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December 9

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

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1	1	Up in the Air	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	15	145
2	2	Precious	1	2	3	5	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	6	2	6	3	15	122
3	3	The Hurt Locker	3	3	4	3	7	3	3	2	5	2	4	3	3	2	2	15	116
4	4	Invictus	10	5	2	2	3	6	4	4	10	5	3	5	5	1	5	15	95
5	5	Up	4	4	5	8	8	5	6	5	3	7	6	8	7	5	4	15	80
6	6	An Education	7	8	6	9	4	4	9	9	4	4	9	–	4	3	7	14	68
7	7	Nine	5	13	8	4	–	7	5	6	6	8	7	4	6	10	10	13	57
8	9	Inglourious Basterds	6	9	7	6	–	8	7	8	8	9	5	7	11	8	6	13	51
9	8	Avatar	9	6	10	7	–	11	13	10	7	10	10	2	9	9	8	12	35
10	–	A Serious Man	11	–	9	–	5	12	12	11	12	6	–	9	8	7	12	6	22
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–	10	The Lovely Bones	8	7	11	–	–	10	11	7	9	12	8	12	10	13	13	6	18
–	–	It’s Complicated	–	10	–	11	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	8	3	7
–	–	The Last Station	13	–	–		6	—	–	12	11	11	–	–	13	11	–	1	5
–	–	The Blind Side	–	–	–	10	–	9	–	–	–	13	–	11	–	–	–	1	2
–	–	The Road	12	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	–	Star Trek	–	12	—	—	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	13	12	–	–	1	1
–	–	Julie & Julia	—	—	–	–	10	—	–	—	–	—	–	—	–	–	–	1	1
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–	–	A Single Man	–	––	––	––	–	13	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–
–	–	500 Days of Summer	–	––	12	––	—	—	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Crazy Heart	–	11	–	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	District 9	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–
–	–	Fantastic Mr. Fox	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	—	—	–	–	–	–
–	–	The Young Victoria	–	–	–	12	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	This is It	–	–	–	13	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Ajami, An Education, Avatar, Burma VJ, Coraline, Crazy Heart, District 9, El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Food, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, In the Loop, Inc., Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, It's Complicated, Julie & Julia, Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg & the Pentagon Papers, Nine, Paris 36, Precious, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, The Blind Side, The Cove, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, The Messenger, The Milk of Sorrow, The Princess and the Frog, The Road, The Secret of Kells, The White Ribbon, The Young Victoria, This is It, Un Prophete, Up in the Air, Which Way Home
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December 2

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

		.…………………………………… x
1	1	Up in the Air	–	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	1	14	132
2	1	Precious	–	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	5	1	2	3	14	126
3	3	The Hurt Locker	–	4	4	6	5	3	3	3	8	3	3	2	3	5	2	14	100
4	4	Invictus	–	5	2	5	–	8	5	4	7	7	5	3	7	1	5	13	79
5	6	Up	–	6	5	7	7	4	8	7	4	5	7	10	6	7	4	14	67
6	5	An Education	–	9	6	9	3	5	9	9	3	4	6	8	5	6	7	14	65
7	7	Nine	–	––	8	4	– –	6	4	6	6	8	8	4	4	9	10	12	55
8	10	Avatar	–	8		2	––	––	–	10	5	10	10	6	10	4	8	10	37
9	9	Inglourious Basterds	–	–	7	8	8	7	10	8	9	9		7	–	10	6	11	32
10	8	The Lovely Bones	–	3	10	–	–	9	6	5	10	––	9	––	9	8	––	9	30
–		A Serious Man	–	––	9	–	4	––	––	––	–	6	–	9	8	––	––	5	19
–	–	It’s Complicated	–	7	–	10	––	––	7	––	––	––	––	––	–––	–	9	4	11
–	–	The Last Station	–	––	––	––	6	––	––	–	––	–	–	–	––	– –	–	1	5
–	–	The Road	–	–	––	––	9	–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	–	Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	–	––	––	––	10–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	–	Julie & Julia	–	–	––	–	10	–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	–	Where the Wild Things Are	–	10	–	––	–	––	–	––	– –	– –	–	––	––	–– –	– –	1	1
Falling Off The Chart
–	–	District 9	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Crazy Heart	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Bright Star	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	A Single Man	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Star Trek	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	The Young Victoria	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


