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Oklahoma Film Critics Love "The Hurt Locker"
7 hours ago | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle picked Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War piece "The Hurt Locker" as Best Picture of 2009. Bigelow also took home the Best Director prize.
In the acting categories (it's beginning to look like a "repeat"), George Clooney for Best Actor ("Up in the Air"), Meryl Streep Best Actress ("Julie and Julia"), Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor ("Inglourious Basterds"), and Mo'Nique for Best Supporting Actress for "Precious."
Here's the complete list of winners of the 2009 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Film of 2009
.The Hurt Locker.
Best 10 Films of 2009
1. .The Hurt Locker.
2. .Up in the Air.
3. .Inglourious Basterds.
4. .(500) Days of Summer.
5. .Precious: Based on the Novel .Push. by Sapphire.
6. .A Serious Man.
7. .Up.
8. .District 9.
9. .Fantastic Mr. Fox.
10. .Avatar.
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, .The Hurt Locker.
Best First Feature
(tie) Neill Blomkamp, .District 9. & Marc Webb, .(500) Days of Summer.
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, .Julie & Julia.
Best Actor
George Clooney, .Up »
- Manny
The Top 10 Films of 2009: Michelle's Picks
8 hours ago | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze closed out the last decade (and the millennium) with two of that decade's best films; since 1999, the boom in independent filmmaking that fostered their breakthroughs has either flamed out or blown open the doors, depending on how you look at it. That they both made big budget studio adaptations of children's classics this year can also be seen two ways, but what seems clear is that spirit of regression has provided a sort of temporary refuge, a regrouping point for two of America's best and most innovative storytellers. »
Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox Dominate Animated Field at Year-End Us Critics’ Awards
30 December 2009 4:56 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Pete Docter’s Up (Disney / Pixar) (top); Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures) (bottom) Although Pete Docter’s Up was expected to have the animation year-end awards field all to itself, it ultimately had to face tough competition from Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, which features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Jason Schwartzman, among others. Up has won awards from at least 14 Us-based groups, while Fantastic Mr. Fox has won 7. Both are up for a Golden Globe and for a best animated feature Annie Award. Coraline is the only other animated feature to win an award this season, from the San Francisco film critics. It’s also up for a Golden Globe and an Annie Award. Tomm Moore’s [...] »
- Andre Soares
Top 25 Movies of 2009: Movies #1 - 10
30 December 2009 10:20 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Top 25 Movies of 2009 #1 - 10
Here we are, time for all of us to reveal our top ten films of 2009. Many of you wondered why I only allowed you to pick five films in the nominations poll I started on Monday. Well, everything was in an effort to make sure you all held your lists until today as I reveal my top ten favorite films of 2009 and hope you will add your thoughts on my list as well as share your individual lists of 10, 15, 20 or however many films from the year that was. We have only a couple of days left before 2010 shuts the door on what I thought was a rather enjoyable year in film once you brush away a few of those lousy blockbusters that weren't.
Before I go any further, let me once again share the schedule as I promised I would include with each posting on Monday:
2009 "Best Of" Schedule
Monday, »
- Brad Brevet
Toy movie parodies
30 December 2009 6:13 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
If you’re like me, your eyeballs are physically exhausted from rolling whenever a new toy-based movie is announced. But while I just write new articles mocking the proposals, animator Dan Meth has taken a different approach. He wonders what would happen if these toy franchises were given to some capable directors. Peter Jackson’s Smurfs? Wes Anderson’s Teddy Ruckspin? David Lynch’s Koosh Ball? Check out the video below. Toy Movies Atom.com: Funny Videos | Animation | TV & Movie Spoofs »
- Paul Tassi
Ten (and more) Great Films of 2009 from Around the World
29 December 2009 9:53 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
It seems that the Cannes film festival got things right this year, even if audiences seemed to not quite get the quality of the competition. After consideration of a wealth of films from around the world, big and small, I find my end of year top-10 list peppered with films of heady considerations tackled with both visual bombast and narrative elegance. While 2007 will likely be remembered as the strongest year of the aughts for cinema, 2009 is one of sheer variety. There be lots of surprises and pleasures of both the cerebral and visceral kind.
10) The Limits of Control - Jim Jarmusch's deliberate ode to architecture, form and patient viewing is bumped into masterpiece territory by the wonderful cinematography of Christopher Doyle and the handsome (dude can Wear a suit) figure of Isaach De Bankolé.
9) Mr. Nobody - Has quantum physics and romantic love ever been successfully combined in a large-scale science fiction epic? »
New Trailer For ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
29 December 2009 11:55 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Following on from the first official trailer at the start of last month, a new trailer has been released from Dreamworks Animation’s latest animated family adventure, How To Train You Dragon. This one highlights the experience of the movie a lot more than the first trailer, (i.e. the scenes of the dragon flying etc.) instead of the slapstick and cutesy one-liners we’re used to from Dreamworks’ animated fare.
