The 30th London Film Critics’ Circle Awards announced their nominations this afternoon, with Lone Scherfig's "An Education" leading the pack. "Education" took seven nominations, including British Film of the Year and notices for actors Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike and Olivia Williams...
Read More »The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced that Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" has been voted in as their best film of the year, adding to the hefty pile of honors the film has recently received. "Locker" also took honors for best director, Jeremy Renner's lead performance, Mark Boal's ...
Read More »Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" led the winners of the Golden Satellite Awards, taking honors for best picture drama, best director, best actor (Jeremy Renner), and best film editing. Rob Marshall's "Nine" had led the nominations (taking 11), and went home with two awards - best picture comedy o...
Read More »Six weeks ago, one the first editions of this column looked at all the major races in a pre-precursor assessment that was more or less based purely on buzzes and whispers. With this morning's announcement of the Screen Actors Guild nominations, and the two weeks of near-daily announcements that pre...
Read More »Sixty-three songs have been deemed eligible for contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The most notable exclusion was Mary J. Blige’s “I Can See in Color," from "Precious," which many saw...
Read More »Jason Reitman's "Up In The Air" and Spike Jonze's "Where The Wild Things Are" led the nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association's annual awards, each taking notices for best picture and best director. The films were joined by Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," Quentin Tarantino's "Ingl...
Read More »Continuing its essential sweep of the critics awards, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" won both best picture and best director at the San Francisco Film Critics Awards. Other major winners included actors Colin Firth and Meryl Streep, who won lead acting kudos for their work in "A Single Man" an...
Read More »Jason Reitman's "Up In The Air" led the 2009 Golden Globe nominations this morning, taking six, including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and acting nods for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. The film was joined in the drama picture category by "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker...
Read More »The 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Awards (or the "Critic's Choice," as they are better known) have announced their nominations, with Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and Rob Marshall's "Nine" leading the pack with ten nominations each, a record tally for the awards. Both films receiv...
Read More »The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) named "Up in the Air" the Best Picture of 2009 in its 18th annual voting. Director Jason Reitman’s seriocomic look at the travels of a downsizing expert earned a total of three awards, including Best Actor (George Clooney) and Best Adapted Screenplay...
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