1	2	Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker	–	4	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	14	56
2	1	Jason Reitman Up in the Air	–	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	–	2	2	3	1	13	55
3	4	Lee Daniels Precious	–	2	3	–	2	1	2	4		–	2		4	4	3	10	37
4		James Cameron Avatar	–	–	––	2	v	v	–	3	2	5	5	5	5	5	––	8	16
5	5	Rob Marshall Nine	–	–	–	4	v	v	4	––	4	3	v	––	3	–	–	5	12
–	–	Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds	–	–	4	5	v	4	–	–	–	v	1	4	–	–	5	6	13
–	3	Clint Eastwood Invictus	–	5	5	–	––	––	5	5	–––	––	4	3	––	––	4	7	11
–	–	Joel Coen/Coen Brothers A Serious Man	–	–	v	–	4	v	–	–	–	v	v	–	–	2	–	2	6
–	–	Lone Scherfig An Education	–	–	v	–	5	5	–	–	5	4	v	–	–	––	–	4	5
–	–	Peter Jackson The Lovely Bones	–	3	v	–	v	v	–	–	v	v	–	–	–	–	–	1	3
Falling Off The Chart
––	–	Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
––	–	Tom Ford A Single Man	–	–	v	–	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	–	–

		…..
1	2	Carey Mulligan An Education	–	3	1	3	1	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	14	54
2	1	Meryl Streep Julie and Julia	–	4	2	1	5	3	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	––	1	13	52
3	3	Gabourey Sidibe Precious	–	2	4	2	2	1	3	1	—	4	1	2	3	3	3	13	47
4	4	Helen Mirren The Last Station	–	5	3	4	4	—	4	4	3	3	–	––	4	4	5	11	23
5	5	Saoirse Ronan The Lovely Bones	–	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	––—	––	5	–	4	9
6	6	Abbie Cornish Bright Star	–	–	––	–	–5-	5	–	––	–––	5	5	4	—	—	––	4	5
7	7	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	–	–	–––	5	–	4	–	–	5	–	–	5	5	–	4	6	8
8	8	Marion Cotillard Nine	–	–	––	—	3	––	5	–	4	–	–	–	––	––	––	3	6
9	––	Meryl Streep It’s Complicated	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	––	1	5
10	––	Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart	–	–	–	–	–	–—	–	5	–	––	—––	––	–	–	–	1	1
––	9	Vera Farminga Up in the Air	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
––	10	Robin Wright Penn Pippa Lee	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Falling Off The Chart
–	–	Emily Blunt The Young Victoria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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1	1	George Clooney Up in the Air	–	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	3	3	2	4	1	14	54
1		Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart	–	1	1	2	2	5	3	1	2–	1	1	1	1–	1	4	1	54
3	2	Colin Firth A Single Man	–	4	4	3	4		1	3	–	2	–		3	2	2	10	32
4	3	Morgan Freeman Invictus	–	–	3	4	3	3		4	*	3	2	2	4	3	5	11	26
5	4	Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker	–	5	5	–	–	4	4	–	5	–	5	4			3	8	13
–	5	Viggo Mortensen The Road	–	2	––	5	5		–	–	3–	5	–––	5	—–	5	—	7	12
–		Daniel Day-Lewis Nine	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	5	4	–	–	––	5	–	––	5	9
Falling Off The Chart
–	–	Matt Damon Invictus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Matt Damon The Informant!	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–	Michael Stuhlbarg A Serious Man	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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1	Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds	––	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	14	65
2	Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones	––	2	2	––	–––	–	3	2	2	3	4	–––	3	1	––	9	32
3	Alfred Molina An Education	––	–	3	4	––	4	2	4	4	2	3	––	4	4	2	11	30
4	Christopher Plummer The Last Station	––	–	4–	3	––	5	5	—	3	4	–	––	1	—	4	8	19
5	Matt Damon Invictus	––	5	–5	––	3	––	–––––	3	––––––––	––	2––	5	–––—	––	––—	6	13
–	Alec Baldwin It’s Complicated	––	3	––	2	––	—	4	5	—–	—	—–	3	—	—	5	6	14
–	Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles	––	—	––	5	––	2	—	– ––	5–	5	—–	1	—	—	—	5	12
–	Peter Sarsgaard An Education	–	4	––	––	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	––	3	––	3	9
–	Stanley Tucci Julie and Julia	––	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	8
–	Woody Harrelson The Messenger	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	5	––	3	4
–	Anthoney Mackie The Hurt Locker	––	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	Paul Schneider Bright Star	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1

	…..
1	Mo’Nique Precious	––	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	70
2	Anna Kendrick Up in the Air	––	2	5	3	2	4	3	2	5	2	—	2	2	3	2	13	37
3	Julianne Moore A Single Man	––	5	3	2	3	2	2	5	2	3	–	4	3	4	4	13	36
4	Penelope Cruz Nine	––	–	4	4	—	—	4	–	–4	4	5	3	4	5	3	10	22
5	Vera Farmiga Up in the Air	––	4–	–	5	5	3	5	4	3	5	–	–	–	–	5	9	14
–	Melanie Laurent Inglourious Basterds	––	–	–	–	4	5	–	–	–	–	4	5	–	–	–	4	6
–	Marion Cotillard Nine	––	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	8
–	Judi Dench Nine	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	–	2	5
–	Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	1	3
–	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	––	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	Sophia Loren Nine	––	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3
–	Susan Sarandon The Lovely Bones	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3

