2014 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. 12 Years A Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Gravity
4. Her
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. The Wolf of Wall Street
7. Nebraska
8. Dallas Buyers Club
9. Philomena
10. Captain Phillips
Alternates: Saving Mr. Banks, Lee Daniels' the Butler
No Gut, No Glory!: Fruitvale Station

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
2. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
5. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Alternates: Robert Redford, All Is Lost, Joaquin Phoenix, Her
No Gut, No Glory!: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2. Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
3. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
4. Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
5. Judi Dench, Philomena
Alternates: Amy Adams, American Hustle, Brie Larson, Short Term 12
No Gut, No Glory!: Paulina Garcia, Gloria

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
2. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
3. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
4. Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
5. Daniel Brühl, Rush
Alternates: James Gandolfini, Enough Said, Will Forte, Nebraska
No Gut, No Glory!: Sam Rockwell, The Way, Way Back

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave
2. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
3. June Squibb, Nebraska
4. Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' the Butler
5. Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Alternates: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine, Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
No Gut, No Glory!: Lea Seydoux, Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. Frozen
2. The Wind Rises
3. The Croods
4. Monsters University
5. Ernest and Celestine
Alternates: Despicable Me 2, Epic
No Gut, No Glory!: The Fake

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Gravity
2. 12 Years A Slave
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. The Grandmaster
5. Nebraska
Alternates: Rush, Prisoners
No Gut, No Glory!: Lone Survivor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. The Great Gatsby
2. American Hustle
3. Saving Mr. Banks
4. 12 Years A Slave
5. The Invisible Woman
Alternates: Oz: The Great and Powerful, The Book Thief
No Gut, No Glory!: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST DIRECTING
1. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
2. Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
3. David O. Russell, American Hustle
4. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Alternates: Spike Jonze, Her, Alexander Payne, Nebraska
No Gut, No Glory!: Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels' the Butler

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
1. The Act of Killing
2. Stories We Tell
3. The Square
4. Blackfish
5. 20 Feet from Stardom
Alternates: Tim's Vermeer, Cutie and the Boxer
No Gut, No Glory!: Life According to Sam

BEST FILM EDITING
1. 12 Years A Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. Captain Phillips
5. Rush
Alternates: Lone Survivor, Prisoners
No Gut, No Glory!: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
2. The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
3. The Hunt (Denmark)
4. The Great Beauty (Italy)
5. The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Alternates: Two Lives (Germany), Omar (Palestine)
No Gut, No Glory!: An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. American Hustle
2. Dallas Buyers Club
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Alternates: Dallas Buyers Club, The Great Gatsby
No Gut, No Glory!: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. Saving Mr. Banks
2. Gravity
3. The Book Thief
4. 12 Years A Slave
5. All Is Lost
Alternates: Philomena, Rush
No Gut, No Glory!: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "Let It Go", Frozen
2. "Young and Beautiful", The Great Gatsby
3. "Ordinary Love", Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
4. "So You Know What It's Like", Short Term 12
5. "Happy", Despicable Me 2
Alternates: "Last Mile Home", August: Osage County, "My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)", 12 Years A Slave
No Gut, No Glory!: "Get Used to Me", The Sapphires

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Gravity
2. 12 Years A Slave
3. The Great Gatsby
4. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
Alternates: Her, Saving Mr. Banks
No Gut, No Glory!: The Book Thief

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. Lone Survivor
4. All Is Lost
5. Captain Phillips
Alternates: Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim
No Gut, No Glory!: Oblivion

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. Lone Survivor
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. All Is Lost
Alternates: Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave
No Gut, No Glory!: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Gravity
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
3. Iron Man 3
4. Elysium
5. Oblivion
Alternates: Pacific Rim, World War Z
No Gut, No Glory!: Thor: The Dark World

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. 12 Years A Slave
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Philomena
4. Before Midnight
5. August : Osage County
Alternates: Captain Phillips, Blue Is the Warmest Color
No Gut, No Glory!: The Book Thief

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. American Hustle
2. Her
3. Nebraska
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Short Term 12
Alternates: Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station
No Gut, No Glory!: Frozen

2014 Golden Globes Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
12 Years A Slave

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
American Hustle

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Frozen

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Great Beauty

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Amy Adams, American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Spike Jonze, Her

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert, All Is Lost

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Ordinary Love", Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

嫌命長生店 Le magasin des suicides (The Suicide Shop) (2012)

電影名稱：嫌命長生店 Le magasin des suicides (The Suicide Shop)
產地：法國 FRA
上映日期：8 August 2013
觀看日期：15 August 2013
片長：79 Minutes
導演：Patrice Leconte

