Film & TV posts
Our 2016 Oscar Predictions
The Oscars are due to be announced on 28 February. Here are our predictions of who will take out this year’s top awards. (You can view the full list of nominees here.)
Nina Kenwood, Marketing managerBest Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett, Carol
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet…
2016 Oscar nominations in books
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
In 1952, Eilis Lacey leaves Irela…
The 25 bestselling DVDs at Readings in 2015
Televised dramas led the way in DVD sales last year with multiple seasons of Un Village Francais, The Fall, and The Legacy all appearing in our top 25. The list also includes some great documentaries, such as Asif Kapadia’s harrowing biopic of powerhouse singer Amy Winehouse. We’re also pleased to note that three of our bestselling DVDs are …
A guide to TV shows to watch this summer
Here’s where I’m coming from – I like good comedies, snappy dialogue, family drama, teen angst, action-packed intrigue, survival-against-the-odds stories, anything that will make me cry and legal dramas. I don’t enjoy procedurals, most cop shows, and reality TV.
My summer viewing guide encompasses the shows I have enjoyed this year, the shows I expect to enjoy in the future, and shows I don’t p…
The best DVDs of 2015
Here are our top ten DVDs of the year, voted for by Readings staff. Displayed in no particular order.
Small Is BeautifulSmall Is Beautiful is a special documentary. Filmed in Portland, Oregon, Australian filmmaker Jeremy Beasley documents the tiny house movement, a grassroots response to the housing affordability crisis that currently affects so many people across the developed world. Beas…
A mid-festival update from MIFF 2015
To date, I’ve seen four films at MIFF, and I’ve adored them all.
I watched three documentaries:…
A quick guide to MIFF 2015
We recommend: The Lobster Runner up: Force of Destiny
Psychological thrillerWe recommend: The Witch Runner up: Sunrise
Book-to-film adaptationWe recommend: Holding the Man Runner up: See all …
What we’re watching at MIFF 2015
As always, there are a ton of American indie films I want to see: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (I’ll cry, I’ll laugh, my heart will be warmed), Sleeping With Other People (sex comedy starring Alison Brie – I’m in), The Over…
MIFF picks for literary lovers
Tasked with writing a profile on author David Foster Wallace for Rolling Stone, David Lipsky joined Wallace on a publicity tour for Infinite Jest. His book, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself is ba…
Watching Game of Thrones with my teenage son
Here is the stark truth:
I am not a fan of fantasy films or novels. I’m well aware that dragons are not real. Gratuitous sex and violence does not please me. I hate anything to do with zombies.And yet, I’ve somehow managed to watch all available seasons of Game of…