Just curious – did anyone out there notice/wonder the lack of Golden Globe coverage on my blog? Anyone…anyone…Beuller…? The reason why this space has been primarily GG-Free, is because I have become increasingly disenchanted with the Globes year-after-year, to the point where they now seem as manufactured an occasion as Secretary’s Day. (Sorry – Administrative…
I’ll Stick Around (2010 WGA Nominations)
And then there were none… The final set of award nominees before Oscar was announced today, and it was the Writer’s Guild naming their shortlist of original and adapted screenplays. Bit of a funny situation this year though. It would seem as though the WGA has become a club more exclusive than The Stonecutters, since…
"5 " (DGA Nominations Announced)
The Oscar race is quickly coming into focus with today’s announcement of the Director’s Guild of America award nominees. The shortlist for the DGA prize is as follows… Quentin Tarantino: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDSJames Cameron: AVATARKathryn Bigelow: THE HURT LOCKERJason Reitman: UP IN THE AIRLee Daniels: PRECIOUS What does this mean? Well since before Christmas, it has…
Come On Closer (PGA Nominations Announced)
Today, the Producers Guild of America announced their award nominees. It’s one of the last few precursors before the Oscar nominees get announced in February – indeed, by Sunday evening we should have an even clearer picture of it all. For now however, here’s who the producers have chosen as the class of 2009… UP…
People Are Strange (Reaction to the Golden Globe Award Nominations)
So yesterday the Golden Globe Award nominees were announced. pardon me while I stifle a yawn. Just a few short years ago, I looked at them as the Oscar precursor. That was before I realized how The Hollywood Foreign Press Association were actually primarily starstruck fans…who tended to nominate stars that they wanted to meet…
Oscar Watching: Critics Choice Nominees, LA Critics Winner, AFI Top Ten List)
The Oscar race is slowly becoming clearer and clearer in a year with no de facto front-runner. With ten Best Picture nominations, things are even more uncertain than usual, but at this early stage, it would appear that three of the ten spots are locked. More on that later. Yesterday, The L.A. Film Critics named…
Welcome To the Working Week
Why does it feel like I always need a vaction to recover from my vacation? Life will return to normal this week after four days spent running all around this city taking in TIFF, a concert, a wedding, and catching up with neglected family and friends. I’m also looking forward to catching up with my…