Monthly Archives: December 2010
“The Social Network” Top St. Louis Film Critics, 15th Annual Satellite Awards
I”m gonna post both lists of winners in this one post. Still looks like The Social Network may be unstoppable.
Movie Quote of the Day – Capote, 2005 (dir. Bennett Miller)
Truman Capote: It’s as if Perry and I grew up in the same house. And one day he stood up and went out the back door, while I went out the front.
Nelle Harper Lee: Are you kidding me?
Truman Capote: No.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, 1966 (dir. Sergio Leone)
Blondie: You see, in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
“The Social Network” Tops Houston Film Critics
Best Picture: The Social Network
Best Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Director: David Fincher, The Social Network
Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Documentary: Restrepo
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception
Best Score: Hans Zimmer, Inception
Best Original Song: Beck’s “We Are Sex Bob-Omb!” from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Worst Picture: Jonah Hex
Humanitarian of the Year: George Clooney
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sissy Spacek
Cinematic Achievement Award: Hector Luna, founder and editor of C-47 Houston magazine, and Charles Dove, director of the Rice U. Media Center
List from AltFilmGuide
Movie Quote of the Day – Sabrina, 1954 (dir. Billy Wilder)
Linus Larrabee: How do you say in French my sister has a yellow pencil?
Sabrina Fairchild: Ma soeur a un crayon jaune.
Linus Larrabee: How do you say my brother has a lovely girl?
Sabrina Fairchild: Mon frère a une gentille petite amie.
Linus Larrabee: And how do you say I wish I were my brother?
State of the Race, Updated Precursors Chart
Still seeing several frontrunners – The Social Network for Best Picture, David Fincher for Best Director and Christian Bale for Best Supporting Actor in The Fighter. Best Actress seems to be split between Natalie Portman in Black Swan and Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone. Toy Story 3 seems to be the one to beat for Best Animated Film (no surprise there). A lot of the critics groups only have one screenplay category and Aaron Sorkin continues to dominate there. The SAG and Golden Globe nominations really help us get a shortlist of what actors will compromise the nominees for the Oscars, though they sometimes throw us a curveball. Once the PGA, WGA and DGA release their nominees we’ll have a better idea of what we might see Oscar nomination-wise.
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Site Update: It’s Our 1st Anniversary!
Although I have been obsessively tracking the race to the Academy Awards for about 15 years, I finally decided to channel that obsession into a website a year ago, starting with last year’s SAG nominations.
In the last year, I’ve made some great film friends (see links on the right side) and started up three features: Oscar Vault Monday, Auteur of the Week and Movie Quote of the Day. I’ve also written several pieces that I really love, including my two-part look at modern actors and actresses who have never been nominated for an Oscar, the best pictures that weren’t nominated for Best Picture and that crazy month known as August that was Summer Under The Stars.
Its been a wonderful year and we’re back in the heat of a new race, with new contenders, new frontrunners and the 83rd annual Academy Awards are just a few months away.
I just wanted to say “Thank You” to all my vauled readers for all your continued support and I look forward to supplying you with endless Oscar trivia and history, as well as Awards Season coverage for years to come.
Love,
Marya
“The Social Network” Best Film, But “Winter’s Bone” Leads Detroit Film Critics
Best Picture: The Social Network
Best Director: Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Fighter
Best Ensemble: Winter’s Bone
Best Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
” The Social Network” Top Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Awards
TOP TEN:
1. The Social Network
2. The King’s Speech
3. Black Swan
4. 127 Hours
5. Winter’s Bone
6. Inception
7. The Fighter
8. True Grit
9. The Town
10. The Kids Are All Right
Movie Quote of the Day – Harold and Maude, 1971 (dir. Hal Ashby)
Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They’re so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be?
Harold: I don’t know. One of these, maybe.
Maude: Why do you say that?
Harold: Because they’re all alike.
Maude: Oooh, but they’re *not*. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All *kinds* of observable differences. You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world’s sorrow comes from people who are *this*
[points to a daisy], yet allow themselves be treated as *that* [gestures to a field of daisies].
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