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DGA: Bigelow, Cameron, Daniels, Reitman, Tarantino

40 minutes ago | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The Directors Guild of America used to be the Oscar precursor with the most famously accurate prediction record... not for guessing the Best Director lineup, exactly, but for predicting the eventual Best Picture lineup itself.

So *if* were were still only getting five Best Picture nominees (instead of ten) they would be:

Avatar (James Cameron)

The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)

Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lee Daniels)

Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)"Tell us something we don't know," you scream in unison. "cuz those are obviously the top contenduhs!"

Okay okay... something you don't know. Let's see... Did you know that Clint Eastwood is arguably a microscopic bit more popular with the AMPAS directorial branch than he is with the DGA: The DGA didn't nominate his Letters From Iwo Jima; Oscar did. (You probably know this, too). But he could still show »

- NATHANIEL R

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All five DGA nominees should make the expanded best picture race at the Oscars

1 hour ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

It will be a shockeroo if all five of today's Directors Guild of America nominated films don't make it into the expanded best picture Oscars race. All five of them are already among the 10 films in contention with the PGA. The DGA nominees are Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker"), James Cameron ("Avatar"), Lee Daniels ("Precious"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglorious Basterds"). 

There had been speculation that non-dga member Tarantino might lose out on a nod in favor of Clint Eastwood ("Invictus"). After all, Eastwood won two of his three DGA bids ("Unforgiven," "Million Dollar Baby") and was feted with the lifetime achievement prize by the guild three years ago. The PGA did nominate "Invictus," and he is contending at the Globes. Relative newcomer Daniels was snubbed by the Globes for his direction of "Precious," a performance-driven picture that lacks the flashy flourishes of other contenders. »

- tomoneil

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Evaluating The Director's Guild Of America 'Outstanding Directorial Achievement' Nominations Against Years Past

1 hour ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Each year, the Director's Guild of America selects one of its own to receive an award for his or her Outstanding Directorial Achievement. Like the Golden Globes, the five nominated individuals often serve as a barometer for what to expect in the top categories at the Academy Awards. And while the expanded playing field in the Best Picture category -- up from five nominations to 10 -- means that we're bound to see a few wildcards, the latest round of nominations for the year still serves as a pretty good indicator of who might be in the running for the biggest Oscars of the year.

Well the DGA's nominations for this year's Outstanding Directorial Achievement category were announced today and there's not a surprise among them. James Cameron is in there of course, for "Avatar," as is Lee Daniels for "Precious." Also up for the award are Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds »

- Adam Rosenberg

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'Avatar's' James Cameron and 'Hurt Locker's' Kathryn Bigelow top Director's Guild nominees

2 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

The Director's Guild of America announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009 today.  While the nominees do not always match up to the equivalent Academy Award for Best Director, the winner usually does.  In fact, only six DGA winners did not go on to win an Oscar although it should be noted two of them, Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Rob Marshall for "Chicago," took place within the last decade. The nominees and their directorial teams are: Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team:         * Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark »

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Golden Globe voters cast ballots now (hmmm … how will 'Nine' fare?)

4 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Officially, Golden Globe ballots aren't due until next Wednesday, but most members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. are voting today and Friday, having just received their ballots. The timing of when they cast their votes is significant because much has happened since nominations were announced on Dec. 15. Take "Nine," for example. Hfpa members seemed to dig Rob Marshall's adaptation of the Tony Award-sweeping Broadway musical so much that they gave it five nominations — the second-most of all films this year (after "Up in the Air," which received six). However, "Nine" — which cost $80 million to make — has flopped at the U.S. box office, earning only $14 million so far, and »

- tomoneil

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'Thor' Release Date Moved Forward

11 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The release date for "Thor" has been pushed up by two weeks from its original May 20, 2011 slot. Following report that "Spider-Man 4" will not meet its May 5, 2011 deadline, Paramount Pictures has announced that the upcoming movie adaptation of Marvel superhero character will be premiered on May 6, 2011.

Soon after Paramount decided to move up "Thor" release schedule, Disney has announced that "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" will be dropped in U.S. theaters on May 20, 2011, replacing "Thor". This fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise previously had not had an exact release date.

"Thor" is an epic adventure that spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. The story centers on Chris Hemsworth's Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, who is cast down to Earth due to his reckless actions, but he later learns what it takes to be a true »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 Has A Release Date

14 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Even though just a few weeks ago, it.s director Rob Marshall didn.t seem entirely sure it was happening, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, to be titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides now has a release date. Disney announced this evening that they plan to have it in theaters on May 20, 2011. Right now Pirates 4 has that particular date all to itself. Of course it.s a year and a half away, but now that they.ve staked their claim, it.s unlikely anyone else will try and horn in on their action. The movie.s nearest box office competition, as currently scheduled, will be Thor released on May 6th and The Hangover 2 being released on May 25th. It.ll be interesting to see what happens as the date draws closer and the calendar fills up around it, but Pirates of the Caribbean is sure to choke out »

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Anna Kendrick receives 'Rising Star' award at Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Gala

