2011 February - Awards Daily

Scorsese‚Äôs Hugo Cabret coming for Thanksgiving

Distribution rights for Martin Scorsese’s 3D adventure, Hugo Cabret has been transferred to Paramount and its release date has been bumped up 2...

The King's Speech — Sweep or Split?

Our friend Marshall has once again done the research and built a chart. ¬†Films with 12 nominations win, on average, six Oscars. ¬†Gladiator is...

"Never Feel Sorry for a Man Who Owns a Plane"

I got a mild kick out of this Wall Street Journal article talking about how some movies you just can’t foist your criticism upon because audiences confuse the characters in the film for the film itself. It’s easy to do, to get wrapped up in the story of it. It’s much harder to look beyond sentiment (this reporter, by the way, prefers True Grit and The...

83rd annual Oscars to revisit 1970 template?

(Which of these filmmakers actually won the Oscar they’re posing with?) As already reported tonight, the Academy is discarding the lovely heartfelt...

Gone Baby Gone – No Montages, No Group Presenters

In hopes of trimming down the Big Show, the AMPAS has decided to nix the best part of the show, the movie montages (really, to me, the only reason to...

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A Prophet Tops ICS Awards, Social Network Wins Three

Jacques Audiard’s darkly gorgeous prison drama A Prophet has broken loose from the pack, winning the International Cinephile Society’s award for best picture of 2010. The French, Corsican and Arabic feature also received kudos for best film not in the English language, along with Audiard’s tense yet strangely mystical direction, and supporting actor Niels...

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Monthly Archives: February 2011