Category Archives: Nominations
The Artist, Scorsese Winners At Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
Looks like the race is off to be more of the same film winning over and over again. At least the acting categories are a little different for this critics group. The winners are after the cut; you can see the full list of nominees here.
The Artist Still Frontrunner After Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Nominations
I still think I need to see The Artist again before I decide my final thoughts on it. Really glad to see Drive and Michael Shannon still in the mix. Some interesting nominations in the supporting categories. The winners will be announced tomorrow.
Golden Satellite Awards Nominations Announced
Nice to see The Help pick up another ensemble win. These awards aren’t exactly the most prestigious, but they’re interesting because they have ten nominations in most categories. Also they’re honored Peter Bogdanovich and I love him.
The Artist Tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards
I am so glad The Artist is opening here in San Francisco this weekend so I can see it and have opinions that are all my own. I’m also happy that Jessica Chastain is getting the attention we all knew she deserved. I just hope her multiple awards-worthy performances don’t shut each other out come Oscar time.
The Artist Leads The Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
For once I’ve actually seen most of these films before the nominees were announced. And can we talk about how perfect the Best Supporting Actor category is?! I’m supposed to see The Artist this weekend, so that’s exciting. The silent film leads with five nominations, followed by Drive, Take Shelter and The Descendants with four each.
Thoughts On The 83rd Oscar Nominations
Well, my predictions were pretty right on. For Best Picture I got 9 out 10 right (though I had the 10th as an alternate). I was not expecting Nolan to get snubbed in favor of the Coen Bros. though. I got 5/5 for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress (Jacki Weaver! Yes!) and 4/5 for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor (though I had both Javier Bardem and Jeremy Renner as alternates). What excites me the most is John Hawkes and Hailee Steinfeld getting their nominations! I also am excited to see The Illusionist in the Best Animated Feature category over Tangled. I’ve actually not seen The Illusionist yet, but it just seems so beautiful from all the clips I’ve seen. Adapted Screenplay went exactly as I had predicted and Original Screenplay proved that the Academy still loves Mike Leigh. I wasn’t sure that they would so I had Black Swan over Another Year in my predictions (though Another Year was my #1 alternate). I am pretty shocked that 127 Hours got the nomination for Best Editing over Inception.
I guess the biggest snubs of the day are Christopher Nolan not getting nominated for Best Director. It just seems the Academy is not the biggest fan of his directing, though he’s now got two nominations for his writing. Also a bit shocking was no nomination for Andrew Garfield for The Social Network. I guess the lack of a SAG nomination was more telling than I wanted it to be.
[Edit] Also just realized that Waiting For “Superman” got snubbed. That’s a real shocker. It looked like the frontrunner to win.
What do you guys think on the nominations as announced this morning? Who do you want to win?
Final Oscar Nomination Predictions
I’ve made my final predictions of what I think the Academy will announce tomorrow morning. The nominations are broadcast live at 5:30AM PST/ 8:30AM EST tomorrow morning. There’s always a few surprise nominees (think Maggie Gyllenhaal for Best Supporting Actress last year, The Blind Side up for Best Picture). I’ve only predicted in 21 of the 24 categories (I have no idea about the animated/live action/documentary shorts), also I’ve included alternates.
Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Alternates: 127 Hours, The Ghost Writer, Shutter Island
BAFTA Nominations Are In!
I’m glad to see Hailee Steinfeld in the Lead Actress category. We’ll have to wait another 8 days to see if the Academy will follow suit.
