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'Avatar' retains Aus box office top spot
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Avatar has taken the Australian box office top spot for the second consecutive week. James Cameron's sci-fi action movie holds off competition from Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes to secure the number one slot over the Christmas weekend. Avatar's $$12 million gross is more than double that of Holmes, which is one of seven new entries in the top ten. Alvin And The Chipmunks 2, Old Dogs and Did You Hear About The Morgans? round out the top five, while The Lovely Bones bows at number seven. Jane Campion's Bright Star lands at (more)
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Oscars 2010: which runners and riders will last the race?
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The nominees will only be announced on 2 February and the awards given out on 7 March, but the likely contenders can already be divined
As the end of 2009 approaches we're in the thick of the Us awards season and pretty much everyone from the critics groups and some of the guilds to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Hfpa), the American Film Institute and the local barman have publicised their nominees and winners. Top 10 lists for 2009 have been drawn up, the year's most admired actors and actresses have been proposed and anointed, and the merits of the best work in directing, screenwriting, editing and all the crafts have been debated. The only body that has yet to weigh in on the virtues of Gabourey Sidibe or George Clooney or Invictus is the guardian of the Oscars – the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
When the Academy's 4,000 or so members announce their nominees on 2 February,
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- Jeremy Kay
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400 Screens, 400 Blows - The Year in Small Films
27 December 2009 6:02 AM, PST
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Was it a good year, or a bad one? Sometimes that assessment just depends on what I saw last. Sometimes the majority of the holiday/awards movies can be dispiriting, but then sometimes the summer movies can be very exciting. One thing I have discovered is that after a few years go by, some of my most passionate picks tend to fade away in favor of other movies that just keeping hanging on. For example, at the end of 2004, I selected Martin Scorsese's The Aviator as one of the best films of the year, but I have never been struck by the urge to see it again. Two other films that did not make my list, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead have since risen in stature and have given me many more hours of enjoyment.
This is generally how I choose my list of favorites,
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- Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Josh's Top Ten Movies Of The Year--Or How The King Of The World Reclaimed His Throne
24 December 2009 12:20 PM, PST
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2009 was a year of delights at the movies. The list below testifies to that. It doesn't rival '07 when two examples of virtual moviemaking perfection were released--namely "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" but '09 may have been filled with as many unexpectedly joyful film going experiences as I can remember in a single calendar year.
From sitting in the first public screening of what should have been a forgetful and frivolous romantic comedy on a frigid night in Park City (see #8) to being flabbergasted by the inventiveness of a would-be sci-fi auteur (whose name I couldn't spell or pronounce at the time, see #7) for 112 riveting minutes. Franchises were reborn. Genres were injected with new life. Stephen Sommers made a watchable film called "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra." Young filmmakers came of age. And one mad genius with the heart of a pussycat and
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- Josh Horowitz
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Giveaway Winners!
23 December 2009 7:16 PM, PST
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Two winners.
#186 Alex — chose “Bright Star” for a Best Pic nomination
#25 Sully – chose Viggo Mortensen for Best Actor
Great submissions. I wish I could choose everyone to win. Winners please
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- Sasha Stone
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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!
23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST
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The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year?
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Turan Names Bright Star and Hurt Locker Tied for No. 1
22 December 2009 2:32 PM, PST
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Thanks to reader Andrew for pointing out Kenneth Turan’s top ten. As follows:
1. Bright Star and Hurt Locker
I’m going to split my No. 1 pick between two films
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- Sasha Stone
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"An Education" Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards
21 December 2009 10:05 PM, PST
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The coming of age tale, "An Education," topped the London Film Critics' Circle Awards nominations. The film picked up seven nominations including actress for Carey Mulligan and screenwriter of the year for Nick Hornby.
Quentin Tarantino is set to receive the Critics' Circle's highest honor, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Cinema. The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone.
Here are the nominees:
Breakthrough British Film-maker
Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci - In the Loop
Duncan Jones . Moon
Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop and Moon
Foreign Language Film Of The Year
The Class
Katyn
Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Director Of The Year
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
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- Manny
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In My Opinion: Top Ten Biggest Disappointments of 2009
21 December 2009 4:35 PM, PST
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Ten films that didn't live up to expectations
Ten Most Disappointing Films of 2009
This year I've decided I'm not going to write a "Worst of 2009" list. What's the point? If you must you can visit the review archives for 2009, sort by grade and find my reviews of Fanboys, The Last House on the Left, All About Steve and I Love You Beth Cooper and then fill in six of your choosing from the "D" section and be done with it. Instead, I'm going back to what I've done only one other time and going to take a look back at the films that ended up disappointing me on one lever or another.
This way I don't have to talk about The Marc Pease Experience or Bride Wars. Year One and Whiteout don't need further dicussion and neither does G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra of Fighting. Instead I can
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- Brad Brevet
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Jane Campion and 'Bright Star' -- Lost in the Shuffle?
21 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST
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Jane Campion, who's wowed film fans and critics for years with movies like Sweetie, The Piano, and The Portrait of a Lady, came back with a fierceness at this year's Cannes with Bright Star, an elegant retelling of the love affair between John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). The film shows the doomed relationship from Brawne's point of view; an outspoken and creative young woman with a flair for fashion and not much of a passion for Romantic poetry, Brawne becomes enamored of her neighbor much to the disapproval of her mother and his churlish friend, fellow writer Charles Brown (Paul Schneider). Unfortunately, their love remains rather celibate, relegated to holding hands and writing letters. Keats died at 25, unsuccessful and poor, from tuberculosis.
