tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55036972621299678702024-03-14T00:47:55.427-07:00Musings and Stuff...RAMBLINGS ON CINEMAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-5196633815339109402015-06-30T16:17:00.001-07:002015-06-30T16:17:34.295-07:00Saturn Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VXs5u_cGEmw/VZMiZsnf2-I/AAAAAAAAG1g/wynzCBPlHic/s1600/guardians-galaxy-movie-preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VXs5u_cGEmw/VZMiZsnf2-I/AAAAAAAAG1g/wynzCBPlHic/s400/guardians-galaxy-movie-preview.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>FILM AWARDS</u> </b></div>
<br />
<b>BEST COMIC BOOK-TO-FILM: </b><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<b>BEST SCIENCE FILM FILM: </b><i>Interstellar</i><br />
<b>BEST FANTASY FILM: </b><i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<b>BEST HORROR FILM: </b><i>Dracula Untold</i><br />
<b>BEST THRILLER FILM: </b><i>Gone Girl</i><br />
<b>BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE: </b><i>Unbroken</i><br />
<b>BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: </b><i>The Theory of Everything</i><b> </b><br />
<b>BEST INDEPENDENT FILM: </b><i>Whiplash</i><b> </b><br />
<b>BEST ANIMATED FILM: </b><i>The LEGO Movie </i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nhcGxbebGe4/VZMipXkRjPI/AAAAAAAAG1o/g-3o0Y1czFU/s1600/rene-russo-nightcrawler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nhcGxbebGe4/VZMipXkRjPI/AAAAAAAAG1o/g-3o0Y1czFU/s320/rene-russo-nightcrawler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>BEST ACTOR: </b>Chris Pratt, <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<b>BEST ACTRESS: </b>Rosamund Pike, <i>Gone Girl</i><br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Richard Armitage, <i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Rene Russo, <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
<b>BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: </b>MacKenzie Foy, <i>Interstellar</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3YWIJl50PlM/VZMi0S4SMoI/AAAAAAAAG1w/BVJfQ02mJDY/s1600/Interstellar-astronauts-e-014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3YWIJl50PlM/VZMi0S4SMoI/AAAAAAAAG1w/BVJfQ02mJDY/s320/Interstellar-astronauts-e-014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>BEST DIRECTOR: </b>James Gunn, <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<b>BEST WRITING: </b><i>Interstellar</i>- Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan<br />
<b>BEST EDITING: </b><i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
<b>BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: </b><i>Interstellar</i><br />
<b>BEST MUSIC: </b><i>Interstellar</i><br />
<b>BEST COSTUMES: </b><i>Dracula Untold</i><br />
<b>BEST MAKE-UP: </b><i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<b>BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: </b><i>Interstellar</i><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1UZSAMDAQ8g/VZMi9_z0lpI/AAAAAAAAG14/6TIxTts6QP0/s1600/hannibal-TV-620x349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1UZSAMDAQ8g/VZMi9_z0lpI/AAAAAAAAG14/6TIxTts6QP0/s320/hannibal-TV-620x349.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>TELEVISION</u> </b></div>
<br />
<br />
<b>BEST NETWORK SERIES: </b><i>Hannibal</i><br />
<b>BEST CABLE SERIES: </b><i>The Walking Dead</i><br />
<b>BEST LIMITED RUN SERIES: </b><i>Game of Thrones</i><br />
<b>BEST SUPERHERO SERIES: </b><i>The Flash</i><br />
<b>BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED SERIES: </b><i>The 100</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqvL5Sv1IqQ/VZMjKrUSfEI/AAAAAAAAG2A/KTer2PZn2mU/s1600/OUT_108-20140501-ND_0612_900x506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqvL5Sv1IqQ/VZMjKrUSfEI/AAAAAAAAG2A/KTer2PZn2mU/s320/OUT_108-20140501-ND_0612_900x506.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>BEST ACTOR (tie): </b>Hugh Dancy, <i>Hannibal</i>; Andrew Lincoln, <i>The Walking Dead</i><br />
<b>BEST ACTRESS: </b>Caitronia Balfe, <i>Outlander</i><br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Laurence Fishburne, <i>Hannibal</i><br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Melissa McBride, <i>The Walking Dead</i><br />
<b>BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: </b>Maisie Williams, <i>Game of Thrones</i><br />
<b>BEST GUEST PERFORMER: </b>Wentworth Miller, <i>The Flash </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-25561813511437146442015-06-04T16:56:00.001-07:002015-06-04T16:56:24.956-07:00Television Critics Association Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EdGwlg_782A/VXDll_eopbI/AAAAAAAAG04/OOdejIU96TE/s1600/Amazon-Transparent-Jeffrey-Tambor-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EdGwlg_782A/VXDll_eopbI/AAAAAAAAG04/OOdejIU96TE/s400/Amazon-Transparent-Jeffrey-Tambor-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>PROGRAM OF THE YEAR</b><br />
<i>The Americans</i><br />
<i>Empire</i><br />
<i>Game of Thrones</i><br />
<i>Mad Men</i><br />
<i>Transparent </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY</b><br />
<i>The Big Bang Theory</i><br />
<i>Inside Amy Schumer</i><br />
<i>Jane the Virgin</i><br />
<i>Transparent</i><br />
<i>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA</b><br />
<i>The Americans</i><br />
<i>Empire</i><br />
<i>Game of Thrones</i><br />
<i>Justified</i><br />
<i>Mad Men </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY</b><br />
Julia Louis-Dreyfus<i>, Veep</i><b> </b><br />
Gina Rodriguez, <i>Jane the Virgin</i><br />
Amy Schumer, <i>Inside Amy Schumer</i><br />
Jeffrey Tambor, <i>Transparent</i><br />
Constance Wu, <i>Fresh Off the Boat</i><br />
<br />
<b>INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA</b><br />
Viola Davis, <i>How to Get Away with Murder</i><br />
Jon Hamm, <i>Mad Men</i><b> </b><br />
Taraji P. Henson, <i>Empire</i><br />
Matthew Rhys, <i>The Americans</i><br />
Bob Odenkirk, <i>Better Call Saul</i><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM</b><br />
<i>Better Call Saul</i><br />
<i>Empire</i><br />
<i>The Flash</i><br />
<i>Jane the Virgin</i><br />
<i>Transparent </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES AND SPECIALS</b><br />
<i>Bessie</i><br />
<i>The Honorable Woman</i><br />
<i>The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst</i><br />
<i>Olive Kitteridge</i><br />
<i>Wolf Hall </i><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION</b><br />
<i>60 Minutes </i><br />
<i>CBS Sunday Morning</i><br />
<i>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</i><br />
<i>Frontline</i><br />
<i>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING</b><br />
<i>The Amazing Race</i><br />
<i>The Chair</i><br />
<i>Dancing with the Stars</i><br />
<i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i><br />
<i>Shark Tank</i><br />
<br />
<b>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING</b><br />
<i>Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood</i><br />
<i>The Fosters</i><br />
<i>The Legend of Korra</i><br />
<i>Sesame Street</i><br />
<i>Switched at Birth </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>HERITAGE AWARD</b><br />
<i>Friends</i><br />
<i>Late Show/Late Night with David Letterman</i><br />
<i>The Shield</i><br />
<i>Star Trek</i><br />
<i>Twin Peaks </i><b> </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-47211166722087354502015-05-31T21:00:00.000-07:002015-05-31T21:00:29.299-07:00Critics' Choice Television Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJGx2N33uAc/VWvXi_sEIxI/AAAAAAAAG0M/bic3wA-h95s/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJGx2N33uAc/VWvXi_sEIxI/AAAAAAAAG0M/bic3wA-h95s/s320/maxresdefault.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>COMEDY SERIES</u> </b></div>
<b>SERIES: </b><i>Silicon Valley</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Jeffrey Tambor, <i>Transparent</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Amy Schumer, <i>Inside Amy Schumer </i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>T.J. Miller, <i>Silicon Valley</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Allison Janney, <i>Mom </i><b> </b><br />
<b>GUEST PERFORMER: </b>Bradley Whitford, <i>Transparent</i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2YNWc_-PhSM/VWvXl5wWYnI/AAAAAAAAG0U/Cgyj1aDwnY4/s1600/americans-season-3-premiere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2YNWc_-PhSM/VWvXl5wWYnI/AAAAAAAAG0U/Cgyj1aDwnY4/s320/americans-season-3-premiere.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>DRAMA SERIES</u> </b></div>
<b>SERIES: </b><i>The Americans</i><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Bob Odenkirk, <i>Better Call Saul</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Taraji P. Henson, <i>Empire </i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Jonathan Banks, <i>Better Call Saul</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Lorraine Toussaint, <i>Orange Is the New Black</i><br />
<b>GUEST PERFORMER: </b>Sam Elliott, <i>Justified</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oH1Aw6bOwR0/VWvXwIcst5I/AAAAAAAAG0c/Wr6BXtYTioI/s1600/generic-bio-15-1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oH1Aw6bOwR0/VWvXwIcst5I/AAAAAAAAG0c/Wr6BXtYTioI/s320/generic-bio-15-1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES OR LIMITED SERIES</u> </b></div>
<b>MOVIE: </b><i>Bessie</i><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>David Oyelowo, <i>Nightingale</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Frances McDormand, <i>Olive Kitteridge</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING: </b>Bill Murray, <i>Olive Kitteridge</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Sarah Paulson, <i>American Horror Story: Freak Show </i><br />
<i> </i><b> </b><br />
<b>TALK SHOW: </b><i>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ANIMATED SERIES: </b><i>Archer</i><b> </b><br />
<b>REALITY SERIES: </b><i>Shark Tank</i><br />
<b>REALITY COMPETITION SERIES: </b><i>Face Off</i><br />
<b>REALITY SERIES HOST: </b>Cat Deeley, <i>So You Think You Can Dance </i><br />
<b>MOST BINGE-WORTHY SERIES: </b><i>The Walking Dead</i><br />
<b>GENIUS AWARD: </b>Seth MacFarlane<i> </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-33712020302792902872015-05-02T01:10:00.000-07:002015-05-02T02:57:05.622-07:00Avengers: Age of Ultron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sBsu2qQreFI/VURqcEo_-uI/AAAAAAAAGzk/Co4H-_ZLQKA/s1600/avengers_age_of_ultron_ver11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sBsu2qQreFI/VURqcEo_-uI/AAAAAAAAGzk/Co4H-_ZLQKA/s1600/avengers_age_of_ultron_ver11.jpg" height="320" width="215" /></a></div>
