The Oscar for Best Art Direction has Inception at 5/2 with Ladbrokes, this looks overpriced with the favourite The Kings Speech expected to scoop other Oscars.
Inception the Leonardo Di Caprio thriller was an innovative and unique film that baffled and confused many cinema goers. Box Offices around the world reported tickets being bought a second time as customers chose to watch the film again in an attempt to find out what really happened. Whether this was in our subconscious …
Annette Bening has been previously nominated on three occasions for an Oscar but the 83rd Academy Awards may well be her year. Her performance in The Kids Are Alright may just edge out Natalie Portman for Black Swan. Benning it may be felt is more deserving having missed out on a statue for Grifters, American Beauty and Being Julia. She is also the better value with bookmakers being on offer at around 11/2 with Bet 365 and Ladbrokes. Three other actresses are nominated…
The Best Picture Oscar looks a two film race between The Social Network and The Kings Speech. Considered to be the Blue Ribbon of all the statues, Academy members nominate and vote for their favourites.
The Social Network won best film at the Golden Globes and may just have the edge over its British rival. Directed by David Fincher it charts the birth of Facebook and the subsequent travails and successes of founder Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow college students. Well received …
Colin Firth's performance as George VI in the critically acclaimed The Kings Speech look likely to give the English actor a first Academy Award. Having already won the Best Actor Golden Globe he looks in pole position for the Oscar and is a worthy favourite with the bookmakers.
James Franco being stuck on a rock by a boulder for hours (127 actually) in the Danny Boyle directed film is Firths main rival for the statue. The other Best Actor nominees are Jesse Eisenberg who…