Beverly Hills, CA – Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director; Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe...
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Over a week ago we got word of honors bestowed by the Georgia Film Critics Association. We never heard of them. In fact, trying to identify their membership led us to more fishy suspicions than any reliable verification. So we passed on posting. The “awards” refuse to go away though. I’ve seen them published a dozen times over the past week —...
We have three winners for our contest! Out of 14 possible correct, our winners each got 13 out of 14. And they are: Maxwell Haddad (missed only Picture/Comedy – actually won the contest without predicting The Artist) Niousha Moini (missed only director) Andrew Rosenthal (missed only song) Congratulations! Please send an email to awardsdaily@gmail.com to collect...
There is a school of thought where Oscar is concerned that goes like this: You can win if you can give them rock hard erections. This is why a potential Oscar winner will often show up during voting nearly naked and turning on the heat. Ms. Williams is always appearing with her short hair cut, looking demure. She, like Kate Winslet the year she won, hadn’t ever really...
Egads. The good – nice to see Drive and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – especially Gary Oldman — recognized. And doubly nice to see that they finally acknowledged Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for score (after shutting them out last year) and Lynne Ramsay nominated for Director. True, they always honor their own but this was an especially nice...