Posts Tagged ‘The Informant’

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Ray Bennett
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Tulpan
4 Bright Star
5 Moon
6 Summer Hours
7 Up
8 Star Trek
9 Broken Embraces
10 Avatar
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Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Up
4 An Education
5 Everlasting Moments
6 Coraline
7 The Cove
8 Broken Embraces
9 The Hangover
10 Avatar
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Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 Up
3 Precious
4 The Hurt Locker
5 District 9
6 Avatar
7 The Cove
8 In the Loop
9 A Serious Man
10 Up in the Air
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Sheri Linden
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 District 9
3 Police, Adjective
4 Summer Hours
5 Bright Star
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 Big Fan
8 Of Time and the City
9 The Cove
10 Up
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Oklahoma
Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 (500) of Summer
5 Precious
6 A Serious Man
7 Up
8 District 9
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 Avatar
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Sean O’Connell
FilmCritic.com

1 Up
2 (500) Days of Summer
3 Up in the Air
4 This is It
5 District 9
6 A Serious Man
7 Away We Go
8 Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince
9 Star Trek
10 Big Fan
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up
3 Coraline
4 Up in the Air
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 A Serious Man
8 Big Fan
9 District 9
10 Everlasting Moments
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Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

1 Up in the Air
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Precious
4 I Love You, Man
5 Food, Inc
6 (500) Days of Summer
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 The Girlfriend Experience
9 The Hurt Locker
10 Adventureland
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Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

1 Up
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Waltz with Bashir
4 Of Time and the City
5 The Hurt Locker
6 A Serious Man
7 In the Loop
8 Sugar
9 Me & Orson Welles
10 A Single Man
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Houston Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Star Trek
4 Precious
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Up
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Avatar
9 Invictus
10 District 9

Ray Bennett | Owen Gleiberman | Kirk Honeycutt | Houston Film Critics | Sheri Linden | Sean O’Connell | Oklahoma Film Critics | Michael Phillips | Michael Rechtshaffen | Lisa Scwharzbaum

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010

AFI | John Anderson | Jackie Cooper | Dallas Ft. Worth Film Critics | Houston Film Critics | Drew McWeeny | Joe Morgenstern | Stephen Schaefer | Betsy Sharkey | Dana Stevens

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John Anderson
IndieWIRE

1 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2 Precious
3 Food Inc
4 Star Trek
5 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
6 The Hurt Locker
7 The Windmill Movie
8 Bronson
9 Burma VJ
10 The Messenger
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DFW Film Critics

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Precious
4 Up
5 An Education
6 A Serious Man
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 District 9
9 Avatar
10 Fantastic Mr. Fox
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AFI

1 Coraline
2 The Hangover
3 The Hurt Locker
4 The Messenger
5 Precious
6 A Serious Man
7 A Single Man
8 Sugar
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Houston Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Star Trek
4 Precious
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Up
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Avatar
9 Invictus
10 District 9
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Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times

1 Up in the Air
2 Precious
3 The Hurt Locker
4 The Beaches of Agnes
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 An Education
7 District 9
8 Bright Star
9 A Single Man
10 Two Lovers
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Jackie Cooper
WPGA-TV

1 Avatar
2 Nine
3 Brothers
4 The Hurt Locker
5 The Blind Side
6 Inglourious Basterds
7 Invictus
8 Star Trek
9 The Last Station
10 The Damned United
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Dana Stevens
Slate

1 Adventureland
2 The Beaches of Agnes
3 Crazy Heart
4 Drag Me To Hell
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 The Hurt Locker
7 In the Loop
8 Lorna’s Silence
9 The maid
10 Ponyo
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Stephen Schaefer
Boston Herald

1 An Education
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Up in the Air
4 Two Lovers
5 The Hurt Locker
6 The White Ribbon
7 Precious
8 Brothers
9 The Young Victoria
10 Avatar
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Joe Morgenstern
The Wall Street Journal

1 The Hurt Locker
2 An Education
3 Avatar
4 Crazy Heart
5 District 9
6 Precious
7 Sin Nombre
8 Summer Hours
9 Up in the Air
10 Where the Wild Things Are
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Drew McWeeny
HitFix

1 Enter the Void
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 A Serious Man
6 District 9
7 World’s Greatest Dad
8 Up in the Air
9 Avatar
10 In the Loop

