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Previews: Week Ending December 20, 2009
The updates for 2009 are dwindling quickly. We have only one update and it’s just a second poster for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The remaining eight updates, a small number by most standards, comes from 2010. There are three films I’ve previewed before that have either a second poster (Daybreakers) or their first (Clash…
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2003 at the Oscars
There was never much doubt that the third episode of Peter Jackson’s monumental filming of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy would win 2003’s Best Picture Oscar. The only real suspense was in guessing what the other nominees would be. Three of the major precursors, the New York Film Critics, the Broadcast Film Critics…
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Post-SAG Predictions
With three contributors on this site, we’ve decided to try something new. Peter, Tripp and I have found that while we all love the Academy Awards, we each have differing opinions on how it will eventually go. So, we’ve compared our post-SAG predictions for several categories and have several common selections, but we’ll giv eyou…
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Precursor: Houston Film Critics
Below are the Houston Film Critics award winners. These were announced December 18, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) The Hurt Locker; Up in the Air (2) Up The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: George Clooney – Up in the Air Best Actress: Carey Mulligan –…
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Precursor: Toronto Film Critics
Below are the winners of the Toronto Film Critics awards. These were announced December 16, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) Inglourious Basterds (2) Hunger The Winners Best Picture: TIE: Hunger, Inglourious Basterds Runner-Up: The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Nicolas Cage – The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Runners-Up: George Clooney – Up in the…
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Precursor: Austin Film Critics
Below are the Austin Film Critics winners. These were announced on December 16, 2009 Winner Tallies (3) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds (2) Me & Orson Welles; Up; Up in the Air The Winners Best Film: The Hurt Locker Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man…
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Precursor: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics
Below are the ranked lists of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics. They release their information differently than other groups. The film at the head of the list is the actual winner, but they rank the top 5 (in some cases top 1 or 2) and list them in that order. These were announced December 16,…
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Precursor: San Diego Film Critics
Below are the San Diego Film Critics awards winners and runners-up. These were announced December 15, 2009 Winner Tallies (6) Inglourious Basterds (2) The Messenger The Winners Best Film: Inglourious Basterds Runner-Up: Runner-Up: A Single Man Best Director: Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Runner-Up: Runner-Up: James Cameron – Avatar
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Precursor: Indiana Film Critics
Below are the Indiana Film Critics award winners. This group has never announced previously to my knowledge, so may be a new entity. These were announced December 14, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) Up in the Air (2) Where the Wild Things Are The Winners Best Film of the Year: Up in the Air Runner-Up: Fantastic…
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R.I.P. Oscar winner Jennifer Jones
The legendary actress who received five Oscar nominations, winning for her performance in The Song of Bernadette has died. A full obituary is to follow: By Bob Thomas, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A publicist says Jennifer Jones, who was nominated for Academy Awards five times and won for her portrayal of a saintly…
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Precursor: Screen Actors Guild Nominations
The Nominations have been announced. They are listed below. For a direct link to the forum discussion topic, click here: UAADB SAG Nominations Topic. Nomination Tallies (3) Inglourious Basterds; Precious; Up in the Air (2) An Education; The Hurt Locker; Invictus; The Last Station; Nine Total Nominations Best Ensemble An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious…
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Original Song Contenders
The Academy has released the short list of 63 eligible songs for this year’s Oscars. Below is the list. I’ll have thoughts on it later, as today is the SAG nominations, so I’ll be focusing somewhat there. Beverly Hills, CA (December 16, 2009) — Sixty-three songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are contending for nominations…
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Precursor: Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations
Below are the nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association awards. Nomination Tallies (6) Up in the Air; Where the Wild Things Are (5) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds (4) A Serious Man (3) An Education; The Informant!; Precious; Up The Nominations Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up in the…
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The DVD Report #134: December 15, 2009
Quentin Tarantino came bursting onto the scene with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and made an even bigger impact with 1994’s multi-award winning Pulp Fiction. His output since has been sporadic, consisting only of 1997’s Jackie Brown; 2003’s Kill Bill, Vol. 1; 2204’s Kill Bill, Vol. 2,segments of 2005’s Sin City and 2007’s Grindhouse, none of which…
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The DVD Report #134
Quentin Tarantino came bursting onto the scene with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and made an even bigger impact with 1994’s multi-award winning Pulp Fiction. His output since has been sporadic, consisting only of 1997’s Jackie Brown; 2003’s Kill Bill, Vol. 1; 2204’s Kill Bill, Vol. 2,segments of 2005’s Sin City and 2007’s Grindhouse, none of which…
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