20 Weeks to Oscar By David Polandpoland@moviecitynews.com
Week Ten – 67 Days to Go The Great Settling ’06
Yes, ladies & gentlemen, it’s that time again…. The Great Settling of 2006 has begun. We got past the last gasp of hypersensitivity with the on-again/off-again DGA screener battle. Hair was pulled, egos were floated, millions of dollars were at stake… and in the end, same old same old. And now, as the week leads…
Read the full article »Week Nine – 74 Days to Go – The Night Before The Globes Noms
The Search For Meaning The Golden Globe Nominations mean nothing. Nothing. Okay… well not nothing. But pretty close to nothing. People, professionally prognosticating and not, seem to be anxiously searching out answers at this time of year and particularly this year, when the season was pretty well defined before Thanksgiving. Change. We need change. Please,…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Golden Globes Comment Dreamgirls C/M Clearly the likely leader in nominations… it’s spirit and show biz story should make it the easy winner Letters From Iwo Jima FL Significantly better than Flags, which will make it the perceived #2… but a languid 2:20 running time and Japanese language makes it…
Read the full article »Week Eight – 81 Days to Go Inside Out
“I wish Oscar season could be 50 weeks a year!” I won’t name the person who actually said that out loud this week, but I wanted to drop to my knees and pray for him not to get his wish as soon as I heard it. But this person has made a very successful career…
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