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The Notable Films of 2011: Part Five
31 December 2010 5:23 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King »
- Garth Franklin
The Notable Films of 2011: Part Five
31 December 2010 5:23 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King »
- Garth Franklin
Steven Neish – 2010 – A Year in Highlights
31 December 2010 2:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Joining HeyUGuys back in June of this year, I was eager to put my personal popcorn addiction to good use. A Psychology student by day and an usher by night, I had built up an encyclopaedic knowledge of film over three years of part time work, ever broadening my horizons with a determination to watch anything and everything I could. Finally blessed with an outlet for my burgeoning opinions and limitless enthusiasm, HeyUGuys has offered me opportunity after opportunity resulting in an inordinate number of cinematic highlights this 2010.
With Hollywood finally dropping the tiresome “darker is better” mantra to provide two of the very best comic-book adaptations to date – Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, in case it needed pointing out – and DreamWorks raising the bar with a series of above studio-par animated releases, it has been a year of many memorable moments. Inception was mind-bending, Four Lions was »
- Steven Neish
Your Daily Fix Of Oscar: 12/30/10
30 December 2010 2:10 PM, PST | Scott Feinberg | See recent Scott Feinberg news »
The Hot Blog: David Poland claims that “True Grit,” the Coen brothers Western, “has muscled its way into the frontrunner slot to win best picture” as a result of its solid box-office performance over the long Christmas weekend. (It generated $36.1 million, good enough for second place behind “Little Fockers,” which brought in only $9 million more.) Methinks Poland is too smart to actually believe that and is just hoping to generate some late phase one traffic to his site and/or be the one guy who made a crazy pick that somehow came true (as Tom O’Neil attempted last year with “Inglourious Basterds”). Jeff Wells (here) and Sasha Stone (here) seem to concur.
New York Times: Manohla Dargis, Stephen Holden, and A.O. Scott, the newspaper’s three film critics, share their five selections for what/who this year’s Oscar nominees “should be” in this Sunday’s edition. Having obtained an early copy, »
- Scott Feinberg
the year in movies by and about women...
30 December 2010 9:10 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
I have some stuff to say about how women were depicted onscreen this year, and how women made movies this year, at a roundup of reactions on the subject from women film journalists over at Women and Hollywood. I like this by me: Surprisingly, that there were a lot, relatively speaking, of really good films of all stripes that treat women characters as people, as human beings with stories worth telling, from the wonderfully aggressive little girls of *Despicable Me* to Emma Stone’s smart sass in *Easy A* — the brilliance of which has now convinced me that Hollywood does indeed know how to tell strong stories about realistic women, it just chooses not to do so most of the time — to the force of nature that is Noomi Rapace in the *Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* trilogy, and Natalie Portman’s terrifying, but believable, performance as a women possessed »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Oscar ballots mailed: Where do things stand?
27 December 2010 11:15 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The ballots for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have been mailed today, beginning the all-important three-week-long period before they’re due on Jan. 14. Not much has changed in the past week since my last round of predictions (I am now putting Natalie Portman above Annette Bening for Best Actress, though I think the race is still too close to call). But I have been interested to watch as many of my Oscar-prognosticator colleagues have changed their predicted Best Picture winner from The King's Speech to The Social Network. Several of you have wondered in the comments why I haven’t switched my No. »
- Dave Karger
2010 Look Back at the Year in Film
24 December 2010 9:10 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
Scott Mendelson
hollywoodnews.com: Let us begin our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of ten films whose reputations did not proceed them. For the record, not all of the films below are bad pictures. But they all generated critical and/or audience esteem that they perhaps did not entirely earn. There is nothing wrong with overpraising a good film. It often emanates from a hunger for quality that often causes we the critics to look at a merely solid and/or competent piece of cinema and hail it as a groundbreaking work of art. The following are in alphabetical order.
The release of this film timed so conveniently with the arrest of director Roman Polanski that the reception of this film seemed to fall into two categories: ‘a triumphant thriller from a master artist’ and/or ‘the new movie by that kiddie-rapist’. Truth be told, »
- Scott Mendelson
Tsr Blog: My nominations in the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
23 December 2010 9:30 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Let’s go behind the looking glass, shall we? The 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are held January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium. I will be there. I vote. I am one of the 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca). Right now the show is stilling trying to find the perfect host. I hope they go with a classic comedian such as Conan O’Brien or Steven Colbert (yes, those would be Huge names for this awards show). It’d be great to have a stand-up since the Oscars are going with James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Maroon 5 has been named the house band. I’ll be giving you my final ballot as soon as I am allowed to post.
Click Here – For all the buzz about the Critic’s Choice Movie Awards
For now, let’s focus on the nominations. Every film in Bold is a movie I nominated. »
- Jeff Bayer
Pick of the clicks: what did you read on the film site in 2010?
