Ew’s Dave Karger just put up a post about the films he thinks have the best shot at a nod come January and the ones that will run in EW’s Oscar issue. He adds that when he made the list Australia hadn’t yet opened and Milk hadn’t yet received the rave reviews, and he says he might change things if asked to do it now — take note, Oscar watchers,...
Monthly Archives: November 2008
David Poland has declared, and Kris Tapley backs him up in the comments section, that Slumdog Millionaire is now the frontrunner of the 2008/2009 Oscar race. All of this worked out in a somewhat rushed negative review of Benjamin Button where Poland also says that the Brad Pitt film can’t win any of the top prizes at this year’s Oscars. He says that the film...
[SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen Pieces of April, but plan to someday, you might want to skip the clip above -- since it's the final scene in the movie.] Thanksgiving movies aren’t as common as Christmas movies so it’s easy for me to name my favorite. Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Oliver Platt and terrific Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April. The family...
There’s already talk in the comments about which critically acclaimed movie of 2008 will fail to catch fire in the nominations process. One thing‚Äôs certain every year: Some movie that we‚Äôre all wild about in November gets the shaft come January. Last year, for some of us it was The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. For others it...
Michael Russnow, writing for The Huffington Post, says it hasn’t been easy for Clint Eastwood to find roles that fit his no-nonsense personality, but in Gran Torino he inhabits just such a role, with “a lovely portrayal — not always easy to watch — of a man faced with a transition that comes just in time at the tail end of his life.” Eastwood’s...
When I was a wee lad, during the holidays we’d take our ritual tour around town to check out the Christmas extravagance in the tonier neighborhoods. The houses I called mansions as a kid would be decked out with lavish wreaths and tasteful displays of white lights, and we’d cruise by slowly to ooh and ahh at their stately sparkling coolness. But then before...
I am just going to do up a quick list cause mama’s gotta get going now, little children. I just want to thank the writers of Awards Daily, most especially my partner in crime Ryan Adams who has lifted this site from its doldrums and made it lively again, and Nancy K. who is our newest regular, but also RRA and Josh P. and the many new contributors, as well as all...