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84th Predictions: Post-SAG/Globe Nominations
From this point until the end of the year, we’ll be taking Guild nominations announcements as impetus to dive into our own predictions. This past week, the Screen Actors Guild announced their nominees for the best performances of 2011. based on this new information, we’re updating our Oscar predictions. The two paragraphs after this discuss…
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Precursor: 32nd London Film Critics Circle Nominations (2011)
The London Critics have really switched things around this year. Gone are both of the British Supporting Acting trophies and in their place are universal supporting categories. In addition, the British Director category is gone. Also added are a category for documentary and several technical achievement awards. As for statistics. Of course, we only have…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
The deluge of film critics awards this week has threatened to drown me several times. There isn’t much movement towards one candidate over another, but some of the nomination races seem to be shaping up nicely. But, before we get into this week’s winners and losers, let’s take a look at what’s coming up this…
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Eligible Original Songs Announced
Today, the Academy released the titles of 39 songs deemed eligible for the Original Song Oscar. The rules for the category are spelled out in the below press list: 39 Original Songs Vie for Oscar’s 2011 Playlist Beverly Hills, CA (December 19, 2011) – Thirty-nine songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for…
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Trailer Watch: Haywire
Action packed films with female protagonists are everywhere these days…not that I’m complaining. Haywire Plot Summary: A CIA-trained assassin finds herself on the opposite end of the gun as the CIA attempts to kill her for reasons she’s still trying to unravel. Release Date: January 20, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: It’s stylish in…
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Precursor: 15th Florida Film Critics Circle (2011)
The Florida Critics, an “aging” bastion at 15 isn’t the most Oscar predictive group out there, but Animated Feature, Supporting Actor and Screenplay categories have the best chances at corresponding Oscar glory. On the nomination front, they fare much better with perfect rates in Picture, Animated Feature, Director, Actor, Actress and Supporting Actress with fairly…
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Precursor: 6th St. Louis Film Critics Awards (2011)
For being one of the youngest film critics groups acting as Oscar precursors, St. Louis does a fairly solid job making nomination predictions. Consider this: six categories have seen every winner also take an Oscar nomination (Picture, Animated Feature, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress). And while they aren’t as astute with Oscar winner…
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Precursor: 24th Chicago Film Critics Awards (2011)
Ever since Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2005, extra attention can be placed on the Chicago Film Critics awards. It was the only group that selected the Oscar winner as Best Picture setting it up as a strange bellwether few saw coming. While this year’s choices aren’t likely to carry the same…
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Precursor: 6th St. Louis Film Critics Nominations (2011)
Historical data for the St. Louis Film Critics Association is hard to track down and since I had not realized they had given out their nominations a week ago, this set of data is significantly delayed. Without a firm view of how the group has nominated in the past, I can’t really say much about…
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The Morning After: Dec. 19, 2011
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
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The Beginning of a Hobbit’s Tale: 10 Years of Lord of the Rings
In 1936, a Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College in Oxford, England, became one of the most important literary figures in history. The Hobbit brought John Ronald Rueul (J.R.R.) Tolkien’s love of language to readers of all ages. The book’s popularity lead to a sequel that would become known as The Lord…
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Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 201 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian Holm, Andy…
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Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 179 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian Holm, Andy…
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Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh (Novel: J.R.R. Tolkien) Length 178 min. Starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Marton Csokas, Ian…
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