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25 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the eleventh race in Germany are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Hungary next weekend on 1st August.

11 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Bulgaria are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Finland on THURSDAY 29th July (a day earlier than usual!).

11 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the tenth race in Silverstone are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Hockenheim on 25th July.

27 / 06 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the ninth race in Valencia are in, including the penalties for the naughty boys driving too fast. Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Silverstone on 11th July.

13 / 06 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighth race in Canada are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Valencia on 27th June.

30 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Portugal are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Bulgaria on 9th July.

30 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the exciting seventh race in Turkey are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Canada on 13th June.

16 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The Monaco scores have been updated to reflect Michael Schumacher's ridiculous penalty for daring to overtake a Ferrari. Check the updated results, see how your team did or enter a new team.

16 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixth race in Monaco are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Turkey on 30th May.

10 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifth race in Barcelona are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Monaco on 16th May.

10 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally New Zealand are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Portugal on 28th May.

19 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Turkey are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is New Zealand on 7th May.

18 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourth race in China are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Barcelona on 9th May.

06 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The JWRC driver lineup has been released, so you can make your selection before teams are frozen for Turkey on the night of 15th April. If you don't pick anyone, you'll get Aaron Burkart by default.

05 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the third race in Malaysia are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is China on 18th April.

03 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Jordan are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Turkey on 14th April.

29 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the second race in Melbourne are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Malaysia THIS WEEKEND on 4th April.

14 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1: The results from the first race in Bahrain are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Australia on 28th March.

09 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1! Yes, there's a brand new Fantasy Formula One game! Check the rules or enter your team by Friday night to qualify for the first race in Bahrain!

08 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Mexico are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Jordan on 1st April.

17 / 02 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The points awarded for a win have changed in the real WRC, so we've reflected the changes in our scoring too. Check the rules to see the details. Next rally is Mexico on 5th March, teams will be frozen at midnight on the night of Thursday 4th March.

16 / 02 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally Sweden are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team.

31 / 01 / 2010
Fantasy Rally: The new rally season is upon us - 2010 Fantasy Rally is now open! Check the rules or pick a team ready for the start on 12th Feb.

25 / 10 / 2009
Fantasy Rally: All previous years' Fantasy Rally results are online - Check the 2009 season.

02 / 08 / 2009
Reviews: Sorry, there won't be any more movie reviews for the foreseeable future. Events have overtaken me. Catch up on reviews you may have missed.

18 / 08 / 2005
Sudoku! Have a go at the online Sudoku game.

The Oscars 2006

Just a bit of fun - my tips for the Oscars and who I'd have voted for if I could. I promise I won't change my predictions after the winners are announced! Last year's attempt went surprisingly well so it can only go downhill from there!

Best Picture

Nominees:
  Brokeback Mountain,
  Capote,
  Crash,
  Good Night, and Good Luck,
  Munich.

My prediction: Brokeback Mountain

My opinion: No contest - Crash.

Was I right? No, but glad to be wrong - the right one took the prize (Crash).

Best Leading Actor

Nominees:
  Philip Seymour Hoffman (for Capote),
  Terrence Howard (for Hustle & Flow),
  Heath Ledger (for Brokeback Mountain),
  Joaquin Phoenix (for Walk the Line),
  David Strathairn (for Good Night, and Good Luck).

My prediction: Philip Seymour Hoffman

My opinion: David Strathairn

Was I right? Yes.

Best Leading Actress

Nominees:
  Judi Dench (for Mrs Henderson Presents),
  Felicity Huffman (for Transamerica),
  Keira Knightley (for Pride and Prejudice),
  Charlize Theron (for North Country),
  Reese Witherspoon (for Walk the Line).

My prediction: Reese Witherspoon

My opinion: Again, no contest - Felicity Huffman for Transamerica. Head and shoulders above the rest.

Was I right? Yes, it's a travesty.

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees:
  George Clooney (for Syriana),
  Matt Dillon (for Crash),
  Paul Giamatti (for Cinderella Man),
  Jake Gyllenhaal (for Brokeback Mountain),
  William Hurt (for A History of Violence).

My prediction: Paul Giamatti.

My opinion: Sacha Baron Cohen for Madagascar, but unsurprisingly he's not nominated. Of the nominees, Clooney, Dillon and Giamatti were all excellent - I'll go for George.

Was I right? Nope, Clooney got that one.

Best Supporting Actress

Nominees:
  Amy Adams (for Junebug),
  Catherine Keener (for Capote),
  Frances McDormand (for North Country),
  Rachel Weisz (for The Constant Gardener),
  Michelle Williams (for Brokeback Mountain).

My prediction: Rachel Weisz

My opinion: Maggie Smith for Keeping Mum. Of those nominated, Rachel Weisz I guess - but I haven't seen Junebug and North Country yet.

Was I right? Yep.

Best Director

Nominees:
  Ang Lee (for Brokeback Mountain),
  Bennett Miller (for Capote),
  Paul Haggis (for Crash),
  George Clooney (for Good Night, and Good Luck),
  Steven Spielberg (for Munich).

My prediction: Ang Lee.

My opinion: Robert Rodriguez for Sin City - of those nominated: Paul Haggis.

Was I right? Oh yes. No surprise.

Best Animated Feature

Nominees:
  Corpse Bride,
  Howl's Moving Castle,
  Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

My prediction: Wallace and Gromit.

My opinion: Madagascar - it's criminal that it's not nominated. Of these three, Wallace and Gromit is the best.

Was I right? Yes - bit of a foregone conclusion that one.

Best Original Screenplay

Nominees:
  Crash,
  Good Night, and Good Luck,
  Match Point,
  Syriana,
  The Squid and the Whale.

My prediction: Crash.

My opinion: Crash - though Match Point was good too.

Was I right? Yes!

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nominees:
  Brokeback Mountain,
  Capote,
  The Constant Gardener,
  A History of Violence,
  Munich.

My prediction: Brokeback Mountain

My opinion: Sin City. Of those nominated - actually, none of them were brilliant, sod 'em.

Was I right? Yes again!

Best Cinematography

Nominees:
  Batman Begins,
  Brokeback Mountain,
  Good Night, and Good Luck,
  The New World,
  Memoirs of a Geisha.

My prediction: Memoirs of a Geisha, provided the Brokeback Mountain train doesn't flatten it.

My opinion: I guess I'll give Brokeback Mountain one nod here.

Was I right? Yes - this was a 5-1 underdog according to the bookie.

Best Special Effects

Nominees:
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
  King Kong,
  War of the Worlds.

My prediction: King Kong.

My opinion: King Kong. Gotta love that ape.

Was I right? Yes, King Kong got the banana as expected.

The Bernard Matthews Award

Turkey of the Year would be Diary of a Mad Black Woman if it had been released over here - but as we were relieved of that pain, it goes to Vin Diesel's slide from cool to cock in The Pacifier. Truly terrible.

Pleasant Surprise of the Year

A joint award this one - two movies that I was expecting nothing from that turned out to be brilliant: Unleashed and The Devil's Rejects.

Brown Pants Award

Scariest movie - gotta be The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Hoo-eee.

Overall results

Same as last year - two wrong from eleven predictions. Just call me the Mystic Monkey.

All done

That's it for another year. What will next year's hits be? Will The Pink Panther be anything other than awful? (Unlikely) Will Superman Returns be the best superhero movie? (Far more likely) See you back here next year.