So, I'll admit it.

I was a little bummed that HOT FUZZ missed out on a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film.

Losing out on the Screenplay one was not a surprise or any kind of upset. SHAUN was never nominated in that category and -hey- it's a cop stroke action stroke comedy film, which in any combination is not a genre usually deemed awards worthy.

And hey, I'm happy to be knocked out of the shortlist by my fine friend Miss Cody, so it's all good.

But I have to say, it was somewhat ironic to be nudged out of Best British Film by Hollywood Action Blockbuster THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. That's just rubbing salt in the wound.

I would have been more than fine with a period drama or chamber piece making the grade along with excellent British films like CONTROL and THIS IS ENGLAND, but BOURNE? A British Film? That's just not cricket, surely?

If LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD or RUSH HOUR 3 has somehow made it into that bracket too, I may have topped myself with a deadly cocktail of Red Bull and Sugar Free Red Bull. Which is a horrible way to go out.

I'm not sure by what criteria BOURNE is more British than FUZZ, aside from a very talented UK director and a major Waterloo Station setpiece, but I don't love the film any less. It was my favourite summer sequel last year by a country mile.

That said, maybe I have a better chance being nominated for Best British Film if I too make a big Hollywood Action Film. I'm not sure how that will work, but I'm willing to make BAD BOYS 3 just to try and woo the BAFTA voters. Expect screeners this time next year.

Anyhow, I'm glad at least that one Paddy Considine action epic made it. And anyway, any blue feelings that lingered after that announcement were blown away by the incredible Cornelius concert I went to last night in Downtown L.A.

Longtime readers will know I am something of a Cornelius nut. I have seen him four times in the UK, once when he supported the Blues Explosion and three times on the Point tour, including the Royal Festival Hall and Glastonbury.

If you happen to be near a city where he's playing on his U.S. tour I can highly recommend. His gigs are like being sucked into the Stargate from 2001 for 90 minutes and sometimes resemble a hard rocking Japanese version of Sesame Street.

Last night was no exception.

Even better, I got to meet the man himself, Keigo Oyamada, who it turns out is a SHAUN fan.



Keigo's English is not great, (Although to quote a friend, his English is better than my Japanese), so it was a trip to see him enthuse about SHAUN by miming the throwing records scene.

I am such a huge fan of his music. We used Count Five Or Six on a SPACED trailer and his remix of The High Llamas in the show.

I also was reminded by his manager (and had clean forgotten) that we had cleared Micro Disneycal World Tour (High Llamas Remix) for SHAUN OF THE DEAD. It was actually the track that we choreographed the opening sequence to on the day of filming.

So if you happen to have that track, play it against the opening titles of SHAUN and see what could have been.

Hopefully one day, I will get to collaborate with the great man. It would be an honour indeed.

If you need further proof of his genius, check out this link to the video for FIT SONG from the Sensuous album.

Fit Song Video - Incredible!

Oh. And here's the rest of his US tour dates.

01-18 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore Auditorium
01-23 Chicago, IL - Metro
01-25 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
01-26 New York, NY - Webster Hall

San Fran people - get down there tonight. Cloverfield can wait til tomorrow...