Here's my selection for the Top Entertainers who made the world of Pop Culture for 2006.
1. Sacha Baron Cohen
2. Meryl Streep
3. "Grey's Anatomy"
4. Nelly Furtado and Timbaland
5. The Dixie Chicks
6. Alec Baldwin
7. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
8. Daniel Craig
9. Kathy Griffin
10. Stephen Colbert
Friday, December 29, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Box Office Predix: Dec. 29 - 31
1. Night at the Museum - $30m / $107m / $180m
2. The Pursuit of Happyness - $18m / $96m / $150m
3. Dreamgirls - $17.5m / $43m / $115m
4. Rocky Balboa - $12m / $50m / $80m
5. The Good Shepherd - $10.5m / $33m / $58m
6. Charlotte's Web - $10m / $49m / $85m
7. We Are Marshall - $8m / $23m / $45m
8. Eragon - $7.5m / $53m / $72m
9. The Holiday - $6m / $47m / $62m
10. Black Christmas - $4m / $12m / $20m
2. The Pursuit of Happyness - $18m / $96m / $150m
3. Dreamgirls - $17.5m / $43m / $115m
4. Rocky Balboa - $12m / $50m / $80m
5. The Good Shepherd - $10.5m / $33m / $58m
6. Charlotte's Web - $10m / $49m / $85m
7. We Are Marshall - $8m / $23m / $45m
8. Eragon - $7.5m / $53m / $72m
9. The Holiday - $6m / $47m / $62m
10. Black Christmas - $4m / $12m / $20m
Thursday, December 21, 2006
December Oscar Predix (4 of 5)
And here we go....
(top 5 in each category are the nominees)
Best Picture:
1. The Departed
2. The Queen
3. Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Dreamgirls
5. Babel
6. United 93
7. Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director:
1. Martin Scorsese - The Departed
2. Stephen Frears - The Queen
3. Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Alejandro Inarritu Gonzalez - Babel
5. Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
6. Paul Greengrass - United 93
7. Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Best Actor:
1. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
2. Peter O'Toole - Venus
3. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
4. Ryan Gosling - Half Neslon
5. Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
6. Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
7. Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Actress:
1. Helen Mirren - The Queen
2. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Penelope Cruz - Volver
5. Kate Winslet - Little Children
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
7. Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
2. Brad Pitt - Babel
3. Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
4. Michael Sheen - The Queen
5. Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
6. Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
7. Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
2. Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
3. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
4. Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
5. Adrianna Barazza - Babel
6. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
7. Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Queen
2. Babel
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Volver
5. Letters From Iwo Jima
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. United 93
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Departed
2. Dreamgirls
3. Little Children
4. Notes on a Scandal
5. The Last King of Scotland
6. Children of Men
7. The Devil Wears Prada
Art Direction:
Children of Men - Dreamgirls - Flags of Our Fathers - Marie Antoinette - Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography:
Children of Men - The Departed - Dreamgirls - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Painted Veil
Costume Design:
The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Marie Antoinette - Miss Potter - Pan's Labyrinth
Editing:
Babel - The Departed - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Queen - United 93
Makeup:
Apocalypto - Pan's Labyrinth - Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Original Song:
Bobby - Charlotte's Web - Dreamgirls - Happy Feet - The Pursuit of Happyness
Score:
Babel - Charlotte's Web - Notes on a Scandal - The Painted Veil - The Queen
Sound Mixing:
Casino Royale - The Departed - Dreamgirls - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Superman Returns
Sound Editing:
Cars - Happy Feet - Pirates of the Caribbean
Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Poseidon - Superman Returns
Animated Feature:
Cars - Flushed Away - Happy Feet - Monster House - Over the Hedge
Documentary:
Deliver Us From Evil - An Inconvenient Truth - Jesus Camp - Shut Up and Sing - The War Tapes
(top 5 in each category are the nominees)
Best Picture:
1. The Departed
2. The Queen
3. Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Dreamgirls
5. Babel
6. United 93
7. Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director:
1. Martin Scorsese - The Departed
2. Stephen Frears - The Queen
3. Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Alejandro Inarritu Gonzalez - Babel
5. Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
6. Paul Greengrass - United 93
7. Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Best Actor:
1. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
2. Peter O'Toole - Venus
3. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
4. Ryan Gosling - Half Neslon
5. Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
6. Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
7. Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Actress:
1. Helen Mirren - The Queen
2. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Penelope Cruz - Volver
5. Kate Winslet - Little Children
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
7. Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
2. Brad Pitt - Babel
3. Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
4. Michael Sheen - The Queen
5. Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
6. Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
7. Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
2. Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
3. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
4. Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
5. Adrianna Barazza - Babel
6. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
7. Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Queen
2. Babel
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Volver
5. Letters From Iwo Jima
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. United 93
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Departed
2. Dreamgirls
3. Little Children
4. Notes on a Scandal
5. The Last King of Scotland
6. Children of Men
7. The Devil Wears Prada
Art Direction:
Children of Men - Dreamgirls - Flags of Our Fathers - Marie Antoinette - Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography:
Children of Men - The Departed - Dreamgirls - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Painted Veil
Costume Design:
The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Marie Antoinette - Miss Potter - Pan's Labyrinth
Editing:
Babel - The Departed - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Queen - United 93
Makeup:
Apocalypto - Pan's Labyrinth - Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Original Song:
Bobby - Charlotte's Web - Dreamgirls - Happy Feet - The Pursuit of Happyness
Score:
Babel - Charlotte's Web - Notes on a Scandal - The Painted Veil - The Queen
Sound Mixing:
Casino Royale - The Departed - Dreamgirls - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Superman Returns
Sound Editing:
Cars - Happy Feet - Pirates of the Caribbean
Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Poseidon - Superman Returns
Animated Feature:
Cars - Flushed Away - Happy Feet - Monster House - Over the Hedge
Documentary:
Deliver Us From Evil - An Inconvenient Truth - Jesus Camp - Shut Up and Sing - The War Tapes
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
10 YEARS AGO....
It opened with $6.3m over its first 3-days, barely enough to make it in the top 5. Costing only $11 million, the film would rely on word of mouth and stellar reviews to keep it in theatres for almost half a year. 10 years later, it and its sequels had made more than half a billion at the worldwide box office. If you want to thank (or perhaps blame) a film for Hollywood's youthquake, the marketing of independent films and the comeback of the horror genre, then this is where it began.
10 years ago today.
