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Lest we forget the cinematographers…

Oh yeah, the American Society of Cinematographers announced this morning too. Love the Deakins Revolutionary Road nod, but I would’ve switched Doubt for The Reader. Oh well, 2 out of 5 still isn’t bad.

Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Roger Deakins and Chris Menges, The Reader
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Anthony Dod [...]

Writers Guild Nominations

Say what you want about critics’ honors, when it comes to Oscar prediction my money is on the guilds. Plus there’s the simple satisfaction of knowing that the guilds are professionals judging the work of their peers rather than some half-assed blogger like me spouting off this or that opinion.
Agree or disagree with the nominations, one has [...]

Trailer: The Hurt Locker

Based on the accounts of journalist Mark Boal, Kathyrn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker takes a soldier’s eye view of the Iraq War in telling the story of an elite Army Explosive Ordinance Team.

With good reviews coming out of Venice and Toronto and appearances on a few Best Unreleased of 2008 lists, could this finally be [...]