Slumdog takes Best Picture at Critics’ Choice Awards
No real surprise as Slumdog Millionaire takes top prize (and 4 others) at the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. (Sorry, The Dark Knight fans.) All signs continue to point to Slumdog as the Best Picture favorite. Damn me for not having cable television. I’d would have liked to seen some of these acceptance speeches, especially Kate Winslet’s for her surprise win in the Supporting Actress category. These speeches are make or break for a potential Oscar winner. You’ll see more of them on Sunday at the Not the Oscars… err… Golden Globes. Here are all your Critics’ Choice winners (courtesy of AwardsDaily.com): Best Comedy Movie: Tropic Thunder Best Acting Ensemble: Milk Best Young Actor/Actress: Dev Patel Best Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire Best Action Film: The Dark Knight Best Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire Best Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler...
Read MoreDGA Nominees 2009
And the DGA nominees are: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Gus Van Sant, Milk DGA and PGA match five for five. Will Oscar follow? The last time the two guilds matched up was in 1998, the same year Titanic was named Oscar’s Best Picture. But along the way, Amistad lost out on a Best Picture nod, which instead went to The Full Monty. I find it hard to believe that all five of the pictures listed above can carry their momentum into a Best Picture nomination. The question is which one of the above movies is Amistad? Frost/Nixon, I’m looking in your direction. The Dark Knight fans are celebrating again today, too, as Nolan nabbed a DGA award nomination. (It one a few People’s...
Read MoreWGA Nominees 2009
And the WGA Nominees are: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films...
Read MorePGA Award Nominations 2009
And the PGA nominees are: Slumdog Millionaire Milk Frost/Nixon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight To all of you who keep freaking out over The Dark Knight actually appearing on this list, may I present you with a great big helping of so the f what. The facts are these: The PGA is the group that nominated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Shrek for their top honor in the same year. Quality big money movies get in. It’s certainly good that the producers are backing the picture, but the Directors Guild of America, with the exception of last year, is a better test of a film’s chances. The director’s have gone five for five with Oscar’s Best Picture nominations before (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006), whereas it’s common to see one of the PGA names left off Oscar’s...
Read MoreNY Film Critics pick Milk
It’s not an out-of-left-field choice like LAFCA’s WALL-E pick, but the NYFCC solidifies Milk‘s position as a serious contender in the Best Picture race. It’s also worth noting that Penelope Cruz is sweeping the Supporting Actress awards so far this season. She’s 3 for 3 at with her NBR, LAFCA, and NYFCC wins. Best Picture – Milk Best Director – Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Actor – Sean Penn, Milk Best Actress – Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin, Milk Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Screenplay – Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married Best Cinematographer – Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire Best Foreign Film – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Best Animated Film – WALL-E Best First Film – Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Best Documentary – Man on Wire Official NYFCC...
Read MoreLA Film Critics pick WALL-E
Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E nabbed the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Picture today. In the past 25 years, 4/5 of the picture that received the prize went on to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. My initial guess is that WALL-E will join the ranks of those nomination-less winners of years past. But this certainly gives WALL-E fans a little more hope going into the final month and a half ahead of the Oscar noms announcement. Other 2008 LAFCA winners Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Elegy Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Official...
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