<i>Avengers: Age of Ultron</i> officially kicks off the summer movie season. Box office records for Marvel's <b>eleventh</b> entry to its venerable cinematic universe are insured. After all, the Marvel brand is such a finely oiled, storm-weathered machine that it's nearly irrelevant to put much serious thought or intellectual weight over whether or not the movies themselves are good or bad. Analysis is besides the point-- the approval ratings and billion dollar global business dictates Hollywood investments rather than artfulness, originality and aesthetic value. This may sound horribly cynical-- the corporatist, overstuffed <i>Age of Ultron</i> can't not be iced with a little cynicism-- but that's certainly not meant to imply that there aren't pleasures to be found in Joss Whedon's second go as captain of the ship. Nor is it meant to imply that there shouldn't be a place in the cinematic marketplace for the adventures of this rag-tag group of superhero misfits-- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)-- learning how to form a team. There's value in that, just as there is in Richard Linklater's effortlessly insightful 18-year spanning <i>Before</i>-trilogy. I just wish slightly more people flocked to the latter and slightly less blathered endlessly at the former.<br />
<br />
Hiring Whedon was Marvel's smartest move. When he came aboard to write and direct the first <i>Avengers</i>, the Marvel universe was still an unsteady, risky venture. Yet with Whedon's verve as a writer and willingness to work within the iron-clad Marvel infrastructure as a director, it was clear way before the iconic 360 money shot near the end of the 2012 film that franchise/brand was going to take over the world (whilst simultaneously showing the destruction of it in every movie). Whedon already established on the great television show <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> a way to deconstruct, mold and sharpen genre pieces by attaching humanity, levity and relatable anguish while still respecting and holding true its mythology. The first <i>Avengers</i> film was hardly a work of art but it was zesty and chock full of small, human-sized moments to savor on thanks to Whedon's sharp one-liners and gift with performers. <i>Avengers: Age of Ultron</i> at times feels like a heated divide between Whedon's untethered imagination and Marvel's eternal task to retain the status quo. Which again, isn't to say the movie is altogether bad (devotees will probably be happy, agnostics may continue to shrug), but perhaps marks a blessing that Whedon is handing directorial duties moving forward.<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
The problem (and that may be a poor choice of words) is that <i>Age of Ultron</i> simply doesn't really go anywhere or anywhere new. It can't because even after eleven films, there's still more myth-building, more characters that need introducing, more fan-coded Easter Eggs and more teases to do before there can be any small sense of dramatic finality (i.e.-- when one of the principles decides not to renew their contract). For the non-comic book nerd, that can take its toll watching the majority of these films and no aspect of <i>Ultron</i>'s over-stuffed, maximum-sized bombast can quell the fact that we still haven't made much progress here. It also marks the particulars of any given chapter as a low-stakes playing field for no matter how badly the world is jeopardy, how mean the Big Bad, there's never a glint of any real danger ahead. We know Thor will be back, we know Captain America will bounce back up, Black Widow is just fine despite being thrown on her back. Perhaps the next chapter should try actually lowering the stakes-- maybe instead of the fate of the universe, it could be just a small city in danger, or small neighborhood, they could save a cat from a tree, perhaps. We're just stalling here anyway, right?<br />
<br />
Not quite. There's tons of stuff going on in <i>Age of Ultron</i>. The villain, him or itself, requires exposition of his own. Ultron (voiced with slithering menace by James Spader) is a metallic, artificial intelligence, alien thingamabob created, Frankenstein-style, by Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark and Ruffalo's Bruce Banner. Created with the intention of being a helpful global peacemaker and a way of insuring safety so that perhaps the avenging team can lighten their own load one day. Themes abound of the right and wrong of Ultron's birth but take a back seat when the robot goes rogue; the circumstances leading to Ultron's creation and his ongoing motivations are endlessly confusing to mere laymans like myself. He's the Big Bad, and one with world destroying fever, and that's all that's important. Also requiring introductions are Pietro and Wanda Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen), Romanian twins/lab rats with horrendous childhoods (Stark played a role) and special abilities. Pietro (aka Quicksilver, a "different" take on the same character was essayed by Evan Peters in last years' <i>X-Men: Days of Future </i><i>Past</i> and provided that films' most memorable sequence), thanks to super high metabolism can move with remarkable speed Wanda (aka Scarlet Witch) can read and alter minds with advanced telekinetic powers. ("He's fast and she's weird,"-- thanks Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill).<br />
<br />
With all the newbies required to make an impression (for at the very least, quick facial recognition), the requisite number of battle scenes required in such an endeavor and all the quirky, insecurity-laced in-fighting our heroes need to have for future installments that doesn't leave a whole lot of room to make much of a lasting cinematic imprint. Thankfully, within all the required bookkeeping, Whedon finds little moments to savor. The opening action sequence, for instance, contains a sparkling single-shot of the team that while perhaps not as instantly iconic like the 360 money shot in the first <i>Avengers</i> film, should spark an awe-inducing jolt of pleasure to not just the already indoctrinated. Whedon also knows when the audience needs a breather and provides snappy, character-enhancing dialogue to calm all the business at hand. A party scene at the beginning of the film features welcome small moments like Thor and Stark arguing over which of their girlfriends is the best, finds Johansson's Natasha Romanoff and Banner flirting at the possibilities of romance and, best and most random (not really) of all, the boys trying to drunkenly take a stab at picking up Thor's mighty hammer. The casual beats of <i>Age of Ultron</i> play with a charming and humanistic bent so much so, you kind of want to just hang out with the pals rather than watch them continue endless, universe-saving battling. It's a damn shame Ultron had to ruin such a nice party. <br />
<br />
Maybe an Avengers hangout standalone movie wouldn't be such a bad idea. One of the greatest, most imaginative and surreal episodes of Whedon's <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> was the Season Four finale "Restless," which saw Buffy and gang returning home from battle. Emotionally exhausted yet still on an adrenaline kick, the episode took place mostly in the head space of its characters and tracked their weird, spirally dreams. Perhaps Marvel could sharpen backstories and broaden character developments on a micro level as long as the actors are chained to contracts and we're obliged to have more films on the way. Or perhaps something can be done on the scale of Whedon's delightful 2013 take on Shakespeare's <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>-- have the Avengers get together for gin-soaked weekend get together. It could be made cheaply, on-the-fly and in Whedon's own backyard. With the lowered stakes, perhaps we could all just luxuriate for a bit in the already well-established, contractually bound camaraderie of the ace group of performers without the necessity of world destruction. <i>Much Ado About Avenging</i>, think about it-- there can be a full session of whether Stark or Hulk has the best Oscar-winning girlfriend, Romanoff and Banner can make googly eyes at one another and Maria Hill can defend the series finale of <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>.<br />
<br />
Ridiculousness aside, perhaps a smaller project with less at stakes could crisply develop marginalized characters without the feeling of being smashed, trash compacter-style, into a mega enterprise. Also, it might allow, if done on the cheap (Marvel will make a killing regardless) a fresh, more eccentric visual aesthetic to enliven not just critics who complain all their films look and sound exactly the same but the brand as a whole to move foward together onto fresher, more fertile ground.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-61369642499541361742015-04-15T19:19:00.001-07:002015-04-15T20:36:25.600-07:00White God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1YQKy3gVdiM/VS70zYepjUI/AAAAAAAAGzI/TdonW-cVdXM/s1600/feher_isten_ver2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1YQKy3gVdiM/VS70zYepjUI/AAAAAAAAGzI/TdonW-cVdXM/s1600/feher_isten_ver2.jpg" height="320" width="215" /></a></div>
Perhaps just like Hagen, the mixed-breed canine headliner of Kornél Mundruczó's thrilling Hungarian parable <i>White God</i>, it's a little difficult to pin down the origins of this ambitiously staged morality play. The film, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was Hungary's official selection for last years' Academy Awards, wears multiple hats as an animal rights advocacy work, coming-of-age tale and revenge fantasy thriller. With a title that draws to mind Samuel Fuller's 1982 race wars thriller <i>White Dog</i> and derives from a quote from J. M. Coetzee's post-apartheid novel <i>Disgrace</i>, <i>White God</i> proudly wears a wide range of influences upon its sleeve-- there's a hint of <i>Planet of the Apes</i>, a dash of Charles Bronson grade B-schlock, a peppering of <i>Lassie Comes Home</i>, even perhaps the raw ingredients of the Dardenne Brothers working class naturalism on display. If all of these elements seems at odds with one another, well, they are. Yet <i>White God</i>, in its messy and imperfect way is an utterly fascinating and vibrant piece of filmmaking, a difficult film to shake and one of the most unnerving thrillers in recent years. I should probably mention here that the film is about a pack of dogs revolting in the streets of Budapest. If that sounds a little ridiculous, well that's kind of true as well.<br />
<br />
To Mundruczó's credit, he does stack the deck heavily in the favor of the pooches. In <i>White God</i>, the majority of the humans are characterized as threats or obstacles to not just dogs but animal-kind in general-- some of the most potent pieces of imagery at the start of the film features freshly slaughtered cow flesh being judged for human consumption. The inspector, we soon learn, is Dániel (Sándor Zsótér), a former professor turned meat grader who serves as the first obstacle for Hagen, a bulky yet cuddly mutt, the star of <i>White God</i> (played by Luke and Body, twin Labrador-mixes). The one human grace note in the film is Lili (Zsófia Psotta), Hagen's 13-year-old custodian and bestie. Early scenes bring to mind the golden nostalgia of children and their beloved pets, something Mundruczó undercuts with the continued tease of tension. Circumstances bring the two at the door of her estranged father Dániel, a combustible mixture of an ill-attuned parent and a girl on the cusp of womanhood full of resentment-- Hagen gets it the worst in the end.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>Hagen is first put in danger due to a penalty tax placed on the ownership of mixed breed dogs (inspired by a real Hungarian act that didn't, in the end, pass), a fee Dániel has no interest in paying. An especially terse argument between father and daughter leaves Hagen abandoned and on his own on the streets of Budapest, a sequence that's one of the most emotionally punishing in the entire film. This in it of itself opens the door to the heavier allegorical sensibilities Mundroczó is presenting in the movie. Hagen can be viewed as a stand-in for any marginalized group used and abused in a corrupt system lending the film a sense of urgency, activism and universality. If all of this reads a bit heavy-handed, well, it is-- <i>White God</i> isn't a work of subtlety, yet its broad strokes (even if they sometimes overreach) are certainly well-intentioned.<br />