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1	Mark Boal The Hurt Locker	–	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	14	65
2	Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Up	–	3	3	2	5	3	3	3	5	3	4–	2	1	2	2	12	43
3	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen A Serious Man	–	–	4	5	1	5	2	2	3	2	–	4	3	1	3	12	37
4	Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds	–	––	–	4	4–	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	5	4	12	29
5	Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber 500 Days of Summer	–	2	1	–	3	4	5	5	–	5	2–	–	5	–	5	11	23
–	Nancy Meyers It’s Complicated	–	–	–	3	–	—	—	—	4	—	–	—	—	4	–––	3	7
–	Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell District 9	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	James Cameron Avatar	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	Jane Campion Bright Star	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman The Messenger	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	1	1
–	Armando Iannucci & Armstrong, Blackwell, Roche, Martin In The Loop	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1

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1	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air	–	2	1	1	1–	2	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	3	2	14	60
2	Geoffrey Fletcher Precious	–	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	5	3	1	4	3	4	3	14	54
3	Nick Hornby An Education	–	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	5	2	2	1	1	14	48
4	Nora Ephron Julie and Julia	–	–	––	4	4	–		4	––		–	–	5	5	4	6	10
5	Tom Ford A Single Man	–	–	–	–	5	5	4	5	–	4	–	–	4	–	–	6	9
–	Anthony Peckham Invictus	–	–	4	5	–		—	—	–	—		3	—	2	5	5	11
–	Armando Iannucci & Armstrong, Blackwell, Roche, Martin In The Loop	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5		5	—	—	—	3	4
–	Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	8
–	Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens The Lovely Bones	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	2	4
–	Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers Where the Wild Things Are	–	4	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4
–	Michael Hoffman The Last Station	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3
–	Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella Nine	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3

Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Anthony Breznican
…… USA Today
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Mark Olsen
…….LA Times

Me and Orson Welles Red Cliff, The Road, and Ninja Assassi

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Me and Orson Welles, Red Cliff, The Road, and Ninja Assassin

Me and Orson Welles (Three and a Half Stars)
U.S.; Richard Linklater, 2009

In Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, a director whose films I usually like, takes on a highly ambitious subject that really appeals to me — a portrayal of the astonishing youthful theatrical triumphs of the 22-year-old Welles, his adroit and urbane (and long-suffering) producer John Houseman, and of their ingenious, experimental 1937 Mercury Theater production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar — and does them all really proud. Hail Caesar! Hail Orson! Hail Houseman! Hail Mercury players, past and present, real and recreated! And of course, Hail Richard — Linklater, that is. (more…)

Tags: Me and Orson Welles, Ninja Assassin, Red Cliff, The Road
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November 25

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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1	1	Precious	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	1	2	1	4	1	15	138
1	2	Up in the Air	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	3	2	15	138
3	4	The Hurt Locker	4	4	4	7	6	3	3	3	9	3	5	3	3	2		14	95
4	3	Invictus	3	3	1	3	–	4	6	6	8	6	7	4	7	1	3	14	92
5	5	An Education	5	8	6	8	3	7	–	8	3	2	4	8	6	5	5	14	76
6	6	Up	6	7	5		5	6	9	7	4	5	2	–	5	6	4	13	72
7	7	Nine	7		9	5	– –	5	5	4	6	8	10	5	4	9	10	13	56
8	8	The Lovely Bones	9	5	8	10	–	8	4	5			6			7		9	37
9	10	Inglourious Basterds	8	–	7	6	8	9	8	10	10	9		7	–	–	6	11	33
10	11	Avatar		6		4	– –	– –	10		5	10	8	6	9	10	9	10	33
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–	9	A Serious Man	10	9	10		4	10		9		7	–	9	8	8	8	11	29
–	–	It’s Complicated	–	–	–	9	––	––	7	––	––	––	––	10	–	–	7	4	11
–	–	The Last Station	–	––	––	––	––	––	––	–	7	–	–	–		– –	–	1	4
–	–	The Road		–	––	––	7	–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4
–	–	Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	–	––	––	––	–	–	––	––	–	9	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	–	A Single Man	–	–		––	9	––	––			––	––	––	–	–		1	2
–	–	Crazy Heart	–	10		––	–		–	––	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–1	1
–	–	Julie & Julia	–	–	––	–	10	–	––	––	–	––		–	–		–	1	1
–	–	Star Trek	–		–	–	–—	––		–	–	– –	–		10	–	–	1	1
Falling Off The Chart (as we go to 10 votes per guru and only 10 votes)
–	–	District 9	–	–	–	––	–	––	– –	—–	––	––	–	–	–	–	––
–	–	Where the Wild Things Are	–	–	–	––	–	––	–	––	– –	– –	–	––	––	–– –	– –
–	–	Bright Star	–	––	– –	– —	–	–	–	––	––	–	––	– –	– –	–	– –
–	–	The Young Victoria	–	–	–	–	––	–––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


