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A few commenters in yesterday’s Oscar nominations thread seem to be under the misapprehension that film critics are actually involved in the Acadamy Awards — voting for nominations and wins — and it suddenly occurred to me that this might be a more widespread belief. So I figure it’s worth promoting my response to them … more…
Following up on yesterday’s QOTD about the Oscar nominations: What do you think about the Razzie nominations? Highlights from the noms for the “Berry Worst ‘Achievements’ in Film” in 2009 — which were also announced yesterday — include (links go to my reviews): Worst Picture All About Steve G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Land … more…
My fellow members of the Online Film Critics Society and I picked pretty damn well in our January polls to guess who’d be nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director: We went 5 for 5 in the Best Actor and Best Director categories, 4 for 5 in Best Actress, and 9 … more…
Thoughts while listening to the announcement of the nominations: • Penelope Cruz in Nine?! Matt Damon in Invictus?! Seriously? • No surprises in the Best Actor, Best Actress, or Best Director categories. • Looks like I’m gonna have to review The Messenger and The Last Station. • District 9 love! In the Loop love! I … more…
Guy directors totally don’t know how to react to Kathryn Bigelow winning the Directors Guild of America award for The Hurt Locker except with figurative pulling of pigtails, as a roundup of facepalm reactions at Jezebel shows. See also: Tom O’Neil of Gold Derby calling Bigelow’s DGA win “shocking.” Is this because, as he goes … more…
Over the past month, the members of the Online Film Critics Society have been guessing who will be nominated in a handful of major Academy Award categories. With the actual nominees to be announced on February 2, we’re down to our last speculations: Best Director. Here’s who we picked (in alphabetical order; links go to … more…
Over the past two weeks, the members of the Online Film Critics Society were polled about which performances we thought will be the Oscar nominees for Best Actress and Best Actor. These are the performances we collectively predicted (in alphabetical order; links go to my reviews): Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Vera Farmiga, … more…
The 67th annual Golden Globes awards were handed out last night. On the film side, at least, there weren’t many surprises: FILM Best Motion Picture (Drama): Avatar Best Actress (Drama): Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Actor (Drama): Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical): The Hangover Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): … more…
Item: Mo’Nique won Best Supporting Actress at Monday night’s ceremony for the 2009 New York Film Critics Circle awards. Item: Mo’Nique, who has been infamously snubbing the Oscar campaigning sideshows, did not turn up for the NYFCC ceremony. Neither did anyone else from Precious. So: NYFCC head honcho Armond White was forced to accept the … more…
The Online Film Critics Society — of which I’m a member and serve on the Governing Committee — has announced the winners of its 2009 Awards. The Hurt Locker won Best Picture, Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner), and Best Editing (Chris Innis and Bob Murawski). Also winning four awards was Inglourious Basterds: … more…
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