As the game clock ticks down on 2008, each day another city’s film critics name their year-end-bests. The only two with any major intrigue are New York and Los Angeles, mostly because of the size of their media circles. However there are one or two dozen others – Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, and so on…
Gold (Golden Globes Nominations)
Another day, another batch of year-end awards to discuss. The critics have had their say, and in each case it has made for some interesting choices. The Los Angeles Critics chose WALL-E as the best film of the year. Danny Boyle was named best director for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. Sean Penn best actor for MILK, and…
Did You Ever Have to make Up Your Mind (Critic’s Choice Award Nominations)
More award news this morning as the nominees have been announced for the Critic’s Choice Awards. Though a relatively group of voters, they’ve had a pretty good track record for narrowing down the field lately (far more so than the Golden Globes). MILK and THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON lead the pack with eight…
Gimme Some Lovin’ (National Board of Review Award Winners)
It is officially awards season my little chickadees, and today a handful of films were tapped as the year’s best by The National Board of Review. Sometimes they manage to forecast the Oscar for Best Picture (as was the case last year, with NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN). Other years…not so much (FINDING NEVERLAND won…
Here We Go Again
Just yesterday I mentioned that award season was upon us. Well, right on cue, The Independent Spirit Award nominees were announced today. As an Oscar forcaster, they provide a small bit of insight – but precious little (NO DIRECTION HOME led last year’s nominee list and went on to be completely snubbed by The Academy).…
Pressing On
Reason #191,804 why it’s difficult to take The Golden Globes seriously anymore:If these awards were really as important as The Hollywood Foreign Press and Dick Clark would have us believe – the ceremony would have gone ahead as planned, but with no cameras allowed. Actors and actresses, directors, and producers could have gathered, eat, drank…
Turn the Page
I’m getting to the point of antsy-ness I feel when forced to watch a romantic comedy I’d rather not be watching. The guy and girl meet…there’s obvious chemistry…there’s an odd love/hate thing happening. Around sixty-five minutes in, I find myself screaming “JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY!!”. That’s me right now when it comes to the year-end…