Reel Geezers: A Single Man & A Serious Man
I'll post this, although they almost lost me right upfront when Geeezer Guy says A Single Man is about "an ...
Foreign Exchange: International Crossover Contenders
Each year the Academy makes up for its arcane process of selecting nominees for Best Foreign Language Film by reaching ...
Follow the Money, Or Not
One thing we can say about the 2009/2010 Oscar race: big box office is back. With ten nominees, voters clearly ...
Producers Guild Nominees!
Here they are: AVATAR Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau DISTRICT 9 Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson AN EDUCATION Producers: Finola ...
Producers Guild No Guts, No Glory!
Something tells me we'll be seeing some surprises tomorrow. Maybe not, but maybe! The rules: up to three guesses and ...
Academy Declares Bright Star Adapted
A few readers have already plugged into the idea that Bright Star might not be considered wholly original -- Steve ...
Vancouver Critics Noms, Up in the Air Leads with 5
BEST FILM A Serious Man The Hurt Locker Up in the Air BEST ACTOR George Clooney, Up in the Air ...
Karen O Disqualified, Eno and Burnett Did Not Submit
Steve Pond reports on the eligible scores for this year: Eno’s score for “The Lovely Bones,” a haunting and effective ...
Precedent for Zoe Saldana
Not only did Zoe Saldana place rather high in our Best Actress poll, but several of you have pointed out ...
Producers Guild Preview
The only difference between last year's Producers Guild and Oscar's best picture was that The Dark Knight was replaced by ...
Avatar vs. Up in the Air
EW's Owen Gleiberman makes an interesting argument on the race being down to Avatar vs. Up in the Air for ...
Actors Roundtable – Firth, Cage, Waltz, Tucci, Freeman, Sarsgaard
Backstage has several great videos of the actors in the mix this year.  Six actors participate: Nicolas Cage, Stanley Tucci, ...
The Hurt Locker Tops Stephen King’s Top Ten
Interesting how the one film that is hitting every note right this year -- mostly --- is The Hurt Locker. ...
Kansas City Film Critics Go Up in the Air
A link to their members and info page. And thanks to Regina for posting. Best Film-Up in the Air Best ...
Awards Daily’s Oscar Nominations
It's that time of year again. Like last year we are offering the Awards Daily 2009 Nominations! You get to ...
Hurt Locker Sweeps National Society of Film Critics
Kris Tapley points out that the last time a film won the LA Film Critics, the NY Film Critics and ...
Gold Derby Does Globe Predicts
It's still a bit early for me to really lay down my predictions -- but that didn't stop me from ...
Scripter Preview
Tuesday, along with the Producers Guild, the USC Scripter will announce its nominees. The Scripter, in theory, honors both the ...
Basterds and the Jews
The JTA wrote up an event a while back, in mid-December, about a screening of Inglourious Basterds and the "Jewish ...
Box Office Update – Avatar Scores, Blind Side Passes $200 Mil
The Blind Side must now be taken seriously as a Best Picture contender. Nikki Finke's box office -- huge day ...
