tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62702414492922889652024-03-13T10:17:08.979-07:00Oscar ObsessionBrian Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320947185724251602noreply@blogger.comBlogger809125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-2501640316355992372010-01-17T20:31:00.001-08:002010-01-17T20:46:03.218-08:00Golden Globe Awards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWVtcxW-ElE3S5WSLOWr-RAGn56gggtNEBhMsYDnuqL_5midNRQ49Mq4CSXUDM4J2sS_XgHVHelk92ajhMFxmOUs_VBRy0DwDlBiOnKT8z234ouELh614-3lnU-e3_W4xbRAe2GXkEQQ/s1600-h/Avatar-Movie-Making-Of.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427933563869820882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWVtcxW-ElE3S5WSLOWr-RAGn56gggtNEBhMsYDnuqL_5midNRQ49Mq4CSXUDM4J2sS_XgHVHelk92ajhMFxmOUs_VBRy0DwDlBiOnKT8z234ouELh614-3lnU-e3_W4xbRAe2GXkEQQ/s320/Avatar-Movie-Making-Of.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify">The Golden Globes seem to find a way to surprise us every year, and this year was certainly no exception, as James Cameron pulled a double upset taking home the Best Director award over Kathryn Bigelow, who took most of the awards this season, and as a producer for Best Motion Picture - Drama over favorites The Hurt Locker and Up In the Air. This win will guarantee its contendership at the Oscars but it's hard to say if it can still upset Locker at the ceremony itself. We might have to wait for the PGA award to be handed out to have a good idea. Nonetheless, this is a great victory for sci-fi action fans who are still not over the Dark Knight snub. Keeping with the mainstream, it was The Hangover who took home the Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical award, so this will definitely hurt the likes of Nine and It's Complicated. From here, we can only wait for February 2nd when the nominations are announced and until then, we'll keep on speculating. Anyway, here is the complete list of winners:</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Motion Picture - Drama: </strong>Avatar (James Cameron & Jon Landau, producers)</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical: </strong>The Hangover (Daniel Goldberg & Todd Phillips, producers)</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Actor In a Drama: </strong>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Actress In a Drama: </strong>Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Actor In a Comedy/Musical: </strong>Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Actress In a Comedy/Musical: </strong>Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Supporting Actor: </strong>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Supporting Actress: </strong>Mo'Nique - Precious</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Director: </strong>James Cameron - Avatar</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Screenplay: </strong>Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Foreign Language Film: </strong>The White Ribbon</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Animated Film: </strong>Up</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Original Score: </strong>Michael Giacchino - Up</div><div align="justify"><strong>Best Original Song: </strong>''The Weary Kind'' (T Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham) - Crazy Heart</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">What do you think?<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-4159798131018300932010-01-16T04:41:00.000-08:002010-01-16T05:02:43.964-08:00Critics Choice Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9Bl5dPrSR9nT2ueuQwWaVHFVuWt0oy0PHVGSvaf0jfG_3SZ88pG88rL6XptRVb9L-t7sa6GLP7q0uuD9-qsQbyndUr4h1HNjwfvIX-5nsFPSM4GwtLFMlBcIqGgGBFl2Ui2gfGFT6tA/s1600-h/streep-meryl-sandra-bullock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9Bl5dPrSR9nT2ueuQwWaVHFVuWt0oy0PHVGSvaf0jfG_3SZ88pG88rL6XptRVb9L-t7sa6GLP7q0uuD9-qsQbyndUr4h1HNjwfvIX-5nsFPSM4GwtLFMlBcIqGgGBFl2Ui2gfGFT6tA/s320/streep-meryl-sandra-bullock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427318173961521138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Avatar</span> took 6 awards, <span style="font-style: italic;">Inglourious Basterds</span> won 3, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker </span>was named Best Picture of the year but certainly the highlight was this moment when Sandra Bullock stole a kiss from Hollywood's most respected actress Meryl Streep as they both tied for the Best Actress award, respectively for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Blind Side </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">Julie & Julia. </span>Kathryn Bigelow also received the Best Director award, thanking Mark Boal and all the men and women who are currently and have served their country overseas. Boal however did not win the Original Screenplay award, as that was won by Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds. The rest of the winners are listed below and I hope you are all looking forward to tomorrow's Golden Globes. Unfortunately I won't be able to report them live but the awards will be listed as soon as the ceremony's finished.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>Broken Embraces<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary Feature: </span>The Cove<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress (tie): </span>Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side, Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Acting Ensemble: </span>Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Young Actor/Actress: </span>Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Screenplay: </span>Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay: </span>Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Editing: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Score: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Song: </span>''The Weary Kind'' (T Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham) - Crazy Heart<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Art Direction: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Costume Design: </span>The Young Victoria<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Visual Effects: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Sound: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Makeup: </span>District 9<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Action Movie: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Comedy: </span>The Hangover<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture Made for Television: </span>Grey Gardens<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-61490357172272139042010-01-11T19:12:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:26:44.562-08:00Writers Guild of America Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJMg8O0xA0ArQMnysrsqDs0rwPxjxy2msbSCseKie9fEcA-lK-h5OOY8-twvY3F8HOd05FXRSZjVY_rY6Uwgdo1hGAIu01-tX_GChIYmspE-Axx8DXtZoE75XDn24N3lwtYDTCnA-93s/s1600-h/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJMg8O0xA0ArQMnysrsqDs0rwPxjxy2msbSCseKie9fEcA-lK-h5OOY8-twvY3F8HOd05FXRSZjVY_rY6Uwgdo1hGAIu01-tX_GChIYmspE-Axx8DXtZoE75XDn24N3lwtYDTCnA-93s/s320/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425687467710216610" border="0" /></a>The final award Guild revealed their nominees earlier today for Best Original, Adapted and Documentary screenplays of the year. You will see some big surprises in each of the categories, notably in the Original category when James Cameron was named as a nominee for Avatar, widely considered by all to be the weakest point of