• Does “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” have poor timing Oscar-wise? (Or, I don’t know, did it just kinda stink?) [The Guardian]
• On Kathy Bolkovac, the real-life whistleblower of Toronto title “The Whistleblower.” [Lincoln Journal Star]
• Andrew Garfield has played “Spider-Man” before, FYI. [Daily Telegraph]
• Kevin Williamson sits down with “Let Me In” star Chloe Moretz. [Toronto Sun]
• Gregory Ellwood takes a stab at ranking this year’s Best Picture contenders. [Awards Campaign]
• Tom O’Neil on the importance of social relevance in an Oscar season, vis a vis “The Social Network”‘s hopes. [Gold Derby]
• Speaking of which, David Chen talks playing double with Armie Hammer. [/Film]
• And in press release catch-up, Steve Bass has signed on as production designer of this year’s Oscarcast. [Oscars.org]
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3 responses to “9/27 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: ‘Wall Street’ timing, Oscar’s love affair with social relevance and a real-life ‘Whistleblower’”
I would also note that the Chloe Moretz interview has some tidbits with Richard Jenkins under it. (Not sure if it was posted somewhere else, but it was a fun read.)
In Ellwood’s ranking, while I agree it’s too early to make any calls about frontrunners, etc., I think the current race is in a much more advanced stage than it was this time last year. He cites that everyone underestimated “Avatar”, for one, and massively overestimated “Nine”.
The difference is that at this point, people have already seen most of the majors; “The King’s Speech”, “The Social Network”, and “127 Hours” (which I would call the big three) have all been screened at festivals and won raves. In fact, the only really notable films that nobody has seen yet (by my count) are “True Grit” and “The Fighter”.
I think Wall Street 2’s only chances for a nom would be Douglas with a FIERCE campaign, or maybe Best Song. Mulligan is stellar, but heat will be on her lead perf. in NLMG.