You hear it every year: Some actress gets onstage and thanks some awkwardly attired writer “for the words” as if they were just conjured out of the air and typewritten onset just before the real auteur yelled “action.” In truth, this is the category where the hard work happens, where some bodyguard or stripper...
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This slot was originally slated for Best Foreign Film, and then we realized that between the three of us, we’d only cumulatively seen two of the five films (Dogtooth and Biutiful), so VFX it is! It’s an odd feeling to be judging a film visually without judging its story, but that’s what this category...
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The manliest of all Oscar categories, the one for the dudes out there forced to sit through red carpet ooing and aahing, the moment when the Kodak Theatre, for a precious moment, becomes a gladiator arena of bloodthirsty barkers and maidens burying their faces from the primal nightmare on display. Kidding, it’s Best Costume...
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The next category in our bloody battle to the filmic death is Best Cinematography It’s the most exciting of all of the technical categories because...
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Somewhat shocking news out of the WGA Awards tonight. According to Deadline.com, the big feature winners were Chris Nolan’s Inception for Best Original Screenplay, while Aaron Sorkin took home the Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. Sorkin’s win was an expected one, leading up to an expected Oscar win next month, but Inception...
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This year, yours truly joined the Florida Film Critics Circle, and this week, my vote (among those from 18 colleagues from across the state) went towards declaring David Fincher’s The Social Network the very finest film of 2010. Fincher took Best Director, while Aaron Sorkin’s snappy script won Best Adapted Screenplay. With regards to...
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So here we are, having made it through two-thirds of the year, only a day away from the official start of the Toronto International Film Festival and the unofficial starting gun for the 2010 awards season. Before the Finchers and the Weinsteins can go and shake up the ranks too much, here’s a look...
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