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Kathleen Murphy
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 A Serious Man
4 Liverpool
5 Bright Star
6 35 Rhums
7 Summer Hours
8 Still Walking
9 Up in the Air
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Mary Pols
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 The White Ribbon
3 Up in the Air | Adventureland
4 Up | Coraline
5 A Serious Man
6 Beaches of Agnes
7 Where the Wild Things Are
8 The Messenger
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 An Education
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James Rocchi
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 The White Ribbon
4 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5 A Serious Man
6 In the Loop
7 Up in the Air
8 The Messenger
9 The Maid
10 The Brothers Bloom
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Glenn Whipp
MSN

1 The Hurt locker
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 Up
4 A Serious Man
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Tulpan
7 Bright Star
8 Coraline
9 35 Shots of Rum
10 In the Loop
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Peter Debruge
Variety

1 In the Loop
2 The Sun
3 Avatar
4 Summer Hours
5 The Cove
6 Two Lovers
7 Antichrist
8 Ponyo
9 District 9
10 Sugar
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Steve Erickson
Gay City News

1 The Limits of Control
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 The Sun
4 Duplicity
5 Tokyo Sonata
6 Import Export
7 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
8 Police, Adjective
9 Night and Day
10 The Headless Woman
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Susan Gerhard
SF360.org

1 Three Monkeys
2 Tokyo Sonata
3 Tyson
4 Where the Wild Things Are
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The Maid
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 District 9
9 An Education
10 Funny People
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Robert Horton
The Herald

1 A Serious Man
2 You, the Living
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Up
5 The Hurt Locker
6 Summer Hours
7 35 Shots of Rum
8 Liverpool
9 Sunshine Cleaning
10 Duplicity
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J.R. Jones
Chicago Reader

1 Summer Hours
2 The Hurt Locker
3 You, the Living
4 In the Loop
5 The Baader Meinhof Complex
6 The Class
7 Goodbye Solo
8 World’s Greatest Dad
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 The Maid
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Eric Kohn
IndieWIRE

1 Sita Sings the Blues
2 Two Lovers
3 The Girlfriend Experience
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Humpday
6 Medicine for Melancholy
7 Adventureland
8 A Serious Man
9 Tony Manero
10 In the Loop

Kathleen Murphy | Mary Pols | James Rocchi | Glenn Whipp | Peter Debruge | Steve Erickson | Susan Gerhard | Robert Horton | JR Jones | Eric Kohn

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Richard T. Jameson
MSN

1 A Serious Man
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Taking Woodstock
4 35 Shots of Rum
5 Bright Star
6 Liverpool
7 Up in the Air
8 Inglourious Basterds | Public Enemies
9 (500) Days of Summer
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Don Kaye
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 District 9
4 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5 In the Loop
6 An Education
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 Coraline
9 The Road
10 Up in the Air | Watchmen
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Anne Thompson
IndieWire

1 Red Cliff
2 Bright Star
3 A Serious Man
4 A Prophet
5 Up
6 Summer Hours
7 Coraline
8 The Hurt Locker
9 Up in the Air
10 An Education
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Shawn Edwards
FOX-TV

1 The Hangover
2 Avatar
3 Nine
4 (500) Days of Summer
5 Precious
6 Where the Wild Things Are
7 Up in the Air
8 District 9
9 Up
10 The Soloist
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Anthony Lane
New Yorker

1 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
2 Cloudy…Chance of Meatballs
3 Coraline
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 Gommorrah
6 Star Trek
7 The White Ribbon
8 Up
9 Up in the Air
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Richard Corliss
Time Magazine

1 Princess and the Frog
2 Up
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Up in the Air
6 The White Ribbon
7 A Single Man
8 Of Time and the City
9 District 9
10 Thirst
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Dave McCoy
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 The White Ribbon
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox | Where the Wild Things Are
5 Bad Lieutenant
6 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
7 In the Loop
8 Still Wallking
9 The Maid
10 Taking Woodstock
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Kim Morgan
MSN

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Bad Lieutenant
3 A Serious Man
4 Antichrist
5 Observe and Report
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 Thirst
8 The Hurt Locker
9 The Road
10 Broken Embraces
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Jim Emerson
MSN