影評：
死亡是一個概念，沒有在生的人知道它是怎樣的感覺，但已死者又不能復生把這概念正確詮釋。人類作為最具智慧的生物，有著不同的反應及態度面對死亡。有的人很害怕死亡，於是他們會儘量避免任何危險，不讓自己接觸死亡。有的人卻很欣然接受，明白命運是被主宰的，自己既然控制不到，倒不如活在當下。電影並沒有諷刺任何的人，反而對社會上不如意的事作出控訴，但事情的角度無論怎說都是取決於人的思想，電影想透過反面的形式把訊息帶給觀眾(大多是法國人)。電影的開首介紹一間店舖在逆境中依然生存，而且生意愈做愈好，因為店舖所售賣的是自殺的工具。店舖的東主是一個家庭，而且他們確定顧客於購買刑具後會死亡。後來一位新成員加入這個家庭，但新成員並沒有像其他成員一樣那樣熱愛死亡，反而經常把笑容掛在臉上。他希望自己能夠感染身邊的人，但這個城市的人根本任何事情都會杞人憂天，家人也極力反對他的行為及言語。在一段時間後，他的家人終於被感化，同時也回想起自己每天見證其他人的死亡及置其他人於死地，不想再過這些日子的家人們把店舖改裝成餐廳，最後以一首正面的歌曲完結電影。

電影以黑色歌舞喜劇的形式把訊息帶給觀眾，尤其是經濟不景氣的法國。即使現實生活並沒有人因為不幸運的遭遇而厭世，但社會上有很多問題仍不停產生。早前我有兩位好友到了那邊當交換生，發現在其他電影上所看到的不是事實的全部，街上有很多劫匪打劫遊客，到處都是骯髒不憾的地方，很難怪當地居民會有負面情緒。由於個人喜好的關係，我對這電影的評價不會太差，我覺得電影的重點不在於所運用的創意，而是觀眾如何在不同的情節及歌曲中明白人生觀的影響，這也是不同藝術的神奇之處。

評分：
故事：41/50
角色：26/35
效果：11/15
總分：78/100

狂野青春 Spring Breakers (2012)

電影名稱：狂野青春 Spring Breakers
產地：美國 USA
上映日期：15 August 2013
觀看日期：15 August 2013
片長：94 Minutes
導演：Harmony Korine
演出：James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rahcel Korine

影評：
學生時代人人都嚮往放假，經常以為自己上了一學期的課已經很辛苦，假期便是學生們為所欲為的時間。畢竟在香港學生們的壓力非常大，每天的課業考試小測課外活動等都排滿時間表的空位，但踏入社會後的生活其實時間也是不好用的，工作應酬家庭愛情等已經我們忙得不能開交。返回正題，學生們大多會利用假期做自己很想做的事情，以玩樂為大原則；有的卻很「成熟」地想到參加不同的計劃，令自己的履歷表更加精彩；最慘的是那些不知所措的一群，假期便等於浪費時間。我三個階段都經歷過，第一種如果可以做到盡情玩樂當然最好，第二種給我們機會了解自己的未來生活，第三種會令人反思人生的意義，但很容易會往牛角尖不停鑽。電影中的四個女生原本過著第一種的假期，但從中她們會得到不少的得著。四位女生Faith(Selena Gomez飾)、Brittany(Ashley Benson飾)、Candy(Vanessa Hudgens飾)和Cotty(Rachel Korine飾)想著怎樣過自己的春假，她們有的愛派對，有的為過自己的關而參加宗教聚會。Brittany、Candy和Cotty為了春假的旅費而搶劫當地的一間餐廳，四個女生便到了佛羅里達州參與不同的沙灘派對，她們和其他人等之後被警方拘捕，及後得到Alien(James Franco飾)保釋，並向她們說出自己的背景。Faith雖然最得Alien歡心，但在短時間內的不安持續上升，令她獨自折返。Alien帶其他女生到他的家中再深度了解他的生活，並認為Brittany和Candy是他的「靈魂伴侶」，於是便攜同她們到酒吧消遣，但被另一黑社會頭目警告。在兩幫人的鎗戰中，Cotty受了鎗傷並要求返回自己的家，因此只得Brittany和Candy剩下和Alien繼續戰鬥。在最後的復仇戰中，Alien被對手的手下所擊斃，但Brittany和Candy卻成功把在場的其他所有人士殺光，最後在Alien的屍體上留下一個吻後，便駕著一部名貴房車離開該地。