the film. Not surprisingly in the category we find The Hurt Locker, (500) Days of Summer and A Serious Man with Avatar, and completing the category is The Hangover which is fun because there aren't a lot of raunchy comedies that are recognized for their screenplay. In the Adapted category, we find some of the frontrunners in Up In the Air and Precious. Julie & Julia also makes the cut, and a couple of films surprise here, notably Crazy Heart and yes, Star Trek. No doubt this year technical films will be rewarded a lot more than in the past. Here is the complete list of nominees:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Original Screenplay<br /></span>Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer<br />James Cameron - Avatar<br />Jon Lucas & Scott Moore - The Hangover<br />Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker<br />Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adapted Screenplay<br /></span>Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart<br />Nora Ephron - Julie & Julia<br />Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire<br />Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman - Star Trek<br />Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Documentary Screenplay<br /></span>Richard Trank - Against the Tide<br />Michael Moore - Capitalism: A Love Story<br />Mark Monroe - The Cove<br />Robert Stone - Earth Days<br />Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther & Chuck Sklar - Good Hair<br />Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman - Soundtrack for a Revolution<br /><br />Do you think these films will be nominated at the Oscars?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-42097271499809077102010-01-11T19:05:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:12:38.468-08:00Makeup Shortlist<div style="text-align: justify;">7 films have been named today as the finalists for the 3 spots in the Best Makeup category at the upcoming Academy Award ceremony. Members of the makeup branch will watch 10 min. excerpts from each of the films before making their selections on February 2nd. Here are the films which will be competing:<br /><br /><ol><li>District 9</li><li>Il Divo</li><li>The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</li><li>Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian</li><li>The Road</li><li>Star Trek</li><li>The Young Victoria</li></ol>Which films do you think will make the cut?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-32831012829195784662010-01-07T13:19:00.000-08:002010-01-07T13:53:47.155-08:00Directors Guild of America Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5TopVsEHwaOw8_RySheDdwN0otD9CElqrdpp3hIugsbsc33bjSj3jfzQLsI16rePBV9AvACuZRkvVsb9VK6jJPrYzf_BWmNroscbHMZVnDGEg7eppkh0OHW9wzuSifm26A-Z8ZoFuYQ/s1600-h/200911-omag-lee-daniels-220x312.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5TopVsEHwaOw8_RySheDdwN0otD9CElqrdpp3hIugsbsc33bjSj3jfzQLsI16rePBV9AvACuZRkvVsb9VK6jJPrYzf_BWmNroscbHMZVnDGEg7eppkh0OHW9wzuSifm26A-Z8ZoFuYQ/s320/200911-omag-lee-daniels-220x312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424111915704986690" border="0" /></a>Those of you who were expecting Clint Eastwood to pick up his fourth directing nomination of the decade (he is currently tied with Martin Scorsese and Stephen Daldry with 3 each) or a newcoming director to receive a nomination (Neill Blomkamp, Oren Moverman, Tom Ford or Scott Cooper to name a few), you may be disappointed as all the favorites have been nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Best Director of the year. Kathryn Bigelow is currently the favorite to win for The Hurt Locker as she literally swept the award season in the category. Joining her are James Cameron for the sci-fi epic Avatar, Jason Reitman for the amazing dramedy Up In the Air, Quentin Tarantino for the fan favorite Inglourious Basterds and making history as the first African-American to receive a DGA nomination is Lee Daniels for the family drama Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. If he receives an Oscar nomination, he would be the second African-American in Academy history to be nominated (John Singleton was the first in 1992 for Boyz N the Hood. He was also the youngest to be nominated at 24.) If Bigelow wins she would be the first woman to receive the award so this might be a historic year for directing.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-61257669871258853182010-01-05T08:04:00.000-08:002010-01-05T09:08:46.874-08:00Producers Guild of America Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDJcsjptkby2b9MrNrC2AjZeQmkx4ah7ho8NWkA6kAXgmgHOufAOAdg9gLh7LQpSov5PyMAC6HIAOC1K7E6D1kMMDtNXBhvupn0pR6830OEexsoMnX7_Ldqm4v6xgatRQa-_A6BcRHOY/s1600-h/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDJcsjptkby2b9MrNrC2AjZeQmkx4ah7ho8NWkA6kAXgmgHOufAOAdg9gLh7LQpSov5PyMAC6HIAOC1K7E6D1kMMDtNXBhvupn0pR6830OEexsoMnX7_Ldqm4v6xgatRQa-_A6BcRHOY/s320/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423288693565192610" border="0" /></a>With the Oscars upping their Best Picture nominations from 5 to 10, the Producers Guild of America, usually a very good predictor of the Oscars' Best Picture nominees, went and done the same naming their 10 nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the year award. 3 of the 10 nominees come from the science-fiction world as Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek were included in the list. Last year, The Dark Knight was nominated by the PGA but didn't make the cut when the Oscars announced their nominees (one of the reasons the Academy raised their nominees from 5 to 10 this year). The winner of this award went on to win Best Picture 13 of the last 20 times, notably last year's Slumdog Millionaire (Little Miss Sunshine was the last one to win the PGA award but not Best Picture at the Oscars). Up is the only film to receive 2 nominations, for Producer of the Year and Best Animated Film. Here is the complete list of nominees:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year<br /><br /></span>Avatar - James Cameron & Jon Landau, producers<br /><br />District 9 - Peter Jackson & Carolyne Cunningham, producers<br /><br />An Education - Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey, producers<br /><br />The Hurt Locker - TBA<br /><br />Inglourious Basterds - Lawrence Bender, producer<br /><br />Invictus - Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Lori McCreary & Mace Neufeld, producers<br /><br />Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Lee Daniels, Gary Magness & Sarah Siegel-Magness, producers<br /><br />Star Trek - J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof, producers<br /><br />Up - Jonas Rivera, producer<br /><br />Up In the Air - TBA<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Film of the Year<br /><br /></span>9 - Timur Bekmambetov, Tim Burton, Dana Ginsburg, Jinko Gotoh & Jim Lemley, producers<br /><br />Coraline - Claire Jennings & Mary Sandell, producers<br /><br />Fantastic Mr. Fox - Allison Abbate, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson & Scott Rudin, producers<br /><br />The Princess and the Frog - Peter Del Vecho, producer<br /><br />Up - Jonas Rivera, producer<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary of the Year<br /><br /></span>Burma VJ - Lise Lense-Moller, producer<br /><br />The Cove - Paula <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>DuPré Pesman & Fisher Stevens, producers<br /><br />Sergio - TBA<br /><br />Soundtrack for a Revolution - <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Joslyn Barnes, Jim Czarnecki, Bill Guttentag, Dylan Nelson & Dan Sturman, producers<br /><br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-5670549691345949922010-01-04T07:18:00.000-08:002010-01-04T07:33:53.686-08:00National Society of Film Critics Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVfrA4uMZQGWoOwngbSb26cfsO3LGgoINJarrvhQocuQ8gNLDrxHD4SyRWf2vksZ4yAJ1x5KcymqcHHDac8iBVpLth5jiGH9C9pQ_fh8NtJviB5_i94QZLayHCwRdzcz6ZLxwKB4c78c/s1600-h/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVfrA4uMZQGWoOwngbSb26cfsO3LGgoINJarrvhQocuQ8gNLDrxHD4SyRWf2vksZ4yAJ1x5KcymqcHHDac8iBVpLth5jiGH9C9pQ_fh8NtJviB5_i94QZLayHCwRdzcz6ZLxwKB4c78c/s320/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422904561680452274" border="0" /></a>The awards just keep on coming for Kathryn Bigelow's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker </span>as it picked up yet another Best Picture award from the National Society of Film Critics on Sunday. The society, regrouping critics from the country's top publications, also awarded honors for Bigelow and its star Jeremy Renner as Best Actor. Surprisingly there was a tie in the Best Supporting Actor category, as both Christoph Waltz for <span style="font-style: italic;">Inglourious Basterds </span>and Paul Schneider for <span style="font-style: italic;">Bright Star</span> received the same number of votes for the category. Usually the NSFC winners don't reflect necessarily the Academy Awards but their members are still respected nonetheless. Here is the complete list of winners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Yolande Moreau - Seraphine<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor (tie): </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds & Paul Schneider - Bright Star<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay: </span>Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>Summer Hours<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Nonfiction Film: </span>The Beaches of Agnes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Christian Berger - The White Ribbon<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Production Design: </span>Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-52466044919661978032010-01-01T18:29:00.000-08:002010-01-01T19:01:52.383-08:00Online Film Critics Society Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5EUOHBkHx76B4z3YoeW-29PLFj2TGqrT13Iu6dTFuBKo-zR64zkh9JrmCWMYczJJeEaSMd6uV9-ybp4AMucuR8PpaimWyb61i5VN98xzh9WtwoWNF0bsr7y6s5PlxSr7FSHnBz7spOY/s1600-h/MV5BMTg3MTQ2MjQ0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ1NDI1Mg@@._V1._SY140_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5EUOHBkHx76B4z3YoeW-29PLFj2TGqrT13Iu6dTFuBKo-zR64zkh9JrmCWMYczJJeEaSMd6uV9-ybp4AMucuR8PpaimWyb61i5VN98xzh9WtwoWNF0bsr7y6s5PlxSr7FSHnBz7spOY/s400/MV5BMTg3MTQ2MjQ0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ1NDI1Mg@@._V1._SY140_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421964315409034834" border="0" /></a>The OFCS has released their list of nominations recognizing the year's best in film. The Basterds lead the way with eight nominations ant The Hurt Locker received seven so a big year for war dramas. A pleasant surprise though was the nomination for Best Picture for Up so this will boost its chances somewhat to receive a nomination at the Oscars, making it only the second animated film to be honored that way. You'll notice a lot of the nominees in the acting categories aren't exactly pictured as the favorites for the Oscars but they still gave excellent performances, notably Tilda Swinton for Julia, Jackie Earle Haley for Watchmen and Sharlto Copley for District 9. Anthony Mackie could be gaining ground in the Supporting Actor category with the film's success this season and having seen the film a second time, it could happen. Anyway, here is the complete list of nominees:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture<br /></span>The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />A Serious Man<br />Up<br />Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director<br /></span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br />Neill Blomkamp - District 9<br />James Cameron - Avatar<br />Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor<br /></span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />Sharlto Copley - District 9<br />George Clooney - Up In the Air<br />Joaquin Phoenix - Two Lovers<br />Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress<br /></span>Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds<br />Carey Mulligan - An Education<br />Gabourey Sidibe - Precious<br />Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br />Tilda Swinton - Julia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor<br /></span>Peter Capaldi - In the Loop<br />Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen<br />Woody Harrelson - The Messenger<br />Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker<br />Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress<br /></span>Vera Farmiga - Up In the Air<br />Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air<br />Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds<br />Mo'Nique - Precious<br />Julianne Moore - A Single Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Screenplay<br /></span>Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer<br />Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker<br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br />Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br />Bob Peterson - Up<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay<br /></span>Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9<br />Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop<br />Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br />Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers - Where the Wild Things Are<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary<br /></span>Anvil! The Story of Anvil<br />The Beaches of Agnes<br />Capitalism: A Love Story<br />The Cove<br />Food, Inc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film<br /></span>Broken Embraces<br />Police, Adjective<br />Silent Light<br />Summer Hours<br />The White Ribbon<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature Film<br /></span>Coraline<br />Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />Ponyo<br />The Princess and the Frog<br />Up<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Mauro Fiore - Avatar<br />Trent Opaloch - District 9<br />Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker<br />Robert Richardson - Inglourious Basterds<br />Roger Deakins - A Serious Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Score<br /></span>Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!<br />Michael Giacchino - Star Trek<br />Michael Giacchino - Up<br />Carter Burwell & Karen O. - Where the Wild Things Are<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Editing<br /></span>Alan Edward Bell - (500) Days of Summer<br />Steve R. Moore, John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin - Avatar<br />Julian Clarke - District 9<br />Chris Innis & Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker<br />Sally Menke - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br />What do you think?<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-16736444947634422782010-01-01T10:54:00.000-08:002010-01-01T10:57:07.036-08:00Top 10 films of 2009Happy New Year everybody! Hope your resolutions come to pass this year. With that, here are my top 10 films of the past year:<br /><br />10. Inglourious Basterds<br />9. An Education<br />8. Up<br />7. A Serious Man<br />6. