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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I was digging under the cushions of my couch and I found some awards that went down over the weekend! Imagine that.
Art Director’s Guild
Period Film: Sherlock Holmes
Fantasy: Avatar
Contemporary: The Hurt Locker
American Cinema Editors
Drama: The Hurt Locker
Comedy: The Hangover
Documentary: The Cove
The Muriels:
Best Web-Based Criticism (Muriel voters ineligible): Glenn Kenny, Some Came Running
Best Body of Work 2009: [...]
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Here are your somewhat surprising PGA awards:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Animated Feature: Up
Documentary: The Cove
I think it’s fair to say the Oscar best picture race is wide open leaning in favor of The Hurt Locker. I think this is the first bit of awards news I’ve been genuinely thrilled about. I’m not as crazy about [...]
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The Gotham Independent Film Awards: 3 for Hurt Locker and Big Fan. 2 for A Serious Man and The Maid.
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Roger Ebert enjoyed the hell out of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker and you should too.
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The first 8 minutes of Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘The Hurt Locker’ an action-suspense film about an elite bomb disposal unit working in Baghdad.
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Your weekly Watercooler – a spot to chat about the weekend’s movie going with other LiC readers. This weekend: Why Transformers’ Dark Knight-like box office haul is meaningless, but The Hurt Locker’s superior per-theater take is good news.
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Forget about Transformers action fans, go see The Hurt Locker this weekend instead
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Here’s the latest poster for Kathryn Bigelow’s excellent War-is-Hell action drama The Hurt Locker which tells the story of an elite bomb disposal squad working the streets of Baghdad. The poster nicely captures the “aw shit” money shot from the film and trailer.
Click the image to see a slightly bigger version couresy of Premiere.com.
The Hurt [...]
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Of all the films to have been made about the war in Iraq, it’s tempting to call Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker the best of the bunch. It might be, but it’s unfair to pin it too closely to Iraq. It’s much more of a general War is Hell picture.
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