10 years ago today.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Box Office Predix: Christmas Weekend
1. Night at the Museum
3-day: $30m
4-day: $41m
Projected Final: $160m
2. The Pursuit of Happyness
3-day: $17m
4-day: $23m
Projected Final: $140m
3. Rocky Balboa
3-day: $16m
4-day: $21.5m
Projected Final: $75m
4. Eragon
3-day: $11m
4-day: $14m
Projected Final: $74m
5. Charlotte's Web
3-day: $9.5m
4-day: $12.5m
Projected Final: $95m
6. We Are Marshall
3-day: $9m
4-day: $12.5m
Projected Final: $55m
7. The Good Shepherd
3-day: $7m
4-day: $9.5m
Projected Final: $40m
8. The Holiday
3-day: $5.5m
4-day: $7.5m
Projected Final: $64m
9. Happy Feet
3-day: $5m
4-day: $6.5m
Projected Final: $175m
10. The Nativity Story
3-day: $5m
4-day: $6m
Projected Final: $45m
Apocalyptpo
3-day: $4m
4-day: $5m
Projected Final: $52m
Blood Diamond
3-day: $4m
4-day: $5m
Projected Final: $40m
Dreamgirls
Christmas Day: $4m
Projected Final: $95m
Black Christmas
Christmas Day: $3.5m
Projected Final: $20m
3-day: $30m
4-day: $41m
Projected Final: $160m
2. The Pursuit of Happyness
3-day: $17m
4-day: $23m
Projected Final: $140m
3. Rocky Balboa
3-day: $16m
4-day: $21.5m
Projected Final: $75m
4. Eragon
3-day: $11m
4-day: $14m
Projected Final: $74m
5. Charlotte's Web
3-day: $9.5m
4-day: $12.5m
Projected Final: $95m
6. We Are Marshall
3-day: $9m
4-day: $12.5m
Projected Final: $55m
7. The Good Shepherd
3-day: $7m
4-day: $9.5m
Projected Final: $40m
8. The Holiday
3-day: $5.5m
4-day: $7.5m
Projected Final: $64m
9. Happy Feet
3-day: $5m
4-day: $6.5m
Projected Final: $175m
10. The Nativity Story
3-day: $5m
4-day: $6m
Projected Final: $45m
Apocalyptpo
3-day: $4m
4-day: $5m
Projected Final: $52m
Blood Diamond
3-day: $4m
4-day: $5m
Projected Final: $40m
Dreamgirls
Christmas Day: $4m
Projected Final: $95m
Black Christmas
Christmas Day: $3.5m
Projected Final: $20m
More critics awards....
LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS:
Picture - The Departed
Actor - Forest Whitaker
Actress - Helen Mirren
Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson
Director - Martin Scorsese
Screenplay - Jason Reitman - Thank You For Smoking
Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker - The Departed
Score - Thomas Newman - The Good German
Song - "Ordinary Miracle" - Charlotte's Web
Family Film - Charlotte's Web
Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Film - Monster House
Foreign Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design - Marie Antoinette
Art Direction - Marie Antoinette
Visual Effects - X-Men: The Last Stand
Youth in Film Award: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Best DVD: Superman Ultimate Collectors Edition
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award - Peter O'Toole
LVFCS Top 10 Films for 2006
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Departed
Babel
United 93
Dreamgirls
Blood Diamond
Thank You For Smoking
Perfume
The Queen
Flags of Our Fathers
DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION:
Best Films of 2006:
1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. The Queen
5. Babel
6. Letters From Iwo Jima
7. Dreamgirls
8. Blood Diamond
9. Little Children
10. Flags of Our Fathers
Best Actor:
1. Forest Whitaker
2. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
3. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
4. Peter O'Toole - Venus
5. Leonardo Dicaprio - Blood Diamond
Best Actress:
1. Helen Mirren
2. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Kate Winslet - Little Children
5. Penelope Cruz - Volver
Supporting Actor:
1. Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
2. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
4. Djimon Honsou - Blood Diamond
5. Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress:
1. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
2. Jennifer Hudson
3. Adriana Barazza - Babel
4. Rinko Kickuchi - Babel
5. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Director:
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Paul Greengrass - United 93
3. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
4. Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
5. Stephen Frears - The Queen
Foreign Language Film:
1. Letters From Iwo Jima
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Water
4. Volver
5. Apocalypto
Documentary:
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Deliver Us From Evil
3. Shut Up and Sing
4. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
5. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Animated Film:
1. Happy Feet
2. Monster House
Screenplay:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Babel
Cinematography:
1. Apocalypto
2. Babel
3. Children of Men
Russell Smith Award (for best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film) - Half Nelson
SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
Picture - The Departed
Top 10:
1. The Departed
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. The Queen
4. United 93
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Babel
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Little Children
9. Thank You For Smoking
10. Notes on a Scandal
Best Foreign-Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker
Best Actress - Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Departed
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Animated Film - Cars
Wyatt Award - Shut Up and Sing
LONDON FILM CRITICS
British producer
Paul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, "United 93"
Al Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams, "London to Brighton"
Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel, "The Last King of Scotland"
Rebecca O'Brien, "The Wind that Shakes the Bar-ley"
Graham King, "The Departed"
British newcomer
Andrea Arnold, writer/director, "Red Road"
Paul Andrew Williams, writer/director/producer, "London to Brighton"
Jodie Whittaker, actress, "Venus"
Clare-Hope Ashitey, actress, "Children of Men"
Rebecca Hall, actress, "The Prestige"
British actress in support
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Emma Thompson, "Stranger than Fiction"
Juliet Stevenson, "Pierrepoint"
Emily Watson, "The Proposition"
Helen McCrory, "The Queen"
British actor in support
Eddie Marsan, "Pierrepoint"
Michael Caine, "The Prestige"
Bill Nighy, "Notes on a Scandal"
Leslie Phillips, "Venus"
Dominic Cooper, "The History Boys"
British actress
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Loraine Stanley, "London to Brighton"
Kate Dickie, "Red Road"
British actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat"
Toby Jones, "Infamous"
Timothy Spall, "Pierrepoint"
James McAvoy, "The Last King of Scotland"
Christian Bale, "The Prestige"
British director
Andrea Arnold, "Red Road"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Christopher Nolan, "The Prestige"
Kevin Macdonald, "The Last King of Scotland"
Ken Loach, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Actress
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"
Actor
Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Screenwriter
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Director
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Pedro Almodovar, "Volver"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Children of Men"
British Film (the Attenborough Award)
"Children of Men"
"The Queen"
"Red Road"
"The Last King of Scotland"
"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Film of the Year
"The Departed"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Volver"
"United 93"
"The Queen"
PHOENIX FILM CRITICS:
Best Picture
United 93
Top Ten Films (In Alphabetical Order)
Babel
Bobby
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
Best Ensemble Acting
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Screenplay written directly for the screen
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Screenplay adapted from another medium
The Departed
Best Live Action Family Film
Charlotte's Web
Overlooked Film of the Year
Hard Candy
Best Animated Film
Flushed Away
Best Foreign Language Film
Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Best Use of Music
Dreamgirls
Best Cinematography
Apocalypto
Best Film Editing
The Departed
Best Production Design
Marie Antoinette
Best Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
Best Visual Effects
Superman Returns
Best Stunts
Casino Royale
Breakout Performance of the Year - On Screen
