Posts Tagged ‘Inglorious Basterds’

The Hurt Locker locks down on major BAFTA gongs

The Iraq war movie directed by James Cameron’s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow swept six out of its eight nominations in the BAFTA awards Sunday. This easily beat out Cameron’s AVATAR which was its head on competition prior to the event.

Bigelow was the first woman to ever win the best director award for her movie potraying elite [...]

SAGS hail Basterds, Bullock and Bridges

The Screen Actors Guild Awards had just honoured Inglorious Basterds, Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges building the buzz for the upcoming Academy Awards.
Brad Pitt’s (who just broke up with Angelina Jolie) satiric comedy, trumped An Education, Nine, The Hurt Locker and Precious, winning the top film prize awarded by the guild’s 120,000 members. Though Tarantino’s [...]