6 January 2010 5:59 AM, PST | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

Though she knew she'd be receiving the award for months (having semi-accepted the honor back in October), Anna Kendrick was as lovely as she could be at this year's Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California yesterday. Kendrick received the "Rising Star Award" at the festival for her work in Up In The Air. Other film celebrities in attendance of the gala were Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Helen Mirren, Diablo Cody (writer, Juno, Jennifer's Body), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Rob Marshall (director, Chicago, Nine), Jeff Bridges (The Men Who Stare At Goats), Mariah Carey, Ivan Reitman (producer, Up In The Air), and Quentin Tarantino (writer, Inglourious Basterds). Photos of »

- thetwilightexaminer

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'Nine' No Magic Number for Weinstein

5 January 2010 5:44 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Daniel Frankel

Restructuring its debt and hoping for the next “Chicago,” The Weinstein Co. is finding disappointment at the box office from its latest Rob Marshall musical, “Nine.” Even following five Golden Globe nominations -- which included best comedy-musical, as well as performance consideration for Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Penelope Cruz -- box-office momentum doesn’t seem to be picking up for the film. Co-financed with Relativity Media at what Weinstein officials say is a $64 million production budget, the film had only grossed about $14.1 million after two »

- Daniel Frankel

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Review: “Nine”

5 January 2010 3:35 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

When Rob Marshall decided to adapt the stage musical “Nine”, he was actually taking on the adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation. “Nine” is based on the 80’s Tony Award-Winning Broadway production of the same name, which was an adaptation of an Italian play by Mario Fratti, itself inspired by Federico Fellini’s immortal classic “8 ½”. After a successful revival of the Broadway show a few years ago, the Weinstein Company decided to take this story back to the big screen, and to make it bigger than ever. Of course, after so many reinterpretations, it is no surprise that the substance of the movie has been diluted to nothing. A lot of show and flashes and even consecrated names like Sophia Loren’s can’t disguise the void. Like the protagonist of the film, Guido, who loses himself in his larger-than-life project “Italia”, this was a far too big production »

- Clara Viola

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Don't Listen To Others, Judge Nine For Yourself

5 January 2010 9:21 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

When it comes to transferring Broadway musicals to the big screen, Rob Marshall is the go to man. He did it successfully with Chicago and he does it again with Nine. He takes the play, which is based on Fellini's movie 8 ½, and populates it with beautiful women and enjoyable musical numbers. Then he tops it off with stunningly good acting led by Daniel Day-Lewis as the confused moviemaker. Guido Contini (Day-Lewis) is a man in a crisis. He has been a successful filmmaker in Italy but his talent well seems to have dried up. His last two films have been flops and now he is starting one titled Italy and he doesn't even have a script. He is trying to bull his way through it but in his heart he knows he is lost. He seeks advice from his costume »

- Jackie K. Cooper

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Nine

5 January 2010 6:33 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

First a confession. I dislike musicals. No, that’s untrue. I loathe musicals. I loathe them in much the same way that I loathe Ryanair baggage charges. Or root canal surgery. Or the post-pub, Cro-magnon wank-a-thon, Danny Dyer's Hardest Men. I just cannot see the appeal. All that breathy over enunciation. The razzle. Yeah! The dazzle. Yeah! Yeah! The big, lungy singing and the high kicking and the weary and ultimately rather tragic "raciness". The ridiculous sub ‘Ello ‘Ello accents, the painful exposition and the “amusing” asides. The in-jokes and all the self-congratulatory back-slapping and gurning. All that stage school, theatrical bonhomie. I may be missing the point entirely but it all just baffles me. Musicals, to me, feel like the rather embarrassing, screeching aunt-at-a-wedding. Over cooked, slightly desperate and just to painful to watch. So going to see Nine, the new film from the director of Chicago, Rob Marshall, »

- Nick Clarke

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Avatar exceeds expectations in UK to corner the Christmas market

5 January 2010 4:37 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

James Cameron's 3D epic beat Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks this holiday, and gave Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy and Rob Marshall's Nine a positive whipping

The winner

Given Avatar's epic duration and the limited number of 3D screens in the UK, the film's box office performance was always likely to be more long haul than quick burn. But takings of £5.94m on its third weekend go far beyond expectations. For comparison, third-weekend takings on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – by some distance, 2009's biggest UK box office hit – were £2.92m. After 17 days on release, Avatar has taken a nifty £32.82m, but it's the film's earnings potential, rather than sums grossed so far, that have got the industry excited. The 17-day figure is hardly record-breaking, but much more significant is that Avatar has hardly dipped from its opening weekend of £6.67m; until it starts showing declines, »

- Charles Gant

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PGA nominees announced

5 January 2010 12:00 AM, PST | Virgin Media - Movies | See recent Virgin Media - Movies news »

The Producers Guild of America have announced their film and television nominees. The Oscar frontrunners including 'Avatar', 'The Hurt Locker', 'Up in the Air', and 'Precious', are among the ten nominees for the Producers Guild of America's top film honour, the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award. Two science-fiction films, 'District 9' and 'Star Trek' have been seen as surprise nominations whereas Rob Marshall's star-studded musical movie 'Nine,' featuring Daniel Day Lewis and Penelope Cruz has not been recognised, making it one of the biggest disappointments of the awards season. The PGA also passed over the Coen Brothers' dark comedy .. »

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Nine Movie Review

4 January 2010 6:18 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

If you were a fan of Rob Marshall’s Chicago and enjoy seeing award winners like Daniel Day-Lewis step out of their element to tackle musical roles, Nine was a movie attempted for you.