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Breakout Performance of the Year - Behind the Camera
Emilio Estevez - Bobby
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Jaden Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY AWARDS:
Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Actor: Ken Takakura, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone, The Proposition
Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor, Factotum
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
Original Screenplay: Karen Moncrieff, The Dead Girl
Foreign Language Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Animated Film: Cars
Documentary: Shut Up and Sing
Cinematography: The Illusionist
Production Design: V for Vendetta
Editing: United 93
Score: Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
Ensemble: Babel
Body of Work in 2006: Edward Norton
Picture - The Departed
Actor - Forest Whitaker
Actress - Helen Mirren
Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson
Director - Martin Scorsese
Screenplay - Jason Reitman - Thank You For Smoking
Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker - The Departed
Score - Thomas Newman - The Good German
Song - "Ordinary Miracle" - Charlotte's Web
Family Film - Charlotte's Web
Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Film - Monster House
Foreign Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design - Marie Antoinette
Art Direction - Marie Antoinette
Visual Effects - X-Men: The Last Stand
Youth in Film Award: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Best DVD: Superman Ultimate Collectors Edition
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award - Peter O'Toole
LVFCS Top 10 Films for 2006
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Departed
Babel
United 93
Dreamgirls
Blood Diamond
Thank You For Smoking
Perfume
The Queen
Flags of Our Fathers
DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION:
Best Films of 2006:
1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. The Queen
5. Babel
6. Letters From Iwo Jima
7. Dreamgirls
8. Blood Diamond
9. Little Children
10. Flags of Our Fathers
Best Actor:
1. Forest Whitaker
2. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
3. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
4. Peter O'Toole - Venus
5. Leonardo Dicaprio - Blood Diamond
Best Actress:
1. Helen Mirren
2. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Kate Winslet - Little Children
5. Penelope Cruz - Volver
Supporting Actor:
1. Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
2. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
4. Djimon Honsou - Blood Diamond
5. Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress:
1. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
2. Jennifer Hudson
3. Adriana Barazza - Babel
4. Rinko Kickuchi - Babel
5. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Director:
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Paul Greengrass - United 93
3. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
4. Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
5. Stephen Frears - The Queen
Foreign Language Film:
1. Letters From Iwo Jima
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Water
4. Volver
5. Apocalypto
Documentary:
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Deliver Us From Evil
3. Shut Up and Sing
4. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
5. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Animated Film:
1. Happy Feet
2. Monster House
Screenplay:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Babel
Cinematography:
1. Apocalypto
2. Babel
3. Children of Men
Russell Smith Award (for best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film) - Half Nelson
SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
Picture - The Departed
Top 10:
1. The Departed
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. The Queen
4. United 93
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Babel
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Little Children
9. Thank You For Smoking
10. Notes on a Scandal
Best Foreign-Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker
Best Actress - Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Departed
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Animated Film - Cars
Wyatt Award - Shut Up and Sing
LONDON FILM CRITICS
British producer
Paul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, "United 93"
Al Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams, "London to Brighton"
Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel, "The Last King of Scotland"
Rebecca O'Brien, "The Wind that Shakes the Bar-ley"
Graham King, "The Departed"
British newcomer
Andrea Arnold, writer/director, "Red Road"
Paul Andrew Williams, writer/director/producer, "London to Brighton"
Jodie Whittaker, actress, "Venus"
Clare-Hope Ashitey, actress, "Children of Men"
Rebecca Hall, actress, "The Prestige"
British actress in support
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Emma Thompson, "Stranger than Fiction"
Juliet Stevenson, "Pierrepoint"
Emily Watson, "The Proposition"
Helen McCrory, "The Queen"
British actor in support
Eddie Marsan, "Pierrepoint"
Michael Caine, "The Prestige"
Bill Nighy, "Notes on a Scandal"
Leslie Phillips, "Venus"
Dominic Cooper, "The History Boys"
British actress
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Loraine Stanley, "London to Brighton"
Kate Dickie, "Red Road"
British actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat"
Toby Jones, "Infamous"
Timothy Spall, "Pierrepoint"
James McAvoy, "The Last King of Scotland"
Christian Bale, "The Prestige"
British director
Andrea Arnold, "Red Road"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Christopher Nolan, "The Prestige"
Kevin Macdonald, "The Last King of Scotland"
Ken Loach, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Actress
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"
Actor
Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Screenwriter
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Director
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Pedro Almodovar, "Volver"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Children of Men"
British Film (the Attenborough Award)
"Children of Men"
"The Queen"
"Red Road"
"The Last King of Scotland"
"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Film of the Year
"The Departed"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Volver"
"United 93"
"The Queen"
PHOENIX FILM CRITICS:
Best Picture
United 93
Top Ten Films (In Alphabetical Order)
Babel
Bobby
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
Best Ensemble Acting
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Screenplay written directly for the screen
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Screenplay adapted from another medium
The Departed
Best Live Action Family Film
Charlotte's Web
Overlooked Film of the Year
Hard Candy
Best Animated Film
Flushed Away
Best Foreign Language Film
Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Best Use of Music
Dreamgirls
Best Cinematography
Apocalypto
Best Film Editing
The Departed
Best Production Design
Marie Antoinette
Best Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
Best Visual Effects
Superman Returns
Best Stunts
Casino Royale
Breakout Performance of the Year - On Screen
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Breakout Performance of the Year - Behind the Camera
Emilio Estevez - Bobby
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Jaden Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY AWARDS:
Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Actor: Ken Takakura, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone, The Proposition
Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor, Factotum
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
Original Screenplay: Karen Moncrieff, The Dead Girl
Foreign Language Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Animated Film: Cars
Documentary: Shut Up and Sing
Cinematography: The Illusionist
Production Design: V for Vendetta
Editing: United 93
Score: Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
Ensemble: Babel
Body of Work in 2006: Edward Norton
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Presenting GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE EMILY BLUNT! WAIT!!! SCRATCH THAT.......PRESENTING DOUBLE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE EMILY BLUNT!!!!
