Sunday, February 23, 2025

SAG Award Winners

The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards winners have been announced on Sunday  February  23, 2025 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. 

Jane Fonda received the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Here’s are the winners:

FILM

Ensemble:

“Conclave”

Female actor in a leading role:

Demi Moore, “The Substance”

Male actor in a leading role:

Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”

Female actor in a supporting role:

Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

Male actor in a supporting role:

Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”

Stunt ensemble:

“The Fall Guy”

TELEVISION:

Drama ensemble

“Shōgun”

Comedy ensemble:

“Only Murders in the Building”

Female actor in a drama series:

Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”

Male actor in a drama series:

Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”

Female actor in a comedy series:

Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Male actor in a comedy series:

Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”

Female actor in a limited series or TV movie:

Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”

Male actor in a limited series or TV movie:

Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”

Stunt ensemble:

“Shōgun”

Congratulations

Monday, February 17, 2025

The Substance

As much as I want to complete my reviews and give my two cents about all the award nominated films, I just can’t force myself to watch this in its entirety.  From what I have seen, which is about 2/3rds, I pretty much figured out that the characters were not going to end up living happily ever after.  Demi Moore is an aging Jane Fondaesque exercise guru who becomes a “Death Becomes Her” elixir client.  Her need to remain young and relevant is severely compromised and the consequences become increasingly gruesome.  I can see why Demi was chosen as the lead, she and Margaret Qualley, as Sue, are well paired.  The most grotesque in this tale of be careful what you wish for is Dennis Quaid.  He’s disgusting.  For those of you who love the horror film genre, have at it.  A full synopsis, including the ending, can be found on Wikipedia—-I don’t want those images running around in my head, so I’ll pass.  Getting old ain’t for sissies. Rating:  2.25⭐️s  

Sunday, February 16, 2025

2025 BAFTA Award Winners (in Bold)

 

Best film

  • Winner: Conclave
  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Emilia Pérez

Outstanding British film

  • Winner: Conclave
  • Bird
  • Blitz
  • Gladiator II
  • Hard Truths
  • Kneecap
  • Lee
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • The Outrun
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Leading actress

  • Winner: Mikey Madison - Anora
  • Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
  • Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
  • Demi Moore - The Substance
  • Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun

Leading actor

  • Winner: Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
  • Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
  • Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
  • Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
  • Hugh Grant - Heretic
  • Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Supporting actress

  • Winner: Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
  • Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez
  • Ariana Grande - Wicked
  • Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
  • Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl
  • Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

Supporting actor

  • Winner: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
  • Yura Borisov - Anora
  • Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
  • Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
  • Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
  • Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Director

  • Winner: The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
  • Anora - Sean Baker
  • Conclave - Edward Berger
  • Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve
  • Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
  • The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Bafta Fellowship

  • Warwick Davis

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

  • Winner: Kneecap
  • Hoard
  • Monkey Man
  • Santosh
  • Sister Midnight

Film not in the English language

  • Winner: Emilia Pérez
  • All We Imagine As Light
  • I'm Still Here
  • Kneecap
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

  • MediCinema, the British charity dedicated to improving the wellbeing of patients in NHS hospitals

Documentary

  • Winner: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
  • Black Box Diaries
  • Daughters
  • No Other Land
  • Will & Harper

Animated film

  • Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • Flow
  • Inside Out 2
  • The Wild Robot

Children's and family film

  • Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • Flow
  • Kensuke's Kingdom
  • The Wild Robot

Original screenplay

  • Winner: A Real Pain
  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • Kneecap
  • The Substance

Adapted screenplay

  • Winner: Conclave
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nickel Boys
  • Sing Sing

EE Bafta rising star award (voted for by the public)

  • Winner: David Jonsson
  • Marisa Abela
  • Jharrel Jerome
  • Mikey Madison
  • Nabhaan Rizwan

Original score

  • Winner: The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
  • Conclave - Volker Bertelmann
  • Emilia Pérez - Camille, Clément Ducol
  • Nosferatu - Robin Carolan
  • The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers

Casting

  • Winner: Anora
  • The Apprentice
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Kneecap

Cinematography

  • Winner: The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu

Costume design

  • Winner: Wicked
  • Blitz
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Nosferatu

Editing

  • Winner: Conclave
  • Anora
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Kneecap

Production design

  • Winner: Wicked
  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Nosferatu

Make-up and hair

  • Winner: The Substance
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu
  • Wicked

Sound

  • Winner: Dune: Part Two
  • Blitz
  • Gladiator II
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

Special visual effects

  • Winner: Dune: Part Two
  • Better Man
  • Gladiator II
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Wicked

British short film

  • Winner: Rock, Paper, Scissors
  • The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
  • Marion
  • Milk
  • Stomach Bug

British short animation

  • Winner: Wander to Wonder
  • Adiós
  • Mog's Christmas