Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Fresh off Moon winning the Michael Powell Award for the Best New British Feature at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, ScreenDaily spoke to Duncan Jones who confirms his next project is the sci-fi mystery-thriller Mute, a UK/German co-production budgeted at $25 million (roughly five times the budget of Moon).
According to Jones, “Mute is about [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival wrapped up this evening with the awards: Wah Do Dem and Those Who Remain took the Target Filmmaker Narrative and Documentary awards, while The Stoning of Soraya M., Born Without and Soul Power took the audience prizes.
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Nikki Finke just posted a release from a press conference given this morning in Beverly Hills where Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced that next year’s Oscars would feature 10 nominees for best picture.
This was the practice up through the 1943 ceremony, but why are they returning to it? It [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
It’s not the trailer that pops into my mind when I think of great trailers of the past year (not sure I can think of one that does), but I have to admit that the Star Trek trailer did its job in making me want to see a movie I was otherwise deeply skeptical about. [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
LiC favorite Carter Burwell has somehow managed to avoid getting a single Oscar nomination for the nearly 70 feature film scores he’s composed in the last 25 years, but tonight his peers in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers saw fit to award him a career achievement award at the 24th Film and [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
At the David di Donatello Awards Friday evening, Matteo Garrone’s critically acclaimed mafia film Gomorrah took home seven golden Davids, including best film, director and screenplay. Though Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo also won seven of Italy’s top film prizes, including best actor Tony Servillo, best supporting actress Piera Degli Espositi and best director of photography, [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Trouble the Water on the red carpet.
I love how the cameras just can’t help cutting away to Miley friggin’ Cyrus.
Though it lost the Oscar on Sunday night to Man on Wire, filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin and subjects Kimberly and Scott Roberts can be proud that the world was introduced to their terrific documentary [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
This seems to take forever to load before it streams properly and the quality isn’t great, but it’s better than the one I found on YouTube. As always with Trailer Addict, it works best if you hit play, then press pause and wait for the meter to fill up before playing:
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
It felt like a fairly predictable year so my 18/24 in the Oscar polling is nothing to write home about. I stiffed all the short categories (maybe I should’ve at least read the synopses if I wasn’t going to actually see the shorts?) and I missed score, foreign film and sound editing. I got the [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The 2007 Muriels
Nyoinks, I’m going to take a lot of crap for this one.
Until this moment I completely forgot I didn’t vote for Mickey Rourke…but we’ll get to that in a moment.
First, please enjoy another edition of the Muriel Also-Rans including my argument for Penelope Cruz.
And now, the Best Male Lead Performance. Like Supporting Male [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Film Independent handed out the Indie Spirit Awards this evening in Santa Monica for the best films produced for under $20 million. I’m especially glad to see some of the love for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Synecdoche, New York but even most of the winners I didn’t pick are worthy. Nice to see In Search [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Another 2007 Muriel Poster
First up for the Muriels tonight is another group of Also-Rans, this time in the performance categories.
Next is Muriel’s pick for the Best Female Lead Performance. Here how I voted:
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Will Slumdog win this many?
The Oscars are on Sunday so it’s time for me to take a stand and make some predictions. Here’s a list of all the nominees with my pick for the winner followed by who I’m actually rooting for.
Feel free to make your own predictions in the comment thread. There’s no official [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
From the 2007 Muriels
Tonight’s Muriel also includes the first look at this year’s Also-Rans where enthusiastic supporters of certain nominees sound off on their personal favorites that didn’t quite make the Muriel cut.
And now for the Muriel award for Best Direction of 2008.
My votes:
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
Arnaud Desplechin – A [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Before you check out tonight’s Muriel award, have a look at the Heath Ledger-inspired tribute to a few other talents who received Muriel recognition this year but are no longer with us.
I think the Best Cinematic Moment is my favorite category, but it’s also one of the hardest to vote for. There are so many [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Can you guess how tonight’s Muriel award turned out?
I suspect I’ll take a lot of crap since I didn’t vote for the winner.
My picks:
Sam Rockwell – Snow Angels
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading
Read on for the results.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Tonight’s Muriel is awarded to the actress who gave the best supporting performance in 2008.
My vote:
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Samantha Morton – Synecdoche, New York
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
And the winner…
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Posted on February 15th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The Muriel train keeps on rolling. Here’s how I voted for tonight’s award, Best Screenplay:
Synecdoche, New York
Doubt
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
A Christmas Tale
And here’s how the rest of the voting panned out…
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Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Another day, another Muriel.
Here’s how I voted for Best Ensemble:
Doubt
Synecdoche, New York
Milk
A Christmas Tale
Snow Angels
Check out what the voters decided here.
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Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Norah Jones: The Story
From My Blueberry Nights
my pick for Best Music of 2008
Muriel makes no distinction between original soundtracks, adapted soundtracks or compiled soundtracks. It’s all music, right?
Here’s how I voted for the Best Music of 2008:
My Blueberry Nights
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Man on Wire
And the winner is…
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Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Tonight’s Muriel category pretty much speaks for itself.
“They got them tape-ettes already on there. It’s self-contained and fairly explanatory.”
Here’s how I voted:
My Blueberry Nights
Paranoid Park
Revolutionary Road
Let the Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire
Get thee to the Muriels….
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Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Tonight’s Muriel is awarded to the performer, filmmaker or technician who made superior contributions to multiple films in 2008. After this year and 2007, they should rename this award either the Roger Deakins (No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, In the Valley of Elah, Doubt, Revolutionary [...]
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Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Tonight’s Muriel is the Best Cinematic Breakthrough awarded to a performer, filmmaker, or technician who made a notable debut in film, took his/her career to a higher level, or revealed unforeseen layers to his/her talent during the year 2008.
Here’s how I voted:
James Franco – To me he used to just be the weakest part of [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Today’s Muriel is a brand new one for 2008 and it’s awarded to the voter’s favorite movie-related website. Individual websites of voters were inelligible, though group websites that included individual voters were allowed.
Click through to see the winner.
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Posted on February 8th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
Another day, another Muriel award. Which film did Muriel voters pick as the best of 1998?
Here’s a hint: “Maybe I’m spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks.”
Here’s how I voted:
Out of Sight
The Thin Red Line
The Big Lebowski
Rushmore
A Bug’s Life
Click here [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts took just enough time out from lovingly tonguing Slumdog Millionaire to hand out a dozen or so other BAFTA Awards this afternoon. Here’s the tally and all the nominees with the winners highlighted.
Slumdog: 7
Benjamin Button: 3
The Dark Knight: 1
The Duchess: 1
Hunger: 1
I’ve Loved You So Long: 1
In [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
They’ve got nothing on the Muriels, but the Writers Guild of America handed out the hardware last night for writing in film in television. This blog isn’t called Living in Television so we’ll stick to the movie awards, but you can see all the winners at Variety.
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The Muriels keep rolling today with the second award: The 25th Anniversary Award for the Best Film of 1983.
Before clicking through, see if you can guess which of these Oscar nominees is the only film to have made the Muriels Top 5: Terms of Endearment (winner), The BIg Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff and [...]
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Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The first Muriel Award is up: The 50th Anniversary Award for Best Film, 1958.
Before you check it out here, see if you can guess it:
“Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren’t you? You were a [...]
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Posted on February 5th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
The Muriels: Cleaning up February 6, 2009 A.D.
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