This Sunday, the Los Angeles Film Critics will announce their awards. LA has been known to occasionally step out of the zone – they chose The Descendants last year, There Will Be Blood the year No Country was sweeping. It is nonetheless assumed that their winner will still be Zero Dark Thirty. The only possible upset, I figure, will be The Master. One of their members,...
Still combing through the National Board of Review contest but here are the winners for the New York Film Critics prediction contest. Later today the Golden Globes prediction contest will go up. It turned out that the fans of Lincoln did somewhat better, since they picked Sally Field in supporting, something almost no one else did. The two winners are Marshall Flores,...
The National Board of Review announces Wednesday. While most people go on and on about how they don’t matter, the truth is that yes, they DO matter. Any major awards precursor matters because they give a contender publicity and legitimacy, no matter who they are. The National Board of Review really pushed Hugo into the race last year and set The Social Network...
Believe it or not, these awards are coming in two weeks. We’re starting our contest early! In our latest podcast, Craig, Ryan and I do a little spitballing as to how these things will turn out. We hover around the same titles, Argo, Lincoln, The Master, Django Unchained, Silver Linings, Les Miz, etc. We said our predictions but they will likely change as the weeks...