Variety apparently broke the embargo so we can announce the Ace Eddie nominees. From incontention: Drama Avatar-Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron The Hurt Locker-Bob Murawski & Chris Innis Up in the Air-Dana Glauberman District 9-Julian Clarke Star Trek-Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey Comedy: The Hangover-Debra Neil-Fisher Julie & Julia-Richard Marks It’s...
Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Bake-off resulted in seven nominees left. On Saturday, January 23, all members of the Academy’s Makeup Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “District...
Anyone wondering how the Best Picture line-up might have shaken out if the number of nominees had remained a the traditional 5 can perhaps now get a clue from looking at how the 3 major guilds have rallied in near unanimous consensus behind the same 5 movies this month. Looking back to last year, 5 films hit the PGA-DGA-WGA trifecta: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ...
The news has just come in via commenter “tmoves.” Eric Rohmer, a French director and leading ‚ÄúNew Wave‚Äù filmmaker whose pictures fed art-house screens starting in the 1960s and held sway over cinema enthusiasts ever since, has died. He was 89. He died today, Agence France-Presse reported, citing his producer, Margaret Menegoz. Rohmer said his stylized...
Up in the Air’s main thrust is twofold – it’s part the George Clooney empty-life scenario, and it’s also about people lost in the sagging economy, losing their jobs due to downsizing. Reitman apparently used actual fired employees to fill those slots in the film — except for the obviously well known actors. The Guardian’s story about...