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WGA Winners

Posted in News, awards, movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2009 | Comments Off

The Writer’s Guild Of America handed out their awards last night. Simon Beaufoy won again for Slumdog Millionaire, Dustin Lance Black picked up the Original Screenplay honor for Milk,  and 30 Rock and Mad Men won for television. Other winner include In Treatment as best new series, Recount and John Adams for television movies/mini series, [...]

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OSCAR NOMINEES: THE COMPLETE LIST

Posted in Just saying..., News, awards, movies, updates, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Ah, yes, so it arrived with much fanfare, and some choices have left me puzzled, other delightfully surprised. More on that later. But first, the list.
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, [...]

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Director’s Guild and WGA Nominees

Posted in News, awards, movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Director’s Gulid noms:
Danny Boyle  Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant Milk

The Writer’s Guild Nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category are:
The Cusrious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
The Writer’s Guild Nominees in the Original Screenplay category are:
Burn After Reading
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor
The Wrestler
The biggest [...]

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Breaking: Producers Guild of America Announces Their Top Five

Posted in News, awards, movies, tagged , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | Comments Off

So it goes.
Up for the Daryl F. Zanuck prize as best film at the awards are:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The PGA’s are one of the indicators of Oscar glory, so this list is a pretty good starting point for those of you handicapping the noms.

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National Society Of Film Critics Annouces Winners

Posted in News, awards, movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 3, 2009 | Comments Off

And they award Best Film to Waltz With Bashir, the animated Cannes hit.
Other winners include Mike Leigh ( Best Screenplay and Best Director for Happy Go Lucky), Sean Penn (Best Actor, Milk), Sally Hawkins ( Best Actress, Happy Go Lucky), Eddie Marsen ( Supporting Actor, Happy Go Lucky), Hanna Schygulla ( Supporting Actress, The Edge [...]

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More Award Season Lists

Posted in News, movies, updates, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2008 | Comments Off

American Film Institutes Top Ten of 2008:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
Wall-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
The Boston Film Critics Circle ( runner-ups in brackets)
Film: “WALL-E” and “Slumdog Millionaire” (“Milk”)
Director: Gus Van Sant “Milk” and “Paranoid Park” (Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan“Slumdog Millionaire”)
Foreign Language: “Let the Right One In” (“Waltz with Bashir”)
Ensemble: [...]

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