BEST FILM
- BLACK SWAN
- INCEPTION
- THE KING’S SPEECH
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK
- TRUE GRIT
DIRECTOR
- 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle
- BLACK SWAN – Darren Aronofsky
- INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher
LEADING ACTOR
- JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful
- JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit
- JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network
- COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech
- JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours
LEADING ACTRESS
- ANNETTE BENING – The Kids Are All Right
- JULIANNE MOORE – The Kids Are All Right
- NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan
- NOOMI RAPACE – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- HAILEE STEINFELD – True Grit
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- CHRISTIAN BALE – The Fighter
- ANDREW GARFIELD – The Social Network
- PETE POSTLETHWAITE – The Town
- MARK RUFFALO – The Kids Are All Right
- GEOFFREY RUSH – The King’s Speech
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- AMY ADAMS – The Fighter
- HELENA BONHAM CARTER – The King’s Speech
- BARBARA HERSHEY – Black Swan
- LESLEY MANVILLE – Another Year
- MIRANDA RICHARDSON – Made in Dagenham
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- 127 HOURS
- ANOTHER YEAR
- FOUR LIONS
- THE KING’S SPEECH
- MADE IN DAGENHAM
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- THE ARBOR – Director, Producer – Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
- EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP – _Director, Producer – Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz
- FOUR LIONS – Director/Writer – Chris Morris
- MONSTERS – Director/Writer – Gareth Edwards
- SKELETONS – Director/Writer – Nick Whitfield
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- BLACK SWAN – Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
- THE FIGHTER – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
- INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
- THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
- THE KING’S SPEECH – David Seidler
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Aaron Sorkin
- TOY STORY 3 – Michael Arndt
- TRUE GRIT – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- BIUTIFUL
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
- I AM LOVE
- OF GODS AND MEN
- THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
ANIMATED FILM
- DESPICABLE ME
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
- TOY STORY 3
ORIGINAL MUSIC
- 127 HOURS – AR Rahman
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Danny Elfman
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – John Powell
- INCEPTION – Hans Zimmer
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Alexandre Desplat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 127 HOURS – Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
- BLACK SWAN – Matthew Libatique
- INCEPTION – Wally Pfister
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Danny Cohen
- TRUE GRIT – Roger Deakins
EDITING
- 127 HOURS – Jon Harris
- BLACK SWAN – Andrew Weisblum
- INCEPTION – Lee Smith
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Tariq Anwar
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
- BLACK SWAN – Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson
- INCEPTION – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
- TRUE GRIT – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Colleen Atwood
- BLACK SWAN – Amy Westcott
- THE KING’S SPEECH – Jenny Beavan
- MADE IN DAGENHAM – Louise Stjernsward
- TRUE GRIT – Mary Zophres
SOUND
- 127 HOURS
- BLACK SWAN
- INCEPTION
- THE KING’S SPEECH
- TRUE GRIT
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
- BLACK SWAN
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
- INCEPTION
- TOY STORY 3
MAKE UP & HAIR
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
- BLACK SWAN
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
- THE KING’S SPEECH
- MADE IN DAGENHAM
SHORT ANIMATION
- THE EAGLEMAN STAG – Michael Please
- MATTER FISHER – David Prosser
- THURSDAY – Matthias Hoegg
SHORT FILM
- CONNECT – Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
- LIN – Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
- RITE – Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie
- TURNING – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
- UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD
- GEMMA ARTERTON
- ANDREW GARFIELD
- TOM HARDY
- AARON JOHNSON
- EMMA STONE
Jeremy Renner and the Best Actor Race
I’ve yet to see A Single Man or Crazy Heart, mostly due to living in the middle of nowhere, and thus can only comment on the three performances I have seen. I enjoyed George Clooney in Up In The Air, but he was better in Michael Clayton. My opinion on Morgan Freeman in Invictus will come up later on in this post. That leaves Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker. And of the three I’ve seen, he has my vote. It’ll be a difficult race for him, but I think he has a chance of pulling it off. He had perhaps my favorite reaction to his nomination when interviewed on Good Morning America yesterday. When asked about his competition, he replied, “I’ve gotta break some serious legs.”
Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations
Here’s a look at the Best Picture nominees and how many Oscars they’re up for:
- Avatar – 9
- The Blind Side – 2
- District 9 – 4
- An Education – 3
- The Hurt Locker – 9
- Inglourious Basterds – 8
- Precious – 6
- A Serious Man - 2
- Up – 5
- Up In The Air – 6
I’m really excited about this tie of noms between The Hurt Locker and Avatar. I really hope The Hurt Locker kicks that film’s ass.
