Monthly Archives: September 2011
(thanks to iggy, for advising us to keep an eye out) Golden Shell for Best Film Los Pasos Dobles by Isaki Lacuesta (Spain, Switzerland) Special Jury Prize Le Skylab, Julie Delpy (France) Audience Award The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius (France) FIPRESCI Award Sangue Do Meu Sangue by Joao Canijo (Portugal) ...
Moneyball now sits comfortably at 88 on Metacritic, with only two negative reviews. Funnily enough, though not quite to the same degree, its likability seems to mirror The King’s Speech, which ended at 88 but with more perfect scores of 100. What The King’s Speech and Moneyball have in common is that both films essentially center around a male/male relationship...
For the second in our series of talks, Thelma Adams, USA Today’s Susan Wloszczyna talk about Best Actor. Since our talk, I’ve seen Moneyball. Best Actor is boiling down to a few strong performances out a large group of actors this year. Brad Pitt is going to be a force to be reckoned with I have a feeling: sometimes these things just happen and it’s...
[Update: 7 scores of 100. 89 overall average.] For those of you keeping score at home (you know who you are) Moneyball has so far collected 4 perfect scores of 100 on Metacritic, and only one naysayer (Slate) giving it anything less than a 70. That’s 20 green lights and dim one yellow note of caution. With a current average of 86, this puts Moneyball one point below...