23 December 2010 4:33 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
What did your mouse edge towards on this site this year? Here are the top 10 most viewed articles, galleries, videos, audio streams and interactives. On your own head be it …
Articles
1) Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke
Our most-viewed piece of content of any type, by some distance, was this brief news story about the efforts of water mammals in saving the life of an 84-year-old man. It was shared on Facebook no less than 77,000 times.
2) Hitler? A scapegoat. Stalin? I can empathise. Oliver Stone stirs up history
A report from the Us previewing the director's dubious-sounding TV documentary series.
3) The greatest film scenes ever shot
Philip French and assorted directors and producers pick their favourites.
4) The death of Sex and the City
Hadley Freeman dances entertainingly on the grave.
5) Oscars 2010 liveblog: the 82nd Academy Awards as it happens
Five-and-a-half-hours of glamour, gongs and grinding fatigue.
6) Michael Douglas reveals his cancer »
Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Andrew Garfield: London Film Critics' 2010 Awards
22 December 2010 5:51 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Tom Hooper's The King's Speech (right) and Mike Leigh's Another Year topped the London Film Critics' Circle 2010 nominations with seven nods apiece. Of course, it helps that British films and performers have their own specific categories, which boosts their chances of earning extra mentions. [List of London Film Critics' nominations.] The King's Speech, for instance, is up for Film of the Year and British Film of the Year; its star, Colin Firth, is up for Actor of the Year and British Actor of the Year. That's four nominations right there. All seven nods for Another Year were in the British categories, where competition was considerably less fierce than in the international shortlists. In fact, even potential Oscar contender Lesley Manville failed to be included as a nominee for "Actress of the Year." Instead, the London critics opted for Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Noomi Rapace [...] »
- Andre Soares
“The King’s Speech” Leads Nominations for the London’s Critics’ Circle Awards
21 December 2010 8:18 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
More awards news now, and it comes from the London’s Critics’ Circle who announced the nominations for their 31st Film Awards, which will be held on February the 10th.
The King’S Speech won out over The Social Network this time around, garnering 8 nominations, including two for Colin Firth and his portrayal of King George VI, one in Actor of the Year and British Actor of the Year. True Grit was also given some well-deserved kudos, getting nominations for actor Jeff Bridges, newcomer Hailee Steinfield, and directors Joel and Ethan Cohen. Toy Story 3 also managed to grab a spot in the Sky 3D Award: Film of the Year line up, and indie movie The Arbor secured a coveted spot on The Attenborough Award: British Film of the Year list too. But where is Biutiful and Javier Bardem‘s nomination, strange that it seems to be getting left off many awards lists… »
- Laura Stackhouse
London Critics Embrace Monarchy With ‘King’s Speech’
21 December 2010 7:31 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Britain: it’s a lot like America, only in Europe. Everything we have over here — sandwiches, The Beatles, federally mandated health care — they have over there too, except it’s a British version.
And that includes movie critics — critics who, like their American counterparts, have just announced that “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” lead their award nominations.
Yes, the list of nominees for the 31st annual London Critics’ Circle awards is topped by “The King’s Speech,” while “The Social Network” landed five and the British drama “Another Year” grabbed six.
“Another Year,” which stars Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville as an couple in denial about the aging process, was one of several films which got a boost from the fact that the London Critics’ Circle has double nominations for each major category, one for films in general and one specifically for British films. Thus “The King’s Speech, »
- Scott Harris
London Critics’ Circle Awards: Nominations
21 December 2010 6:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Awards have been announced.
Another Year and The King’s Speech lead with seven nominations apiece.
The London Critics’ Circle Awards will take place on February 10, 2011 at the BFI Southbank.
Below is the full list of nominees:
Sky 3D Award: Film of the Year:
Black Swan The Kids Are All Right Toy Story 3 The King’s Speech The Social Network
The Attenborough Award: British Film of the Year:
Another Year Monsters The Arbor The King’s Speech 127 Hours
Foreign Language Film of the Year:
I am Love Dogtooth The Secret in Their Eyes Of Gods and Men Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Actor of the Year:
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King’s Speech Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Moet Actress of the Year:
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone Natalie Portman, »
- Jamie Neish
Oscar predictions: Post-sag rankings
21 December 2010 6:00 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The Screen Actors Guild nominations were the big Oscar story of the past week. How did the SAG lists affect the overall awards races? Here are my updated predictions in the six major races.
Best Picture
1. The King’s Speech (last week: 1)
2. The Social Network (last week: 2)
3. Inception (last week: 3)
4. The Fighter (last week: 5)
5. True Grit (last week: 6)
6. Toy Story 3 (last week: 4)
7. Black Swan (last week: 7)
8. The Kids Are All Right (last week: 9)
9. Winter’s Bone (last week: 11)
10. The Town (last week: 8 )
11. 127 Hours (last week: 10)
12. Another Year (last week: 12)
13. Rabbit Hole (last week: 13)
14. Get Low (last week: 14)
15. The Ghost Writer »
- Dave Karger
World Cinema: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (2009)
21 December 2010 4:41 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Next (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes), 2009.
