Dateless for the Oscars? Feel free to drop by LiC this evening and blab about the show here live. You can lurk and just watch me make a fool of myself or you can chime in with your own comments.
The fun starts around 5 pm Pacific though I may launch a little early to [...]
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Here are the Film Independent Spirit Awards handed out last night. You could see Precious coming a mile away so I’m fine with that, but An Education for Best Foreign Film? I liked the movie just fine, but the competition was A Prophet, Everlasting Moments, Mother and The Maid. An Education is easily the [...]
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I’m on record with how I think Oscar is going to go this year, but who will I be rooting for come Oscar night? Here’s how I’d vote if I was a member of AMPAS:
Picture
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Up
Up in the Air
An Education
Avatar
Precious
The Blind Side
Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Actress: Helen Mirren [...]
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Historically, I’m not great at making Oscar predictions, but I can’t resist doing it. I don’t think there is anything out of the ordinary in my upper ballot predictions, though I know if it really turns out to be a Hurt Locker night as I’m expecting that it will probably also win screenplay.
Down ballot is [...]
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This press release announcing the arrival tomorrow of the Oscar nominated short films on cable for the first time just dropped into my inbox. Check out my thoughts on the animated and live-action shorts and then watch them in the comfort of your own home.
“THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2010″ ARRIVE ON CABLE
Academy’s picks of [...]
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Five foreign films have been nominated for Oscars, but only one can take home the statue. Which will it be? Read on…
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In reverse order, here’s how the votes for the Best Picture Muriel award played out this year.
10. Up in the Air
9. 35 Shots of Rum and
(tie) In the Loop
7. Two Lovers
6. Up
5. Summer Hours
4. A Serious Man
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. The Hurt Locker
And the winner is…Inglourious Basterds!
Here’s how I voted:
1. Summer Hours
2. A Serious Man
3. [...]
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The American Society of Cinematographers has chosen Christian Berger’s work on Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon for outstanding cinematography in 2009.
The final nails in the Avatar Oscar coffin are now being polished.
source: Steve Pond via Twitter
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Muriel picks the best picture of 2009 tomorrow, but over the last couple of days she’s racked up three picks in major categories that definitely go against conventional wisdom and are sure to bunch up more than a few pairs of undies. Though none of them received my first place vote, I like all the [...]
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Ok, you’ve seen how I think the race for the short film Oscars is going to shape up and you’ve maybe even had a chance to see the films yourself. Now head over to Shorts International (the fine folks who’ve brought them to theaters and iTunes for your enjoyment), click on “predict” and vote which [...]
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