<br />
The fun of <i>White God</i>, and I use the term loosely as the film is not at all an easy sit (especially for viewers who, like myself, were traumatized by the Disney-approved <i>Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey</i> as a child) is when Hagen finally stands up to his oppressors. The build-up is <i>White God</i>'s trickiest narrative task and its most problematic. Mundruczó chooses to split the narrative evenly between Hagen and Lili, showcasing in nearly classical Dickensian fashion their various struggles and their hopes of reuniting. Hagen wanders the streets making allies with other neighborhood strays and eventually finds himself in the hands of a scummy trainer who plucks him into the world of dog fighting-- these are most difficult sequences to watch. Lili wanders the streets and argues with her father and while Psotta does a lovely job of holding the screen, it's in her story that the film starts to drag a bit-- for instance, lengthy stretches of her eccentric music teacher (she's a young trumpet player) and a flirtation with a slightly older classmate belong in another film. After all, even the recent <i>Planet of the Apes</i> movies recognize that Caesar is the star. While the parallel stories cement the theme of troubling authority figures-- either misguided and straight-out villainous-- <i>White God</i> likely should have been a tight and slender 90-minute feature versus the somewhat bloated two hour edition.<br />
<br />
Many of the detours make the film more fascinating in retrospect, especially as <i>White God</i> nears its manic, wondrously staged climax-- where Hagen with the assist of over two-hundred strays and freed pound dogs (the film employed real dogs and according to the filmmakers all were of mixed breeds) wreck havoc on the streets of Budapest. Using Alfred Hitchcock's <i>The Birds</i> as a clear template, Mundroczó stages the events with utmost tension, sharp editing and a breathtaking sense of "How'd they do that" awe. Yet there's something canny, and perhaps, almost meta in the uprising of the canines-- there's a bit of a <span class="r-i7nJseJAFL0A">Harry Callahan "make my day" machismo is how Hagen is presented during his first big protest.</span> While there were guffaws at my screening from time to time, I'm under the impression the filmmakers were in on the joke even though the film is often quite stern and darkly serious for the most part. Whatever the impression, the filmmaking is impressive especially considering that digital trickery was apparently at a minimum.<br />
<br />
On that note, Hagen, with his medium build and expressive green eyes, makes a particularly sharp screen presence on his own. Considering <i>White God</i> doesn't make any attempt to anthropomorphize the dogs (their lips don't digitally move, there's no voice over thoughts), Hagen has to carry the movie on his four legs. It helps that the film carries its considerable pro-animal message proudly throughout even though it features many scenes of dogs in danger-- clever editing tricks, the proliferation of waging tails and a behind-the-scenes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2wz3cqy9_E">featurette</a> suggest the canines were never in harms way. All of which leads to an extraordinary grace note that serves as the final shot of the feature-- a wistful and beautifully composed image that tugs at the heart in pure, near Spielberg-ian fashion. One that unites father and daughter, girl and friend, dog and army and gives its audience and its characters a joyful respite from the inevitable.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-66101031672610045802015-04-12T20:16:00.001-07:002015-04-12T20:16:28.731-07:00MTV Movie Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--rhHJ4HYdKE/VSs1A60aB3I/AAAAAAAAGyg/kgGO0LY3O44/s1600/fault-in-our-stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--rhHJ4HYdKE/VSs1A60aB3I/AAAAAAAAGyg/kgGO0LY3O44/s1600/fault-in-our-stars.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>MOVIE OF THE YEAR: </b><i>The Fault in Our Stars</i><br />
<b>MALE PERFORMANCE: </b>Bradley Cooper, <i>American Sniper</i><br />
<b>FEMALE PERFORMANCE: </b>Shailene Woodley, <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i><br />
<b>SCARED-AS-S*** PERFORMANCE: </b>Jennifer Lopez, <i>The Boy Next Door</i><br />
<b>BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: </b>Dylan O'Brien, <i>The Maze Runner</i><br />
<b>SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE: </b>Zac Efron, <i>Neighbors</i><br />
<b>KISS: </b>Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley, <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i><br />
<b>#WTF MOMENT: </b>Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, <i>Neighbors</i><br />
<b>VILLAIN: </b>Meryl Streep, <i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<b>COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: </b>Channing Tatum, <i>22 Jump Street</i><br />
<b>DUO: </b>Zac Efron and Dave Franco, <i>Neighbors</i><br />
<b>FIGHT: </b>Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter, <i>The Maze Runner</i><br />
<b>MUSICAL MOMENT: </b>Jennifer Lawrence, <i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1</i><br />
<b>HERO: </b>Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), <i>The Maze Runner </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-18584559701573377552015-03-22T03:49:00.001-07:002015-03-22T03:49:33.384-07:00GLAAD Media Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lLc0Q2E6KJs/VQ6eMGpNDtI/AAAAAAAAGyI/Wr3sJzka5Ts/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lLc0Q2E6KJs/VQ6eMGpNDtI/AAAAAAAAGyI/Wr3sJzka5Ts/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>FILM (Wide Release): </b><i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
<b>DRAMA SERIES: </b><i>How to Get Away with Murder</i><br />
<b>COMEDY SERIES: </b><i>Transparent</i><br />
<b>TV MOVIE: </b><i>The Normal Heart</i><b> </b><br />
<b>INDIVIDUAL EPISODE: </b><i>Drop Dead Diva</i>- "Identity Crisis"<i> </i><br />
<b>DAILY DRAMA: </b><i>Days of Our Lives</i><br />
<b>MUSIC ARTIST: </b>Against Me!<br />
<b>COMIC BOOK: </b>"Rat Queens"<br />
<b>DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE: </b>"31 Days of PrEp"<br />
<b>SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD: </b><i>Glee</i><br />
<b>STEPHEN F. KOLZAK AWARD: </b>Roland Emmerich<br />
<b>VANGUARD AWARD: </b>Kerry Washington<i></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-57273812220104882892015-03-05T10:39:00.000-08:002015-03-05T10:48:46.424-08:00Saturn Award Nominations<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>FILM</u> </b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hAXGzxBVIJI/VPiii4ZgGbI/AAAAAAAAGwA/jFyt3GGkyUQ/s1600/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-behind-the-scenes-video.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hAXGzxBVIJI/VPiii4ZgGbI/AAAAAAAAGwA/jFyt3GGkyUQ/s1600/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-behind-the-scenes-video.jpg" height="210" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<b>BEST COMIC-TO-FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>The Amazing Spider-Man 2</i><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
<i>Godzilla</i><br />
<i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1</i><br />
<i>Interstellar</i><br />
<i>The Zero Theorem</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FANTASY FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<i>Maleficent</i><br />
<i>Paddington</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST HORROR FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Annabelle</i><br />
<i>The Babadook</i><br />
<i>Dracula Untold</i><br />
<i>Horns</i><br />
<i>Only Lovers Left Alive</i><br />
<i>The Purge: Anarchy</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST THRILLER RELEASE</b><br />
<i>American Sniper</i><br />
<i>The Equalizer</i><br />
<i>Gone Girl</i><br />
<i>The Guest</i><br />
<i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
<i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Exodus: Gods and Kings</i><br />
<i>Inherent Vie</i><br />
<i>Lucy</i><br />
<i>Noah</i><br />
<i>Snowpiercer</i><br />
<i>Unbroken</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST INDEPENDENT FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Grand Piano</i><br />
<i>I, Origins</i><br />
<i>A Most Violent Year</i><br />
<i>The One I Love</i><br />
<i>The Two Faces of January</i><br />
<i>Whiplash </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Bird People</i><br />
<i>Calvary</i><br />
<i>Force Majeure</i><br />
<i>Mood Indigo</i><br />
<i>The Railway Man</i><br />
<i>The Theory of Everything </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ANIMATED FILM RELEASE</b><br />
<i>Big Hero 6</i><br />
<i>The Boxtrolls</i><br />
<i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<i>The LEGO Movie</i><br />
<i>The Wind Rises </i><b> </b><br />
<b></b><br />
<a name='more'></a><b>BEST FILM DIRECTOR</b><br />
James Gunn, <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, <i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
Doug Liman, <i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
Christopher Nolan, <i>Interstellar</i><br />
Matt Reeves, <i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, <i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
Bryan Singer, <i>X-Men: Days of Future Past </i><br />
<i> </i><i> </i><b> </b><br />
<b>BEST ACTOR IN A FILM</b><br />
Tom Cruise, <i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
Chris Evans, <i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
Jake Gyllenhaal, <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
Michael Keaton, <i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
Matthew McConaughey, <i>Interstellar</i> <br />
Chris Pratt, <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
Dan Stevens, <i>The Guest</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM</b><br />
Emily Blunt, <i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
Essie Davis, <i>The Babadook</i><br />
Anne Hathaway, <i>Interstellar </i><br />
Angelina Jolie, <i>Maleficent</i><br />
Jennifer Lawrence, <i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1</i><br />
Rosamund Pike, <i>Gone Girl</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM</b><br />
Richard Armitage, <i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
Josh Brolin, <i>Inherent Vice</i><br />
Samuel L. Jackson, <i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
Anthony Mackie, <i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
Andy Serkis, <i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM</b><br />
Jessica Chastain, <i>Interstellar</i><br />
