I can honestly say that Sunday’s Oscars were the most satisfying in years, and not just because I beat out my wife at the prediction game, either. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t very good at predicting: just one pick better than 500 (alas, it seems my rule of thumb “If No [...]
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Here are some reactions from around the blogosphere about this morning’s announcement of the 80th Annual Academy Award nominees:
Jim Emerson at Scanners handicaps the nominees statistically:
“Looking at the odds, “Atonement” is an unlikely best picture because its director (Joe Wright) wasn’t nominated. “Michael Clayton” and “Juno” lack editing nominations, which (statistically speaking) is are crucial [...]
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They’re he-ere! What do you think?
Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Julie Christie [...]
Tags: atonement, best picture, Film, Juno, Oscars
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Movie City News is keeping track of the year-end goings on; they’ve got a Big-Ass Chart (don’t blame me, that’s what they call it) with upwards of 175 critics’ top-ten lists tabulated. By their reckoning, the film with the most cred on critic’s year-end lists is No Country for Old Men, by a long [...]
Tags: Coens, Film, Juno, Movie City News, movies, No Country for Old Men, Once, Oscars, There Will Be Blood, top-ten lists
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