1 A Serious Man
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Liverpool
4 35 Shots of Rum
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 The Headless Woman
7 Police, Adjective
8 Summer Hours
9 The White Ribbon
10 Goodbye Solo / The Limits of Control / The Informant! / Watchmen / Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Sight & Sound

1 A Prophet
2 The Hurt Locker
2 35 Shots of Rum
4 The White Ribbon
5 Let the Right One In
6 Up
6 White Material
8 Bright Star
8 Antichrist
10 Inglourious Basterds

Anne Thompson | Shawn Edwards | Anthony Lane | Richard Corliss | Sight & Sound | Jim Emerson | Richard T. Jameson | Don Kaye | Dave McCoy | Kim Morgan

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Phil Villarreal OK! Magazine

1 (500) Days of Summer
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Precious
4 Crazy Heart
5 A Serious Man
6 Me & Orson Welles
7 Princess & the Frog
8 Were the World Mine
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Kristopher Tapley In Contention

1 A Serious Man
2 Up in the Air
3 Antichrist
4 The Cove
5 Avatar
6 Precious
7 An Education
8 Mary & Max
9 Bronson
10 The Lovely Bones
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Lou Lumenick New York Post

1 Up in the Air
2 Up
3 A Serious Man
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Avatar
6 Invictus
7 Precious
8 Fantastic Mr. Fox
9 In the Loop
10 Ponyo
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Kyle Smith New York Post

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Up
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 Watchmen
5 Funny People
6 Up in the Air
7 An Education
8 In the Loop
9 Of Time and the City
10 Shall We Kiss?
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Stephen Holden New York Times

1 Up in the Air
2 The White Ribbon
3 Still Walking
4 The Messenger
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The Hurt Locker
7 The Headless Woman
8 An Education
9 Summer Hours
10 Disgrace
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Peter Travers Rolling Stone

1 Precious
2 Up in the Air
3 The Hurt Locker
4 An Education
5 Up
6 Where the Wild Things Are
7 A Serious Man
8 District 9
9 (500) Days of Summer
10 The Messenger
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David Denby New Yorker

1 The Hurt Locker
2 The White Ribbon
3 The Messenger
4 Funny People
5 Adventureland
6 Up
7 The Last Station
8 Me and Orson Welles
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 Up in the Air
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National Board of Review

1 An Education
2 (500) Days of Summer
3 The Hurt Locker
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Invictus
6 The Messenger
7 A Serious Man
8 Star Trek
9 Up
10 Where the Wild Things Are
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Austin Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Star Trek
3 Up
4 A Serious Man
5 Up in the Air
6 Avatar
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 District 9
9 Where the Wild Things Are
10 Moon | The Messenger
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Sean Axmaker MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Summer Hours
5 Of Time and the City
6 Police, Adjective
7 Still Walking
8 Liverpool
9 Up in the Air
10 Where the Wild Things Are

Phil Villarreal | Kristopher Tapley | Lou Lumenick | Kyle Smith | Stephen Holden | Peter Travers | David Denby | National Board of Review | Austin Film Critics | Sean Axmaker

The Top Ten Chart for January 21, 2010

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

225 Critics. 239 Films.

The Top Ten Chart for January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

225 Critics. 239 Films.

The Top Ten Chart for January 6, 2010

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

132 Critics. 161 Films. 30 New to the List.

The Top Ten Chart for January 2, 2010

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

102 Critics. 151 Films. 30 New to the List.

The Top Ten Chart for December 29, 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

74 Critics . 125 Films. 20 New to the List.

The Top Ten Chart for December 23, 2009

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

54 Critics. 104 Films.

The Top Ten Chart for December 20, 2009

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Scott Z. Burns Screenwriter of The Informant

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

In this podcast, Noah talks to Scott Z. Burns, the screenwriter of The Informant! about working with Sodebergh and Damon, unreliable narrators, and Dog Day Afternoon.