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire<br />5. Antichrist<br />4. Avatar<br />3. The White Ribbon<br />2. The Hurt Locker<br />1. Up In the Air<br /><br />What are your choices?David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-77043179789710320112009-12-21T19:22:00.000-08:002009-12-21T19:30:27.072-08:00Chicago Film Critics Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzcRstQsOs3OkB6yZyxdHlT65XUv8jG6WcRFJO4HkIjSXdRhKHRNAOre8YvMb4DEwGPCpOInIKEiI0PGaurqPmtg6cZwdNmDDKrHTytpGRoM7fBDOj86vLuGrQdhmwWjwSjAtu0mdu3A/s1600-h/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzcRstQsOs3OkB6yZyxdHlT65XUv8jG6WcRFJO4HkIjSXdRhKHRNAOre8YvMb4DEwGPCpOInIKEiI0PGaurqPmtg6cZwdNmDDKrHTytpGRoM7fBDOj86vLuGrQdhmwWjwSjAtu0mdu3A/s400/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417896138070909394" border="0" /></a>Featuring notably the great Roger Ebert, the Chicago Film Critics have named Kathryn Bigelow's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker </span>as Best Picture of 2009. The film swept the awards picking up 5 including awards for Bigelow, its star Jeremy Renner, its writer Mark Boal and cinematographer Barry Ackroyd as well. There are no real surprises in the other categories so we'll see if the winners will come up on top at the Oscars.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is the complete list of winners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Carey Mulligan - An Education<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Screenplay: </span>Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay: </span>Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>The White Ribbon<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature Film: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary: </span>Anvil! The Story of Anvil<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematographer: </span>Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Score: </span>Michael Giacchino - Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most Promising Performer: </span>Carey Mulligan - An Education<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most Promising Filmmaker: </span>Neill Blomkamp - District 9<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-57500357100183053692009-12-17T13:15:00.001-08:002009-12-17T13:15:58.352-08:00Shrek Forever After Trailer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/uUB3tn8e-L4' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/uUB3tn8e-L4'/></object></p><p>Speaking of first trailers, here is the premiere of the fourth installment of the most successful animated franchise, Shrek Forever After. Returning voicing is Mike Myers, Oscar nominee Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas. What do you think?</p></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-33612344604872160542009-12-17T12:55:00.000-08:002009-12-17T13:09:33.568-08:00Screen Actors Guild Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;">Two days after the GG nominations were announced, the SAG went to work and revealed their choices for the year's best work in acting for films and television this year. Perhaps the biggest surprise you'll find is the absence of Julianne Moore in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category, instead we find Diane Kruger from Inglourious Basterds. Will Kruger manage to sneak in the category at the Oscars edging out one of the favorites? We'll have to keep an eye on this one. Here is the list of nominees:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Lead Actor<br /></span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />George Clooney - Up In the Air<br />Colin Firth - A Single Man<br />Morgan Freeman - Invictus<br />Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Lead Actress<br /></span>Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side<br />Helen Mirren - The Last Station<br />Carey Mulligan - An Education<br />Gabourey Sidibe - Precious<br />Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Supporting Actor<br /></span>Matt Damon - Invictus<br />Woody Harrelson - The Messenger<br />Christopher Plummer - The Last Station<br />Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones<br />Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Supporting Actress<br /></span>Penelope Cruz - Nine<br />Vera Farmiga - Up In the Air<br />Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air<br />Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds<br />Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Cast<br />An Education</span> - Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Hurt Locker </span>- Christian Camargo, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inglourious Basterds </span>- Daniel Bruhl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Denis Menochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nine </span>- Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Precious </span>- Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-56483510066394171682009-12-17T12:53:00.001-08:002009-12-17T12:53:46.076-08:00Iron Man 2 Trailer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/J6Olpjl_IrE' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/J6Olpjl_IrE'/></object></p><p>It's finally here! The first official trailer for the return of Tony Stark/Iron Man from director Jon Favreau starring Oscar nominee Robert Downey, Jr. Also returning is Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, and rounding up the cast are Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard and as Whiplash, nominee Mickey Rourke. Is this the box office hit of 2010? What do you think?</p></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-73725182947751953592009-12-16T22:36:00.000-08:002009-12-16T22:42:59.116-08:00Original Song Shortlist<div style="text-align: justify;">The list isn't short with 63 submissions, but here is the complete list of songs eligible for the Academy Awards:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">“All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”<br />“Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”<br />“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”<br />“AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”<br />“Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”<br />“Being Bad” from “Duplicity”<br />“Blanco” from “Fast & Furious”<br />“Brothers in Arms” from “Brothers at War”<br />“Butterfly Fly Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”<br />“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”<br />“Colorblind” from “Invictus”<br />“Depression Era” from “That Evening Sun”<br />“Don’t Walk Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”<br />“Dove of Peace” from “Bruno”<br />“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”<br />“Fly Farm Blues” from “It Might Get Loud”<br />“Forget Me” from “I Love You, Beth Cooper”<br />“God Bless Us Everyone” from “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”<br />“Here” from “Shrink”<br />“Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”<br />“Hoedown Throwdown” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”<br />“I Bring What I Love” from “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love”<br />“I See You” from “Avatar”<br />“(I Want to) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”<br />“If You’re Wondering” from “The Lightkeepers”<br />“Impossible Fantasy” from “Adventures of Power”<br />“Innocent Child” from “Skin”<br />“Invictus 9,000 Days” from “Invictus”<br />“Legendary” from “Tyson”<br />“Let Freedom Reign” from “Skin”<br />“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”<br />“Ma Belle Evangeline” from “The Princess and the Frog”<br />“My One and Only” from “My One and Only”<br />“Na Na” from “Couples Retreat”<br />“Never Knew I Needed” from “The Princess and the Frog”<br />“New Divide” from “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”<br />“New Jersey Nights” from “Adventures of Power”<br />“New York Is Where I Live” from “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”<br />“No Time for Love” from “Simon & Malou”<br />“One Day” from “Post Grad”<br />“Only You” from “The Young Victoria”<br />“Other Father Song” from “Coraline”<br />“Petey’s Song” from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”<br />“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from “Ponyo”<br />“Possibility” from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”<br />“Raining Sunshine” from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”<br />“Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from “Lymelife”<br />“Smoke without Fire” from “An Education”<br />“Somebody Else” from “Crazy Heart”<br />“Stu’s Song” from “The Hangover”<br />“Take It All” from “Nine”<br />“Through the Trees” from “Jennifer’s Body”<br />“Trust Me” from “The Informant!”<br />“Un Bouquet des Violettes” from “New York, I Love You”<br />“We Are the Children of the World” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”<br />“We Love Violence” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”<br />“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”<br />“When You Find Me” from “Adam”<br />“Winter” from “Brothers”<br />“The Word Is Love” from “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!”<br />“You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from “An Education”<br />“You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”<br />“You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from “Old Dogs”<br /><br />The selection committee will receive DVD copies presenting a short clip for each songs and will select their nominees according to the new rules which were submitted earlier this year. Which songs do you think will make the cut?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-91257332792757920772009-12-16T07:01:00.001-08:002009-12-16T07:01:25.054-08:00Robin Hood Trailer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/KSqL9ygBCck' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/KSqL9ygBCck'/></object></p><p>Here is the first trailer for Ridley Scott's next collaboration with Russell Crowe, the retelling ot the story of Robin Hood. The film also stars Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. What do you think?</p></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-65626960883977748342009-12-16T06:59:00.001-08:002009-12-16T06:59:14.852-08:00Alice In Wonderland New Trailer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/gCM4JiJ6B2I' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/gCM4JiJ6B2I'/></object></p><p>Here is yet another trailer for Tim Burton's next film, Alice In Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. What do you think?</p></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-12411814179949337212009-12-15T20:56:00.001-08:002009-12-15T21:06:14.219-08:00Austin Film Critics Awards<span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker</span> continues its winning streak as it took home the Best Picture award at this year's Austin Film Critics awards. A big surprise here is the win by Melanie Laurent for Best Actress in <span style="font-style: italic;">Inglourious Basterds, </span>so we'll see if this is simply a one-time fluke. Here is the complete list of winners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Runners-Up: </span><br />Star Trek<br />Up<br />A Serious Man<br />Up In the Air<br />Avatar<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />District 9<br />Where the Wild Things Are<br />(tie) Moon, The Messenger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary: </span>Anvil! The Story of Anvil<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best First Film: </span>Neill Blomkamp - District 9<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Colin Firth - A Single Man<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Screenplay: </span>Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay: </span>Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Score: </span>Michael Giacchino - Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Breakthrough Artist Award: </span>Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Austin Film Award: </span>Me and Orson Welles<br /><br />What do you think?David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-17318926789237412752009-12-15T07:08:00.000-08:002009-12-15T07:44:29.866-08:00Golden Globes Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsOX55wJMpRAytw6yfjFvPTR7CqFtoSrpmf8dPtTS4UgjnG9nNPznZiChP53VyvKo1yeNKfb3EsNi3LCqQUyLyJjKthrD46pbyfCiYFk0Rffg5V5_k4DZp4DJ1Hvvansd7UmPlCJPdM0/s1600-h/Anna-Kendrick-and-George-Clooney-in-Up-in-the-Air.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsOX55wJMpRAytw6yfjFvPTR7CqFtoSrpmf8dPtTS4UgjnG9nNPznZiChP53VyvKo1yeNKfb3EsNi3LCqQUyLyJjKthrD46pbyfCiYFk0Rffg5V5_k4DZp4DJ1Hvvansd7UmPlCJPdM0/s400/Anna-Kendrick-and-George-Clooney-in-Up-in-the-Air.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415480168416334066" border="0" /></a>Since the awards season begun a lot of Oscar watchers were waiting for this: the announcement of the Golden Globe nominees since it is one of the biggest predictors of the upcoming Oscar nominations. For one thing, I am glad this year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association put only 5 nominees for every category, because it was starting to become overkill with 6-7 nominees per category. Jason Reitman's <span style="font-style: italic;">Up In the Air </span>leads the charge with 6 nominations. We have a few actors who managed to pick up double nominations this year, notably Sandra Bullock with a Best Actress in a Drama for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Blind Side </span>and in a Comedy for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Proposal. </span>Matt Damon was also nominated twice, for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Informant! </span>as a Best actor for Comedy and for <span style="font-style: italic;">Invictus </span>in the supporting category. Finally Meryl Streep picked up, as most people predicted, two nominations in the Best actress in a Comedy category for <span style="font-style: italic;">Julie & Julia </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">It's Complicated, </span>so we can expect her to walk away with that award. A big surprise is the absence of Jeremy Renner in the Best Actor in a Drama category since he picked up a few awards already this season with his film <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker. </span>Here he is replaced by Tobey Maguire (in a powerful performance as well) in <span style="font-style: italic;">Brothers, </span>as the usual suspects complete the category. You may also notice Rob Marshall did not pick up a nomination for directing <span style="font-style: italic;">Nine, </span>so he may be on a slippery slope. Saoirse Ronan is also absent for Best Actress in a Drama for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Lovely Bones, </span>but she's been pretty consistent in awards season so we might see her on Oscar night. Another surprise is Nancy Meyers' nomination for her screenplay of <span style="font-style: italic;">It's Complicated </span>as some major films are bumped from the