How to Train Your Dragon is set in a mythical world where Vikings and dragons have been at odds with one another for thousands of years, and killing dragons is an everyday occurrence for Vikings. It centers on a young Viking boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) who one day befriends an injured dragon instead of killing it as he’s supposed to, much to the embarrassment of his father (voiced by Gerard Butler). The film comes to »
- Ross Miller
Top 100 Tuesday: 100 Best Movies of the Decade
29 December 2009 4:43 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
We are leaving Kubrick behind and fast approaching Hyams. If you get that reference, go grab yourself a cookie. It is time for us to reflect back on the decade that was. On January 1st, 2000, Disney released Fantasia 2000. On Wednesday, December 30th, 2009, The White Ribbon is set to bow. Between the release of these two films, thousands of films came and went, and some of them were far more memorable than others. It was a long trek getting this list together, but here are our collective top 100 films of the past decade.
Quick Year-to-Year by the Numbers:
2009 – 11
2008 – 11
2007 – 7
2006 – 14
2005 – 12
2004 – 8
2003 – 7
2002 – 12
2001 – 10
2000 – 8
100. Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Clint Eastwood
99. Juno (2007) – Jason Reitman
98. An Education (2009) – Lone Scherfig
97. Spider-man 2 (2004) – Sam Raimi
96. Munich (2005) – Steven Spielberg
95. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) – Wes Anderson
94. The King Of Kong (2007) – Seth Gordon
93. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’S Stone (2001) – Chris Columbus
92. Clerks 2 (2006) – Kevin Smith
91. Femme Fatale (2002) – Brian De Palma
90. Tasogare Seibei »
- Movie Geeks
He Said – He Said … Top Films of the Decade
28 December 2009 4:18 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
He Said – He Said … The Top 7 Films of the Decade
Our lists are done. We’ve checked them twice (and then some). Now there is only one thing left to do, complain, rant and argue. It’s time for the He Said – He Said … Top 7 Films of the Decade.
It’s He (Jeff Bayer) and his list …
6. Moulin Rouge!
4. Memento
3. Wall-e
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
1. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Versus
He (Nick Allen) and his list …
7. The Band’s Visit
6. Superbad
4. Adaptation
2. Talk to Her
Complete Coverage of Top 7 Films of the Decade
Top 7 Films of the Decade by Jeff Bayer
Top 7 Movies of the Decade by Nick Allen
He Said – He Said … Top 7 Films of the Decade
Amazing. Not one movie in common. I’ve decided to let »
- Jeff Bayer
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
27 December 2009 9:03 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Matt’s Top 10 Films of 2009
27 December 2009 7:45 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
I’m so happy that 2009 was a front-loaded year. Friends and family asked me on more than one occasion, “It’s the end of the year, so where are all the good movies?” I responded that this year, for whatever reason, was different and some of the year’s best films had premiered as early as Sundance (The Hurt Locker technically debuted in 2008 with its premiere at the Venice Film Festival). The scarcity of must-see year-end flicks worked out beautifully for me because I had the time to give more thought to films and have the opportunity to watch them more than once. I feel confident in my Top 10 in a way that I’ve been uneasy about in years prior. There was a wealth of great films to choose from this year and almost all of my favorites are now available to own or rent on DVD or Blu-ray. »
- Matt Goldberg
The ten best animated films of 2009
26 December 2009 3:21 PM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
True, the once neglected art of animation has undergone a rebirth in both artistry and popularity. Yet having escaped one blind alley, it seems headed into another one: The dumbing-down of stories out of preference for meaningless nonstop action. Classic animated features were models of three-act stories: Recall "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" or "The Lion King." The characters were embedded in stories that made sense and involved making decisions based on values. Now too many stories end in brain-numbing battles, often starring heroes the age of the younger audience members. Here is no food for growth and for the imagination, just brainless kinetic behavior.
The year saw more animated films intended instead for adults, and a film like "Waltz with Bashir" used the freedom of the form to show matters unthinkable in a live action feature. Several of these films were true crossovers, truly freed from the demographic vise. »
- Roger Ebert
Does anyone else miss Gene Hackman?
