The Rush of Giant Monsters and Robots at the BAFTAs

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The expected outpourings of ‘wonderful, super, smashing, luvvie’ are there to see in the BAFTA nominations this year (‘Captain Phillips’, ’12 Years a Slave’, ‘Mandela’, ‘Philomena’, etc) but two nominations caught my eye and made me smile. Daniel Bruhl as Best Supporting Actor in ‘Rush’, and Best Visual Effects for ‘Pacific Rim’.

Both will likely be trounced by establishment films, but both should proudly slap ‘BAFTA Nominated’ on the CV’s. I’m cheering for both of them.