	Sharlto Copley	No comment.
	Best Actor: Optimus Prime	Robot-Americans have too long gone unrecognized by the Academy.
	Michelle Pfeiffer, Best Actress for “Cheri”	One of her best performances in years that would have gotten much more attention if the movie was released in the fall than when it was dumped in June.
	Michael Sheen Best Actor for “The Damned United.”	This underrated actor just keeps getting screwed over for such remarkable portrayals it would be nice to see him finally recognized.
	Pedro Almodovar, Best Director	No comment.
	Christian McKay, Best Actor nominee for Me and Orson Welles.	He looks remarkably like the young Orson Welles (it’s biology, not parody) and he effortlessly channels the man’s energy and charisma, demonstrating how one so demanding could be so loved.
	Matt Damon for The Informant!	No comment.
	Paul Schneider, Bright Star – Best Supporting Actor	In a role I might have thought a little beyond him, he did everything a great supporting performance should do and the film was better for his presence in it.
	Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker	By the time they vote for winners, he could be a frontrunner… but needs to get nominated 7 weeks earlier.
	Sharlto Copley, best actor	No comment.
	Wes Anderson, Best Director, Fantastic Mr. Fox	No comment.
	Peter Capaldi for In the Loop	Peter Capaldi for the In the Loop, or any recognition for that film at all, would be great – one of the best and underrated films of 2009.
	Antichrist	No comment.
	Bright Star	No comment.
	Ed Asner in Up. Or Dakota Fanning for Coraline or Seth Rogen in Monsters vs. Aliens or George Clooney as Mr. Fox.	Voice work is acting, too!!!

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John Hillcoat, dir. The Road

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Viggo Mortensen, The Road

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Behind The Road

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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November 18

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

		.…………………………………… x
1	1	Precious	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	5	4	1	5	1	2	1	15	142
2	2	Up in the Air	2	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	3	1	8	1	2	4	2	15	128
3	4	Invictus	3	3	1	4	–	4	1	4	7	6	2	3	5	1	3	14	107
4	3	The Hurt Locker	4	5	3	6	4	3	5	3	8	2	5	4	3	3	4	15	103
5	5	An Education	5	8	6	11	5	5	–	5	2	3	9	8	7	5	6	13	69
6	6	Up	7	6	5	8	6	6	10	8	1	8	4	–	6	7	5	14	67
7	7	Nine	8	12	10	3	– –	7	6	6	4	5	–	2	4	9	–	11	64
8	8	The Lovely Bones	6	4	9	9	–	9	4	7	11	10	3	10	8	8	8	13	48
9	10	A Serious Man	10		8	12	3	10	12	10	9	7	–	9	9	6	10	11	30
10	9	Inglourious Basterds	9	–	7	7	10	8	9	12	12	9	7	7	–	–	7	10	30
11	11	Avatar	12	7	––	5	– –	– –	7	11	6		10	6	10	10	9	8	29
12		It’s Complicated	–	10–	–	10	––	––	8	––	––	––	––	––	–	–	11	3	5
13		A Single Man	–	–		––	11	––	––	9	10	––	––	––	–	–	12	2	3
One Vote Wonders
		Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	–	––	––	––	–	–	––	––	–	6	–	–	–	–	1	5
	12	Where the Wild Things Are	–	–	–	––	7	––	–	––	– –	– –	12	––	––	– –	– –	1	4
		Bright Star	–	––	– –	– —	8	12	–	––	––	–	––	– –	– –	11	– –	1	3
		Star Trek	–	9–	–	–	–—	––	11	–	–	– –	–	11	11	–	–	1	2
		The Road	11	–	––	––	9	–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Titles In Waiting
		Julie & Julia	–	–	––	–	12	–	––	––	–	––	11	–	–	12	–
		District 9	–		12	––	–—	––	– –	—–	––	––	–	12	–	–	––
		Crazy Heart	–	11	11	––	–	11	–	––	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	––
		The Young Victoria	–	–	–	–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		The Last Station	–	––	––	––	––	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	12	– –	–	–	––
Please Note: Votes for #11 & #12 are not counted in the numbers and are just offered for perspective on what films may be on the verge of joining the Top 10.


1	Jason Reitman Up in the Air	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	–	2	2	4	2	14	57
2	Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker	2	5	1	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	2	4	15	56
3	Clint Eastwood Invictus	3	3	2	5	6	4	4	5	2	5	3	5	4	1	3	15	42
4	Lee Daniels Precious	5	2	4	4	2	2	5	4		–	5	4	5	–	1	12	29
5	Rob Marshall Nine	4	–	–	3	v	v	6	5	6	3	v	3	3	–	–	6	15
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–	James Cameron Avatar	–	4	––	––	v	v	–	3	3	–	–	6	6	6		3	8
–	Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds	–	–	5	6	5	6	–	–	–	v	2	–	–	–	6	3	6
–	Lone Scherfig An Education	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	5	4	v	–	–	––	5	4	5
–	Peter Jackson The Lovely Bones	6	6	6	–	v	v	2	–	v	v	6	–	–	5	–	2	5
–	Joel Coen/Coen Brothers A Serious Man	–	–	–	–	4	v	–	–	–	v	v	–	–	3	–	2	5
–	Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	5
–	Tom Ford A Single Man	–	––	–	—	v	v	—	6	v	—	–	—	—	—	–

