – Away We Go kicks off the “Sundance of Europe”

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Jason Best

The Edinburgh Film Festival, the longest continually running film festival in the world, kicks off tonight with the UK premiere of Away We Go, a darkly funny road movie comedy from Sam Mendes. Following hard on the heels of his … Continue reading →

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