In the last few days, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has picked up the prize for best adapted screenplay at the Writers’ Guild Awards, along with best picture, director, and screenplay at the BAFTA’s. In a rare display of muscle, this movie seems to be winning everything in sight. At this point, if it doesn’t win Best Picture…
Don’t Look Back in Anger
For the past week I’ve been griping to almost anyone who will listen about various omissions from this year’s list of Oscar nominees (Note: As suggested by fellow blogger Bob, I’m trying to avoid using the term “snub”). But of course, such bemoaning is nothing new. On the one hand, time gives us the benefit…
And So It Goes (aka Hatter rants About the Oscar Nominations)
The last few years I’ve had precious little to argue with when it came to Oscar nominations…yesterday morning I really missed that feeling. While the academy managed to get one or two nods right (congrats go out to Richard Jenkins and Melissa Leo), they left so many of the year’s best standing on the platform…
81st Oscar Nominations
The nominations are coming in…To say I’m surprised at the choices is putting it mildly. Best Picture:The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonFrost / NixonMilkThe ReaderSlumdog Millionaire Best Director:Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”Ron Howard, “Frost / Nison”Gus van Sant, “Milk” Best Supporting Actress:Amy Adams, “Doubt”Penelope Cruz, “Vicky…
Easy Tiger
Note: THE DARK KNIGHT hits theatres this coming Friday, and I for one couldn’t be more excited. As such, this space will pretty much be a Bat-Blog for most of this week.With mere days to go until the new Batman movie is released, the buzz machine is running at red-line level. There has only been…
Such a Night
21 Thoughts on the 80th Academy Awards Has it ever happened that Americans got shut out of the four acting awards? Oh man – I could have sworn we were done with Jerry Seinfeld’s bee fetish. Easily my favorite moment: Glen & Marketa winning best song for “Falling Slowly” I’ll count myself lucky if I’m…
Golden Slumbers
And with that, The Oscars are over for another year. Here’s the winner’s list… Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENDirector: The Coen BrothersBest Actress: Marion CotillardBest Actor: Daniel Day-LewisBest Supporting Actress: Tilda SwintonBest Supporting Actor: Javier BardemBest Adapted Screenplay: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Best Original Screenplay: JUNOBest Animated Feature: RATATOUILLEBest Animated Short: PETER…