category, notably <span style="font-style: italic;">Precious, Up </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">An Education. </span>We'll see if that effects the outcome of the screenplay category at the Oscars. A pleasant surprise is to see pretty much everyone's favorite comedy of the year, Todd Phillips' <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hangover </span>nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy. With the DVD release today, a lot of people should get it off the shelves. Anyway, here is the complete list of nominees:<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Motion Picture - Drama<br /></span>Avatar<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Precious<br />Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>(500) Days of Summer<br />The Hangover<br />It's Complicated<br />Julie & Julia<br />Nine<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor In a Drama<br /></span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />George Clooney - Up In the Air<br />Colin Firth - A Single Man<br />Morgan Freeman - Invictus<br />Tobey Maguire - Brothers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress In a Drama<br /></span>Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria<br />Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side<br />Helen Mirren - The Last Station<br />Carey Mulligan - An Education<br />Gabourey Sidibe - Precious<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor In a Comedy/Musical<br /></span>Matt Damon - The Informant!<br />Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine<br />Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes<br />Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer<br />Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress In a Comedy/Musical<br /></span>Sandra Bullock - The Proposal<br />Marion Cotillard - Nine<br />Julia Roberts - Duplicity<br />Meryl Streep - It's Complicated<br />Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor<br /></span>Matt Damon - Invictus<br />Woody Harrelson - The Messenger<br />Christopher Plummer - The Last Station<br />Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones<br />Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress<br /></span>Penelope Cruz - Nine<br />Vera Farmiga - Up In the Air<br />Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air<br />Mo'Nique - Precious<br />Julianne Moore - A Single Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director<br /></span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br />James Cameron - Avatar<br />Clint Eastwood - Invictus<br />Jason Reitman - Up In the Air<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay<br /></span>Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9<br />Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker<br />Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated<br />Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature Film<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<br />Coraline<br />Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />The Princess and the Frog<br />Up<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film<br /></span>Baaria (Italy)<br />Broken Embraces (Spain)<br />The Maid (Chile)<br />A Prophet (France)<br />The White Ribbon (Germany)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Score<br /></span>Michael Giacchino - Up<br />Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!<br />James Horner - Avatar<br />Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man<br />Karen O & Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Song<br /></span>''Cinema Italiano'' (Maury Weston) - Nine<br />''I Want To Come Home'' (Paul McCartney) - Everybody's Fine<br />''I Will See You'' (James Horner, Simon Franglen & Kuk Harrell) - Avatar<br />''The Weary Kind'' (T Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham) - Crazy Heart<br />''Winter'' (U2) - Brothers<br /><br />Do you think these are good picks?<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span></span>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-72532305678622199112009-12-14T19:39:00.001-08:002009-12-14T20:10:29.080-08:00Critics Choice Awards Nominations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTzOHS1YoxuFUL8NwmLkdxMArJYvusEg7xp-Yzi7cZoJ_LK2jZGr0lul99SCGaRxbnCS9B060hTRPyI10dyL4INuIDAofThN-FV5kJoW08rU01Hy-ZqUbcL5CNrvTYHhXxoy9CJD_D5I/s1600-h/PHsgTyvzSxMfww_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTzOHS1YoxuFUL8NwmLkdxMArJYvusEg7xp-Yzi7cZoJ_LK2jZGr0lul99SCGaRxbnCS9B060hTRPyI10dyL4INuIDAofThN-FV5kJoW08rU01Hy-ZqUbcL5CNrvTYHhXxoy9CJD_D5I/s400/PHsgTyvzSxMfww_m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415302651148131986" border="0" /></a>With the Golden Globes nomination announcement coming tomorrow, the Broadcast Film Critics Association has published their nominations for their best in cinema. Leading the way with 10 nominations each are Rob Marshall's <span style="font-style: italic;">Nine</span> and Quentin Tarantino's <span style="font-style: italic;">Inglourious Basterds. </span>Where Tarantino picked up a nomination for Directing, Marshall failed to get one so that may hurt his chances at a nomination come Oscar night, but there's still time to make his case. Although Basterds has the most nominations, it is worthy to note that is the case because the BFCA added new technical categories to reward, for which Tarantino's film dominates particularly. Nonetheless Christoph Waltz looks to be the favorite and it also picked up a nomination for Best Original Screenplay, so it may still make its way into the top 10 come Oscar night. Peter Jackson's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Lovely Bones</span> continues to get snubbed by the critics (this year's Dreamgirls perhaps?) as it failed to get both a Best Picture nomination and for Best Director as well. Still Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci received nominations as they are the strong points from the film, as agreed by most critics, but we'll have a strong idea tomorrow for which films will make the cut. Avatar is starting to get noticed as it received a nomination for Best Picture as well. After winning the NYFCO award, it looks to start becoming a safe bet to make the top 10 but we'll have a better idea in the following weeks.<br /><br />Here is the complete list of nominees:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>Avatar<br />An Education<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Invictus<br />Nine<br />Precious<br />A Serious Man<br />Up<br />Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director<br /></span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br />James Cameron - Avatar<br />Lee Daniels - Precious<br />Clint Eastwood - Invictus<br />Jason Reitman - Up In the Air<br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />George Clooney - Up In the Air<br />Colin Firth - A Single Man<br />Morgan Freeman - Invictus<br />Viggo Mortensen - The Road<br />Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria<br />Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side<br />Carey Mulligan - An Education<br />Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones<br />Gabourey Sidibe - Precious<br />Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor<br /></span>Matt Damon - Invictus<br />Woody Harrelson - The Messenger<br />Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles<br />Alfred Molina - An Education<br />Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones<br />Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress<br /></span>Marion