Scarlett Johansson, <i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
Evangeline Lily, <i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
Rene Russo, <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
Emma Stone, <i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
Meryl Streep, <i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR IN A FILM</b><br />
Elle Fanning, <i>Maleficent</i><br />
MacKenzie Foy, <i>Interstellar</i><br />
Chloe Grace Moretz, <i>The Equalizer</i><br />
Tony Revolori, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
Kodi Smit-McPhee, <i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
Noah Wiseman, <i>The Babadook</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM WRITING</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<i>Whiplash</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier </i><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>Interstellar</i><br />
<i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM COSTUMES</b><br />
<i>Dracula Untold</i><br />
<i>Exodus: Gods and Kings</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<i>Maleficent</i><br />
<i>X-Men: Days of Future Past </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM EDITING</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
<i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>Interstellar</i><br />
<i>Unbroken </i><b> </b><i> </i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM MUSIC</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<i>Godzilla</i><br />
<i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<i>Interstellar</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM MUSIC</b><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<i>Dracula Untold</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FILM SPECIAL/VISUAL EFFECTS</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<i>Edge of Tomorrow</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i><br />
<i>Interstellar </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>TELEVISION</u></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kvOkegWkblc/VPiixJqySQI/AAAAAAAAGwI/yqL1OmW1PLo/s1600/hannibal-1-03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kvOkegWkblc/VPiixJqySQI/AAAAAAAAGwI/yqL1OmW1PLo/s1600/hannibal-1-03.png" height="191" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Blacklist</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Following</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Grimm</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Person of Interest</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Sleepy Hollow</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST SYNDICATED/CABLE TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>12 Monkeys </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>American Horror Story: Freak Show</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Continuum</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Falling Skies</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Salem</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Strain</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST LIMITED RUN TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Bates Motel</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>From Dusk Till Dawn</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Game of Thrones</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Last Ship</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Librarians</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Outlander</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST SUPERHERO ADAPTATION TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Agent Carter</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Arrow</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Constantine</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Flash</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Gotham</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST YOUTH ORIENTED TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The 100 </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Doctor Who</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Pretty Little Liars</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Supernatural</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Teen Wolf</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Vampire Diaries</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Hugh Dancy, <i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Grant Gustin, <i>The Flash</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Andrew Lincoln, <i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Tobias Menzies, <i>Outlander</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Mads Mikkelsen, <i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Noah Wyle, <i>Falling Skies</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Haley Atwell, <i>Agent Carter</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Caitrionia Balfe, <i>Outlander</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Vera Farmiga, <i>Bates Motel</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Jessica Lange, <i>American Horror Story: Freak Show</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Rachel Nichols, <i>Continuum</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Rebecca Romijn, <i>The Librarians</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
David Bradley, <i>The Strain</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Laurence Fishburne, <i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Sam Heughan, <i>Outlander</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Erik Knudsen, <i>Continumm</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Norman Reedus, <i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Richard Sammel, <i>The Strain</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Emilia Clarke, <i>Game of Thrones</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Jenna Coleman, <i>Doctor Who</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Caroline Dhavernas, <i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Lexa Doig, <i>Continumm</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Emily Kinney, <i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Melissa McBride, <i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Camren Bicondova, <i>Gotham</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Maxim Knight, <i>Falling Skies</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Tyler Posey, <i>Teen Wolf</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Chandler Riggs, <i>The Walking Dead</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Holly Taylor, <i>The Americans</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Maisie Williams, <i>Game of Thrones</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION SERIES</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Dominic Cooper, <i>Agent Carter</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Neil Patrick Harris, <i>American Horror Story: Freak Show</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
John Larroquette, <i>The Librarians</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Wentworth Miller, <i>The Flash</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Michael Pitt, <i>Hannibal</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Andrew J. West, <i>The Walking Dead </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-34384831280155673662015-02-23T01:37:00.000-08:002015-02-23T01:37:31.718-08:00Academy Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UG3J4sKCbqM/VOry9qp6TJI/AAAAAAAAGus/ZXMmGSBb_H8/s1600/87th-academy-awards-press-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UG3J4sKCbqM/VOry9qp6TJI/AAAAAAAAGus/ZXMmGSBb_H8/s1600/87th-academy-awards-press-room.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<b>PICTURE: </b><i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<b>DIRECTOR:</b><b><span> </span></b><span>Alejandro González Iñárritu</span>, <i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Eddie Redmayne, <i>The Theory of Everything</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR:</b> J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Birdman</i>- Alexander Dinelaris, Nicholás Giacobone, <i> </i><br /><span>Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo</span><br />
<span><b>ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: </b><i>The Imitation Game</i>- Graham Moore</span><br />
<span><b>ANIMATED FEATURE: </b><i>Big Hero 6</i></span><br />
<span><b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>Citizenfour</i></span><br />
<span><b>FOREIGN FILM: </b><i>Ida</i></span><br />
<span><b>CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Birdman</i>- Emmanuel Lubezki</span><br />
<span><b>COSTUME DESIGN: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Milena Canonera</span><br />
<span><b>PRODUCTION DESIGN: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock</span><br />
<span><b>FILM EDITING: </b><i>Whiplash</i>- Tom Cross</span><br />
<span><b>MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><b> </b></span><br />
<span><b>SCORE: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Alexandre Desplat</span><br />
<span><b>ORIGINAL SONG: </b>"Glory," <i>Selma</i></span><br />
<span><b>ANIMATED SHORT FILM: </b><i>Feast</i></span><br />
<span><b>DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: </b><i>Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1</i></span><br />
<span><b>LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: </b><i>The Phone Call</i></span><br />
<span><b>SOUND MIXING: </b><i>Whiplash</i></span><br />
<span><b>SOUND EDITING: </b><i>American Sniper</i></span><br />
<span><b>VISUAL EFFECTS: </b><i>Interstellar </i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-66193162885132527562015-02-21T16:59:00.000-08:002015-02-21T16:59:22.966-08:00Independent Spirit Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8CYhIf2qWBc/VOkp2OP7DVI/AAAAAAAAGuY/7HtJ70Xt8YA/s1600/birdman-starring-michael-keaton-is-the-best-movie-of-the-year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8CYhIf2qWBc/VOkp2OP7DVI/AAAAAAAAGuY/7HtJ70Xt8YA/s1600/birdman-starring-michael-keaton-is-the-best-movie-of-the-year.jpg" height="200" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>FEATURE: </b><i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<b>DIRECTOR: </b>Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>MALE LEAD: </b>Michael Keaton, <i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<b>FEMALE LEAD: </b>Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING MALE: </b>J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING FEMALE: </b>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood </i><b> </b><br />
<b>SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Nightcrawler</i>- Dan Gilroy<br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>Citizenfour</i><b> </b><br />
<b>INTERNATIONAL FILM: </b><i>Ida</i><b> </b><br />
<b>CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i>- Emmanuel Lubezki<br />
<b>FILM EDITING: </b><i>Whiplash</i>- Tom Cross <br />
<b>FIRST FEATURE: </b><i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
