The Critics Choice awards are going to be this Thursday night, the same day as Oscar nominations. We have a contest for you to enter your predictions. You can also do that over at Gold Derby. Since they’re coming out after Oscar ballots have been turned in, and occurring on the same day as the Oscar nominations, what Oscar voters do will no effect on what the...
The Critics Choice awards have been around for a relatively short time, since 1995, and is made up of a hodge podge of folks, many of which are Oscar bloggers themselves, like David Poland, Jeff Wells, Kris Tapley, Anne Thompson, Steve Pond, Nathaniel Rogers, Ed Douglas. They also include some actual film critics, like James Rocchi, Joanna Langfield and Zorianna Kit. They...
Leading the list of Oscar hopefuls with high Broadcast Film Critics scores for 2012 are Beasts of the Southern Wild and Moonrise Kingdom, while The Avengers, Prometheus, Brave and The Hunger Games represent the top-rated genre offerings. In recent years, since the switch to 10 nominees, we’ve generally seen at least four movies from spring and summer making the...
To hear many people talk about this year’s Oscar race you will hear them say the same thing over and over again, “It’s been the Artist since Cannes.” There are some Oscar years where the undertow is simply too strong to fight against. There are also some Oscar years where surprises are hiding in the shadows. While last night the Critics Choice,...
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