• Dave Karger posts his final predictions, is still on the Sean Penn express. [Entertainment Weekly]
• The other David, in his non-Bagger persona, sings the praises of this year’s Oscar long shots. [New York Times]
• T.L. Stanley peeks at the entertainment on offer at next week’s Spirit Awards. (Teri Hatcher spoofing “Wendy and Lucy?” Interesting.) [Gold Rush]
• Gold Derby serves up their own award nominations, shaming the Academy in the process. (“TDK” and Sally Hawkins fans, rejoice.) [Gold Derby]
• The adorable Taraji P. Henson talks “Button,” dresses and her secret yearning to play Diana Ross. (Great idea. Make it happen.) [Vanity Fair]
• David Thomson ponders the puzzle that is Steven Soderbergh. [The Guardian]
• The Art Directors Guild offers an unusual list: from “Intolerance” to “LA Confidential,” the Top 100 Designed Films of all time. [Variety]
• Peter Bart reports that Danny Boyle is interested in filming a woman’s story for a change. [Variety]
• Gaynor Flynn talks to Sundance sensation and star-in-the-making Carey Mulligan. [The Independent]
• Kim Voynar pretends that it’s even worth considering the chances of four other Best Picture nominees. [Movie City News]
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6 responses to “2/13 Oscarweb Round-up”
Gold Derby serves out really poor nominations, in every category he just taken the Academy 5 and replaced 1 or 2 of the choices. Even in these horrible nominations, he agrees mostly with the Academy.
The Art Director’s
Guild’s Top 100 selections are good, but the list is disappointing. Some titles I would add.
Playtime – The biggest miss
Magnificent Ambersons
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Singin’ in the Rain
The Shining
Throne of Blood
Ugetsu monogatari
Psycho
I hope somebody does a Top 100 for Cinematography.
I agree on the ADG list — they don’t seem to have dug all that deep there. (I totally agree on “Playtime,” and the absence of “New York, New York” is pretty egregious too, I think.)
But you have to admit that, in general, Gold Derby’s replacement nominees are an improvement on the Academy’s choices. Sally Hawkins over Angelina Jolie? WALL-E over Frost/Nixon? You’re an even bigger curmudgeon than I am, Red_Wine!
Also, they’re not Tom O’Neil’s choices. I think they’re voted on by the Gold Derby forum posters. It’s just a bit of fun, after all.
“I hope somebody does a Top 100 for Cinematography.”
I would LOVE to see the ASC’s list of top 100 best shot films. Make it ranked, too, for extra debate. I would bet either Apocalypse Now or Days of Heaven would be ranked #1, unless there’s a film I’m foolishly forgetting…?
Robert Hammer, I think No.1 would be Citizen Kane, it has to be. The Third Man can also be No.1.
Damn, two films! I knew you would make me look – and feel – like an idiot. Yeah, Gregg Toland’s work there is pretty hard to top.
It’s “Hamer” with one ‘m’, by the way.