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The Writers Guild of America gave out its awards last night, making the Best Picture race even less interesting as the inevitable Slumdog win becomes crystal clear. Slumdog now has the DGA, PGA, SAG, and WGA (Adapted Screenplay) awards. Yes, that’s every major guild prize. In other news, Milk took home the WGA original screenplay [...]
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2009 Best Picture Nominee Box Office Totals
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 25th, 2009
I posted this last year because we all have to remember the real reason for Oscar: the Oscar bounce. The box office boost was in full effect when Slumdog jumped 80 percent at the box office this weekend. In fact, all the nominees grabbed more cash, including The Reader, which lost 50 theaters. Last year [...]
Final Oscar 2008-2009 Nomination Predictions
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 21st, 2009
Will The Dark Knight get its Best Picture nod? Will Slumdog nab the most nominations? Will Woody Allen spoil the day for another director? Will Kate Winslet get the two nods she deserves? What’s going to happen?! Tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST the Academy will announce the Oscar nominees. Anyone who has watched [...]
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No Comments »Slumdog takes Best Picture at Critics’ Choice Awards
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 8th, 2009
No real surprise as Slumdog Millionaire takes top prize (and 4 others) at the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. (Sorry, The Dark Knight fans.) All signs continue to point to Slumdog as the Best Picture favorite. Damn me for not having cable television. I’d would have liked to seen some of these acceptance speeches, especially Kate [...]
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Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 8th, 2009
And the DGA nominees are: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Gus Van Sant, Milk DGA and PGA match five for five. Will Oscar follow? The last time the two guilds matched up was in 1998, the same year Titanic was [...]
Posted in Random Tags: amistad, frost/nixon, milk, slumdog millionaire, the curious case of benjamin button, the dark knight, titanic No Comments »WGA Nominees 2009
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 7th, 2009
And the WGA Nominees are: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures ADAPTED [...]
PGA Award Nominations 2009
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 5th, 2009
And the PGA nominees are: Slumdog Millionaire Milk Frost/Nixon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight To all of you who keep freaking out over The Dark Knight actually appearing on this list, may I present you with a great big helping of so the f what. The facts are these: The PGA is the [...]
NY Film Critics pick Milk
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 10th, 2008
It’s not an out-of-left-field choice like LAFCA’s WALL-E pick, but the NYFCC solidifies Milk‘s position as a serious contender in the Best Picture race. It’s also worth noting that Penelope Cruz is sweeping the Supporting Actress awards so far this season. She’s 3 for 3 at with her NBR, LAFCA, and NYFCC wins. Best Picture [...]
LA Film Critics pick WALL-E
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 9th, 2008
Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E nabbed the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Picture today. In the past 25 years, 4/5 of the picture that received the prize went on to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. My initial guess is that WALL-E will join the ranks of those nomination-less winners of years past. But this [...]
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Year in Review – Top Ten Films of 2008
One of the problems with living in a place like Cleveland (or Erie, Pa. before this) and not in NYC or LA is that you don’t get to see all the movies of 2008 until it’s 2009. I’ve always given myself an extra month to catch up. Considering the lackluster year it’s been for movies, [...]