Final 2010 Oscar nomination predictions w/ screenplay guesses
And so D-Day arrives. That of course makes March 7, V-O Day (Victory in Oscarland), but tomorrow is where the fun begins. At 8:30 8:38 a.m. ET tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. It will be the first time in over 65 years that 10 movies will compete for the Best Picture statue. At this point, its damn near impossible to pick all 10. We know The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Precious, Up in the Air, and Inglourious Basterds are locks. But who else? One thing you can always count on is for the Academy to be uncool. Guessing The Hangover or Star Trek, no matter how well they did in the precursors, seems unlikely. Can Up and District 9 even make the list. I’m putting them out...
Read More67th Annual Golden Globes: The Winners – AVATAR takes Drama Picture, Director
After the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Globes, it looks like the Best Picture race is down to Avatar and The Hurt Locker. Here are tonight’s Golden Globe winners. Motion Picture winners… Best Motion Picture, Drama – AVATAR Best Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical – The Hangover Best Director – James Cameron, Avatar Best Actress, Drama – Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Actor, Drama – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Actress, Comedy/Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Actor, Comedy/Musical – Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Foreign Language Film – The White Ribbon Best Animated Feature — Up Best Screenplay – Up in the Air Best Original Score — Michael Giacchino, Up Best Original Song — “The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart Not Motion Picture...
Read MoreBFCA 2010 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners – AVATAR takes 6, Picture & Director for HURT LOCKER
There was only one instance in the past 10 years when the BFCA’s Critics’ Choice Awards Best Picture winner didn’t go home with the Best Picture trophy at the Oscars. That was in 2004 when Sideways beat the eventual Best Picture Oscar winner Million Dollar Baby. Now that The Hurt Locker has won the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, do we finally have a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar? Or is this another critics’ darling that won the award during a foggy season? We’re all pretty certain that Kathryn Bigelow is going to walk away with the Best Director Oscar already. Best Picture may not be that far out of reach. Full list of winners after the jump… BEST PICTURE The Hurt Locker BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia...
Read MoreYear in Review – Best Films of 2009
I saw fewer new movies this year than in any other since I started putting together my top ten lists. That’s not bad news. I just cut out a lot of… well… crap. No, I didn’t see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and no, I didn’t see Sherlock Holmes. I love movies, but what’s the point in watching all the bad when there’s so much good out there. (That doesn’t explain how I ended up seeing Nine, though. Ugh.) The good, in fact, was so good that I could have chosen any one of the 11 pictures on my top 10 list to be the best movie of the year. That’s a testament to the quality of all the pictures listed below. All the films on my list, from Tarantino, Reitman, the Coen brothers, Bigelow and more, may very...
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...
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