The BAFTA's used to be a collection of old luvvies in velvet suits and garrish collars smoking big cigars for the annual backslap of British film. But straight after 911 the Americans stopped coming so the whole thing needed to be rebranded to keep the glamour and encourage the big stars back over the pond. A few guest hosts and the boost the harry Potter films bought to the industry later on the BAFTAS are now the number one awards, prestige wise, outside of America. Avatar, The Hurt Locker and An Education have garnered 8 of the big nominations each at this years event, a fair mixed bag of movies, reflecting the type of audiences cinema needs during ...  Read the complete review

The Bafta's are an award ceremony I used to associate with some sort of credibility. However, over the past few years, they have sunk to levels of depravity, fit only for American award ceremonies. They have become a catwalk, where the art work takes second place to the 'who kissed who' and 'who was wearing what' tabaloid, ignorance. The Bafta's use to be the one voice of reason in the movie industry, but now they symbolise nothing but 'celebrity' and glamour ...  Read the complete review