I'm just joyous over that. I'm leading an Emily Blunt Pride Parade in my house at this point. I am banging a drum and chanting EMILY BLUNT. AND HOLY FUCKING SHIT! SHE ACTUALLY HAS TWO NOMINATIONS!!!!
I personally think that the non-AMPAS awards bodies this year are just going to go for whatever, thus keeping us thrown off till Oscar nominations are announced.
Drama:
Babel - Bobby - The Departed - Little Children - The Queen
LOL. Booby.
Actress - Drama:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Woohoo! 5/5.
Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Blood Diamond
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
NO GOSLING! I'm betting he goes the way of Amy Adams and gets an Oscar nod anyways.
Musical or Comedy
Borat - The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - Thank You For Smoking
Eh, about what I expected.
Actress - Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
LOL. Renee can get in for anything. Interesting that Collette is over Breslin and got the film's only acting nod. No O'HARA! :-(
Actor - Musical or Comedy
Sasha Baron Cohen - Borat
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbea.....don't really care
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Chiwetel is a cool nod. Boo on DEPP! Jessica Biel was so cute saying the entire title of Borat this morning.
Foreign-Language Film
Apocalypto - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Lives of Others - Pan's Labyrinth - Volver
Animated Film
Cars - Happy Feet - Monster House
Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
ASLDKFLKASDGJKLJASDKLJHLSJ! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! Hudson will win.
Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
This is actually a very cool lineup. I think one of them will get left out and Alan Arkin will get in for Oscar.
Director:
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
LOL. NO BILL CONDON! That is a huge snub. As for Clint Eastwood's double nom, this is how I feel: EMILY BLUNT.
Screenplay
Babel - Little Children - Notes on a Scandal - The Departed - The Queen
That actually rocks? Go Children and Notes.
Original Score
The Painted Veil - The Fountain - Babel - Nomad - The Da Vinci Code
LMAO! I'm guessing Veil or Babel is winning this rather shitty lineup.
Original Song
Pursuit of Happyness - Dreamgirls - Bobby - Happy Feet - Home of the Brave
They skipped on both documentary songs from Dixie Chicks and Melissa Etheridge. Hmm.
TV
Drama
24 - Big Love - Grey's Anatomy - Heroes - Lost
Grey's so WINNING this shit.
Actress - Drama
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Edie Falco - The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly - Lost
Ellen Pompeo - Grey'a Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Evangeline and ELLEN!?!?!?!? LMAO. I'm guessing Krya wins.
Actor - Drama
Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Keifer Sutherland - 24
Don't care.
Comedy or Musical
Desperate Housewives - Entourage - The Office - Ugly Betty - Weeds
I think Office will win, but Ugly could be sittin' pretty. Tehehe.
Actress - Comedy or Musical
Marica Cross - Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
I've changed my name to Darren-Louis. It's very trendy now. Julia or America gets it.
Actor - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Zach Braff - Scrubs
Steve Carrell - The Office
Jason Lee - My Name Is Earl
Tony Shaloub - Monk
OMG ALEC!!!!
Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Bleak House - Broken Trail - Elizabeth I - Mrs. Harris - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Don't have HBO. Don't watch PBS. Don't give a damn.
Actres - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For TV
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Mirren: winning 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Actor - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For TV
Andre Braugher - Thief
Robert Duvall - Broken Trail
Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris
Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter
Matthew Perry - The Ron Clark Story
Yawn.
Supporting Actress - All Television
Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter
Toni Collette - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Sarah Paulson - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds
EMILY!!!! Uh, Katherine or Sarah wins it.
Supporting Actor - All Television
Thomas Haden Church - Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
Justin Kirk - Weeds
Masi Oka - Heroes
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
I hate Justin Kirk's character on Weeds in the first season but haven't seen the second. So I dunno.
Fun morning!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS????
ELLEN POMPEO AND RENEE ZELLWEGER WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM. THE EARTH SHALL IMPLODE.
I personally think that the non-AMPAS awards bodies this year are just going to go for whatever, thus keeping us thrown off till Oscar nominations are announced.
Drama:
Babel - Bobby - The Departed - Little Children - The Queen
LOL. Booby.
Actress - Drama:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Woohoo! 5/5.
Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Blood Diamond
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
NO GOSLING! I'm betting he goes the way of Amy Adams and gets an Oscar nod anyways.
Musical or Comedy
Borat - The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - Thank You For Smoking
Eh, about what I expected.
Actress - Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
LOL. Renee can get in for anything. Interesting that Collette is over Breslin and got the film's only acting nod. No O'HARA! :-(
Actor - Musical or Comedy
Sasha Baron Cohen - Borat
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbea.....don't really care
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Chiwetel is a cool nod. Boo on DEPP! Jessica Biel was so cute saying the entire title of Borat this morning.
Foreign-Language Film
Apocalypto - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Lives of Others - Pan's Labyrinth - Volver
Animated Film
Cars - Happy Feet - Monster House
Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
ASLDKFLKASDGJKLJASDKLJHLSJ! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! BLUNT! Hudson will win.
Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
This is actually a very cool lineup. I think one of them will get left out and Alan Arkin will get in for Oscar.
Director:
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
LOL. NO BILL CONDON! That is a huge snub. As for Clint Eastwood's double nom, this is how I feel: EMILY BLUNT.
Screenplay
Babel - Little Children - Notes on a Scandal - The Departed - The Queen
That actually rocks? Go Children and Notes.
Original Score
The Painted Veil - The Fountain - Babel - Nomad - The Da Vinci Code
LMAO! I'm guessing Veil or Babel is winning this rather shitty lineup.
Original Song
Pursuit of Happyness - Dreamgirls - Bobby - Happy Feet - Home of the Brave
They skipped on both documentary songs from Dixie Chicks and Melissa Etheridge. Hmm.
TV
Drama
24 - Big Love - Grey's Anatomy - Heroes - Lost
Grey's so WINNING this shit.
Actress - Drama
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Edie Falco - The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly - Lost
Ellen Pompeo - Grey'a Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Evangeline and ELLEN!?!?!?!? LMAO. I'm guessing Krya wins.
Actor - Drama
Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Keifer Sutherland - 24
Don't care.
Comedy or Musical
Desperate Housewives - Entourage - The Office - Ugly Betty - Weeds
I think Office will win, but Ugly could be sittin' pretty. Tehehe.
Actress - Comedy or Musical
Marica Cross - Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
I've changed my name to Darren-Louis. It's very trendy now. Julia or America gets it.
Actor - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Zach Braff - Scrubs
Steve Carrell - The Office
Jason Lee - My Name Is Earl
Tony Shaloub - Monk
OMG ALEC!!!!
Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Bleak House - Broken Trail - Elizabeth I - Mrs. Harris - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Don't have HBO. Don't watch PBS. Don't give a damn.
Actres - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For TV
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Mirren: winning 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Actor - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For TV
Andre Braugher - Thief
Robert Duvall - Broken Trail
Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris
Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter
Matthew Perry - The Ron Clark Story
Yawn.
Supporting Actress - All Television
Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter
Toni Collette - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Sarah Paulson - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds
EMILY!!!! Uh, Katherine or Sarah wins it.
Supporting Actor - All Television
Thomas Haden Church - Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
Justin Kirk - Weeds
Masi Oka - Heroes
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
I hate Justin Kirk's character on Weeds in the first season but haven't seen the second. So I dunno.
Fun morning!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS????
ELLEN POMPEO AND RENEE ZELLWEGER WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM. THE EARTH SHALL IMPLODE.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
GOLDEN GLOBE PREDICTIONS!
I tried. They are announced Thursday morning! As always, some categories can have 6 in them, so I added an alternate.
I'd love to see Gretchen Mol, Kirsten Dunst, Matt Damon (for Departed), Emily Blunt and Frances Mcdormand pick up some noms. I doubt much will come for them, though.
Anywho...
Picture - Drama
Babel - The Departed - Notes on a Scandal - The Queen - United 93
Alt: Half Nelson
Picture - Comedy/Musical
Borat - The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - A Prairie Home Companion
Alt: Stranger Than Fiction
Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Alt: Will Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Actor - Comedy/Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
Greg Kinnear - Little Miss Sunshine
Alt: Garrison Keillor - A Prairie Home Companion
Actress - Drama
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Alt: Naomi Watts - The Painted Veil
Actress - Comedy/Musical
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Alt: Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Alt: Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Alt: Meryl Streep - A Prairie Home Companion
Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alt: Robert Altman - A Prairie Home Companion
Screenplay
The Departed - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - The Queen - Stranger Than Fiction
Alt: Notes on a Scandal
Foreign Language Film
Curse of the Golden Flower - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Lives of Others - Pan's Labyrinth - Volver
Alt: Apocalypto
Score
Apocalytpo - Charlotte's Web - Letters From Iwo Jima - Notes on a Scandal - The Queen
Alt: The Painted Veil
Song
"You Know My Name" - Casino Royale
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"Song of the Heart" - Happy Feet
"I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"The Neighbor" - Shut Up and Sing
Alt: "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
Animated Feature
Cars - Flushed Away - Happy Feet - Monster House - A Scanner Darkly
Alt: Curious George
TV Stuff:
I expect The Office, Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty to score multiple noms. That is that.
I'd love to see Gretchen Mol, Kirsten Dunst, Matt Damon (for Departed), Emily Blunt and Frances Mcdormand pick up some noms. I doubt much will come for them, though.
Anywho...
Picture - Drama
Babel - The Departed - Notes on a Scandal - The Queen - United 93
Alt: Half Nelson
Picture - Comedy/Musical
Borat - The Devil Wears Prada - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - A Prairie Home Companion
Alt: Stranger Than Fiction
Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Alt: Will Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Actor - Comedy/Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
Greg Kinnear - Little Miss Sunshine
Alt: Garrison Keillor - A Prairie Home Companion
Actress - Drama
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Alt: Naomi Watts - The Painted Veil
Actress - Comedy/Musical
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Alt: Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Alt: Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Alt: Meryl Streep - A Prairie Home Companion
Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alt: Robert Altman - A Prairie Home Companion
Screenplay
The Departed - Dreamgirls - Little Miss Sunshine - The Queen - Stranger Than Fiction
Alt: Notes on a Scandal
Foreign Language Film
Curse of the Golden Flower - Letters From Iwo Jima - The Lives of Others - Pan's Labyrinth - Volver
Alt: Apocalypto
Score
Apocalytpo - Charlotte's Web - Letters From Iwo Jima - Notes on a Scandal - The Queen
Alt: The Painted Veil
Song
"You Know My Name" - Casino Royale
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"Song of the Heart" - Happy Feet
"I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"The Neighbor" - Shut Up and Sing
Alt: "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
Animated Feature
Cars - Flushed Away - Happy Feet - Monster House - A Scanner Darkly
Alt: Curious George
TV Stuff:
I expect The Office, Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty to score multiple noms. That is that.
Box Office Predix: Dec. 15 - 17
1. Eragon - $24m / $24m / $70m
2. Charlotte's Web - $22m / $22m / $135m
3. The Pursuit of Happyness - $18m / $18m / $90m
4. Apocalypto - $8m / $29m / $52m
5. The Holiday - $8m / $24.5m / $54m
6. Happy Feet - $7.5m / $148m / $168m
7. Casino Royale - $5m / $136.5m / $154m
8. Blood Diamond - $5m / $17m / $30m
9. The Nativity Story - $4.5m / $22.5m / $35m
10. Unaccompanied Minors - $3.5m / $10m / $18m
2. Charlotte's Web - $22m / $22m / $135m
3. The Pursuit of Happyness - $18m / $18m / $90m
4. Apocalypto - $8m / $29m / $52m
5. The Holiday - $8m / $24.5m / $54m
6. Happy Feet - $7.5m / $148m / $168m
7. Casino Royale - $5m / $136.5m / $154m
8. Blood Diamond - $5m / $17m / $30m
9. The Nativity Story - $4.5m / $22.5m / $35m
10. Unaccompanied Minors - $3.5m / $10m / $18m
BFCA, DC, NYFCC, SFFCCA,
Broadcast Film Critics Association
12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards:
BEST PICTURE:
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
BEST ACTOR:
Leonardo DiCaprio – “Blood Diamond”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “The Departed”
Ryan Gosling – “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole – “Venus”
Will Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker – “The Last King of Scotland”
BEST ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz – “Volver”
Judi Dench – “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren – “The Queen”
Meryl Streep – “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet – “Little Children”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Ben Affleck – “Hollywoodland”
Alan Arkin – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Adam Beach – “Flags of Our Fathers”
Djimon Hounsou – “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy – “Dreamgirls”
Jack Nicholson – “The Departed”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Adriana Barraza – “Babel”
Cate Blanchett – “Notes on a Scandal”
Jennifer Hudson – “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi – “Babel”
Catherine O’Hara – “For Your Consideration”
Emma Thompson – “Stranger Than Fiction”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion
BEST DIRECTOR:
Bill Condon – “Dreamgirls”
Clint Eastwood – “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Stephen Frears – “The Queen”
Paul Greengrass – “United 93”
Martin Scorsese – “The Departed”
BEST WRITER:
Michael Arndt – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Guillermo Arriaga – “Babel”
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta – “Little Children”
Zach Helm – “Stranger Than Fiction”
William Monahan – “The Departed”
Peter Morgan – “The Queen”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
“Cars”
“Flushed Away”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House”
“Over the Hedge”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Cameron Bright – “Thank You For Smoking”
Joseph Cross – “Running With Scissors”