26 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Recently, I caught a pay-cable broadcast of Wes Anderson's 2001 masterpiece The Royal Tenenbaums, with Gene Hackman playing the charming scoundrel Royal Tenenbaum, lapsed paterfamilias of the famed Tenenbaum family. It's a performance of such rich, carefree wit and pathos that it well deserved an Oscar nomination (Sean Penn was nominated for I Am Sam instead), but more to the point, it made me realize just how much I've missed Hackman's calmly accomplished, always sharp presence on movie screens. Ever since the 2004 bomb Welcome to Mooseport, Hackman's been Mia at the multiplex. In 2008, he told Reuters that he had indeed retired from acting, »
- Adam B. Vary
Best of the Decade #4: Lost in Translation (2003)
24 December 2009 10:16 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
After a promising directorial debut with The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola proved it was no fluke when her follow-up film, the 2003 masterpiece Lost in Translation became something of a phenomenon. It opened in just 23 theatres, but it ended up grossing almost $120 million worldwide. Coppola had officially stepped out of her father's shadow and found her own voice, but she also established herself as one of the most exciting and prominent female directors working today. A lot of disparate things came together to make this movie such a huge success, but there's no question that one of the most important decisions Coppola made was casting Bill Murray as washed-up movie star Bob Harris. The story goes that he was a difficult man to track down, despite the fact that his career had been revived (and somewhat transformed) with Wes Anderson's Rushmore, but Sofia Coppola's persistence paid off (both for »
- Sean
Their Best Role: Bill Murray
23 December 2009 10:20 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
At first Bill Murray was a goofball, a lounge singer or a guy that tried to blow up a gopher. Graduating to movie stardom, he soon found a style of detached cool that worked like gangbusters, or ghostbusters. In movies like Stripes and Ghostbusters, he would make wry comments while the rest of his co-stars acted their parts; he rarely got involved in the drama. But it worked. A decade later, however, he could be seen giving an actual performance in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998). He was still funny, but he found a real emotional connection with his co-stars, and he was touching. From there, you could easily look back and find other moments of greatness: his bit parts in films like Tootsie, Ed Wood, Kingpin and Wild Things, his abrasive gangster in Mad Dog and Glory, in the very dark, anxious and underrated Quick Change, which was his directorial »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
More Top 10s: Film Comment, Village Voice, Cahiers du Cinéma
23 December 2009 1:02 AM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »
Thanks to cdmc, via forum posters Cédric and Cricket. Film Comment Top 10: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, U.S. The Headless Woman – Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas, »
- Ryan Adams
Detroit, Chicago, Utah, Etcetera
22 December 2009 4:45 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
In past years I have sort of enjoyed the slow trickle of critics organization announcements, but this year they all gushed through journalism's infrastructure so quickly I lost track immediately in the deluge. I'm also slightly suspicious that nobody cares this year (or am I projecting?) since it's about the fifth year in a row with a large degree of consensus. Some years consensus makes a great deal of sense. Others, not so much. Since this happens every year now, I think it's a sure sign that all we ever needed was a few big groups. I'm still a bit perplexed why all of these little groups don't merge to become something more awesomely super-sized.
But in case you do care (and because I have a photoshop problem) here's a few more chosen because these are cities or states where I've actually lived or visited frequently.
Chicago Film Critics
Picture »
- NATHANIEL R
Sundance 2010: Taiki Waititi's Boy Plays Like a Kiwi Son Of Rambow With Added Michael Jackson.
22 December 2009 7:33 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
When the official Sundance lineup was released a little while back and the trade papers began their annual crying about how depressing everything was I can only presume that they were ignoring Taiki Waititi's Boy. Because the latest from the director of Eagle Versus Shark is a full on charmer, a whimsical coming of age story that looks to occupy a sweet spot somewhere between Wes Anderson, Garth Jennings and Spike Jonze territory.
It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king--even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version--an incompetent hoodlum who has »
Go south and east, Hollywood | Nosheen Iqbal
22 December 2009 4:52 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
South and east Asian actors may be enjoying higher profiles in the Us on the small screen, but in mainstream films they haven't moved far away from comedy sidekicks and stereotypes
No sooner had the BBC told us that south Asian actors had never had it so good in the Us – more recognition, higher-profile roles – than Variety came along to crush that bright-eyed optimism into bitter, scowl-making resentment.
In one survey of the state-of-Asian-actors-in-Hollywood, there's excitement and hope: the last decade has seen a steady emergence of faces, if not memorable than at least vaguely familiar, with significant telly parts in ER, Lost and Heroes. Brown faces are making it big(gish). Hooray! In the other, there's weary hand-wringing at the persistent lack of awards acknowledgement for south – and indeed east Asian – actors in film, despite cross-cultural epics such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Babel otherwise being nominated for gongs across the board. »
- Nosheen Iqbal
Houston Film Critics Hail "The Hurt Locker" as Best Picture!
21 December 2009 9:56 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Yet more awards for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker!" The Iraq-war drama scored high with the Houston Film Critics Society. Bigelow picked up the Best Director award and Barry Ackroyd for Best Cinematography.
The complete list of the winners of the Houston Film Critics Society Awards:
Best Picture: .The Hurt Locker.
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, .The Hurt Locker.
Best Actor: George Clooney, .Up in the Air.
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, .An Education.
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, .Inglourious Basterds.
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, .Up in the Air.
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, .Up in the Air.
Best Animated Film: .Up.
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, .The Hurt Locker.
Best Documentary: .The Cove.
Best Foreign Film: .Sin Nombre.
Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino, .Up.
Best Original Song: .Petey.s Song. by Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach,.The Fantastic Mr. Fox. »
- Manny
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