James Franco每年都有很多電影的參與，在導編演方面都很有不同的新意念，不過在實行上則不太穩定。有不少的電影人都認為他需要再找一個新的經紀人，但同時又讚揚他在電影圈的貢獻。他去年的作品包括Lovelace、As I Lay Dying及Child of God，未來他也繼續創作電影的歷史。他在這電影的演出相比他其他作品已經算是不錯，雖然回不到Milk及127 Hours的水平，但他的演出令這位演員給人的感覺重新定位，我尤其記得他自彈自唱的那一幕，不少影評人覺得他的演出異常突出，這也是他正在進步的一個標示。他的下一部推介是Homefront，他的正劇演出一向有水準，所以這電影的成績應該不會太差。Vanessa Hudgens的演藝之路全靠Disney電影High School Musical系列令它有一個好的開始，逐漸由電視女星進軍大銀幕，比起同期的女星發展不算太突出。她的其他作品有Bandslam、Beastly及Sucker Punch，全部都是年青觀眾為主的電影。她在電影的演出很稱職，也沒有過份的賣弄自己，可惜的是四位女星的表現都是差不多，所以她的演出不會令人有很突出的感覺。她的下一部推介是The Kitchen Sink，回歸喜劇演出的她又再次引起年青觀眾的關注。Selena Gomez是歌影視三棲藝人，在去年的樂壇成績卓越，也接拍了這齣電影。她的另一部作品Monte Carlo也是和另外兩位女星合作主演，但這電影的角色較成熟。她在影片的演出戲份雖然少，但仍保持不錯的演出，而且比起她之前的演繹變得更有深度，希望她會放多些時間在電影上發展。她的下一部推介是Rudderless，這是一部音樂片，可能她演出的效果會有畫龍點睛之效。Ashley Benson原本是電視女星，在當紅劇集Pretty Little Liars擔綱，今次是很罕有地參演電影演出，她的成名作為13 Going on 30。她在電影的演出是四位女生最好的，我之前對她沒有認識也被她的演出所吸引，她是一位矚目的年輕女星。她暫時沒有其他的電影演出，只有電視電影及配音的工作，不過她將來會有不少機會的。Rachel Korine是一位不太著名的女演員，她的處女作是Mister Lonely，但向來參與的演出都是一些小型製作，這電影也是她丈夫做導演的。她的演出沒有其他三位女星那般亮眼，因為劇本對她的刻畫較少，沒有很有效地把她從電影中介紹。她的下一部演出為Druid Peak，是一部不錯看的製作，不過我給她的建議是堅持自己的信念，不過需要接洽不同的角色，豐富自己的經驗及打開知名度。

電影的意思其實並不表面，她們四位女生在春假過程當中學會了不少的人生道理，而且這一次的經歷也只是她們人生中很少的部份。導演用這方法表示訊息是很有創意，而編劇也在故事上作出不錯的編排，雖然在角色上的設計有少許不足。在電影中我們看到美國的春假與香港的有很大的分別，說實話我也嚮往在美國渡過春節假期，派對生活和社交都是我有點期待的。我看這電影時有點不明白，但之後卻知道其後的意思，我挺欣賞導演的心思。總體而言，我們如何使用假期其實不用過份探究，只要自己充實開心便足夠，不用太在意其他人的意見。

評分：
故事：44/50
演員：26/35
效果：8/15
總分：78/100

2014 BAFTA Film Awards Nomination

BEST FILM
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
The Selfish Giant

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Paul Wright and Polly Stokes, For Those in Peril
Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations
Kieran Evans, Kelly + Victor
Kelly Marcel, Saving Mr. Banks
Scott Graham, Shell

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Act of Killing
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila
Wadjda

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University

BEST DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón, Gravity
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Bob Nelson, Nebraska

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
Richard LaGravenese, Behind the Candelabra
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniel's the Butler

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years A Slave
Barry Ackroyd, Captain Phillips
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle
Ellen Mirojnick, Behind the Candelabra
Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Michael O'Connor, The Invisible Woman
Daniel Orlandi, Saving Mr. Banks

BEST EDITING
Joe Walker, 12 Years A Slave
Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Dan Hanley and Mike Hill, Rush
Thelma Schoonmaker, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Evelyne Noraz and Lori McCoy-Bell, American Hustle
Kate Biscoe and Marie Larkin, Behind the Candelabra
Maurizio Silvi and Kerry Warn, The Great Gatsby
Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor and Rick Findlater, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor and Candace Neal, Lee Daniel's the Butler

BEST ORIGINAL FILM MUSIC
Hans Zimmer, 12 Years A Slave
John Williams, The Book Thief
Henry Jackman, Captain Phillips
Steven Price, Gravity
Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker, 12 Years A Slave
Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler, American Hustle
Howard Cummings, Behind the Candelabra
Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard, Gravity
Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn, The Great Gatsby

BEST SOUND
Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg and Gillian Arthur, All Is Lost
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro and Oliver Tarney, Captain Phillips
Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro, Gravity
Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay and Greg Orloff, Inside Llewyn Davis
Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler and Frank Kruse, Rush

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould and Nikki Penny, Gravity
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, Iron Man 3
Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro and Nigel Sumner, Pacific Rim
Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach and Roger Guyett, Star Trek into Darkness

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Everything I Can See from Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping with the Fishes

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
Island Queen
Keeping up with the Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View

EE RISING STAR
Dane Dehaan (Films in 2013 include Kill Your Darlings, Devil's Knot and Metallica Through the Never)
George Mackay (Films in 2013 include For Those in Peril, Sunshine on Leith, How I Live Now and Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson)
Lupita Nyong'o (Film in 2013 includes 12 Years A Slave)
Will Poulter (Film in 2013 includes We're the Millers)
Léa Seydoux (Films in 2013 include Grand Central and Blue Is the Warmest Colour)