Paul Dano – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Freddie Highmore – “A Good Year”
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness”
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Ivana Baquero – “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Abigail Breslin – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Shareeka Epps – “Half Nelson”
Dakota Fanning – “Charlotte’s Web”
Keke Palmer – “Akeelah and the Bee”
BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
Borat
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
The Devil Wears Prada
Thank You For Smoking
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Akeelah and the Bee
Charlotte’s Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Volver
Water
BEST SONG:
“I Need to Wake Up” – Melissa Etheridge – “An Inconvenient Truth”
“Listen” – Beyonce – “Dreamgirls”
“My Little Girl” – Tim McGraw – “Flicka”
“The Neighbor” – Dixie Chicks – “Shut Up & Sing”
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige – “Bobby”
“Ordinary Miracle” – Sarah McLachlan – “Charlotte’s Web”
BEST SOUNDTRACK:
Babel
Cars
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
BEST COMPOSER:
Philip Glass – “The Illusionist”
Clint Mansell – “The Fountain”
Thomas Newman – “The Good German”
Gustavo Santaolalla – “Babel”
Howard Shore – “The Departed”
Hans Zimmer – “The Da Vinci Code”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wordplay
WASHINGTON DC ARE FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION:
Best Film - United 93
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - Dreamgirls
Best Supp. Actor - Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Best Supp. Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Acting Ensemble - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay - Thank You For Smoking
Best Animated Feature - Happy Feet
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Breakthrough Performance - Jennifer Hudson
Best Art Direction - Marie Antoinette
(They have Art Direction but no other techs?)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE:
Best Picture - United 93
(Runner-ups: The Queen & The Departed)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese - The Departed
(Stephen Frears - The Queen & Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima)
Best First Film - Half Nelson
(Little Miss Sunshine & A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints)
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
(Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal & Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada)
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
(Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson & Sasha Baron Cohen - Borat)
Best Foreign Film - Army of Shadows
(Volver & The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)
Best Non-Fiction Film - Deliver Us From Evil
(49 Up & Borat & An Inconvenient Truth)
Best Animated Film - Happy Feet
(A Scanner Darkly & Cars)
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
(Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls & Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
(Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson & Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration)
Best Screenplay - The Queen
(The Departed & Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Cinematography - Pan's Labyrinth
(Curse of the Golden Flower & Children of Men)
SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS:
Best Picture - Little Children
Best Director - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Best Original Screenplay - Brick
Best Adapted Screenplay - Little Children
Best Actor - Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress - Adriana Barraza - Babel
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Stephen Salmons co-founder & artistic director San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Special Citation in honor of Arthur Lazere
"The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"
12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards:
BEST PICTURE:
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
BEST ACTOR:
Leonardo DiCaprio – “Blood Diamond”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “The Departed”
Ryan Gosling – “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole – “Venus”
Will Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker – “The Last King of Scotland”
BEST ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz – “Volver”
Judi Dench – “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren – “The Queen”
Meryl Streep – “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet – “Little Children”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Ben Affleck – “Hollywoodland”
Alan Arkin – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Adam Beach – “Flags of Our Fathers”
Djimon Hounsou – “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy – “Dreamgirls”
Jack Nicholson – “The Departed”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Adriana Barraza – “Babel”
Cate Blanchett – “Notes on a Scandal”
Jennifer Hudson – “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi – “Babel”
Catherine O’Hara – “For Your Consideration”
Emma Thompson – “Stranger Than Fiction”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion
BEST DIRECTOR:
Bill Condon – “Dreamgirls”
Clint Eastwood – “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Stephen Frears – “The Queen”
Paul Greengrass – “United 93”
Martin Scorsese – “The Departed”
BEST WRITER:
Michael Arndt – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Guillermo Arriaga – “Babel”
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta – “Little Children”
Zach Helm – “Stranger Than Fiction”
William Monahan – “The Departed”
Peter Morgan – “The Queen”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
“Cars”
“Flushed Away”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House”
“Over the Hedge”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Cameron Bright – “Thank You For Smoking”
Joseph Cross – “Running With Scissors”
Paul Dano – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Freddie Highmore – “A Good Year”
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith – “The Pursuit of Happyness”
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Ivana Baquero – “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Abigail Breslin – “Little Miss Sunshine”
Shareeka Epps – “Half Nelson”
Dakota Fanning – “Charlotte’s Web”
Keke Palmer – “Akeelah and the Bee”
BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
Borat
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
The Devil Wears Prada
Thank You For Smoking
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Akeelah and the Bee
Charlotte’s Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Volver
Water
BEST SONG:
“I Need to Wake Up” – Melissa Etheridge – “An Inconvenient Truth”
“Listen” – Beyonce – “Dreamgirls”
“My Little Girl” – Tim McGraw – “Flicka”
“The Neighbor” – Dixie Chicks – “Shut Up & Sing”
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige – “Bobby”
“Ordinary Miracle” – Sarah McLachlan – “Charlotte’s Web”
BEST SOUNDTRACK:
Babel
Cars
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
BEST COMPOSER:
Philip Glass – “The Illusionist”
Clint Mansell – “The Fountain”
Thomas Newman – “The Good German”
Gustavo Santaolalla – “Babel”
Howard Shore – “The Departed”
Hans Zimmer – “The Da Vinci Code”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wordplay
WASHINGTON DC ARE FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION:
Best Film - United 93
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - Dreamgirls
Best Supp. Actor - Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Best Supp. Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Acting Ensemble - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay - Thank You For Smoking
Best Animated Feature - Happy Feet
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Breakthrough Performance - Jennifer Hudson
Best Art Direction - Marie Antoinette
(They have Art Direction but no other techs?)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE:
Best Picture - United 93
(Runner-ups: The Queen & The Departed)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese - The Departed
(Stephen Frears - The Queen & Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima)
Best First Film - Half Nelson
(Little Miss Sunshine & A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints)
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
(Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal & Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada)
