• BAFTA Awards 2018

    Another one of the big ceremonies has come and gone – the BAFTA Awards took place on Sunday, 18 February 2018 in London, UK. This meant that, for once, us Europeans could watch a winter season award without having […]

    Feb 23, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • 10 Films that Critics Loved but Viewers Disliked

    People will never agree with each other – it’s a fact. Their tastes, experiences, levels of education, attention spans and temporary factors that affect the enjoyment one can get from a film all impact their perception of a given […]

    Feb 15, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • The Star Wars Cash Cow

    Star Wars Episode I was the first film – animations excluded – that I distinctly remember watching at the cinema, with my dad. It came out in 1999, 16 years after the Original Trilogy had concluded with Return of […]

    Feb 7, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • 5 Facts About the 2018 Oscars

    The Oscar nominations have finally been announced this week, and save for a few surprising omissions, the list is pretty much as everyone expected it to be. We’re not here to discuss the potential award winners – we’ve had […]

    Jan 27, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • Box Office Earnings and Film Quality

    How can you tell that a film has been successful or not? One of the two easiest ways are either looking at the aggregate scores (on Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes or IMDb) or looking at the amount of box office […]

    Jan 18, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • 5 Highlights from the 2018 Golden Globe Awards

    Either the Globes have been scheduled really early this year, or the Academy Awards have been scheduled really late, but there’s almost two months inbetween the two neighbour awards. The Golden Globes often act as a trend-setter in how […]

    Jan 10, 2018
    Julian A. Leu