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Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Best Actress Chart

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
BEST ACTRESS
Actress – Film
Comment
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia The unstoppable force.
Carey Mulligan – An Education The ingenue of the year.
Helen Mirren – The Last Station A role that could win her a second Oscar in just three years.
Marion Cotillard – Nine The other one.
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones Depends on the film
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star The nominee who would be Carey… but could still get there… if voters see her work
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side It’s a mainstream piece of work, but very touching, and she is having a great year… a long shot, but not impossible
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria Hard to get another period woman past cornish and Mirren
Shohreh Agdashloo – The Stoning of Soraya M Will they see the film?
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
A much longer shot than some seem to think right now



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress – Film
Comment
Mo’Nique – Precious She may Eddie Murphy herself out of a possible win, but the one true category nomination lock
Judi Dench – Nine Long live the queen
Penelope Cruz – Nine A (recent) Oscar regular breaking out of her shell
Julianne Moore – A Single Man If the movie doesn’t catch on, could drop out… but a party of a perfomance.
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air Supporting ingenue
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air A really clean, strong role for an actress with a cult of critics and directors… could be the year
Kate Hudson – Nine A-Rod hit in the post-season… anything could happen!
Sophia Loren – Nine Apparently, she has a lot of time on screen… but maybe not for better… even for a legend

Best Actor Chart

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
BEST ACTOR
Actor – Film
Comment
George Clooney – Up in the Air Beloved, lovely, and looking for answers
Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine How could he not?
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station Could be the shock winner… lifetime achievement and a great role & performance.. and unlike some stage gods, he is a relentless charmer in person
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart Bridges biggest Oscar problem is that he is always good enough to win.
Morgan Freeman – Invictus Seems obvious, no?
Colin Firth – A Single Man A well-liked actor and man… fine performance
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker The ambiguous center of one of the few truly great films of 2009
Peter Sarsgaard – An Education Is he lead or supporting… either way, he should be nominated for this complex, but slick work
Viggo Mortensen – The Road Sucha great performance… but will the voters watch this film… and how will it play on DVD?
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man Needs some push so as not to get lost
Matt Damon – Invictus Is he lead or supporting… either way, we won’t know until the film is seen.



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor – Film
Comment
Stanley Tucci – Julie and Julia or The Lovely Bones I am sure he will get a nod, but will it be for the loving, supportive hubby or the murderous, creepy child molester?
Matt Damon – Invictus Is he lead or supporting… either way, we won’t know until the film is seen. but we’re guessing Supporting and that his stardom and good guy-ness will rule the day.
Christopher Walz – Inglourious Basterds The memorable performance
Alfred Molina – An Education Great guy, great performance, very likeable
Tobey Maguire – Brothers A brilliant turn… people will vote for him off the clips
Peter Capaldi – In The Loop So deserving… hard get for a guy from out of town without big bucks pushing him
Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Would be the shocker of the season
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger His finest work… but getting eyeballs will be hard and he is an outsider in this game
Alec Baldwin – It’s Complicated When they run out of Emmys…
Paul Schneider – Bright Star One of the finest young character actors… maybe next year
Peter Sarsgaard – An Education Is he lead or supporting… either way, he should be nominated for this complex, but slick work