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
(Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson & Sasha Baron Cohen - Borat)
Best Foreign Film - Army of Shadows
(Volver & The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)
Best Non-Fiction Film - Deliver Us From Evil
(49 Up & Borat & An Inconvenient Truth)
Best Animated Film - Happy Feet
(A Scanner Darkly & Cars)
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
(Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls & Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
(Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson & Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration)
Best Screenplay - The Queen
(The Departed & Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Cinematography - Pan's Labyrinth
(Curse of the Golden Flower & Children of Men)
SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS:Best Picture - Little Children
Best Director - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Best Original Screenplay - Brick
Best Adapted Screenplay - Little Children
Best Actor - Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Supporting Actor - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Best Supporting Actress - Adriana Barraza - Babel
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Stephen Salmons co-founder & artistic director San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Special Citation in honor of Arthur Lazere
"The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Boston Film Critics & AFI Top 10 & NYFCO & LAFCA
Boston Film Critics:Best Picture - The Departed
(runner-up: United 93)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese - The Departed
(Paul Greengrass - United 93)
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
(Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson)
Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
(Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal)
Best Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
(Michael Sheen - The Queen AND Alec Baldwin - The Departed / Running With Scissors The Good Shepherd)
Best Supporting Actress - Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
(Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada)
Best Ensemble Cast - United 93
(The Departed)
Best Screenplay - The Departed
(The Queen)
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
(Volver)
Best Documentary - Deliver Us From Evil AND Shut Up and Sing
(51 Birch Street)
Best New Filmmaker - Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
(Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro - Pan's Labyrinth
(The Painted Veil AND Curse of the Golden Flower)
American Film Institute Movies of the Year - Official Selections:
Babel
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Inside Man
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
New York Film Critics Online:
Picture - The Queen
Actor - Forest Whitaker -The Last King of Scotland
Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
Director - Stephen Frears - The Queen
Supporting Actor - Michael Sheen - The Queen
Supporting Actress - (tie) Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls AND Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Breakthrough Performer - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Screenplay - Peter Morgan - The Queen
Documentary Feature - An Inconvenient Truth
Foreign Language Picture - Pan's Labyrinth
Animated Feature - Happy Feet
Cinematography - Dick Pope - The Illusionist
Film Music/Score - Philip Glass - The Illusionist
Humanitarian Award - Deepa Mehta - Water: for taking risks to create films about the difficulties of social change in India especially as it affects women.
Top 10 Films:
Babel (Paramount Vantage)
The Fountain (Warner Bros.)
Inland Empire (Absurda)
Little Children (New Line)
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse)
The Queen (Miramax)
Thank You for Smoking (Fox Searchlight)
Volver (Sony Pictures Classics)
Water (Fox Searchlight
2006 Los Angeles Critics Association winners:
Picture: "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Runner-up: "The Queen"
Director: Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat" and Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" (tie) (no runner-up)
Actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Runner-up: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Supporting actor: Michael Sheen, "The Queen"
Runner-up: Sergi Lopez, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Supporting actress: Luminita Gheorghiu, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"
Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Runner-up: Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Children of Men"
Runner-up: Tom Stern, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Production design: Eugenio Caballero, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Runner-up: Jim Clay and Geoffrey Kirkland, "Children of Men"
Music: Alexandre Desplat, "The Queen" and "The Painted Veil"
Runner-up: Thomas Newman, "The Good German" and "Little Children"
Foreign-language film: "The Lives of Others"
Runner-up: "Volver"
Documentary/non-fiction film: "An Inconvenient Truth"
Runner-up: "Darwin's Nightmare"
Animation: "Happy Feet"
Runner-up: "Cars"
Douglas Edwards experimental/independent film/video award: "Old Joy" (Kelly Reichardt) and "In Between Days" (So Yong Kim)
New generation award: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (directors) and Michael Arndt (screenwriter), "Little Miss Sunshine"
Career achievement award (previously announced): Robert Mulligan
HAPPY AWARD SEASON!
The Globes are announced Thursday. Top 10s are coming up fast.
Some of us need validation for not having anything else to offer in life.
Some of us need validation for not having anything else to offer in life.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Way to Go, Chicks!
5 Grammy Nominations, an NBR shoutout, and I will FINALLY get to see your movie over the next week! Wahoo!
Album of the Year!
Record of the Year!
Song of the Year!
Album of the Year!
Record of the Year!
Song of the Year!
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
National Board of Review WINNERS - FUCK YOU EASTWOOD!
So yesterday, I ALMOST put The Devil Wears Prada into the top 10 and Stranger Than Fiction for Screenplay. DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT.
Nevertheless, go THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MR. RACHEL MCADAMS, HELEN MIRREN, CATHERINE O'HARA, THE DIXIE CHICKS and THE DEPARTED. I love you all very much.
Best Film: Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE - The Departed
Best Actor: FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN - The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: DJIMON HOUNSOU - Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: CATHERINE O'HARA - For Your Consideration Best Foreign Film: VOLVER
Best Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Best Animated Feature: CARS
Best Ensemble Cast: THE DEPARTED
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: RYAN GOSLING - Half Nelson
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls & RINKO KIKUCHI - Babel
Best Directorial Debut: JASON REITMAN - Thank You for Smoking
Best Original Screenplay: ZACH HELM - Stranger Than Fiction
Best Adapted Screenplay: RON NYSWANER - The Painted Veil
Top Ten Films:
(and, in alphabetical order)
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
THE DEPARTED
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
THE HISTORY BOYS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
THE PAINTED VEIL
Top Five Foreign Films:
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
DAYS OF GLORY
PAN'S LABYRINTH
VOLVER
WATER
Top Five Documentary Films
51 BIRCH STREET
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
SHUT UP & SINGWORDPLAY
Top Independent Films
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
BOBBY
CATCH A FIRE
COPYING BEETHOVEN
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
HALF NELSON
THE ILLUSIONIST
LONESOME JIM
SHERRYBABY
10 ITEMS OR LESS
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Career Achievement - ELI WALLACH
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing - JONATHAN DEMME
Career Achievement in Producing - IRWIN WINKLER
William K. Everson Film History Award - DONALD KRIM
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression - WATER and WORLD TRADE CENTER
How does World Trade Center get a Freedom of Expression Award? UGH!
No Dreamgirls or The Queen in the top 10. HOLY SHIT!
Where's United 93 and A Prairie Home Companion?