Directed by Daniel Alfredson.
Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace and Lena Endre.
Synopsis:
Awaiting trial for attemped murder, Lisbeth Salander races to prove her innocence with the aid of Millennium reporter Mikael Blomkvist.
As far as film trilogies go, the Millenium films have been one of the most tautly paced and superbly executed series in a long, long time. The Bourne trilogy is perhaps its only credible contender, but even Jason Bourne’s gritty spy thrills can’t begin to approach Lisbeth Salander’s stark world of merciless mind games and bitter conspiracies.
Now the UK finally gets its grubby paws on the final instalment, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, we can see that director Daniel Alfredson has lost none of his flare for spinning a tricky plot into a marvellously watchable tale. Followers of the »
- flickeringmyth
Another Year and The King's Speech vie for London Critics' Circle awards
21 December 2010 4:41 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
British dramas by Mike Leigh and Tom Hooper both have seven nominations each, while The Social Network gets five nods
British films The King's Speech and Another Year are leading the charge for this year's London Critics' Circle film awards with seven nominations each, it was announced today.
Tom Hooper's historical drama about the efforts of King George VI to overcome a stammer in the early years of his reign picked up nods for film of the year, actor of the year (Colin Firth) and actress of the year (Helena Bonham Carter), while Mike Leigh's latest drama was named as a contender for best British director, best British actor and actress.
Away from the UK-oriented awards, Oscars frontrunner The Social Network picked up five nominations, while Joel and Ethan Coen's remake of the classic John Wayne western True Grit received four nods.
Firth will face off against True Grit's Jeff Bridges, »
- Ben Child
"The King's Speech," "Another Year" Top London Critics' Circle Awards Nominations
20 December 2010 11:04 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
"The King's Speech" and "Another Year" led the London Critics' Circle Awards nominations receiving seven nods each. Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" received nominations for top categories such as film of the year, actor of the year and actress of the year. Mike Leigh's "Another Year" got top nods including the British director, British actress and British actor categories.
Winners will be announced at a gala on Feb. 10, 2011.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Sky 3D Award: Film Of The Year
Black Swan (Fox)
The Kids Are All Right (Universal)
The King's Speech (Momentum)
The Social Network (Sony)
Toy Story 3 (Disney)
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
127 Hours (Warner/Pathe)
The Arbor (Verve)
Another Year (Momentum)
The King's Speech (Momentum)
Monsters (Vertigo)
Foreign Language Film Of The Year
Dogtooth (Verve)
I Am Love (Metrodome)
Of Gods and Men (Artificial Eye)
- Manny
London Critics Circle Lauds Pic Nominees
20 December 2010 8:32 PM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
The London Critics' Circle has set its nominees for the 31st Film Awards, a fete that will be held February 10.
Here are the nominees:
Sky 3D Award: Film Of The Year: Black Swan The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech The Social Network Toy Story 3
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year: 127 Hours The Arbor Another Year The King's Speech Monsters
Foreign Language Film Of The Year: Dogtooth I Am Love Of Gods and Men The Secret in Their Eyes Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Actor Of The Year:
Jeff Bridges - True Grit Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network Colin Firth - The King's Speech Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine Edgar Ramirez - Carlos
Actress Of The Year: Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone Natalie Portman - Black Swan Noomi Rapace - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo »
- MIKE FLEMING
Artist Hr Giger 'on board' for Alien return
20 December 2010 6:21 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Swiss surrealist who won Oscar for design of Ridley Scott's admired space horror film plans to work on prequel, his wife says
When news broke last year that veteran film-maker Ridley Scott was to build on his iconic slasher-in-space film Alien more than 30 years on, reaction was divided fairly evenly between healthy scepticism and wide-eyed excitement. Those in the latter camp may just be feeling a little smug today after it was revealed that the Swiss surrealist artist Hr Giger, whose Oscar-winning designs played such an important role in defining the brilliance of Scott's 1979 film, is to return for the new project.
In a video interview for Swiss television, the painter's wife Carmen Scheifele said her husband was "on board" for the prequel, which she said might be one of two films, both set prior to Scott's Alien.
Speaking in Swiss German, Scheifele said: "We went to London to »
- Ben Child
'The Social Network' continues to roll with Satellite Award wins
20 December 2010 4:45 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The Social Network added another batch of awards-season kudos to its growing tally on Sunday, winning best dramatic movie, best director, and best adapted screenplay at the Satellite Awards. Directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, Social Network had already won best picture awards from L.A. and New York critics organizations and the National Board of Review. Inception also fared well on Sunday, winning Satellites for best score, cinematography, and art direction. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World also reared its head at the Satellites, taking the prize for best comedy/musical and earning star Michael Cera best actor in a comedy/musical. »
- Mike Bruno
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