You know the rules. Three possible but unlikely scenarios that might play out tomorrow. It has to be something wild. Something wicked. Something utterly incomprehensible. Something that could never, would never, won’t ever happen. But what if it does. What if it does! Okay, here are mine. I’m not giving up on Harry Potter yet. 1. Harry Potter for Best...
Monthly Archives: December 2011
It really doesn’t seem like a whole year went by since the Golden Globes announced their nominees last year. One thing is pretty clear, though. With ten Oscar nominees for Best Picture it isn’t hard to find match-ups in the drama category from the Globes. Last year and the year before, in fact, all five drama nominees went on to be nominated for the Oscar....
I said on Twitter that their lists are like herding cats — kind of all over the place. You could never really say that you could nail down either of them, taste wise. They seem to like all sorts of different films, obscure and mainstream alike. I couldn’t see them ranked but on their slideshow I grabbed what I could — in alpha order: AO Scott Bridesmaids Cedar...
“Je Pourrais Être Votre Grand-Mère (I Could Be Your Grandmother),” Bernard Tanguy, director-producer (Rézina Productions) “Love at First Sight,” Michael Davies, director and Sandra Gorel, producer (Spellbound Films) “Pentecost,” Peter McDonald, director (EMU Productions) “Raju,” Max Zähle, director and Stefan Gieren,...
There is no need to panic about a few of the details today at the SAG award nominations. For instance, many thought Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy might have done better — but it will do very very well at the BAFTAs, which will push it from thence towards Oscar. I also think Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo were late...
18th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role DEMIÁN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo – “A BETTER LIFE” (Summit Entertainment) GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King – “THE DESCENDANTS” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover – “J....