.	…..
1	Up	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	75
2	Coraline	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	15	53
3	Fantastic Mr. Fox	–	6	3	4	3	2	3	3	6	3	3	6		4	3	11	29
4	Ponyo	2	5	5	5	4	6	2	4	5	–	4	5	5	3	6	12	23
5	The Princess and the Frog	4	2	4	3	6	—		6	4	4	–	2	3	–	–	8	24
6	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	6	3	6	6	–	4	6	5	3	–	5	–	4	–	4	7	14

–	Mary and Max	–	–	–	–	–	5				5	–	–	6	5	–	3	3
–	A Christmas Carol	5	–	–	–	–						–	4				2	3
–	9	–	–	–	–	5	–	5			–	6	–		–	–	2	2
–	Monsters Vs Aliens	–	–	–	–	–	–				–	–	–		6	5	1	1

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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

Tags: A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Brothers, Coco Before Chanel, Crazy Heart, Moon, Nine, Precious, Star Trek, Sunshine Cleaning, The Blind Side, The Brothers Bloom, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnasus, The Informant, The Last Station, The Loop, The Princess & the Frog, The Road, The Stoning of Soraya M. Agdashloo, Watchmen, Where the Wild Things Are
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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…)

Tags: A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Brothers, Coco Before Chanel, Crazy Heart, Moon, Nine, Precious, Star Trek, Sunshine Cleaning, The Blind Side, The Brothers Bloom, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnasus, The Informant, The Last Station, The Loop, The Princess & the Frog, The Road, The Stoning of Soraya M. Agdashloo, Watchmen, Where the Wild Things Are
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November 11

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

		.…………………………………… x
1	2	Precious	1	5	2	2	1	2	2	1	6	2	1	2	1	2	1	15	134
2	1	Up in the Air	2	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	4	1	4	1	2	3	2	15	132
3	3	The Hurt Locker	4	3	3	5	3	3	5	4	8	3	9	3	3	1	4	15	103
4	4	Invictus	3	2	1	3	–	5	1	5	7	8	3	7	5	9	5	14	90
5	5	An Education	5	6	6	10	6	4	–	3	2	4	10	4	7	4	6	14	79
6	6	Up	6	7	5	9	5	6	8	7	1	5	6	–	6	6	3	14	74
7	7	Nine	7	4	10	4	– –	7	6	6	3	10	11	5	4	12		11	51
8	8	The Lovely Bones	9	9		7	–	11	4	8	11	7	2	6	8	11	7	10	44
9	9	Inglourious Basterds	8	–	7	8	9	8	9	11	12	11	7	8	–	–	8	9	27
10	10	A Serious Man	10	12	8	––	4	9	11	9	9	6	–	9	9	5		9	32
11	11	Avatar	12	8	––	6	– –	– –	7	–	5	9	8	10	10	10	9	10	28
12	12	Where the Wild Things Are	–	–	–	––	7	––	–	––	– –	– –	5	––	––	– –	– –	2	10

		Bright Star	–	––	– –	– —	8	––	–	––	––	–	––	– –	– –	8	– –	2	6
		Capitalism: A Love Story	–	–	––	––	––		–	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4
		Julie & Julia	–	–	––		11	12	––	––		––	––	12	–	7	–11	1	4
		District 9	–	10	9	––	–—	––	– –	—–	––	––	12	11	–	–	––	2	3
		A Single Man	–	–	12	––	12	––	––	10	10	––	––	––	–		––	2	2
		The Road	11	–	––	––	10		–	12	––	12	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
		Star Trek	–	–	–	–	–—	––	10	–	–	– –	–	–	11	–	–	1	1
		The Messenger	–														10	1	1
		It’s Complicated	–	–	–	12	––	––	12	––	––	––	––	––	–	–	12	–
		Crazy Heart	–	11	11–	––	–	–	–	––	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	––
		The Young Victoria	–	–	–	11	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
		The Last Station	–	––	––	––	––	––	––	–	–	–	–	–	12	– –	–	–	––
Please Note: Votes for #11 & #12 are not counted in the numbers and are just offered for perspective on what films may be on the verge of joining the Top 10.


