Hi, @sdedwards89.bsky.social here with this week's #FilmRoundup! Our #filmoftheweek this week is Japanese dystopian coming-of-age disaster movie Happyend. Plus we check out new Pakistanime movie The Glassblower and go on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey ^SE geekybrummie.com/film/film-ro...

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Film Roundup 19/06/2025 Hello, and welcome to the Geeky Brummie Film Roundup! Each week we run you through the biggest new cinema releases and why you should be excited for them. This week: friendly aliens and considerably less friendly zombies... A quick plug before we get into it - this weekend…

Hi, @sdedwards89.bsky.social here with this week's #FilmRoundup! Our #filmoftheweek this week is the live action remake of classic Dreamworks film How To Train Your Dragon. Also on the list: ⚔️Tornado 👩‍👧‍👧Lollipop 📖Jane Austen Wrecked My Life geekybrummie.com/blog/film-ro... ^SE

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The ITV coverage has turned discordantly into Ainsley Harriet and I'm going to bed now.

Between Anora winning Best Picture and the most awards of the night, Flow beating Wild Robot for Best Animation, and I'm Still Here beating Emilia Pérez for International Film, this has been a great year for independent cinema. Will the studios take notice?

My final score is 15/23 - down 2 from last year. Anora won 3 awards that I'd predicted would go elsewhere (Actress, Director and Screenplay) - if I'd had more faith in my favourite film of the year I'd be up by 1.

And yes, Anora wins! It's had a great night, winning 5 of its 6 nominations. Sean Baker is back at the mic shouting out independent cinema. Fantastic to see such an entertaining indie film do so well.

Now for the big one, Best Picture, and Mikey Madison and Sean Baker's wins mean this is very likely to go to Anora

It goes to Mikey Madison! This is huge for her. Another one where I'm happy to be wrong - Anora is having a great night. Madison uses her speech to pay tribute to sex workers.

I'm now going to be just behind my score for last year, which is annoying, even if I get the last two right. Best Actress is next, which I'm projecting for Demi Moore...

Baker wins it, which has to place Anora as the frontrunner for Best Picture. He uses his speech as a rallying cry to revitalise the cinema experience and to wish his mum a happy birthday - a much better speech than Brody's!

Tarantino is on stage to present Best Director. I've called this for Brady Corbet, but I have a feeling it might go to Sean Baker and I'd be happy with that too

Brody gives a heartfelt and erudite speech, although it goes on almost as long as The Brutalist and he has to get the music shut off. He's getting a political bit in at the end though.

Brody wins. Odd that Murphy isn't doing the personal intros like the Supporting nominees had

Best Actor now, which I expect will go to Adrien Brody but Chalamet and Fiennes are nipping at his heels. Cillian Murphy is on stage to present...

Queen Latifah is performing in honour of Quincy Jones. Colman Domingo is on his feet in the middle of the front row in a bright red jacket living his best life. Moving into the big four - director, actor, actress and picture...

The award goes to Daniel Blumberg for his incredible, epic score for The Brutalist. He is visibly nervous in his speech but recovers enough to start singing it along with the music when they start to play him off.

Conan gets a dig in at Trump. Let's see if he tweets about it like he did last year. Original Score is up next, which I think will be a second win for The Brutalist...

Emilia Pérez was probably the favourite to win International Feature, so this suggests a late surge for I'm Still Here - could this point towards a Best Actress win for Fernanda Torres?

International Film next. Will it be I'm Still Here or Emilia Pérez? Or will Flow pull another upset? It goes, very deservedly, to I'm Still Here!

Yep, Lol Crawley wins Cinematography for bringing back VistaVision for The Brutalist.

The Brutalist, ostensibly one of the big contenders of the night, may be about to win its first award this evening for Cinematography. Like Costume Design, the cast of the nominated films are on stage paying tribute to the artists. This format is really working well.

No mention of Trachtenberg, which is a shame, but a really touching eulogy to Hackman from none other than Morgan Freeman.

Now it's time for the In Memoriam section, which will sadly now have to include Gene Hackman and Michelle Trachtenberg.

If I remember correctly, I need to get every remaining category right to equal my score from last year.