Overall the consensus from Cannes was that Jane Campion's first full-length movie since 2003's In the Cut was a strong contender in a number of Oscar categories,
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- Jenni Miller
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Best in film in 2009: London Film Critics’ nominees
21 December 2009 2:04 PM, PST
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The London Film Critics have released the list of the nominees for the best achievements in film in 2009. Here they are:
Film Of The Year
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air
The Attenborough Award: Best British Film Of The Year
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Foreign Language Film Of The Year [...]
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London Film Critics Awards 2010
21 December 2009 2:01 PM, PST
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2010 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2010 London Film Critics’ nominations: Dec. 21, 2009
2010 London Film Critics’ winners: Feb. 18, 2010
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)
Film Of The Year
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Foreign Language Film Of The Year
The Class
Katyn
Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Director Of The Year
Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
British Director Of The Year
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones [...]
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- Andre Soares
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“An Education” Tops London Critics
21 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST
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The 30th London Film Critics’ Circle Awards announced their nominations this afternoon, with Lone Scherfig’s “An Education” leading the pack. “Education” took seven nominations, including British Film of the Year and notices for actors Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike and Olivia Williams. In the British Film of the Year category, “Education” was joined by Jane Campion’s “Bright Star,” Armando Iannucci’s “In The Loop,” Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank” and Duncan Jones’s …
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'An Education' Leads London Film Critics' Circle Nominations
21 December 2009 9:31 AM, PST
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Lone Scherfig’s "An Education" leads this year’s nominations for the 30th Annual London Film Critics’ Circle Awards.
The film has picked up seven nominations including actress of the year and best actress for rising star, for Carey Mulligan, and the Attenborough Award for British film of the year.
Jane Campion’s "Bright Star," Andrea Arnold’s Cannes title "Fish Tank," "In The Loop," Armando Iannucci’s political satire, and Duncan Jones’s debut feature and Edinburgh winner "Moon" have a
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- Brent Lang
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Satellite Awards 2009
21 December 2009 12:20 AM, PST
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2009 Satellite Awards
International Press Academy’s 2009 Satellite Award nominations: Nov. 29, 2009
2009 Satellite Award winners: Dec. 20, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.)
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Bright Star
An Education
* The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
The Informant!
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
* Nine
A Serious Man
Up in [...]
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- Anna Robinson
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THR Critics’ Top 10 Films of 2009
20 December 2009 10:35 PM, PST
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via… THR
Kirk Honeycutt
The White Ribbon
Up
Precious
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Avatar
The Cove
In the Loop
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
After the cut,
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Oscar Podcast 2.2, Golden Globe Nominations
20 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST
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For the fourteenth episode of the podcast -- more specifically: season two episode two -- the original awards season commentators are back together (Nick, Joe, Katey and myself) though don't get used to it. Who knows what or who is next? Not I!
I can't host the podcast on my site anymore (bandwidth charges are killing me) so you'll have to either download from iTunes (enhanced podcast) or download the mp3 from Mediafire. We go on and on but why shouldn't you obsess on the Oscar race with us during your commute, spare time or workout?
Discussed
People: Sandra Bullock, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Reese Witherspoon, Emily Blunt, Kathryn Bigelow, etcetera. Hot Topics: Critics Groups, Bfca ballots, Globe Noms, Original Score, The Blockbuster Problem. The Movies: mainly The Blind Side, Precious and Up in the Air with cameos by Amelia, Bright Star, Avatar and Nine among many others.
Disclaimer: Please note that
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Experts split on who'll win Oscar's best actress derby
20 December 2009 6:27 AM, PST
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The Oscars' lead actress race is wide open, according to Brad Brevet (RopeOfSilicon), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Mark Olsen (The Envelope), Richard Rushfield (Gawker), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today) and me. Check out pundits' predictions for best actor here and best picture here. Contenders are ranked according to their likelihood of winning. Best Actress Brevet Musto Olsen O'Neil Rushfield Wloszczyna Meryl Streep, 'Julie & Julia' 2 4 2 2 1 1 Carey Mulligan, 'An Education' 1 1 3 4 2 2 Gabourey Sidibe, 'Precious' 3 3 1 1 3 3 Sandra Bullock, 'The Blind Side' 4 5 5 3 4 Helen Mirren, 'The Last Station' 5 2 4 5 4 5 Abby Cornish, 'Bright Star' 5
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New York Times Critics Top Ten
18 December 2009 3:24 PM, PST
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Avatar makes two out of three of the lists, The Hurt Locker all three, (thanks to Hisham for sending)
A.O. Scott
1) Where the Wild Things Are
2) The Hurt Locker
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SAG shortlists Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air
18 December 2009 2:49 AM, PST
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Nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards largely follow the pattern set by the Golden Globes
Next year's Screen Actors Guild awards are shaping up as a three-horse race after Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air all picked up three nominations last night. The SAG awards were set up in 1995 and focus solely on honouring acting performances, both on film and television.
This year's nominations largely followed the lead set by the Golden Globes, which announced its shortlist earlier this week. Battling it out in the best actor category are Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Colin Firth (A Single Man), George Clooney (Up in the Air) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart). Nominated for the best actress award are Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side). The Hurt Locker, An Education,
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- Xan Brooks
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