Awards

Oh they had us all fooled… Eminem can take a joke really; apparently the gag that Sacha Baron Cohen pulled at the MTV Movie Awards last weekend wasn’t on the Slim Shady star at all, it was on all of us – the stunt was a massive set-up. Read the full story

The MTV Awards wasn’t the industry’s only opportunity to do a bit of back-patting over the weekend; Saturday night saw the third annual Spike TV Guys Choice in Los Angeles. As the name might suggest, this wasn’t exactly a place for chick-flicks – the general theme was boys, bombs and booties… Read the full story

The MTV Awards aren’t exactly the Palme d’Ors, but it would be nice to get to occasional surprise to keep the audience on their toes… Robert Pattinson’s vampire film scooped so many prizes that the ceremony might as well have been renamed The Twilight Hour. Read the full story

Scrap everything you’ve seen already and forget all that’s line-up for the months ahead… We’re not even half way into 2009 yet but Esquire has already named the years ‘most important movie’ – The Road, a post-apocalyptic tale of a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son on a mission for salvation in an unrecognisable America. Read the full story

Film festivals are so popular these days that even your gran’s living room probably hosts one. That’s not to say they’re not worthwhile though. Since tickets to the likes of Cannes are harder to come by than an English language Palm d’Or winner, the smaller festivals provide a great opportunity to view screenings of hidden treasures and hits of the future – not to mention a place to enter work yourself. Read the full story

Slumdog Millionaire might have been unstoppable during award season, but can it compete with Twilight? Danny Boyle’s latest work has the unfortunate task of going head to head with Robert Pattinson at this year’s MTV Movie Awards. Read the full story

It’s the time of year when the film industry start packing their beachwear and cheque books and heading to the French Riviera – the 62nd Cannes Film Festival is upon us. Read the full story