<b>FIRST SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Dear White People</i>- Justin Simien<br />
<b>JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD: </b><i>Land Ho!</i><br />
<b>PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD: </b>Chris Ohlson<br />
<b>SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: </b>Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, <i>H!</i><br />
<b>TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: </b>Dan Krauss, <i>The Kill Team</i><br />
<b>SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD: </b><i>Foxcatcher</i><br />
<b>ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: </b><i>Inherent Vice </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-69113591816077855172015-02-20T15:50:00.001-08:002015-02-20T20:52:20.353-08:00César Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuYRmdIol10/VOfIPvgHx1I/AAAAAAAAGuI/b-DGmfAuI1M/s1600/new-york-film-festival-2014-clouds-of-sils-maria-movie-review-273d3f62-f514-4531-90f0-44e0ad2b040d.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuYRmdIol10/VOfIPvgHx1I/AAAAAAAAGuI/b-DGmfAuI1M/s1600/new-york-film-festival-2014-clouds-of-sils-maria-movie-review-273d3f62-f514-4531-90f0-44e0ad2b040d.jpeg" height="226" width="400" /></a></div>
Kristen Stewart's win marks the first time an American actress has won a César Award (the French equivalent to the Oscar.)<b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>FILM: </b><i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>DIRECTOR: </b>Abderrahmane Sissako, <i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Pierre Niney, <i>Yves Saint Laurent</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Adéle Haenel, <i>Les Combattants</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Kristen Stewart, <i>Clouds of Sils Maria</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Reda Kateb, <i>Hippocrate</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Timbuktu</i>- Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall<b> </b><br />
<b>ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Diplomatie</i>- Cyril Gely, Volker Schlondorff<b> </b><br />
<b>ANIMATED FILM: </b><i>Minuscule</i><b> </b><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>The Salt of the Earth</i><b> </b><br />
<b>FOREIGN FILM: </b><i>Mommy </i><br />
<b>CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>COSTUMES: </b><i>Saint-Laurent</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SET DESIGN: </b><i>La Belle et la Bete</i><b> </b><br />
<b>FILM EDITING: </b><i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SCORE: </b><i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SOUND: </b><i>Timbuktu</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ANIMATED SHORT: </b><i>Les Pietits Cailloux</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SHORT FILM: </b><i>La Femme de Rio</i><br />
<b>DEBUT FEATURE: </b>Thomas Cailley, <i>Les Combattants</i><b> </b><br />
<b>NEWCOMER (MALE): </b>Kevin Azais, <i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<b>NEWCOMER (FEMALE): </b>Louane Emera, <i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
<b>HONORARY CÉSAR: </b>Sean PennAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-51382749345586806982015-02-15T22:54:00.004-08:002015-02-16T03:11:33.751-08:00International Press Academy<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>MOTION PICTURES </u></b></div>
<br />
<b>PICTURE: </b><i>Birdman</i><br />
<b>DIRECTOR: </b>Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Michael Keaton, <i>Birdman </i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: </b><i>Nightcrawler</i>- Dan Gilroy<br />
<b>ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: </b><i>The Imitation Game</i>- Graham Moore<b> </b><br />
<b>ANIMATED FEATURE: </b><i>Song of the Sea</i><b> </b><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY:</b><i> Citizenfour</i><br />
<b>FOREIGN FILM: </b><i>Tangerines</i><br />
<b>CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Mr. Turner</i>- Dick Pope<b> </b><br />
<b>COSTUME DESIGN: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Milena Canonero<br />
<b>PRODUCTION DESIGN: </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock<b> </b><br />
<b>FILM EDITING: </b><i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i>- Stan Salfas, William Hoy<b> </b><br />
<b>SCORE: </b><i>Birdman</i>- Antonio Sanchez<br />
<b>SONG: </b>"We Will Not Go," <i>Virunga</i><br />
<b>SOUND: </b><i>Whiplash</i><b> </b><br />
<b>VISUAL EFFECTS: </b><i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes </i><br />
<b>ENSEMBLE CAST: </b><i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>TELEVISION</b></u><i> </i></div>
<br />
<b>DRAMA SERIES: </b><i>The Knick</i><b> </b><b>COMEDY SERIES: </b><i>Transparent</i><b> </b><br />
<b>GENRE SERIES: </b><i>Penny Dreadful</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTOR (DRAMA): </b>Clive Owen, <i>The Knick</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS (DRAMA): </b>Keri Russell, <i>The Americans</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTOR (COMEDY): </b>Jeffrey Tambor, <i>Transparent</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS (COMEDY): </b>Mindy Kaling, <i>The Mindy Project</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTOR (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): </b>Mark Ruffalo, <i>The Normal Heart</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): </b>Frances McDormand, <i>Olive Kitteridge </i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Sarah Paulson, <i>American Horror Story</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Rory Kinnear, <i>Penny Dreadful</i><b> </b><br />
<b>MOVIE: </b><i>Return to Zero</i><b> </b><br />
<b>MINISERIES: </b><i>Olive Kitteridge</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-63822612319066490382015-02-08T12:46:00.002-08:002015-02-08T12:46:56.614-08:0067th DGA Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Pksi15OQa4/VNfK92u2LWI/AAAAAAAAGt0/FWLHlO9N68c/s1600/462958296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Pksi15OQa4/VNfK92u2LWI/AAAAAAAAGt0/FWLHlO9N68c/s1600/462958296.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>FEATURE FILM: </b>Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, <i>Birdman</i><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b>Laura Poitras, <i>Citizenfour</i><br />
<br />
<i>Birdman</i>'s DGA, PGA and SAG victories may have sealed the deal for the Oscars. Maybe, just maybe.<i> </i><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>TELEVISION</u> </b></div>
<b>DRAMATIC SERIES: </b>Lesli Linka Glatter, <i>Homeland</i><br />
<b>COMEDY SERIES: </b>Jill Soloway, <i>Transparent</i><br />
<b>MADE FOR TV MOVIE:</b> Lisa Cholodenko, <i>Olive Kitteridge</i><br />
<b>VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS SHOW: </b>Dave Diomedi, <i>The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon</i><br />
<b>VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS SPECIAL: </b>Glenn Weiss, <i>The 68th Annual Tony Awards</i><br />
<b>REALITY PROGRAM: </b>Anthony B. Sacco, <i>The Test</i><br />
<b>CHILDREN'S PROGRAM:</b> Jonathan Judge, <i>100 Things to Do Before High School </i><br />
<i> </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-81351036612504942412015-02-07T15:24:00.001-08:002015-02-07T15:24:42.527-08:00NAACP Image Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHsyIEBAX64/VNaerXCSlzI/AAAAAAAAGtk/sPo6ZZ2QdQk/s1600/selma-bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHsyIEBAX64/VNaerXCSlzI/AAAAAAAAGtk/sPo6ZZ2QdQk/s1600/selma-bridge.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>MOTION PICTURE: </b><i>Selma</i><br />
<b>INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE: </b><i>Bele</i><b> </b><br />
<b>DIRECTOR: </b>Antoine Fuqua, <i>The Equalizer</i><br />
<b>ACTOR:</b><i> </i>David Oyelowo, <i>Selma</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Taraji P. Henson, <i>No Good Deed</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>Common, <i>Selma</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Carmen Ejogo, <i>Selma</i><br />
<b>WRITING: </b>Misan Sagay, <i>Belle</i><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>Through the Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-1845808394340368472015-02-02T22:07:00.001-08:002015-02-02T22:12:00.727-08:00International Cinephile Society Nominees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqJ0yQJJ6QM/VNBmiRP_LfI/AAAAAAAAGtU/bahIjrpVzxc/s1600/stranger-by-the-lake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqJ0yQJJ6QM/VNBmiRP_LfI/AAAAAAAAGtU/bahIjrpVzxc/s1600/stranger-by-the-lake.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
The gayer, alien-body-snatching, delinquent-teenage-son, vampiric, in 3-D alternative to the Academy Awards. The chilling, Hitchcockian penis-filled French film <i>Stranger by the Lake</i> led the field with 9 nomination, while Xavier Dolan's <i>Mommy</i> (<a href="http://james-wwwmusingsandstuff.blogspot.com/search?q=Mommy">which I loved</a>) followed with 8 nominations.<br />
<br />
To enhance the mood while reading this list.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="100" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrUxiEu6aOg" width="450"></iframe><br /></div>
<br />
<b>PICTURE</b><br />
<i>Boyhood</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>Goodbye to Language</i><br />
<i>The Immigrant</i><br />
<i>Inherent Vice</i><br />
<i>Mommy</i><br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i><br />
<i>Only Lovers Left Alive</i><br />
<i>Strangers by the Lake</i><br />
<i>Two Days, One Night</i><br />
<i>Under the Skin</i><br />
<br />
<b>DIRECTOR</b><br />
Xavier Dolan, <i>Mommy</i><br />
Jonathan Glazer, <i>Under the Skin</i><br />
Jean-Luc Godard, <i>Goodbye to Language</i><br />
Alain Guiraudie, <i>Stranger by the Lake</i><br />
Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<br />
<b>ACTOR</b><br />
Pierre Deladonchamps, <i>Stranger by the Lake</i><br />
Ralph Fiennes, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
Jake Gyllenhaal, <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
David Oyelowo, <i>Selma</i><br />
Antoine-Olivier Pilon, <i>Mommy</i><br />
Timothy Spall, <i>Mr. Turner</i><br />
<br />
<b>ACTRESS</b><br />
Marion Cotillard, <i>The Immigrant</i><br />
Marion Cotillard, <i>Two Days, One Night</i><br />
Anne Dorval, <i>Mommy</i><br />
Scarlett Johansson, <i>Under the Skin</i><br />
Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
Tilda Swinton, <i>Only Lovers Left Alive </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR</b><br />
Patrick d'Assumçao, <i>Stranger by the Lake</i><br />
Timur Magomedgadzhiev, <i>Two Days, One Nigiht</i><br />
Edward Norton, <i>Birdman</i><br />
Christophe Paou, <i>Stranger by the Lake</i><br />
J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b><br />
Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
Suzanne Clément, <i>Mommy</i><br />
Julianne Moore, <i>Maps to the Stars</i><br />
Rene Russo, <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
Tilda Swinton, <i>Snowpiercer</i><br />
<a name='more'></a><i> </i><b> </b><br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</b><br />
<i>Boyhood</i>- Richard Linklater<br />
<i>Force Majeure</i>- Ruben Östlund<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness<br />
