• Precursor: 5th Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations (2011)

    Taking more than just a place to hole up against the weather, Take Shelter takes a surprising lead in the Detroit critics nominations. The Artist and The Help had strong tallies as well while The Descendants is proving to be the best film of the year whose director isn’t thought of as such. In addition…

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  • Precursor: 10th New York Online Film Critics (2011)

    The New York Online Film Critics have also embraced The Artist this year and gave it three prizes while Bridesmaids picks up two by itself and Take Shelter and The Tree of Life both earn two, but one they each earned for supporting actress Jessica Chastain, who appeared in both films, picking up the breakthrough…

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  • Precursor: 11th American Film Institute List (2011)

    The American Film Institute has chosen its annual list of the ten best American films of the year. In years past, they have had varying success at getting Oscar nominations with a record 9 of 10 last year, but considering how many prominent foreign films are in competition this year, that number is sure to…

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  • Precursor: 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2011)

    Spreading their awards ultra thin, The Tree of Life, which came in second to The Descendants for Best Picture, earned a total of three awards. Every other film earned only a single mention each. Director, Actor and Screenplay may be locked in for Oscar nominations according to LAFCA history with Actor being a surprisingly strong…

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  • Precursor: 32nd Boston Society of Film Critics (2011)

    The Boston Society of Film Critics divvied up their awards fairly evenly with no film earning more than three prizes and splitting Best Picture (The Artist) and Best Director (Martin Scorsese). Melissa McCarthy gets a decent boost with this prize as does Michelle Williams. Albert Brooks may be one of the few winners this season…

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  • Poll: Now That You’ve Seen New Year’s Eve…

    Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen New Year’s Eve… Now that you’ve seen New Year’s Eve, what’s your favorite Garry Marshall film? Public OpinionView Results

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  • The Inbox (Dec. 3-9, 2011)

    Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…

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  • Gallery: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

    Below is a gallery for the upcoming film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

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  • Weekend Preview: Dec. 16-18, 2011

    There are four new releases this week. We have previews for three of them below.

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 11

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar Week in Review: December 4-10, 2011

    Oscar News The Academy released the short list this week for Best Visual Effects, leaving 15 eligible films. Kung Fu Panda 2 led the Annie Award nominees for animated films, with 12 nominations. Puss in Boots and Rango each got 9 nods. The Washington D.C. Film Critics named The Artist their Best film of the year, while spreading…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 10

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Academy Announces Visual Effects Finalists

    The Academy has announced the fifteen films that will compete for five nominations in the Best Visual Effects category at this year’s Oscars. Here is that list. More information follows at the end regarding their selection process. Expect box office duds like Sucker Punch and Cowboys & Aliens to be among the first films dropped…

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  • Trailer Watch: Joyful Noise

    It’s true. There are no new ideas under the sun. Sister Act wasn’t that long ago… Joyful Noise Plot Summary: A small town church performance choir finds new direction when a member’s step-son arrives to shake things up and lead them towards a coveted victory at a show choir competition. Release Date: January 13, 2012…

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  • What to See: Dec. 9-11, 2011

    On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…

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