Oscar Predictions updated – Now it feels like a race
In August, if you would have asked Oscarwatchers whether or not Inglourious Basterds would be a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar, you would have heard a chorus of “NOs.” What a difference a week makes. After BFCA, HFPA and most shockingly the SAG all nominated Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece for their top honor, it’s safe to say Inglourious Basterds is solidly in the Best Picture race. The Hurt Locker, too, is sweeping nearly every critics group award, making the film a lock for a Best Picture nomination and putting Kathryn Bigelow out in front in Best Director race. Then there’s Up in the Air, a film that seems destined to win Best Picture but curiously missed out on an Ensemble nomination from the SAG. All its primaries grabbed SAG nominations, but its weak supporting cast (compared to the nominated...
Read MoreSAG Award nominees – UP IN THE AIR snubbed
Don’t ask me how it happened, but Up in the Air missed out on a Best Ensemble nomination when the Screen Actors Guild announced the SAG Award nominees this morning. At this point, I’d like to point out that only Braveheart has ever gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars without a SAG Ensemble nomination–and that was the SAG Awards’ inaugural year. One things is for sure: Things are certainly looking up for The Hurt Locker. From AwardsDaily: Best Ensemble An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Nine Precious Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabby Sidibe, Precious Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Jeremy Renner, The Hurt...
Read MoreBFCA nominees – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, NINE lead with 10 nods each
After yesterday’s ridiculous AFI list, it’s nice to see that the Broadcast Film Critics Association is in tune with both Oscar and the culture at large. The BFCA is still a critics group, of course. I wouldn’t bet on seeing all ten of their nominees in the Best Picture race. But any group that doesn’t honor The Hangover automatically carries more clout in the long run. BEST PICTURE Nominees: • Avatar • An Education • The Hurt Locker • Inglourious Basterds • Invictus • Nine • Precious • A Serious Man • Up • Up In The Air Full list after the jump. BEST ACTOR Nominees: • Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart • George Clooney – Up In The Air • Colin Firth – A Single Man • Morgan Freeman – Invictus • Viggo Mortensen – The Road •...
Read MoreAFI Awards 2009 – Best films & TV shows of the year
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS CORALINE THE HANGOVER THE HURT LOCKER THE MESSENGER PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE A SERIOUS MAN A SINGLE MAN SUGAR UP UP IN THE AIR AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS THE BIG BANG THEORY BIG LOVE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS GLEE MAD MEN MODERN FAMILY THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY NURSE JACKIE PARTY DOWN TRUE...
Read MoreTHE HURT LOCKER takes LAFCA prize
Today The Hurt Locker scored its second, and probably most important win so far, this Oscar season. While the Los Angeles Film Critics Association sometimes thinks too far outside the box for Oscar’s taste (see WALL-E‘s win), The Hurt Locker‘s prize here pretty much locks it in for a Best Picture nomination. Even if it doesn’t win the top prize, I’m starting to think Kathryn Bigelow may be the one to beat in the Best Director race. (Sorry, Jason Reitman.) PICTURE: The Hurt Locker Runner-up: Up in the Air DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Runner-up: Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, Séraphine Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, An Education ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Runner-up: Colin Firth, A Single Man SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique, Precious Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Runner-up:...
Read MoreTHE HURT LOCKER takes Best Feature at the Gotham Awards
The Hurt Locker scored the first big win of Oscar season at tonight’s Gotham Independent Film Awards. Last year, Frozen River took its Gotham win all the way to the Oscar red carpet, nabbing a nomination for Best Actress (Melissa Leo) and Best Original Screenplay (Courtney Hunt). With Hollywood player Kathryn Bigelow at the helm of The Hurt Locker (she is James Cameron’s ex-wife, after all), chances are this one will have longer legs. Gotham Award Winners via IndieWire: Best Feature The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, director; Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro, producers (Summit Entertainment)Best Documentary Food, Inc. Robert Kenner, director; Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, producers (Magnolia Pictures) Best Ensemble Performance The Hurt Locker Breakthrough Director Robert Siegel for Big Fan Breakthrough Actor Catalina Saavedra in The Maid Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near...
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