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Box Office Predictions: Dec. 8 - 10
1. The Holiday - $17m / $17m / $94m
2. Apocalypto - $13m / $13m / $40m
3. Blood Diamond - $12m / $12m / $44m
4. Happy Feet - $10.5m / $135m / $166m
5. Casino Royale - $8.5m / $128.5m / $152m
6. Unaccompanied Minors - $6.5m / $6.5m / $23m
7. Deja Vu - $6m / $53m / $66m
8. The Nativity Story - $5m / $15m / $35m
9. Deck the Halls - $4.5m / $30.5m / $45m
10. Santa Clause 3 - $3m / $71m / $80m
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2. Apocalypto - $13m / $13m / $40m
3. Blood Diamond - $12m / $12m / $44m
4. Happy Feet - $10.5m / $135m / $166m
5. Casino Royale - $8.5m / $128.5m / $152m
6. Unaccompanied Minors - $6.5m / $6.5m / $23m
7. Deja Vu - $6m / $53m / $66m
8. The Nativity Story - $5m / $15m / $35m
9. Deck the Halls - $4.5m / $30.5m / $45m
10. Santa Clause 3 - $3m / $71m / $80m
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National Board of Review Predictions!
They announce tomorrow!
Best Film - The Departed
Top 10:
1. The Departed
2. Babel
3. The Queen
4. Dreamgirls
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. United 93
7. The Painted Veil
8. Little Children
9. A Prairie Home Companion
10. Children of Men
Director - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Actor - Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt - Babel
Supporting Actress - Meryl Streep - A Prairie Home Companion & The Devil Wears Prada
Ensemble - Little Children
Original Screenplay - Volver
Adapted Screenplay - The Departed
Directorial Debut - Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
Breakthrough Actor - Joseph Cross - Running With Scissors
Breakthrough Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Film - The Departed
Top 10:
1. The Departed
2. Babel
3. The Queen
4. Dreamgirls
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. United 93
7. The Painted Veil
8. Little Children
9. A Prairie Home Companion
10. Children of Men
Director - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Actor - Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen
Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt - Babel
Supporting Actress - Meryl Streep - A Prairie Home Companion & The Devil Wears Prada
Ensemble - Little Children
Original Screenplay - Volver
Adapted Screenplay - The Departed
Directorial Debut - Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
Breakthrough Actor - Joseph Cross - Running With Scissors
Breakthrough Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Sunday, December 3, 2006
10 Best Posters of 2006!
A rather uneventful year in inspired one sheets! Ah well...
#10 - Yah! PUNS!
#9 - Pretty!
#8 - This is how you do floating heads.
#7 - The notepad ones for this are great, but sometimes a simple image from the film is the way to go.
#6 - Black & white opposing #1.
#5 - Black & white opposing #2. See, this movie's marketing was perfect!
#4 - Ah, I love me some vintage wannabe.
#3 - Lions Gate can do no wrong in the marketing department.
#2 - Isn't it nice that for once the man is showing the skin?
#1 - Lions Gate can again do no wrong. An eye catcher if there ever was one.
#10 - Yah! PUNS!
#9 - Pretty!
#8 - This is how you do floating heads.
#7 - The notepad ones for this are great, but sometimes a simple image from the film is the way to go.
#6 - Black & white opposing #1.
#5 - Black & white opposing #2. See, this movie's marketing was perfect!
#4 - Ah, I love me some vintage wannabe.
#3 - Lions Gate can do no wrong in the marketing department.
#2 - Isn't it nice that for once the man is showing the skin?
#1 - Lions Gate can again do no wrong. An eye catcher if there ever was one.
Saturday, December 2, 2006
10 Best Trailers of 2006
That is of movies that were released in 2006. Not trailers that were released in 2006. Just to clarify.
Top 10 Posters Coming Soon
#10
This is probably the only top 10 list you'll ever see this movie near. A perfect example of exactly how a watered down PG-13, crap remake should be marketed.
#9
Generating more laughs than any other trailer this year (and some say the film did the same thing), it holds some of the film's funnier moments out and briefly sets up the story and ends with a very funny scene.
#8
If only every high concept film could be sold as grim and elegantly as this one is. Love the Sigur Ros music!
#7
Watching this film, I realized why the latter trailers really goofed up on selling this: taking some scenes out of context can really give it a campy feel. Only this trailer showed the film for the epic, completely movie'd film it was.
#6
Boy, they really do know how to market horror remakes, don't they? Expertly cut, particular the way it showcases the film's most graphic moment (and probably the year's most disturbing movie scene) by not showing any violence whatsoever.
#5
Here's a beautiful pair! Both teaser and full trailer work excellently and give us that dreamy Coppola aura.
#4
Can you really make a great trailer and give everything in the movie away at the same time? You damn well can. Takes notes, studios. (Fuck you Ashley Judd and your Double Jeopardy!)
#3
A trailer for audiences to hate! Too bad audiences don't appreciate the craft behind a fine trailer and would most likely BOO at this hypnotic and mysterious gem.
#2
And the same goes for this one, which isn't really a trailer at all. An extended clip that still worked as a trailer and was put before many movies before the film's (very successful run), this is exactly how to sell a film without showing any footage after the product's first reel.
#1
Trailer perfection! While the movie was as some put it "an unintentional black comedy", the trailer is sexy, sleek and dangerous recalling the type of Hollywood noir we just don't see much of anymore. That was the trailer. The film was something else entirely. And isn't that what marketing is all about?
Top 10 Posters Coming Soon
#10
This is probably the only top 10 list you'll ever see this movie near. A perfect example of exactly how a watered down PG-13, crap remake should be marketed.
#9
Generating more laughs than any other trailer this year (and some say the film did the same thing), it holds some of the film's funnier moments out and briefly sets up the story and ends with a very funny scene.
#8
If only every high concept film could be sold as grim and elegantly as this one is. Love the Sigur Ros music!
#7
Watching this film, I realized why the latter trailers really goofed up on selling this: taking some scenes out of context can really give it a campy feel. Only this trailer showed the film for the epic, completely movie'd film it was.
#6
Boy, they really do know how to market horror remakes, don't they? Expertly cut, particular the way it showcases the film's most graphic moment (and probably the year's most disturbing movie scene) by not showing any violence whatsoever.
#5
Here's a beautiful pair! Both teaser and full trailer work excellently and give us that dreamy Coppola aura.
#4
Can you really make a great trailer and give everything in the movie away at the same time? You damn well can. Takes notes, studios. (Fuck you Ashley Judd and your Double Jeopardy!)
#3
A trailer for audiences to hate! Too bad audiences don't appreciate the craft behind a fine trailer and would most likely BOO at this hypnotic and mysterious gem.
#2
And the same goes for this one, which isn't really a trailer at all. An extended clip that still worked as a trailer and was put before many movies before the film's (very successful run), this is exactly how to sell a film without showing any footage after the product's first reel.
#1
Trailer perfection! While the movie was as some put it "an unintentional black comedy", the trailer is sexy, sleek and dangerous recalling the type of Hollywood noir we just don't see much of anymore. That was the trailer. The film was something else entirely. And isn't that what marketing is all about?
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