Awards Watch Archive for November, 2006
Best Screenplay Chart
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Little Miss Sunshine No question here Babel Guillermo gets it The Queen An elegant piece of work World Trade Center Pushing helps get a very smart script in Volver Viva Pedro! The Prestige Very, very clever script… could leap Borat A script or a performance… that is the…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Helen Mirren – The Queen The frontrunner Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada Does she take the gold when people tire of Mirren’s brilliant restraint and melt under the giddy fun of Streep’s Wicked Witch of Couture? Judi Dench – Notes On A Scandal The restraint of a…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness Strong… Peter O’Toole – Venus Scariest Promotional Ad Ever Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed Stars are lining up for him Forrest Whitaker – The Last King Of Scotland Strong performance, but really supporting George Clooney – The Good German Depends on the…
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BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Martin Scorsese – The Departed Smells like a winner Steven Soderbergh – The Good German Black and white and read all over Bill Condon – Dreamgirls If the sense of the film being a remarkable pastiche of style, as well as storytelling, turns out to be accurate, could surge…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Comment Dreamgirls It’s always doubter before the dawn The Queen The top cat of the second tier Little Miss Sunshine As the expession goes, the one that wins on Saturday and loses on Sunday The Departed Well into the race… WB needs to remind people around Thanksgiving, not letting ti…
Read the full article »Week Four- 115 Days to Go The Rules: Episode One
There are all kinds of rules that really do have significance in the Oscar season. None of them are made of stone. Each of us must bring our own experience and circumstance to the table when navigating the waters. Salty old sailors die at sea sometimes, so they don’t have all the answers. But give…
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