Cotillard - Nine<br />Vera Farmiga - Up In the Air<br />Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air<br />Mo'Nique - Precious<br />Julianne Moore - A Single Man<br />Samantha Morton - The Messenger<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Young Actor/Actress<br /></span>Jae Head - The Blind Side<br />Bailee Madison - Brothers<br />Max Records - Where the Wild Things Are<br />Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones<br />Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Acting Ensemble<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Inglourious Basterds<br />Nine<br />Precious<br />Star Trek<br />Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Original Screenplay<br /></span>Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker<br />Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br />Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer<br />Pete Docter & Bob Peterson - Up<br />Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay<br /></span>Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9<br />Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious<br />Tom Ford & David Scearce - A Single Man<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Nick Hornby - An Education<br />Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography<br /></span>Avatar<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />The Lovely Bones<br />Nine<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Art Direction<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Avatar<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />The Lovely Bones<br />Nine<br />A Single Man<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Editing<br /></span>Avatar<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Nine<br />Up In the Air<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Costume Design<br /></span>Bright Star<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Nine<br />Where the Wild Things Are<br />The Young Victoria<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Makeup<br /></span>Avatar<br />District 9<br />Nine<br />The Road<br />Star Trek<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Visual Effects<br /></span>Avatar<br />District 9<br />The Lovely Bones<br />Star Trek<br />2012<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Sound<br /></span>Avatar<br />District 9<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Nine<br />Star Trek<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature Film<br /></span>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<br />Coraline<br />Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />The Princess and the Frog<br />Up<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Action Movie<br /></span>Avatar<br />District 9<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Star Trek<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Comedy<br /></span>(500) Days of Summer<br />The Hangover<br />It's Complicated<br />The Proposal<br />Zombieland<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Broken Embraces<br />Coco Before Chanel<br />Red Cliff<br />Sin Nombre<br />The White Ribbon<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary Feature<br /></span>Anvil<br />Capitalism: A Love Story<br />The Cove<br />Food, Inc.<br />Michael Jackson's This Is It<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Song<br /></span>''All Is Love'' (Karen O & Nick Zinner) - Where the Wild Things Are<br />''Almost There'' (Randy Newman) - The Princess and the Frog<br />''Cinema Italiano'' (Maury Weston) - Nine<br />''(I Want To) Come Home'' (Paul McCartney) - Everybody's Fine<br />''The Weary Kind'' (T-Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham) - Crazy Heart<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Score<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Michael Giacchino - Up<br />Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!<br />Randy Newman - The Princess and the Frog<br />Karen O & Nick Zinner - Where the Wild Things Are<br />Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-71071048920616893832009-12-14T19:07:00.000-08:002009-12-14T19:39:16.214-08:00New York Film Critics Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GdMB2TvR03tY2CKt0gt82q78qU4-Upscz5NZnzahDBkh4-2IUFXzlFGIhw1Y5_5JxhrfU0R_o9iCrPHr5zRcpfYc7-PNwmaUJQMvPn8G2eFYy3tYGWXGG1nrYasp8NjXQnLpVV-EUPE/s1600-h/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GdMB2TvR03tY2CKt0gt82q78qU4-Upscz5NZnzahDBkh4-2IUFXzlFGIhw1Y5_5JxhrfU0R_o9iCrPHr5zRcpfYc7-PNwmaUJQMvPn8G2eFYy3tYGWXGG1nrYasp8NjXQnLpVV-EUPE/s400/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415300559923935714" border="0" /></a>The Online Critics gave out their awards yesterday as their counterparts from L.A. Today the New York Film Critics Circle agreed with the LAFCA instead of their online critics and awarded their Best Picture award to <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker.</span> With an incredible streak going their way, the film is on its way to become the heavy favorite come Oscar night. Unless other films pick up awards in the upcoming ceremonies (including the prestigious Golden Globe Awards for which the nominations will be announced in just under 10 hours), Kathryn Bigelow's latest war film just seems unstoppable at this point, but there's still a long way to go. Here is the complete list of winners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>George Clooney - Up In the Air & Fantastic Mr. Fox<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay: </span>In the Loop<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematographer: </span>Christian Berger - The White Ribbon<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Film: </span>Fantastic Mr. Fox<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): </span>Of Time and the City<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Film: </span>Summer Hours<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best First Film: </span>Steve McQueen - Hunger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Award: </span>Andrew Sarris<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-39892365171553398892009-12-14T04:13:00.001-08:002009-12-14T04:24:59.041-08:00New York Film Critics Online Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfM7edb6bvtj1YZ6qWiPz34XB0uRl5DV8qiH8fWPzcG_7MrT_CY4ehfLcWwtKko4doreYz35Lp05sZaA_wMKMOC0QJca0pR1pad3JE55PsCE6MNT6WNbQ0Os8FNI1xu5FCpZnf6rAo-6Y/s1600-h/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfM7edb6bvtj1YZ6qWiPz34XB0uRl5DV8qiH8fWPzcG_7MrT_CY4ehfLcWwtKko4doreYz35Lp05sZaA_wMKMOC0QJca0pR1pad3JE55PsCE6MNT6WNbQ0Os8FNI1xu5FCpZnf6rAo-6Y/s400/avatar-james-cameron-movie-1024x576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415064283743951874" border="0" /></a>Having being snubbed by the AFI's top 10 list just a few hours earlier, the NYFCO voted James Cameron's Avatar as Best Picture of 2009. Fans of the visual spectacle will be pleased to see the film finally win an award since it needs to pick up the pace to make the top 10 at the Oscars. With the GG announcement scheduled tomorrow, we'll certainly keep an eye out for it. Here is the complete list of winners as selected by the NYFCO:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>Avatar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay: </span>Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Breakthrough Performer: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Debut Filmmaker: </span>Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Ensemble Cast: </span>In the Loop<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary: </span>The Cove<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>The White Ribbon<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Feature: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Robert Richardson - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Film Music/Score: </span>T-Bone Burnett & Stephen Bruton - Crazy Heart<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-67607695798036670882009-12-13T21:19:00.000-08:002009-12-13T21:22:10.095-08:00AFI Top Ten of 2009<div style="text-align: justify;">Here you can make your debates of which films deserve to make this list, but the AFI has released their list of the 10 best films of 2009:<br /><br /><ol><li>Up</li><li>Up In the Air</li><li>Coraline</li><li>The Hangover</li><li>The Hurt Locker</li><li>The Messenger</li><li>Precious</li><li>A Serious Man</li><li>Sugar</li><li>A Single Man</li></ol>Do you agree with these choices?