While the preview promises us all the sex and energy of Chicago, what it provides is just a lot of build with no climax. Much like that of the director portrayed in the film, Marshall’s execution feels frazzled and he fails to fully execute a unified vision for Nine.

Nine is based on a musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s autobiographical film 8½ (1963). It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who faces a creative crisis and various romantic entanglements after the release of his most successful films.

While Nine was extremely successful upon its original release in the 80’s and as a revival in 2003, even the star-studded cast of Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, »

- jyates

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Review: Sherlock Holmes and Nine – Massive fun and mediocre

4 January 2010 9:56 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

Everyone has got a bit of the post-Christmas blues, although mine is mostly being generated by the mountain of chocolates and baked goods that I still have to get through before they go stale. If you are feeling low, I recommend a trip to the cinema. It’ll get you out of the house, stop you worrying about the fact that there will be no more Gavin and Stacey (or David T as Dr. Who, or X Factor, or Strictly Come Dancing etc etc) and help you to burn off some Christmas weight*. I did just that, and it made me feel momentarily better, before the realities of our frost-bound, snow-covered nation returned, their persistent presence intensified by the brief escape to another world. And here is what I thought of what I saw: Sherlock Holmes I was excited by the trailer when I saw it back in the summer, »

- Joe West

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Box Office: ‘Avatar’ Surpasses A Billion

4 January 2010 9:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Well, it is the first box office recap of 2010, and it looks like I’ll be dropping  the “B” word, as in “Billion.”  Avatar sailed over the billion dollar mark in only its third week in release. Thanks to this worldwide total, it now sits comfortably at the  number four position of highest grossing movies of all time, right behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

It has already exceeded the total that took The Dark Knight its entire theatrical run to achieve, and Avatar has shown no signs of  slowing down. The movie dropped less than 10% from last weekend and made $68.3 Million, bringing its domestic total to over $352 Million.

There was plenty of box office love to go around this weekend, and several movies did exceptionally well. Sherlock Holmes added another $38.3 Million to its two week total, which now stands at over $140.7 Million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel made $36.6 Million, »

- Shannon Hood

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The Bottom 5 - Peter Debruge’s Biggest Disappointments of 2009

1 January 2010 6:26 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

You may have seen the five worst films of 2009, but I did my best to avoid them. Instead, at year’s end, I’d rather recap my five biggest disappointments - movies that promised the world and delivered a fraction of their potential.  To me, that’s far more upsetting than a bad movie, because they’ve squandered the opportunity, and now no one can go back and do it right. You probably won’t agree with my choices (maybe you went into Where the Wild Things Are expecting to be annoyed and came out enraptured - that actually happened to me with co-writer Dave Eggers’ other 2009 release, Away We Go). These picks were meant to be personal, but I’d love to hear what you think. Feel free to share your biggest let-downs after the list, which you’ll find just after the jump…

1. Funny People

Let’s face »

- Peter Debruge

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Review: ‘Nine’

1 January 2010 10:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

About thirty minutes into Rob Marshall’s musical Nine, I kept getting a nagging sense of déjà vu. It finally dawned on me that the movie reminded me a lot of All That Jazz, the 1979 musical directed by Bob Fosse. That movie starred the late Roy Scheider, who portrayed a brilliant choreographer experiencing an existential crisis in the days leading up to a big Broadway production. He copes with his pathos by popping pills and chasing women, and his self destructive ways ultimately cost him the love and respect of his daughter and those closest to him.

In Nine, Daniel Day Lewis plays a brilliant Italian director who experiences an existential crisis in the days leading up to the first day of filming for his new movie. He is a scoundrel, and has so many entanglements with various women that it ultimately threatens his health, marriage and relationships, not to mention the movie. »

- Shannon Hood

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Matt’s Top 20 Films of the 2000s

31 December 2009 7:14 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

I’ve really enjoyed the lists I’ve posted this week and I hope you have too.  I keep notes year-round on everything I feel is worth noting about particular movies so I don’t forget and I can compile it into what (hopefully) makes or an informative read.  However, this list I’ve been dreading.  Unlike the other lists, there’s no real recommendation at work here.  It’s a list designed to highlight mostly beloved and established films.  It’s also difficult to factor in films of 2008 and 2009 because I don’t know their staying power.  Finally, it’s a list that will ultimately please no one because there’s no way I can narrow the hundreds of great films that have come out over the last ten years into twenty that I’ve determined are better than all the rest.  So why am I doing it?  I have my reasons. »

- Matt Goldberg

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