Best Picture Chart

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
BEST PICTURE
Picture
Studio
Director
Stars
Comment
The Frontrunners For Nomination
1
Dec 25
Nine
TWC
Marshall
Day-Lewis
Et al
The big buzz starts this weekend with the junket
2
open
Up
Disney
Docter
Petersen
Will the Disney turmoil put this in jeopardy?
4
Nov 13
Up In The Air
Par
Reitman
Clooney
Yeah… it’ll be there
5
open
An Education
SPC
Scherfig
Mulligan
Sarsgaard
1968 lives
6
Nov 6
Precious
LG
Daniels
Sidibe
Mo’Nique
Guilty displeasure
7
Dec 11
Invictus
WB
Eastwood
Freeman
Likely to be either great or ungainly… time will tell
3
Dec 18
Avatar
Fox
Cameron
?
The ground is rumbling
8
open
A Serious Man
Focus
Coens
Stuhlbarg
Kind
Hard to imagine it falling out… but needs to push
9
Nov
A Single Man
TWC
Ford
Firth
Right there at the edge
10
open
The Hurt Locker
Sum
Bigelow
Renner
If they see it, they will vote
?
The Last Station
Hoffman
Plummer
Giamatti
Could break into the 10… built for this audience
11
open
Inglourious Basterds
TWC
Tarantino
Waltz
Just waiting for some film to fall… a well-liked movie
12
Dec 25
The Lovely Bones
Par/DW
Jackson
Weiss
Ronan
Wahlberg
Tucci
Still waiting
13
open
Julie & Julia
Sony
Ephron
Streep
Adams
Quietly waiting for the chance to pounce
The Chasers (by release date)
open
District 9
Sony
Blomkamp
Copley
Needs Avatar to flop to even be in real play
Nov 25
The Road
TWC
Hillcoat
Theron
Mortensen
Tough, great movie
Dec 4
Brothers
Lions
Sheridan
Maguire
Gyllenhaal
Strong performances
Dec 16
Crazy Heart
FxSear
Cooper
Bridges
A performance film
Dec 25
Sherlock Holmes
WB
Ritchie
Downey
Par loves it… but the Ritchie hyperactivity keeps it suspect.
Dec 25
It’s Complicated
U
Meyers
Streep
Baldwin
Martin
Audiences enjoy Meyers’ work… Academy voters don’t seem to take it very seriously though
Falling Off My Chart
Dec 4
Everybody’s Fine
Mir
Jones
DeNiro
Nope.
Nov 20
The Blind Side
WB
Hancock
Bullock
Bates
Will outgross Precious, but critics will slap it for being too populist
Nov 20
Broken Embraces
SPC
Almodovar
Cruz
Quality film… not the kind of film that breaks awards ground
Nov 6
Men Who Stare At Goats
Over
Heslov
Clooney
Bridges
Nope.

18 Weeks To Go, The Golden Undies

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

This year’s season is slooooowly rolling out… which is ironic, given that all but four of the major contenders have been seen… and one of them, Nine, rolls out for junketeers this Friday. (more…)

Best Picture Chart

Friday, October 30th, 2009
BEST PICTURE
Picture
Studio
Director
Stars
Comment
The Frontrunners For Nomination
1
Dec 25
Nine
TWC
Marshall
Day-Lewis
Et al
With all the trouble, still looking like the pedigree choice
2
open
Up
Disney
Docter
Petersen
Just have to keep reminding people that its okay to vote animated
3
Dec 18
Avatar
Fox
Cameron
?
Could still come up way short… but could also come up Rings
4
Nov 13
Up In The Air
Par
Reitman
Clooney
Solid contender
5
open
An Education
SPC
Scherfig
Mulligan
Sarsgaard
Old School fave
6
Nov 6
Precious
LG
Daniels
Sidibe
‘Nique
Media loves it
7
Dec 11
Invictus
WB
Eastwood
Freeman
Is it Mandela Time yet?
8
open
A Serious Man
Focus
Coens
Stuhlbarg
Kind
Some Jewish pushback, but with 10, a strong pick
9
Nov
A Single Man
TWC
Ford
Firth
Right there at the edge
10
open
The Hurt Locker
Sum
Bigelow
Renner
Will there be enough push to get the votes it deserves?
11
open
Inglourious Basterds
TWC
Tarantino
Waltz
Could be damaged by an Avatar surge
12
Dec 25
The Lovely Bones
Par/DW
Jackson
Weiss
Ronan
Wahlberg
Tucci
In-house word of mouth improved… we’ll know when we see it.
13
open
Julie & Julia
Sony
Ephron
Streep
Adams
Could easily sneak in
The Chasers (by release date)
open
District 9
Sony
Blomkamp
Copley
Sony wants to believe it
Nov 6
Men Who Stare At Goats
Over
Heslov
Clooney
Bridges
Nov 20
Broken Embraces
SPC
Almodovar
Cruz
Nov 25
The Road
TWC
Hillcoat
Theron
Mortensen
Nov 20
The Blind Side
WB
Hancock
Bullock
Bates
Dec 4
Brothers
Lions
Sheridan
Maguire
Gyllenhaal
Dec 4
Everybody’s Fine
Mir
Jones
DeNiro
Dec 25
Sherlock Holmes
WB
Ritchie
Downey
Dec 25
It’s Complicated
U
Meyers
Streep
Baldwin
Martin
?
The Last Station
Hoffman
Plummer
Giamatti

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Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Offbeat Comedy. What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre’s ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre’s rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistle-blower in U.S. history.

Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre’s ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre’s rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.