National Board of Review Winners 12/04/2009
 It looks as though George Clooney and the Jason Reitman flick Up in the Air has gained some more serious traction on their way to the golden statue at the end of March. The National Board of Review has announced their best film as well as their top 10 of 2009 and this could be a preview of things to come. The Oscars this year will have their 10 nominee picture category and these ten films look like they could all make the now longer but still short list. What do you guys think? Click READ MORE to see the full list of winners. --Greg MacLennan Awards for 2009: Best Film UP IN THE AIR Top Ten Films (In alphabetical order) AN EDUCATION, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, INVICTUS, THE MESSENGER, A SERIOUS MAN, STAR TREK, UP, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Best Foreign Language Film A PROPHET Top Five Foreign Films (In alphabetical order) THE MAID, REVANCHE, SONG OF SPARROWS, THREE MONKEYS, THE WHITE RIBBON Best Documentary THE COVE Top Five Documentaries (In alphabetical order) BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY, CRUDE, FOOD, INC., GOOD HAIR, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS Top Independent Films (In alphabetical order) AMREEKA, DISTRICT 9, GOODBYE SOLO, HUMPDAY, IN THE LOOP, JULIA, ME AND ORSON WELLES, MOON, SUGAR, TWO LOVERS Best Actor GEORGE CLOONEY, Up In The Air; MORGAN FREEMAN, Invictus Best Actress CAREY MULLIGAN, An Education Best Supporting Actor WOODY HARRELSON, The Messenger Best Supporting Actress ANNA KENDRICK, Up In The Air Best Ensemble Cast IT'S COMPLICATED Breakthrough Performance by an Actor JEREMY RENNER, The Hurt Locker Breakthrough Performance by an Actress GABOUREY SIDIBE, Precious Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut DUNCAN JONES, Moon; OREN MOVERMAN, The Messenger; MARC WEBB, (500) Days of Summer Best Director CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus Best Adapted Screenplay JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER, Up In The Air Best Original Screenplay JOEL AND ETHAN COEN, A Serious Man Best Animated Feature UP Special Filmmaking Achievement WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox William K. Everson Award For Film History JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG Freedom Of Expression BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY; INVICTUS; THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS Who will be next year's "Precious"? 12/03/2009
 Given the buzz of Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and An Education for potentially grabbing some of this year's Oscar nominations, people will definitely be looking a little longer at the submissions to next year's Sundance Film Festival, given that both of those films arose on the radar at this year's fest. So, who has the chance to nab some distribution, and possibly some Oscar noms come this time NEXT year? Read below to find out who's competing at Sundance next month, and then let us know who you think might become the next (small-time) big film. --Darcie Duttweiler Gotham Award Winners 12/01/2009
 Last night in New York City the winners were announced for this years Gotham awards, the first award show in a slew that help us dictate who will be willing the Oscar come March. The Gothams are catered to the independent crowd and are much like the Independent Spirits Awards in that it tells us who are front runners are in the Indie film vying for the Best Picture nomination category, and that honor seems to belong to Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker. Check out the list of winners below. Best Feature The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, director; Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro, producers (Summit Entertainment) Best Documentary Food, Inc. Robert Kenner, director; Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, producers (Magnolia Pictures) Best Ensemble Performance The Hurt Locker Breakthrough Director Robert Siegel for Big Fan Breakthrough Actor Catalina Saavedra in The Maid Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You You Won’t Miss Me; Ry Russo-Young, director/producer --Greg MacLennan And the Razzie goes to... 02/23/2009
 Worst Picture: And the Oscar goes to... 02/23/2009
 It's finally over. The leak results were fake, Hugh Jackman ended up being awesome, and the new Oscars were...well good and bad. Either way, check out the results below and let us know what you think. And The Bafta goes to... 02/09/2009
 Best... WGA goes with the flow and awards "Slumdog" 02/09/2009
 Well the WGA has vote and here are the winners: Oscars plus one please. 02/05/2009
 The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that it plans to expand the number of nominees in several categories from five to six. It indicated that it was doing so because frequently the sixth-placed finisher received nearly as many votes as the fifth placed. The Academy is also changing the method for selecting the nominees. Previously, the entire membership would vote in each of the categories and the top contenders would then be appraised by a blue-ribbon panel, which would make the final choices.  We've got Hugh Jackman grinning and showing incredible displays of...abs. And now we have Baz Lurhmann and Judd Apatow. What more reason do you want to watch this years Academy Awards? That's right folks, Lurhmann and Apatow are each making their own segment for the Oscars. Lurhmann is said to be producing a large opening production for Jackman, while Apatow is said to be premiering a short film. Anyone getting a little excited yet?  Now don't get us wrong, we thought Kung Fu Panda was a really good movie, heck we'd even go as far as to say we slightly loved it, but we certainly wouldn't say it was a better movie than Pixar's Wall-E. Well the Annie's, the animated version of the Oscars, sure did, as they bestowed 15 awards on the fat Panda which bested Wall-E in all 13 of the categories in which it was nominated. Also, since the Oscars created the best animated feature category, every winner of the Annie has gone on to claim the naked gold one, so Wall-E had better watch his back. Check out all the winners HERE. |
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