Wellington film-maker Fran Walsh now has a Grammy to keep her three Oscar statuettes company. Walsh shared a Grammy with composer Howard Shore and singer Annie Lennox for the song Into the West from Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King. The trio scooped the best song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media category at the top American music awards show in Los Angeles last night. [More]
Month: February 2005
Kirk Honeycutt from the Hollywood Reporter writes: “Asylum” is a psychological thriller without bothering much with psychology. Come to think of it, the thrills are pretty much missing as well. Director David MacKenzie, who received critical plaudits in some quarters in 2003 for “Young Adam,” has thoroughly consulted the Alfred Hitchcock playbook to create the atmosphere and suspense for this tale of (literally) mad love. Certainly Mark Mancina’s score, reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann’s scores for the late master, and numerous images want to put audiences in a Hitchcock frame of mind. It’s hard, however, to imagine Hitchcock even raising an eyebrow over this weak story. [More]
Christopher Lee will attend the “Cinema for Peace” gala at the Berlin Film Festival today (Feb 14). He is participating in this event for the third time in as many years . [BIFF]
Jacquie writes: Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Kiran Shah and Bruce Spence will be attending CollectorMania 7 in Milton Keynes, UK – 29th April to 2nd May 2005. [More]
Fresh from her BAFTA Award win, SAG Award Win and Oscar Nomination Cate Blanchett has just been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work in 2003’s ‘Coffee and Cigarettes’. [ifp.org]
LOS ANGELES (CP) – The late Ray Charles proved to be the sentimental favourite at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, overshadowing most of the other big nominees. Toronto-born Howard Shore won another two Grammys for Lord of the Rings. The first was for best score soundtrack album for Return of the King – his third consecutive year picking up that trophy. [More]