<i>Mommy</i>- Xavier Dolan<br />
<i>Stranger by the Lake</i>- Alain Guiraudie <br />
<br />
<b>ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</b><br />
<i>Gone Girl</i>- Gillian Flynn<br />
<i>Inherent Vice</i>- Paul Thomas Anderson<br />
<i>Snowpiercer</i>- Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson<br />
<i>Under the Skin</i>- Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer<br />
<i>Winter Sleep</i>- Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan<br />
<br />
<b>ANIMATED FILM</b><br />
<i>The Congress</i><br />
<i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<i>The LEGO Movie</i><br />
<i>Song of the Sea</i><br />
<i>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY</b><br />
<i>Citizenfour</i><br />
<i>Jodorowsky's Dune</i><br />
<i>Maidan</i><br />
<i>The Missing Picture</i><br />
<i>National Gallery </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE</b><br />
<i>Force Majeure</i><br />
<i>A Girl Walks Home Alone at Nigiht</i><br />
<i>Goodbye to Language</i><br />
<i>The Missing Picture</i><br />
<i>Mommy</i><br />
<i>Norte, The End of History</i><br />
<i>Strangers by the Lake</i><br />
<i>Stray Dogs</i><br />
<i>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya</i><br />
<i>Two Days, One Night</i><br />
<i>Winter Sleep </i><br />
<br />
<b>CINEMATOGRAPHY</b><br />
<i>Goodbye to Language</i>- Fabrice Aragno<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Robert D. Yeoman<br />
<i>The Immigrant</i>- Darius Khondji<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Dick Pope<br />
<i>Stranger by the Lake</i>- Claire Mathon<br />
<i>Under the Skin</i>- Daniel Landin<br />
<br />
<b>PRODUCTION DESIGN</b><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Adam Stockhausen<br />
<i>The Immigrant</i>- Happy Massee<br />
<i>Inherent Vice</i>- David Crank<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Suzie Davies<br />
<i>Snowpiercer</i>- Ondrej Nekvasil<br />
<br />
<b>EDITING</b><br />
<i>Boyhood</i>- Sandra Adair<br />
<i>Goodbye to Language</i>- Jean-Luc Godard<br />
<i>Stranger by the Lake</i>- Jean-Christophe Hym<br />
<i>Under the Skin</i>- Paul Watts<br />
<i>Whiplash</i>- Tom Cross<i> </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>SCORE</b><br />
<i>Gone Girl</i>- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Alexandre Desplat<br />
<i>Only Lovers Left Alive</i>- Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan, Shane Stoneback, Jozef van Wissem<br />
<i>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya</i>- Joe Hisaishi<br />
<i>Under the Skin</i>- Mica Levi<br />
<br />
<b>ENSEMBLE</b><br />
<i>Boyhood</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>Inherent Vice</i><br />
<i>Mommy</i><br />
<i>Mr. Turner </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST PICTURE NOT RELEASED IN 2014</b><br />
<i>A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence</i><br />
<i>Amour Fou</i><br />
<i>Bande de Filles</i><br />
<i>Black Coal, Thin Ice</i><br />
<i>Clouds of Sils Maria</i><br />
<i>The Duke of Burgundy</i><br />
<i>Hills of Freedom</i><br />
<i>Horse Money</i><br />
<i>La Sapienza</i><br />
<i>Li'l Quinquin</i><br />
<i>The Look of Silence</i><br />
<i>Pasolini</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<i>The Tribe</i><br />
<i>The Wonders </i><b> </b><i> <b> </b> <b> </b></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-87527380145811044632015-01-31T21:58:00.001-08:002015-01-31T21:58:38.715-08:00Annie Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zXsMgXU00pQ/VM3Ah147Y9I/AAAAAAAAGs4/H0GODJ-_CMQ/s1600/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-trailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zXsMgXU00pQ/VM3Ah147Y9I/AAAAAAAAGs4/H0GODJ-_CMQ/s1600/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-trailer.jpg" height="206" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>ANIMATED FEATURE: </b><i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<b>DIRECTING: </b>Dean DeBlois, <i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<b>WRITING: </b><i>The LEGO Movie</i>- Phil Lord, Christopher Miller<br />
<b>VOICE ACTING: </b>Ben Kingsley, <i>The Boxtrolls</i><br />
<b>MUSIC: </b><i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i>- John Powell<b> </b><br />
<b>PRODUCTION DESIGN: </b><i>The Boxtrolls</i><br />
<b>CHARACTER ANIMATION: </b><i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<b>CHARACTER ANIMATION (Live Action): </b><i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<b>CHARACTER DESIGN: </b><i>The Book of Life</i><br /><i></i><br />
<b>ANIMATED EFFECTS: </b><i>Big Hero 6</i><br />
<b>ANIMATED EFFECTS (Live Action): </b><i>Edge of Tomorrow </i><br />
<b>EDITORIAL</b>: <i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><b> </b><br />
<b>STORYBOARDING: </b><i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><b> </b><br />
<b>SHORT SUBJECT: </b><i>Feast</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-20721279495176241302015-01-31T21:16:00.000-08:002015-01-31T21:16:03.307-08:002015 Sundance Film Festival Winners<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>U.S. DRAMATIC</u></b></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6x7NiPwZayw/VM2zpJhDSRI/AAAAAAAAGsQ/97N8FsIRT-Y/s1600/me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl-thomas-mann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6x7NiPwZayw/VM2zpJhDSRI/AAAAAAAAGsQ/97N8FsIRT-Y/s1600/me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl-thomas-mann.jpg" height="187" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</b></i> stars Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon and Thomas Mann and was picked up by Fox Searchlight for a record-breaking $12 million.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>GRAND JURY PRIZE: </b><i>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</i>- directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon<br />
<b>AUDIENCE AWARD: </b><i>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</i>- directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon<br />
<b>DIRECTING AWARD: </b>Robert Eggers, <i>The Witch</i><br />
<b>WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD: </b>Tim Talbott, <i>The Stanford Prison Experiment</i><br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Diary of a Teenage Girl</i>- Brandon Trost<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- EDITING: </b><i>Dope</i>- Lee Haugen<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- COLLABORATIVE VISION:</b> <i>Advantageous</i>-<b> </b>Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang<br />
<b>AUDIENCE AWARD (NEXT): </b><i>James White</i>- directed by Josh Mond<b> </b><br />
<b>ALFRED P. SLOAN PRIZE: </b><i>The Stanford Prison Experiment</i>- directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez <br />
<i> </i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>U.S. DOCUMENTARY</b></u></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CMW5CVGPQWk/VM20u8jfs8I/AAAAAAAAGsY/xaQjqy0jzY4/s1600/15343-1-1100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CMW5CVGPQWk/VM20u8jfs8I/AAAAAAAAGsY/xaQjqy0jzY4/s1600/15343-1-1100.jpg" height="187" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Wolfpack</b></i>, winner of the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize tells the story of Angulo brothers, who while locked away in the Lower East Side of Manhattan reenact their favorite movies.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>GRAND JURY PRIZE: </b><i>The Wolfpack</i>- directed by Crystal Moselle<br />
<b>AUDIENCE AWARD: </b><i>Meru</i>- directed by Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi<b> </b><br />
<b>DIRECTING AWARD: </b>Matthew Heineman, <i>Cartel Land</i><br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD - SOCIAL IMPACT: </b><i>3 1/2 Minutes</i>- directed by Marc Silver<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- VERITE FILMMAKING: </b><i>Western</i>- Bill Ross, Turner Ross<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- BREAKOUT FIRST FEATURE: </b><i>(T)error</i>- Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY AWARD- CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Cartel Land</i>- Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC</b></u></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gep883eqOJk/VM21d2KdLKI/AAAAAAAAGsg/1T1p_XXr9wU/s1600/SLOW-WEST-01_612x380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gep883eqOJk/VM21d2KdLKI/AAAAAAAAGsg/1T1p_XXr9wU/s1600/SLOW-WEST-01_612x380.jpg" height="187" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Slow West</b></i> is a western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn. A24 Films picked up the film prior to Sundance in a partnership with DirecTV.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>GRAND JURY PRIZE: </b><i>Slow West</i>- directed by John Maclean<br />
<b>AUDIENCE AWARD: </b><i>Umrika</i>- directed by Prashant Nair<b> </b><br />
<b>DIRECTING AWARD: </b>Alanté Kavaité, <i>The Summer of Sangaile</i><br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- CINEMATOGRAPHY: </b><i>Partisan</i>- Germain McMicking<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- ACTING: </b><i>Glassland</i>- Jack Reynor<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- ACTING: </b><i>The Second Mother</i>- Regina Casé, Camila Márdila<b> </b> <br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY</b></u></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKAkVkt3kjM/VM21_MdXE1I/AAAAAAAAGso/NNSfhx2bgco/s1600/Russian-Woodpecker-010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKAkVkt3kjM/VM21_MdXE1I/AAAAAAAAGso/NNSfhx2bgco/s1600/Russian-Woodpecker-010.jpg" height="187" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World Cinema Documentary winner <i><b>The Russian Woodpecker</b></i> explores a dark secret uncovered by a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>GRAND JURY PRIZE: </b><i>The Russian Woodpecker</i>- directed by Chad Garcia<br />
<b>AUDIENCE AWARD: </b><i>Dark Horse</i>- directed by Louise Osmond<b> </b><br />
<b>DIRECTING AWARD: </b>Kim Longinotto, <i>Dreamcatcher</i><br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- EDITING: </b><i>How to Change the World</i>- Jim Scott<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- IMPACT: </b><i>Pervert Park</i>- Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors<br />
<b>SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- UNPARALLELED ACCESS: </b><i>The Chinese Mayer</i>- Hao Zhoe<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-30354708114152701652015-01-31T20:46:00.000-08:002015-01-31T20:46:09.933-08:00ACE Eddie Award Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z11QIvMnkbM/VM2vZDZXTJI/AAAAAAAAGsE/tcx6duEd9xE/s1600/Boyhood-DI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z11QIvMnkbM/VM2vZDZXTJI/AAAAAAAAGsE/tcx6duEd9xE/s1600/Boyhood-DI.jpg" height="223" width="400" /></a></div>
The 65th ACE Editors were handed out by the American Editors Guild. Here are the winners for best achievement in film editing, a category that in the Academy Awards is always pretty correlative to Best Picture.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>FILM</u> </b></div>
<b>FEATURE FILM (Drama): </b><i>Boyhood</i>- Sandra Adair<br />