1	Mo’Nique Precious	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	75
2	Anna Kendrick Up in the Air	3	2	2	4	2	6	3	2	2	2	3	6	2	4	2	13	45
3	Julianne Moore A Single Man	5	–	3	2	3	3	2	6	5	3	–	2	3	2	5	12	34
4	Penelope Cruz Nine	4	1	4	6	4–		4	–	3	–	5	–	4	6	4	9	21
5	Susan Sarandon The Lovely Bones	2	–	–	—	5		—	3	–	5	6	3	5	—		6	13
6	Melanie Laurent Inglourious Basterds	–	–	–	—	4	4	—	4	–	—	2	—	—	—	3	5	13
7	Vera Farmiga Up in the Air	–	6	–	5	5	5	5	5	––	4	4	5		3		10	13

8	Samantha Morton The Messenger	–	–	5	–	–3		–	–	v	6	–	–	–	–	6	2	4
9	Paula Patton Precious	–	4	6	–	–	–		–				––		–	–	1	2
10	Mariah Carey Precious	–	3	––	—	6	—	6	– ––	—–	—	—–	—	—	—	—	1	3
11	Sophia Loren Nine		3	––									4				2	5
12	Judi Dench Nine			––	3					4				6			2	5
13	Patricia Clarkson Whatever Works			––											5		1	1
14	Rachel Weisz The Lovely Bones		4	––													1	2
15	Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart		5	––													1	1
	Cara Seymour An Education						2

.	…..
1	Christopher Walz Inglourious Basterds	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	3	1	4	1	15	65
2	Alfred Molina An Education	3	–	2	5	2	5	2	4	5	2	3	6	4	1	4	14	60
3	Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones	2	2	–	3	–	–	3	3	1	–	2	1	3	–	–	9	34
4	Matt Damon Invictus	4	4	–	—	—		–	1	–	3	4	2	5	5	2	10	25
5	Peter Sarsgaard An Education	–	5	–	–	3	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	2	–	5	14

6	Christopher Plummer The Last Station	5	–	4	2	–	—	5	–	–	5	–	–	2	–	–	6	12
7	Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles	–	–	3	–	–		–	–	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	10
8	Alec Baldwin It’s Complicated	––	–	–	4	–		4	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	5	5	6
9	Stanley Tucci Julie and Julia	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	6	4	–	–	–	3	3–	4	11
10	Anthony Mackie The Hurt Locker	–	–	6	–	4	6	–	–	–––	–	—	–	—	6	––	1	2
11	Paul Schneider Bright Star	–	3	–	–	6	—	—	6	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–1	3

12	Stanley Tucci Julie and Julia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3
13	Richard Kind A Serious Man	––	–	5	—	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	1	1
14	Woody Harrelson The Messenger	–	–	–	–	–	–—	–	5	–	––	—	–	–	–	6	1	1
15	James Gandolfini Where the Wild Things Are	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
16	Zack Galifianakis The Hangover	–	–	–	–	–	4–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	1	1
17	Brian Geraghty The Hurt Locker	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
18	Brad Pitt Inglourious Basterds	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	Jude Law Sherlock Homes	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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November 4, The Season Begins

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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Up in the Air

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122

8.71

Precious

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119

8.5

The Hurt Locker

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6.57

Invictus

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6.85

An Education

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5.33

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4.92

Nine

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4.15

The Lovely Bones

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3.17

Inglourious Basterds

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3.10

A Serious Man

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2.5

Avatar

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Where the Wild Things Are

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Bright Star

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A Single Man

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Capitalism: A Love Story

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Julie & Julia

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0.6

District 9

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It’s Complicated

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The Road

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0.3

Star Trek

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The Young Victoria

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Un Prophete

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Crazy Love

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The Last Station

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Please Note: Votes for #11 & #12 are not counted in the numbers and are just offered for perspective on what films may be on the verge of joining the Top 10.

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George Clooney Up in the Air	–	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	4	1	14	59	4.21
Colin Firth A Single Man	–	–	2	3	2	*	1	2	–	2	–	1	4	1	3	11	43	3.9
Morgan Freeman Invictus	–	–	3	2	–	–	3	4	3	1	4	—	1	2	*	10	31	3.1
Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker	–	1	*	––	4–	4	5	*	*	4	––	3	*	3	4	12	20	1.67
Viggo Mortensen The Road	–	–	––	4	–3	5	–	3	4––	5	––	4	—–	5	—	8	15	1.87
Daniel Day-Lewis Nine	–	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	2	*	3	–	2	–	–	6	15	2.5
Matt Damon Invictus	–	–	–	—	–	2	—	—	–	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	9	4.5
Matt Damon The Informant!	–	*	5	—	6––	—	*	—	––	—	––	5	5	—	2	6	7	1.16
Michael Stuhlbarg A Serious Man	–	–	–	—	5	3	—	—	–	—	–	*	—	—	5	4	7	1.75
Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart	–	3	––	—	––	—	—	– ––	—–	—	—–	—	—	—	—	1	3	3
Sharlto Copley District 9	–	5	4	––	—–	—	—	—	––	—	*	—	—	—	—	3	3	1
Brad Pitt Inglourious Basterds	––	––	––	—–	—	—	—	5	––	—	5	––	—	––	—	2	2	1
Peter Sarsgaard An Education	–	––	––	—	––	—	––	—	5	––	—	––	—	––	—	1	1	1
Robert DeNiro Everybody’s Fine	–	––	––	5	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	––	—	1	1	1
Michael Sheen The Damned United	–	––	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	––	—	*	–	1	1	1
Hal Holbrook That Evening Son	–	––	––	*	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	—	––	––	—	–	–	–

