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As I said a few weeks ago, I would not analyze the last “tech” category until the eligible entries had been announced. Now that the Academy has named 49 finalists for Best Original Song, and with the BFCA and HFPA rattling off their list of nominees (though they are, admittedly, not great predictors), the time […]
TECH SUPPORT: Best Original Song
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:12 pm · December 19th, 2008
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TECH SUPPORT: Pre-Fall Contenders
Posted by gerardkennedy · 2:55 pm · September 11th, 2008
While this week is rightly being most noted by awards-watchers for the Toronto International Film Festival, I’m actually going to go a bit of a different route today. I will be sure to comment on the movers and shakers of TIFF next week as the dust begins to settle, however. In a couple of weeks, […]
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Step right up…Best Original Song is there for the taking
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 pm · August 20th, 2008
Generally around this time of year I start to compile a list of original songs for consideration in our charts…but I have to say, I’m having a hell of a time coming up with a respectable roll call. What have we got so far this year? Peter Gabriel’s “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” seems to […]
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Patrick Goldstein falls for ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:22 pm · August 18th, 2008
With “Happy-Go-Lucky” out on DVD today in my corner of the world, it’s odd to think that America has yet to discover its charms. Early Stateside rumblings, however, suggest that’s just what might happen, as Miramax’s marketing campaign goes out of its way to portray Mike Leigh’s unruly, bittersweet comedy as the cutest thing since […]
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Variety ponders the season at the mid-way point
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:24 am · July 4th, 2008
We’ve already been over what a thin year it’s been so far for Oscar candidates – or good films at all, for that matter. Now Variety has come to the same conclusion. In his mid-year awards-season study, Timothy M. Gray goes so far as to say that “the past six months have offered fewer potential […]
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Official poster for ‘Hamlet 2’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:15 am · May 2nd, 2008
This was a big hit at Sundance and something tells me with the right finesse, Focus Features could spin some awards potential out of the film. But admittedly I haven’t seen it yet. Here’s the trailer. And the new poster:
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OFF THE CARPET: 2008, a year in advance
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:20 pm · February 26th, 2008
Another year, another set of wins…and another look ahead at what’s in store NEXT year. It’s never too late to take a long gander at what we might see dominating the film awards landscape in 365 days, and with that in mind, I’ve been doing my usual mulling over the possibilities for a few weeks […]
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