The Bearded Trio

The winners of the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards were announced yesterday and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story picked up three awards.  Steven Spielberg's The BFG picked up two and well done to Dave Filoni and the team for Star Wars Rebels for picking up an award for best TV Animated Series. The Saturn Award is the official honor presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The Academy has been voting these awards for three decades. This year's Saturn Awards recipients are: Film: Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture: Doctor Strange Best Science Fiction Film: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Best Fantasy Film: The Jungle Book Best Horror Film: Don't Breathe Best Thriller Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane Best Actor in a Film: Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) Best Actress in a Film: Mary Eizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane) Best Supporting Actor in a Film: John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane) Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Tilda Swinton (Do...

The Saturn Awards are almost upon us.  The awards focus on Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films which often gets overlooked at other awards, especially the big ones.  This year marks the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards and Star Wars and Steven Spielberg are well represented. Rogue One has picked up 11 nominations including best director, best actress and best film music.  In fact Michael Giacchino is represented twice in that category, the other for Doctor Strange.  He will have to go up against the great John Williams who is nominated for The BFG.  In fact Steven Spielberg's The BFG gets 10 nods, one less than Rogue One but it's nice to see the movie getting the recognition it deserves.  Steven Spielberg is in the mix for best director and the late and great Melissa Mathison posthumous gets a nomination for best film screenplay. Dreamworks is represented with a potential award with Trolls in the best animation category but will h...