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Meryl Streep Julie and Julia	––	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	14	60	4.31
Carey Mulligan An Education	–	2	1	3	–1	1	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	14	59	4.21
Gabourey Sidibe Precious	–	1	3	2	3	4	3	3	—	3	1	3	3	4	3	13	42	3.23
Helen Mirren The Last Station	–	–	–	4	4	—	4	5	–	4	–	4	4	3	5	9	17	1.89
Saoirse Ronan The Lovely Bones	––	5	—	—	—	—	5	4	–5	5	6	—	5	5	4	9	10	1.11
Abbie Cornish Bright Star	–	6	4	–	–5-	3	–	6	–––	6	—	5	—	—	––	6	6	1
Penelope Cruz Nine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	2	4	2
Marion Cotillard Nine	––	–	6	—	—	5	—	–	3	–	–	–	6	6		5	4	0.8
Vera Farminga Up in the Air	––	–	5	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0.5
Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
Robin Wright Penn Pippa Lee	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
Penelope Cruz Broken Embraces	–	–	–	–	*	–—	*	–	–	––	—	*	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emily Blunt The Young Victoria	–	–	–	*	—	—	—	–	*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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Coraline

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1.92

Fantastic Mr. Fox

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0.64

Ponyo

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0.63

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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0.6

A Christmas Carol

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The Princess and the Frog

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Mary and Max

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Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Anthony Breznican
…… USA Today
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Mark Olsen
…….LA Times

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

New Trailer for The Road

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tags: The Road
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Interview: The Road

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

A brief glimpse of the 30 minute conversation between Viggo Mortensen, now starring in The Road, and The Hot Blog’s David Poland.

Tags: The Road
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24 Weeks To Go Toronto Scores A Single, But Not Much More

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

That sound you heard coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival this year…

Near silence.

The films that came in hot (An Education & Precious) stayed hot, the new film expected to come out hot (Up In The Air & A Serious Man) came out hot, and a total of one title that went in unsure came out with some heat, A Single Man.

Just not that exciting, awardswise.

There were other good movies. But there was not much of a fuse lit. Studios started pushing away from the Gala events at Roy Thompson Hall, often preferring the less tony environs of the Elgin, the newly reopened for movies Winter Garden, and often the college theater energy of Ryerson Hall.

The Road wasn’t killed… but it didn’t come flying out of the week either. Capitalism: A Love Story wasn’t a car wreck… but it was a lot more Sicko than Fahrenheit 9/11.

At $1 million, A Single Man was the biggest sale of the festival… which tells you right away that there were no rush-it-out sure bets like The Wrestler or The Hurt Locker in play at the festival this year.

Creation, Agora, Chloe, Mother & Child, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Micmacs, Love & Other Impossible Pursuits, The Young Victoria, Triage, Harry Brown, The Joneses, The Vintner’s Luck, The Boys Are Back, Leaves of Grass, Life During Wartime, Ondine, and London River are part of the long list of high profile titles looking to break out at TIFF and just not doing so. Cannes hits Broken Embraces, Bright Star, A Prophet, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus did fine… but didn’t have a next step, propelled by Oprah or anyone else.

The non-Best Picture arthouse breakout may turn out to be the Chinese-made City of Life & Death while the most commercial films might be Whip It (large size) and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (small size).

But still… the only potentially significant awards story to emerge from TIFF 2009 was A Single Man.

And the only really bad news for a film that was looking for a push out of TIFF was Bright Star, which opened on 19 screens for a 3-day $9,984 per-screen average and expanded to 130 screens and a $5,168 per-screen. The film is running slightly ahead of Cheri, as an example, on weekend per-screen, though after 10 days, Cheri is running slightly ahead of Bright Star because of weekday numbers. I still expect Bright Star to outperform Cheri, but $5 million seems like the high bar domestically. That is unlikely to be enough to make the Best Picture leap, especially in a season with an unusual number of strong female-driven films (Nine, Precious, An Education, Coco Before Chanel, Julie and Julia, Amelia, It’s Complicated and more).

Outside of Toronto, there have also been casualties of timing. Films from Martin Scorsese, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Lasse Hallstrom, Neil Jordan, and Paul Greengrass all are out of the game because they won’t be released this year.

What is clear is that there is plenty of room to fight for a slot at this point. Of my Top 12 – which is really my entire top group at this point – only three of the films are unseen as of this writing (Nine, Invictus, and Avatar). In addition, there are a couple of completely blind items, like Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol and Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Traditionally, films like Sherlock Holmes, The Blind Side, and It’s Complicated are commercial films and not Oscar films… but there is always room for a pop.

