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Senator Ben Affleck? Rumors swirl around potential political career.

Ben Affleck was in Washington D.C. today to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The issue is close to Affleck, who founded the Eastern Congo Initiative, a charity organization benefiting the African nation.  Salon assists in spreading...

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Austin Film Critics Award winners

Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow) Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables ...

London Critics Circle Awards nominations

The nominations in full: The Sky Movies Award: FILM OF THE YEAR Amour(Artificial Eye) Argo (Warners) Beasts of the Southern Wild (StudioCanal) Life of Pi (Fox) The Master (Entertainment) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Amour (Artificial Eye) Holy Motors (Artificial Eye) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave) Rust and Bone (StudioCanal) Tabu (New Wave) ...

Betsy Sharkey’s Top 12 Films of 2012

(LA Times) Life of Pi Django Unchained/Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild / Moonrise Kingdom Skyfall Silver Linings Playbook Detropia The Impossible Frankenweenie (I’m going to guess that the slide-show represents Sharkey’s choices since it’s the only part of the article presenting an organized collection of titles with...

Lincoln leads Houston Film Critic Society Awards with eight nominations

Houston – The Houston Film Critics Society proudly announces its nominees for the 6th Annual HFCS Awards celebrating the best of film for 2012. This year’s nominees are led by “Lincoln” with eight nominations and followed by “Les Misérables” and “The Master” with six nominations apiece. Best Picture Argo, Warner Bros. (produced by Ben Affleck, George...

Kenneth Turan picks the Best Films of 2012

1. Amour And then in alphabetical order: Argo The Dark Knight Rises Footnote The Gatekeepers + The Law In These Parts Lincoln Rust and Bone Silver Linings Playbook Middle of Nowhere + Robot & Frank + Safety Not Guaranteed Zero Dark Thirty –Special pick – The Deep Blue SeaD Details at the LATimes (thanks Marshall) ...

104 Original Scores in 2012 Oscar race

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below in alphabetical order by film title: “Abraham...

DC Critics awards winners

(thanks to Paddy Mulholland at Screen On Screen) Best Film Zero Dark Thirty Best Director Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) Best Actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) ...

Lou Lumenick’s and Kyle Smith’s Top 10 Films of 2012

Lumenick and Smith face off with dueling top 10 lists and briefly bicker about their choices at The New York Post. ...

Kathryn Bigelow, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emmanuelle Riva win top honors from Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty (tied for 2nd: Moonrise Kingdom and Amour) Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty (2nd: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master) Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (2nd: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors) Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva , Amour (2nd: Deanie Yip, A Simple Life) Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln (2nd: Emma Watson, Perks...