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No Shocker: ‘Slumdog’ Cleans Up At BAFTAs; Snaps Up 7 Awards; Mickey Rourke Takes Best Actor

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:14:00 +0000

England just announced the winners for their version of the Academy Awards, the BAFTAS, and surprise, surprise, “Slumdog Millionaire” was once again the film that couldn’t be beat! In fact, it would’ve swept the entire show, raking in 7 wins, if it hadn’t been for ‘Benjamin Button’ snatching 3 technical awards. We wonder, could this be the outcome for the Oscars in a few weeks? Quite possibly, as the Baftas have become more and more a predictor for the Oscars over the years.

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To All Those Whiners Complaining About The Oscars That Haven’t Figured It Out After All These Years

Rodrigo Perez — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:18:00 +0000

As two wise characters once said: ” ‘Deserve’ ain’t got nothin’ to do with it.”

Aka: life isn’t always fair otherwise known as, lots of great films, filmmakers and actors got the shaft this year. It happens.

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BAFTA Longlist Relased: ‘Benjamin Button,’ ‘Frost/Nixon’ Lead Nominations

Spencer Martin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:28:00 +0000

The British Academy Film Awards released their longlist for the top films of 2008, and Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” came out of top, with 14 nominations each.

Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Reader,” “Revolutionary Road,” “Changling” and “The Dark Knight” each scored 13 nominations apiece while Gus Van Sants “Milk,” and the Coens Brothers demented comedy, “Burn After Reading” came away with 11.

While some Oscar contending films were buried in nominations, others went a little under the radar.

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The Playlist’s Top 20 Films Of 2008

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:14:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again. Remember the tried and true formula: experience + resonance= fantastic film. As we all know art is not made within the confines of a calendar year and release dates are arbitrary, or at least monetarily driven, but that said, here’s what we have for the last 12 months of the year that was 2008.

A terrible year for movies? For American mainstream films, mostly, it was sub par overall.

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Free Scripts: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, NY,’ Jenny Lumet’s ‘Rachel Getting Married’ And More From Sony Pictures Classics

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:21:00 +0000

Ah, it’s that time of year again. Free script season! When studios want Oscar consideration for their screenplays, they put up all that stuff for free so voters can easily access the materials and vote.

So, following suit, Sony Pictures Classics has put up seven scripts up for consideration including Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, New York” (a great read, nowhere near as dour as the film), Jenny Lumet’s lauded, “Rachel Getting Married” script (she’s the daughter of the great Sydney Lumet, btw), Philippe Claudel’s original, “I’ve Loved You So Long” screenplay (one of our fave films of the year), plus scripts of “The Class,” “Waltz With Bashir,” “Frozen River” and “O’Horten.” Get ’em while they’re hot.

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No Love For KST Yet? The Leading Actress Category Is Hands Down The Most Interesting And Best Awards Race Of 2008

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:56:00 +0000

This is almost an emergency post: The Golden Globes are announced tomorrow and yes, while they don’t count and are kind of lame, they can’t help, but being a very strong influence on the Academy Awards. At the very least they set a mood and set a tone for better or worse. A lot of the influential critical awards are in and arguably the two-most important, L.A. and N.Y Critics polls came in today and yesterday.

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The Golden Globes Announce Their Best Foreign Films Nominees List

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:58:00 +0000

It’s a lot of what you’d expect, but that’s ok. Foreign Films nominated by the Golden Globes include Cannes-lauded fare like, “The Class” (France), “Waltz With Bashir (Israel),” “Gomorrah,” “Il Divo,” (both from Italy), “Three Monkeys” (Turkey), “Tokyo Sonata” (Japan), and other foreign stand-outs of 2008 like the notorious “Baader Meinhof Complex” (Germany), “I’ve Loved You So Long” (France), “Let The Right One In” (Sweden),

Indiewire points out: Captain Abu Raed” (Jordan),”Everlasting Moments” (Sweden/Denmark) “Last Stop 174” (Brazil), “O’Horten” (Norway), and “The Secret of the Grain“(France).

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Weekend Box-Office Options, Oct 24: ‘Changeling,’ ‘Pride & Glory,’ ‘Synecdoche, New York,’ More…

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:55:00 +0000

Yes, for the ham n’ egger nitwits out there (sorry, but it’s true), this box-office weekend belongs to “High School Musical 3” and “Saw V” without a doubt. Estimates have them both reaping in about $30 million each (with HSM possibly going as low as $25 or as high as $45), which makes for a very healthy box-office haul monetarily, but still leaves you mentally and soulfully empty (the brainless and unwatchable-looking ‘Saw V’ has a hilarious 15% Rotten Tomatoes rating, when will people stop paying to see this dreck!)

That’s where we come in: suggestions to nourish your cinematic heart and soul.

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Just Give Her The Oscar: Kristin Scott Thomas Is Devastating In ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:45:00 +0000

There’s an incredibly deep and rich humanity in Philippe Claudel’s directorial debut, “I’ve Loved You So Long.”

A soulful and extremely moving portrait of the seemingly limitless, and incontestable bonds of sibling love, the ugliness of family dark secrets and the hope of personal rebirth, ‘Loved You So Long’ is anchored by the devastating performance of Kristin Scott Thomas. It’s a turn so magnificent and affecting, its one of those rare non-English language roles that transcends its foreign ghetto (like Marion Cotillard’s “La Vie En Rose,” generally a unusual feat).

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Is Kristin Scott Thomas A Lock For Best Actress For ‘I’ve Love You So Long’?

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:31:00 +0000

Everyone is raving about French film, “I’ve Love You So Long,” (“Il y a longtemps que je t’aime”), and if you’re to believe the hype, Kristin Scott Thomas is already a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination (something we wouldn’t discount, it’s not been the greatest year for female roles so far; or at least there haven’t been many “locks” thus far). We’ve had people glowing at us about this film for months and we finally see it next week and are pumped!

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France Picks ‘The Class’ As Its Official Oscar Entry

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:34:00 +0000

France has had a banner year for films in 2008, but so much for strong films like, “A Secret,” “Tell No One,” “A Girl Cut in Two,” or Philippe Claudel’s “I’ve Loved You So Long” (one we haven’t seen yet, but one receiving stellar reviews), cause France has officially selected Laurent Cantet’s “Entre Les Murs,” (“The Class”) as its official Foreign Oscar entry for ’08.

That’s not a bad thing. We just saw “The Class,” earlier this week and we loved it.

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Toronto Reactions: ‘The Lucky Ones,’ ‘The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,’ ‘Adoration’ & ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’

Nick Plowman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:56:00 +0000

“The Lucky Ones” by Neil Burger

Eric D. Snider, “But for the most part, the film is astonishingly wrong-headed. Directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist) and written by him and Dirk Wittenborn (Fierce People), its light tone is at odds with the characters’ serious problems, and its implausible story conflicts with the vein of realism that lies beneath it. The movie wants us to remember that there really is a war, and that the Army really is having trouble recruiting new soldiers.

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