<b>FEATURE FILM (Comedy or Mus</b><b>ical): </b><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Barney Pilling<br />
<b>ANIMATED FILM: </b><i>The LEGO Movie</i>- David Burrows, Chris McKay<br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>Citizenfour</i>- Mathilde Bonnefoy<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>TELEVISION</u> </b></div>
<b>ONE HOUR SERIES (Non-Commercial Television): </b><i>True Detective</i>- "Who Goes There"- Affonso Goncalves<b> </b><br />
<b>ONE HOUR SERIES (Commercial Television): </b><i>Sherlock</i>- "His Last Vow"- Yan Miles<b> </b><br />
<b>HALF-HOUR SERIES: </b><i>Veep</i>- "Special Relationship"- Anthony Boys<b> </b><br />
<b>MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE: </b><i>The Normal Heart</i>- Adam Penn<b> </b><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life</i>- Erik Ewers<br />
<b>NON-SCRIPTED SERIES: </b><i>Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Iran</i>- Hunter GrossAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-45961524862926702152015-01-29T11:22:00.001-08:002015-01-29T11:23:50.406-08:00César Award Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cOkz49janBw/VMqIfwlxg3I/AAAAAAAAGr0/Xhysi6LwJ0s/s1600/saintlaurent-buddha.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cOkz49janBw/VMqIfwlxg3I/AAAAAAAAGr0/Xhysi6LwJ0s/s1600/saintlaurent-buddha.png" height="247" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>BEST FILM</b><br />
<i>Les Combattans</i><br />
<i>Eastern Boys</i><br />
<i>Hippocrate </i><br />
<i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent </i><b> </b><br />
<i>Sils Maria</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST DIRECTOR</b><br />
Olivier Assayas, <i>Sils Maria</i> <br />
Bertrand Bonello, <i>Saint Laurent</i> <br />
Thomas Cailley, <i>Les Combattants</i><br />
Robin Campillo, <i>Eastern Boys </i><b> </b><i> </i><br />
Thomas Lilti, <i>Hippocrate</i> <br />
Céline Sciamma, <i>Bande De Filles</i><br />
Abderrahmane Sissako, <i>Timbuktu</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ACTOR</b><br />
Niels Arestru, <i>Diplomatie</i> <br />
Guillaume Canet, <i>La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur</i> <br />
François Damiens, <i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
Romain Duris, <i>Une Nouvelle Amie</i> <br />
Vincent Lacoste, <i>Hippocrate</i> <br />
Pierre Niney, <i>Yves Saint Laurent</i><b> </b><br />
Gaspard Ulliel, <i>Saint Laurent</i><b> </b><i> </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<b>BEST ACTRESS</b><br />
Juliette Binoche, <i>Sils Maria</i><br />
Marion Cotillard, <i>Two Days, One Night</i> <br />
Catherine Deneuve, <i>Dans La Cour </i><br />
Emilie Dequenne, <i>Pas Son Genre</i><br />
Adéle Haenel, <i>Les Combattant</i><br />
Sandrine Kiberlain, <i>Elle L'Adore</i><br />
Karin Viard, <i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</b><br />
Eric Elmosnino, <i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
Guillume Gallienne, <i>Yves Saint Laurent</i><br />
Louis Garrel, <i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
Reda Kateb, <i>Hippocrate</i> <br />
Jérémie Renier, <i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b><br />
Marianne Denicourt, <i>Hippocrate</i><br />
Claude Gensac, <i>Lulu Femme Nue</i><br />
Izïa Higelin, <i>Samba</i><br />
Charlotte Le Bon, <i>Yves Saint Laurent</i><br />
Kristen Stewart, <i>Sils Maria</i><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<b>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</b><br />
<i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
<i>Hippocrate</i><br />
<i>Sils Maria</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu</i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</b><br />
<i>La Cambre Bleue</i><br />
<i>Diplomatie</i><br />
<i>Pas Son Genre</i><br />
<i>Lulu Femme Nue</i><br />
<i>La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE</b><br />
<i>Minuscule</i><br />
<i>Jack et La Mécanique du Coeur</i><br />
<i>Le Chant de La Mere </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST DOCUMENTARY</b><br />
<i>Caricaturisties</i><br />
<i>Les Chévres de Ma Mere</i><br />
<i>La Cour de Babel</i><br />
<i>National Gallery</i><br />
<i>Salt of the Earth </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST FOREIGN FILM</b><br />
<i>12 Years a Slave</i><br />
<i>Boyhood</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel </i><br />
<i>Ida </i><br />
<i>Mommy </i><br />
<i>Two Days, One Night </i><br />
<i>Winter Sleep</i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</b><br />
<i>LA Belle et La Bete</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<i>Sils Maria</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu</i><br />
<i>Yves Saint Laurent </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SET DESIGN</b><br />
<i>La Belle et La Bete</i><br />
<i>La French</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<i>Une Nouvelle Amie</i><br />
<i>Yves Saint Laurent </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST EDITING</b><br />
<i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<i>Hippocrate</i><br />
<i>Party Girl</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SCORE</b><br />
<i>Bande De Filles</i><br />
<i>Bird People</i><br />
<i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu</i><br />
<i>Yves Saint Laurent </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST SOUND</b><br />
<i>Bande De Filles</i><br />
<i>Bird People</i><br />
<i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<i>Saint Laurent</i><br />
<i>Timbuktu </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST DEBUT FEATURE</b><br />
<i>Les Combattants</i><br />
<i>Elle L'Adore</i><br />
<i>Fidelio, L'Odyssée D'Alice</i><br />
<i>Party Girl</i><br />
<i>Qu'Allah Bénisse La France </i><b><br /></b><br />
<br />
<b>BEST NEWCOMER (Male)</b><br />
Kevin Azaïs, <i>Les Combattants</i><br />
Ahmed Dramé, <i>Les Héritiers</i><br />
Kirill Emelyanov, <i>Eastern Boys</i><br />
Pierre Rochefort, <i>Un Beau Dimanche</i><br />
Marc Zinga, <i>Qu'Allah Bénisse La France </i><br />
<br />
<b>BEST NEWCOMER (Female)</b><br />
Lou de Laâge, <i>Respire</i><br />
Louane Emera, <i>La Famille Bélier</i><br />
Ariane Laded, <i>Fidelio</i>, <i>L'Odyssée D'Alice </i> <br />
Joséphine Japy, <i>Respire </i><b> </b><i> </i> <b> </b><br />
Karidja Touré, <i>Bande De Filles</i><b> </b> <b> </b> <b> </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-69650073584619037732015-01-28T01:31:00.000-08:002015-01-28T01:31:12.463-08:00SAG Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JOoAxzHbJvE/VMisM96BLoI/AAAAAAAAGrk/4hcc7OeJwt4/s1600/sagawards2015-birdman-latimes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JOoAxzHbJvE/VMisM96BLoI/AAAAAAAAGrk/4hcc7OeJwt4/s1600/sagawards2015-birdman-latimes.jpg" height="256" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>ENSEMBLE CAST: </b><i>Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)</i><br />
<b>ACTOR: </b>Eddie Redmayne, <i>The Theory of Everything</i><br />
<b>ACTRESS: </b>Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR: </b>J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS: </b>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>STUNT ENSEMBLE: </b><i>Unbroken</i><br />
<b>LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: </b>Debbie Reynolds<i> </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-1536662107589835072015-01-25T02:36:00.000-08:002015-01-25T02:36:00.230-08:00PGA Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t15OSzlZZXI/VMTG6TpxqwI/AAAAAAAAGrU/CI_cnKTh4Wo/s1600/birdman-e1414555277646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t15OSzlZZXI/VMTG6TpxqwI/AAAAAAAAGrU/CI_cnKTh4Wo/s1600/birdman-e1414555277646.jpg" height="291" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>PICTURE: </b><i>Birdman</i><br />
<b>ANIMATED FEATURE: </b><i>The LEGO Movie</i><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY: </b><i>Life Itself </i><br />
<br />
<i>Birdman</i> wins PGA. Does that open the door for a real race between <i>Birdman</i> and <i>Boyhood</i>?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-53092806576376152822015-01-18T17:28:00.000-08:002015-01-18T17:28:07.242-08:00London Film Critics Circle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoqb7oIzRrI/VLxdTVSMdAI/AAAAAAAAGqg/KS8HQG3k0Mo/s1600/boyhood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoqb7oIzRrI/VLxdTVSMdAI/AAAAAAAAGqg/KS8HQG3k0Mo/s1600/boyhood.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>FILM OF THE YEAR: </b><i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: </b>Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
<b>ACTOR OF THE YEAR: </b>Michael Keaton, <i>Birdman</i><b> </b><br />
<b>ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: </b>Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: </b>J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: </b>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood </i><b> </b><br />
<b>SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: </b>Wes Anderson, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR: </b><i>Citizenfour</i><b> </b><br />
<b>FOREIGN FILM OF THE YEAR:</b><i> Leviathan</i><b> </b><br />
<b>TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR: </b>Mica Levi, <i>Under the Skin</i> (score)<i> </i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dum_5pq8wCI/VLxdbEOcqMI/AAAAAAAAGqo/WJYZ0jraHI4/s1600/hero_UnderTheSkin-2014-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dum_5pq8wCI/VLxdbEOcqMI/AAAAAAAAGqo/WJYZ0jraHI4/s1600/hero_UnderTheSkin-2014-1.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR: </b><i>Under the Skin<b> </b></i><br />
<b>BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR: </b>Timothy Spall,<i> <i>Mr. Turner</i><b> </b></i><br />
<b>BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR:</b><i><b><b> </b></b></i>Rosamund Pike, <i>Gone Girl</i> and <i>What We Did on Our Holiday </i><br />
<b>YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: </b>Alex Lawther, <i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
<b>BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER: </b>Yann Demange, <i>' 71 </i><br />
<br />
<b>DILYS POWELL AWARD: </b>Miranda Richardson<b> </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-58590549381626222722015-01-15T18:30:00.001-08:002015-01-15T18:30:48.581-08:00Oscar Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQxPQ3kWyQQ/VLh3ygWESQI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/GhRlQz0OlF0/s1600/o-ACADEMY-AWARDS-facebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQxPQ3kWyQQ/VLh3ygWESQI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/GhRlQz0OlF0/s1600/o-ACADEMY-AWARDS-facebook.jpg" height="200" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>PICTURE</b><br />
<i>American Sniper</i><br />
<i>Birdman</i><br />
<i>Boyhood</i><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
<i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
<i>Selma</i><br />
<i>The Theory of Everything</i><br />
<i>Whiplash</i><br />
<br />
<b>DIRECTOR</b><br />
Wes Anderson, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i><br />
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, <i>Birdman</i><br />
Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
Bennett Miller, <i>Foxcatcher</i><br />
