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18 February 2011 3:33 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

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2010 was a strong year for British film-making, as the strength of UK contenders at this week’s Bafta Awards confirmed. Any cursory glance through this year’s Oscar nominations will also confirm the depth of the talent pool that these fair isles can draw from these days- two Best Films, a director, a lead actor, and a best supporting nod for each sex- right now, it’s good to be British. And to walk a horribly over-trodden road, it is clear that Britain really has got talent.

Now back to those two Best Film nominations. Both The King’s Speech and 127 Hours are thoroughly British films: one may have been filmed in London and the other in Utah, but cut them and both would bleed the red, white and blue of the Union Jack. In celebration of the fact, and to draw attention to some of »

- Simon Gallagher

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