What finally smashed me in the face up in Toronto was that with 10 Best Picture nominees and only five in each of the acting slots, it could get pretty weird. Nine and Precious are actress fests. Invictus, A Serious Man, A Single Man, and The Hurt Locker are actor parties. But at the same time, you have to assume an Oscar nomination for Daniel Day Lewis in Nine and for Julianne Moore in A Single Man. How many of the 8 star actresses can be nominated for Nine?

If it’s Day-Lewis, Clooney, Firth, Renner, and Damon… what happens to Mortensen, Wahlberg, Sarsgaard, Stuhlbarg, and Maguire?

If it’s Streep, Mulligan, Cotillard, Weisz, and Sidibe… what happens to Tautou, Cruz, Cornish, Swank, and Theron?

Supporting Actor is looking like the softest category with potential in Gyllenhaal, Tucci, Molina, Duvall, and Kind.

Best Supporting Actress is a MONSTER… Just Nine has Dench, Loren, Hudson, Cruz, and Kidman. Add Ronan, Farmiga, Kendrick. Moore, Adams, Portman… and God knows who else?

So here we are… about two months from things really locking in… and while The Ten doesn’t seem to be in for a whole lot of changes, there are some big fights brewing in the other categories. With 10 nominees, all of these films are more likely to be seen by Academy voters.. making it all the more interesting.

– David Poland
September 30, 2009

Tags: A Christmas Carol, A Prophet, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Agora, Amelia, An Education, Avatar, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Capitalism: A Love Story, Cheri, Chloe, City of Life & Death, Coco Before Chanel, Creation, Harry Brown, Invictus, It’s Complicated, Julie and Julia, Leaves of Grass, Life During Wartime, London River, Love & Other Impossible Pursuits, Micmacs, Mother & Child, Nine, Ondine, Precious, Sherlock Holmes, The Blind Side, The Boys Are Back, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Joneses, The Lovely Bones, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Road, The Vintner’s Luck, The Young Victoria, Triage, Up in the Air, Whip It
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Posters The Road

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Tags: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Road, Where the Wild Things Are
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A Pre-Toronto Look at the 2009/10 Field

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

The Gurus each picked 15 contenders, each giving 3 gold stars for being the most likely.
Then each Guru picked one underdog actor and actress who might surprise with a nomination.

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Invictus

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Nine

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The Hurt Locker

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Up in the Air

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An Education

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Precious

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The Lovely Bones

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Bright Star

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A Serious Man

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The Road

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Amelia

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Capitalism: A Love Story

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Avatar

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The Informant!

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Inglourious Basterds

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Julie & Julia

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District 9

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Where the Wild Things Are

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Star Trek

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The Tree of Life

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500 Days of Summer

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The Fantastic Mr Fox

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One Vote Wonders

Creation

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Leaves of Grass

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Chloe

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Ondine

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The Men Who Stare At Goats

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It’s Complicated

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The Hangover

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Sin Nombre

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Harry Potter 6

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Brothers

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Public Enemies

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Sharlto Copley
District 9

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Jeremy Renner
The Hurt Locker

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Matt Damon
The Informant!

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Hal Holbrook
That Evening Son

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Tobey Maguire
Brothers

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Alfred Molina
An Education

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Viggo Mortensen
The Road

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Liam Neeson
Chloe

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Peter Sarsgaard
An Education

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Paul Schneider
Bright Star

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Michael Sheen
The Damned United

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Abbie Cornish
Bright Star

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Gabourey Sidibe
Precious

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—

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Robin Wright Penn
Pippa Lee

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Catalina Saavedra
The Maid

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Mélanie Laurent
Inglourious Basterds

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Carey Muligan
An Education

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Natalie Portman
Brothers

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Charlize Theron
The Burning Plain

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Shohreh Aghdashloo
The Stoning of Soraya M

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Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Sheigh Crabtree
—-———
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Lou Lumenick
…… New York Post

Mark Olsen
…….LA Times
David Poland
…… MCN
Steve Pond
…… The Wrap
Sasha Stone
…… AwardsDaily.com
Sean Smith
…… Entertainment Weekly
Kris Tapley
…… In Contention
Anne Thompson
…… Thompson On Hollywood
Susan Wloszczyna
…… USA Today

Posts Tagged ‘The Road’

December 9

December 2

Me and Orson Welles Red Cliff, The Road, and Ninja Assassi

November 25

John Hillcoat, dir. The Road

Viggo Mortensen, The Road

Behind The Road

November 18

Best Actress Chart

Best Actor Chart

Best Picture Chart

18 Weeks To Go, The Golden Undies

November 11

November 4, The Season Begins

Best Picture Chart

New Trailer for The Road

Interview: The Road

24 Weeks To Go Toronto Scores A Single, But Not Much More

Posters The Road

A Pre-Toronto Look at the 2009/10 Field

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