Morten Tyldum, <i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
<br />
<b>ACTOR</b><br />
Steve Carell, <i>Foxcatcher</i><br />
Bradley Cooper, <i>American Sniper</i><br />
Benedict Cumberbatch, <i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
Michael Keaton, <i>Birdman</i><br />
Eddie Redmayne, <i>The Theory of Everything</i><br />
<br />
<b>ACTRESS</b><br />
Marion Cotillard, <i>Two Days, One Night</i><br />
Felicity Jones, <i>The Theory of Everything</i><br />
Julianne Moore, <i>Still Alice</i><br />
Rosamund Pike, <i>Gone Girl</i><br />
Reese Witherspoon, <i>Wild</i><br />
<br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTOR</b><br />
Robert Duvall, <i>The Judge</i><br />
Ethan Hawke, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
Edward Norton, <i>Birdman</i><br />
Mark Ruffalo, <i>Foxcatcher</i><br />
J.K. Simmons, <i>Whiplash</i><br />
<br />
<b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b><br />
Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i><br />
Laura Dern, <i>Wild</i><br />
Keira Knightley, <i>The Imitation Game</i><br />
Emma Stone, <i>Birdman</i><br />
Meryl Streep, <i>Into the Woods</i><br />
<br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</b><br />
<i>Birdman</i>- <b> </b><span class="subtitle">Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>Boyhood</i>- Richard Linklater</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>Foxcatcher</i>- E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>Nightcrawler</i>- Dan Gilroy</span><br />
<br />
<span class="subtitle"><b>ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>American Sniper</i>- Jason Hall</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>The Imitation Game</i>- Graham Moore</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>Inherent Vice</i>- Paul Thomas Anderson</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>The Theory of Everything</i>- Anthony McCarten</span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><i>Whiplash</i>- Damien Chazelle<b> </b> </span><br />
<br />
<b>ANIMATED FEATURE</b><br />
<i>Big Hero 6</i><br />
<i>The Boxtrolls</i><br />
<i>How to Train Your Dragon 2</i><br />
<i>Song of the Sea</i><br />
<i>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya</i><br />
<br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY</b><br />
<i>Citizenfour</i><br />
<i>Finding Vivian Maier</i><br />
<i>Last Days in Vietnam</i><br />
<i>The Salt of the Earth</i><br />
<i>Virunga </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>FOREIGN FILM</b><br />
<i>Ida</i> (Poland)<br />
<i>Leviathan</i> (Russia)<br />
<i>Tangerines</i> (Estonia)<br />
<i>Timbuktu</i> (Mauritania)<br />
<i>Wild Tales</i> (Argentina)<br />
<br />
<b>CINEMATOGRAPHY</b><br />
<i>Birdman</i>- Emmanuel Lubezki<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Robert Yeoman<br />
<i>Ida</i>- Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Dick Pope<br />
<i>Unbroken</i>- Roger Deakins<br />
<br />
<b>COSTUME DESIGN</b><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Milena Canonero<br />
<i>Inherent Vice</i>- Mark Bridges<br />
<i>Into the Woods</i>- Colleen Atwood<br />
<i>Maleficent</i>- Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Jacqueline Durran<i> </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>PRODUCTION DESIGN</b><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock<br />
<i>The Imitation Game</i>- Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald<br />
<i>Interstellar</i>- Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis<br />
<i>Into the Woods</i>- Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts<br />
<br />
<b>FILM EDITING</b><br />
<i>American Sniper</i>- Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach<br />
<i>Boyhood</i>- Sandra Adair<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Barney Pilling<br />
<i>The Imitation Game</i>- William Goldenberg<br />
<i>Whiplash</i>- Tom Cross<br />
<br />
<b>ORIGINAL SCORE</b><br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Alexandre Desplat<br />
<i>The Imitation Game</i>- Alexandre Desplat<br />
<i>Interstellar</i>- Hans Zimmer<br />
<i>Mr. Turner</i>- Gary Yershon<br />
<i>The Theory of Everything</i>- Jóhann Jóhannsson<br />
<br />
<b>ORIGINAL SONG</b><br />
"Everything is Awesome," <i>The LEGO Movie</i>- Shawn Patterson<br />
"Glory," <i>Selma</i>- John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn<br />
"Grateful," <i>Beyond the Lights</i>- Diane Warren<br />
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You," <i>Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me</i>- Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond<br />
"Lost Stars," <i>Begin Again</i>- Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois <br />
<br />
<b>SOUND EDITING</b><br />
<i>American Sniper</i>- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman<br />
<i>Birdman</i>- Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock<br />
<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</i>- Brent Burge, Jason Canovas<br />
<i>Interstellar</i>- Richard King<br />
<i>Unbroken</i>- Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro<br />
<br />
<b>SOUND MIXING</b><br />
<i>American Sniper</i>- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin<br />
<i>Birdman</i>- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Thomas Varga<br />
<i>Interstellar</i>- Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten<br />
<i>Unbroken</i>- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, David Lee<br />
<i>Whiplash</i>- Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley<br />
<br />
<b>VISUAL EFFECTS</b><br />
<i>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i><b> </b><br />
<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i><br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
<i>Interstellar</i><br />
<i>X-Men: Days of Future Past </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</b><br />
<i>Foxcatcher</i>- Bill Corsco, Dennis Liddiard<br />
<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>- Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier<br />
<i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i>- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, Daid White<b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>ANIMATED SHORT</b><br />
<i>The Bigger Picture</i><br />
<i>The Dam Keeper</i><br />
<i>Feast</i><br />
<i>Me and My Moulton</i><br />
<i>A Single Life </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>DOCUMENTARY SHORT</b><br />
<i>Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1</i><br />
<i>Joanna</i><br />
<i>Our Cruse</i><br />
<i>The Reaper</i><br />
<i>White Earth </i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>LIVE ACTION SHORT</b><br />
<i>Aya</i><br />
<i>Boogaloo and Graham</i><br />
<i>Butter Lamp</i><br />
<i>Parvaneh</i><br />
<i>The Phone Call </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-39445265198415956882015-01-14T17:14:00.000-08:002015-01-14T17:14:03.239-08:00DGA NominationsWes Anderson, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i> <br />
Clint Eastwood, <i>American Sniper</i><br />
Alejandro González<span> Iñárritu, <i>Birdman</i></span><br />
<span>Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood </i> </span><br />
Morten Tyldum, <i>The Imitation Game</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5503697262129967870.post-72595647302411719322015-01-12T17:27:00.002-08:002015-01-12T17:27:48.678-08:00Dublin Film Critics Circle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4D2w-ztx4q8/VLR0d8eZy1I/AAAAAAAAGqA/W5wqKAjOH3w/s1600/two-days-one-night-cannes-2014-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4D2w-ztx4q8/VLR0d8eZy1I/AAAAAAAAGqA/W5wqKAjOH3w/s1600/two-days-one-night-cannes-2014-5.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<b>TOP TEN FILM</b><br />
<ol>
<li><i>Boyhood</i></li>
<li><i>Under the Skin</i></li>
<li><i>Ida</i></li>
<li><i>The LEGO Movie</i></li>
<li><i>12 Years a Slave</i></li>
<li><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i></li>
<li><i>Two Days, One Night</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>Her</i>; <i>Leviathan</i></li>
<li><i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>Blue Ruin</i>; <i>The Lunch Box</i></li>
</ol>
<br />
<b>BEST DIRECTOR</b><br />
<ol>
<li>Richard Linklater, <i>Boyhood</i></li>
<li>Jonathan Glazer, <i>Under the Skin</i></li>
<li>Pawel Pawlikowski, <i>Ida</i></li>
<li>Spike Jonze, <i>Her</i></li>
<li>Wes Anderson, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i></li>
<li>Andrey Zvyagintsev, <i>Leviathan</i></li>
<li>Steve McQueen, <i>12 Years a Slave</i></li>
<li>Yann Demange, <i>'71</i></li>
<li>(TIE) Phil Lord, Chris Miller, <i>The LEGO Movie</i>; Jean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, <i>Two Days, One Night</i></li>
<li>Jennifer Kent, <i>The Babadook</i></li>
</ol>
<br />
<b>BEST ACTOR</b><br />
<ol>
<li>Jake Gyllenhaal, <i>Nightcrawler</i></li>
<li>Ralph Fiennes, <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i></li>
<li>Jack O'Donnell, <i>'71</i></li>
<li>Jack O'Donnell, <i>Starred Up</i></li>
<li>Phillip Seymour Hoffman, <i>A Most Wanted Man</i></li>
<li>Benedict Cumberbatch, <i>The Imitation Game</i></li>
<li>(TIE) Chadwick Boseman, <i>Get On Up</i>; Timothy Spall, <i>Mr. Turner</i></li>
<li>Michael Fassbender, <i>Frank</i></li>
<li>Irrfan Khan, <i>The Lunchbox</i></li>
<li>(TIE) Tom Hardy, <i>Locke</i>; Chiwetel Ejiofor, <i>12 Years a Slave</i>; Bill Hader, <i>The Skeleton Twins</i></li>
</ol>
<br />
<b>BEST ACTRESS</b><br />
<ol>
<li>Marion Cotillard, <i>Two Days, One Night</i></li>
<li>Scarlett Johansson, <i>Under the Skin</i></li>
<li>Essie Davis, <i>The Babadook</i></li>
<li>Julianne Moore, <i>Maps to the Stars</i></li>
<li>Patricia Arquette, <i>Boyhood</i></li>
<li>Rosamund Pike, <i>Gone Girl</i></li>
<li>Kristen Wiig, <i>The Skeleton Twins</i></li>
<li>Agata Kulesza, <i>Ida</i></li>
<li>(TIE) Agata Trzebuckowska, <i>Ida</i>; Mia Wasikowski, <i>Tracks</i></li>
<li>(TIE) Jennifer Lawrence, <i>American Hustle</i>; Emmanuelle Devos, <i>Violette</i></li>
</ol>
<b>BEST IRISH FILM</b><br />
<ol>
<li><i>Frank</i></li>
<li><i>Living in a Coded Land</i></li>
<li><i>Out of Here</i></li>
<li><i>Calvary</i></li>
<li><i>Run & Jump</i></li>
<li><i>One Million Dubliners</i></li>
<li><i>Gold</i></li>
<li><i>Standby</i></li>
<li><i>Noble</i></li>
<li><i>Unbreakable</i></li>
</ol>
<br />
<b>BEST DOCUMENTARY</b><br />
<ol>
<li><i>Finding Vivian Maier</i></li>
<li><i>One Million Dubliners</i></li>
<li><i>Citizenfour</i></li>
<li><i>Concerning Violence</i></li>
<li><i>20 Feet from Stardom</i></li>
<li><i>The Known Unknown</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>Night Will Fall</i>; <i>All This Mayhem</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>Life Itself</i>; <i>Dinosaur 13</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>20,000 Days on Earth</i>; <i>Next Goal Wins</i>; <i>Living in a Coded Land</i></li>
<li>(TIE) <i>The Missing Picture</i>; <i>The Overnighters</i>; <i>The Case Against 8; Showrunners</i></li>
</ol>
<br />
<b>BREAKTHROUGH:</b> Jack O'Connell, <i>'71</i>; <i>Starred Up</i>; <i>Unbroken </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b><i> </i><b> </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783300812716415646noreply@blogger.com0