Monthly Archives: January 2012
Live Q&A with Angelina Jolie tonight at 5pm pst / 8pm est
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Movie Quote of the Day – The Stunt Man, 1980 (dir. Richard Rush)
Eli Cross: We’re shaking a finger at them, Sam, and we shouldn’t. If we’ve anything to say it’s best to slip it in while they’re all laughing and crying and jerking off at all the sex and violence. We should do something outrageous.
Sam: Like what?
Eli Cross: Like catching an authentic stench of madness behind all that good clean fun.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Rescuers Down Under, 1990 (dir. Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel)
McLeach: [realizes he has one less egg] Did you take one of my eggs? [Joanna, with an egg in her shut mouth, shakes her head no] Open your mouth. [Joanna opens her mouth, moving the egg on her tongue to the side. McLeach sees it anyway] These are NOT… Joanna Eggs! [he closes the egg box]
American Society of Cinematographers Announce Nominees
- Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist)
- Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo)
- Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life)
Notably missing is Janusz Kamiński for War Horse. That film’s Oscar chances have been slipping slowly as the guilds have been revealing their nominations. Also of note, this is Robert Richardson’s 10th nomination and although he’s won two Oscars (for The Aviator and JFK), he’s yet to win the ASC award. Emmanuel Lubezki won the award in for Children of Men (though he lost the Oscar that year and I’m still bitter); I really think he’s finally gonna win his Oscar this year.
Q&As With The Cast and Director of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Since Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy has finally gone into wide(r) release, a lot more people have gotten a chance to see the film (and one of my favorites from 2011). I hope if it’s playing in a theater near yo,u, you give it a watch. And if for some reason you are a voting member of the Academy and you are reading this, put Gary Oldman on your ballot for Best Actor.
Anyways, here are some great Q&As with Gary Oldman, Mark Strong and director Tomas Alfredson that are well worth your watch.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Great Mouse Detective, 1986 (dir. Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker)
Dr. Dawson: Oh, my! Upon my word. I’ve never seen so many toys.
Basil: Behind any of which could lurk a blood-thirsty assassin! So, please, Doctor, be very careful.
Jennifer Lawrence to Announce Oscar Nominations
Beverly Hills, CA (January 9, 2012) – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence.
Sherak and Lawrence will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. PT news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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Director’s Guild of America Nominations Announced
- Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
- David Fincher – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Movie Quote of the Day – The Road to El Dorado, 2000 (dir. Eric ‘Bibo’ Bergeron, Will Finn, Don Paul, David Silverman)
Tulio: What’s happening here?
Miguel: We’re both in barrels. That’s the extent of my knowledge.
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Names Malick Best Director, “The Descendants” Best Picture
Best Picture: The Descendants
Best Director: Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Best Actor: George Clooney – The Descendants
Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
Best Adapted Screenplay: Moneyball
Best Original Screenplay: Beginners
Best Animated Film: Rango
Best Foreign Film: A Separation
Best Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Vince Koehler for Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror film: Hugo
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