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-46917629601964846732009-12-13T15:24:00.001-08:002009-12-13T15:34:10.490-08:00Los Angeles Film Critics Awards<div style="text-align: justify;">After winning the Boston FCA earlier, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker </span>also won the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards as the winners were announced just now. Here is the complete list of winners:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker (Runner-Up: Up In the Air)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker (Runner-Up: Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (Runner-Up: Colin Firth - A Single Man)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Yolande Moreau - Seraphine (Runner-Up: Carey Mulligan - An Education)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds (Runner-Up: Peter Capaldi - In the Loop)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious (Runner-Up: Anna Kendrick - Up In the Air)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay: </span>Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air (Runner-Up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animation: </span>Fantastic Mr. Fox (Runner-Up: Up)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>Summer Hours (Runner-Up: The White Ribbon)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best New Generation: </span>Neill Blomkamp - District 9<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Music/Score: </span>T-Bone Burnett & Stephen Bruton - Crazy Heart (Runner-Up: Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Production Design: </span>Philip Ivey - District 9 (Runner-Up: Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg - Avatar)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Christian Berger - The White Ribbon (Runner-Up: Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film (tie): </span>The Beaches of Agnes & The Cove<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Douglas E. Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video: </span>Anders Edstrom & C.W. Winter - The Anchorage<br /><br />A big surprise would be Yolande Moreau for Best Actress as this is the first major award won by the actress. Up's streak may be in jeopardy as Wes Anderson's animated Fox takes the award this time. What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-10701707508558359212009-12-13T14:44:00.001-08:002009-12-13T14:51:23.512-08:00Boston Film Critics Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9csnVsdDrxN1lPOJ3WPTBnYWWaZ18_-c55sURpdZo4tiVXfwjRuHhjZsXlWdjUZ6VwW591eQgvkNo-9dJO9jRT9C-28EQXAczh25NHtAI5J4oCtXMhUITHfo5IWCUE-XyLEeM-bdL0Lk/s1600-h/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9csnVsdDrxN1lPOJ3WPTBnYWWaZ18_-c55sURpdZo4tiVXfwjRuHhjZsXlWdjUZ6VwW591eQgvkNo-9dJO9jRT9C-28EQXAczh25NHtAI5J4oCtXMhUITHfo5IWCUE-XyLEeM-bdL0Lk/s400/the-hurt-locker_1231882171_640w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414855589976607986" border="0" /></a>Kathryn Bigelow's war film <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker</span> continues to gain attention as it sweeped the Boston Film Critics Awards. Not only did it take home the Best Picture honor, it also received awards for Bigelow, its star Jeremy Renner for Best Actor, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. Check out the complete list of winners below:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture: </span>The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Director: </span>Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor: </span>Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress: </span>Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor: </span>Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress: </span>Mo'Nique - Precious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Screenplay: </span>Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Cinematography: </span>Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Documentary: </span>The Cove<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Foreign Language Film: </span>TBA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Film: </span>Up<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Film Editing: </span>Bob Murawski & Chris Innis - The Hurt Locker<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best New Filmmaker: </span>Neill Blomkamp - District 9<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Ensemble Cast (tie): </span>Precious & Star Trek<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Use of Music in a Film: </span>Crazy Heart<br /><br />What do you think?<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270241449292288965.post-14172543753157340822009-12-12T20:19:00.001-08:002009-12-12T20:29:07.744-08:00European Film Awards<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3V-T-3u-pNHF6_msZnHiFCGUFT12tJYd_0zxLzpB8hfSStwstq8gxZZcA7QzkkRk1oeHjW0YP0JAlI_GaBOEH5FB3lwwlH1DjX658ejhZLzGtfB9s8JVWtjCHtyTQDnxMvvKImYGsKI/s1600-h/heneke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3V-T-3u-pNHF6_msZnHiFCGUFT12tJYd_0zxLzpB8hfSStwstq8gxZZcA7QzkkRk1oeHjW0YP0JAlI_GaBOEH5FB3lwwlH1DjX658ejhZLzGtfB9s8JVWtjCHtyTQDnxMvvKImYGsKI/s400/heneke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414570817504820194" border="0" /></a>It looks like Michael Haneke's latest film will be a heavy favorite in the Foreign Language Film category. Indeed, <span style="font-style: italic;">The White Ribbon </span>was named Best European Film by the European Film Academy earlier today and Haneke received awards for Writing and Directing. So far it looks like it's biggest competition is France's submission at the Academy <span style="font-style: italic;">A prophet</span> from director Jacques Audiard. The film took home awards for Best Actor for Tahar Rahim and the Academy Prix D'Excellence for Sound Design. Last year's Oscar winner for Best Picture <span style="font-style: italic;">Slumdog Millionaire </span>won the People's Choice Award and its cinematographer, Anthony Dod Mantle, shared the award for Best Cinematographer for the film and <span style="font-style: italic;">Antichrist</span>. Kate Winslet won for Best Actress for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Reader</span>. Two-time Oscar nominee Alberto Iglesias won the Best Composer award for <span style="font-style: italic;">Broken Embraces.</span> Palme D'Or winner Ken Loach was rewarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award and French actress Isabelle Huppert received the Achievement in World Cinema. What do you think?<br /></div>David Tolentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745723488897042613noreply@blogger.com0