The Vancouver Critics Noms

Posted by Susan Thea Posnock on Jan 5, 2009 in AWARDS CHATTER | 0 comments

Thanks to Kris over at In Contention for these:

Best Film
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”

DGA Predictions

Posted by Susan Thea Posnock on Jan 5, 2009 in Awards, AWARDS CHATTER | 0 comments

The danger of the information age! The DGA nominations have not been completed yet which means that, in all likelihood, these predictions by pundits (I don’t know what else to call this thing we do except to give the standard disclaimer that, though we can all take a look at history, there is no such thing as an expert at this stuff – it’s just a guessing game) will likely be flipped on their ear. It’s a bit like playing the stock market when there is no “there” there. If they see how many people are predicting the general consensus right now:

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

You can almost guarantee that the final DGA list will not look like that. Why? Because the voters will want to resist the urge to be predictable. It may sound like psychobabble to you but to me, it’s just human nature. Voting will close a day before the nominations are announced, so that would be Wednesday. Nominations are announced Thursday. Tom O’Neil has assembled a variety of predictions, and you can see them here and here. These are directors I would watch out for: Mike Leigh, Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Stanton, Stephen Daldry, Sam Mendes and of course, Clint Eastwood – always a threat.

Online Film Critics Nominations

Posted by Susan Thea Posnock on Jan 5, 2009 in AWARDS CHATTER, THE ACTRESSES | 0 comments

I don’t think we posted these already but I’m just a confused old lady. Who are the Online Film Critics Society, or OFCS? Their member list can be found here. Snagged these off of Hollywood-Elsewhere:

THE 2008 OFCS nominees (previous years’ nominees after the cut):

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL*E
The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton, WALL*E

Producers Guild Nominations TBA

Posted by Susan Thea Posnock on Jan 5, 2009 in AWARDS CHATTER | 0 comments

Last year, they were announced around 10:30am 11am Pacific time (It’s 8am now). So you can all chillax for the time being. They can sometimes be unpredictable, like two years ago they announced them to Variety a full day before they said they would on their own calendar. I would keep an eye on Variety as well. Just saying.

Kansas City Film Critics Winners

Posted by Susan Thea Posnock on Jan 4, 2009 in AWARDS CHATTER | 0 comments

Thanks to Keith:

BEST FILM-Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR-Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
BEST ACTOR-Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS-Meryl Streep, Doubt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR-Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS-Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY-Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY-Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM-Let the Right One In (Sweden)
BEST DOCUMENTARY-Man on Wire
BEST ANIMATED FILM-Wall*E
THE VINCE KOEHLER AWARD~for Best Science Fiction,
Fantasy or Horror Film-The Dark Knight