Laura Rooney « Movie City News

May 21, 2012

Trailers | Posters | Images

Author Archive

Les Miserables – From the Set

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Tags: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Posted in Film Docket, Trailers | No Comments »

Trailering Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Trailering Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows

Posted in MCN Curated Headlines, Movie City News | No Comments »

Trailering Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Tags: Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp
Posted in Film Docket, Trailers | 3 Comments »

84th Academy Awards: Full List of Winners

Monday, February 27th, 2012

84th Academy Awards: Full List of Winners

Posted in Awards Watch, Curated Headlines, MCN Curated Headlines, Movie City News | No Comments »

Etiquette Tips: The Right Way To Hold An Oscar

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

“Left hand under the base, right hand on the statuette. Below the knees. Oscar does like a banana split, but not with crushed nuts.”
Etiquette Tips: The Right Way To Hold An Oscar

Posted in Awards Watch, Curated Headlines, MCN Curated Headlines, Movie City News | No Comments »

The Care and Etiquette of Oscar

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Tags: academy awards, oscar
Posted in Film Docket, Trailers | 1 Comment »

The 2011 Golden Globes Awards for Film

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Best Motion Picture — Drama
The Descendants

Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
The Artist

Best Director — Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actress — Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Best Actor — Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Actress — Comedy or Musical
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor — Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource – The Artist

Best Original Song
Masterpiece — W.E., Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation (Iran)

Posted in Awards Watch, Scoreboards - Critics Awards | No Comments »

The Best of 2011: Critics, Awards and Box Office

Friday, January 6th, 2012

The Best of 2011: Critics, Awards and Box Office

Posted in MCN Curated Headlines, Movie City News | No Comments »

The Best of 2011: Critics, Awards and Box Office

Friday, January 6th, 2012

The Critics Best of 2011 – from the Critics Awards and Top Ten lists so far.

The Critics
The Critics Awards for Best Picture: The Top 5		Critics Top Ten Lists: The Top 10
1	The Artist	1	The Tree of Life
2	The Tree of Life	2	The Descendants
3	The Desdendants	3	Drive
4	Drive	4	The Artist
5	Hugo	5	Hugo
		6	Melancholia
		7	A Separation
		8	Certified Copy
		9	Moneyball
		10	Martha Marcy May Marlene

The Best of 2011 – in theatres. While box office doesn’t determine quality, it’s a measure of what the audience is willing to lay down (big) money to see.

Movie Goers: The Box Office Score
The Audience: The Top 10 (Domestic)		The Audience: The Top 10 (Limited Release)
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	1	Born to be Wild
2	Tranformers: Dark of the Moon	2	The Tree of Life
3	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I	3	Jane Eyre
4	The Hangover Part II	4	Win Win
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	5	Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
6	Fast Five	6	Sarah’s Key
7	Cars 2	7	Cedar Rapids
8	Thor	8	Beginners
9	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	9	The Artist
10	Captain America: The First Avenger	10	The Guard

Posted in Awards Update, Awards Watch, Film Docket, misc | No Comments »

Central Ohio Film Critics: 2011 Awards

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Best Film
1. Drive
2. Martha Marcy May Marlene
3. Take Shelter
4. Melancholia
5. The Descendants
6. Midnight in Paris
7. The Tree of Life
8. The Artist
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10. Hugo

Best Director
-Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Best Actor
-Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

Best Actress
-Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Supporting Actor
-Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
-Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Ensemble
-Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
-Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields,
and The Tree of Life

Breakthrough Film Artist
- Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive (for directing)

Best Cinematography
-Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life

Best Adapted Screenplay
-Steven Zaillian, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Original Screenplay
-Ben Ripley, Source Code

Best Score
-The Chemical Brothers, Hanna

Best Documentary
-Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Best Foreign Language Film
-Of Gods and Men (Des homes et des dieux)

Best Animated Film
-Arthur Christmas

Best Overlooked Film
-Margaret

Tags: 2011 Critics Awards
Posted in Awards Watch, Scoreboards - Critics Awards | No Comments »

The Top Tens of 2011: 210 Lists And Counting

Friday, January 6th, 2012

210 Critics - 252 Films

You can see the individual lists here or click on the individual critic name for their list.

Next 10 Voters Prev 10 Voters

Rank	Last Chart	Top Tens	Elliott	Canavese	Hanley	Tavernetti	Triplett	Bradley	Martin	Vincent	Cohen	Hemphill	Tentschert	McDonnell	Vizcarrondo	Renshaw	Wright	Brevet	Katz	O'Connor	Thomason	Menninger	Voynar	Levin	Film Critics	Marks	Sawitz	Rappe	Macdonald	Gallagher	Ebiri	Jagernauth	Tyler	Goldberg	Kirk	Prokopy	Harris	Smith	Jones	Eisenberg	Urbancich	Klein	Lewis	Horton	Hartley	Leydon	Mudede	Parich	Zacharek	Compton	Ward	Lucas	Morris	von Busack	Drake	Gereben	Giuliano	Thomas	Rodriguez	Katz	Burns	Prigge	Hewitt	M. Anderson	Howell	Levy	Mohan	Hall	Russell	Knight	Eisner	Martinez	Charity	Gronvall	Strauss	Dudek	Feinberg	Jones	Sachs	Lattanzio	Eddy	Whipp	Salem	Rocchi	Reesman	Pols	Film Critics	Brunzell	Fischbach	Lin	Paiva	Murphy	Atkinson	Vetter	O'Malley	Hoberman	Stevens	Costa	Bowen	Heath Jr.	Cataldo	Weber	Christley	Schenker	Schager	Gonzalez	Darr	Walker Knight	Bumbray	Reinstein	Gaul Calkins	Verniere	Guillen	Shone	Morgenstern	Ingram	D. Johnson	Goodykoontz	Ellwood	Myers	McCollom	Rich	Serba	Whitty	D. Lindsay	Morris	Moore	Hicks	LaSalle	Rea	Simek	Sharkey	Lawson	Christopher	Biancolli	Bentley	Peary	Meek	Berkshire	Kohn	Axmaker	Kaye	T. Jameson	McCoy	Morgan	Neumaier	Weitzman	Smith	Kennedy	Brody	Knegt	Pinkerton	McWeeny	Ranier	Toto	Robinson	Willmore	Rabin	Adams	Murray	Paras	AAFC	Peck	AFI	Adams	Arikan	O'Hehir	Hornaday	Thompson	Mercer	Zwecker	Douglas	Keefe	Lemire	Edelstein	Edwards	Germain	Kenny	Stewart	Stone	Wells	Hassenger	Emerson	Slotek	Belanger	Longworth	Monk	LaForest	Tapley	Schwarzbaum	Braun	Virtel	Asch	Fine	Singer	Phillips	Rapoid	NYFCO	Gleiberman	Bradshaw	Harblaub	Keough	Travers	Corliss	Roeper	Ebert	Stone	Tobias	Means	Edwards	Holden	McCarthy	Votes	Total
1	1	Tree of Life, The		1					7			*	*			7	*			4	1		*	8				3	*		1	10				6		3	1		4	3					9	2			1	1		*			6		4	6		5		1	1		8		5			9				*		3				1				3	*	3	8		8	5			3		*			4	3				1	7	3	8			*		3		*	*	1	7	7	*		1		*						*	2		*			3		1	10		8	5			2	3			2	2	5	*				1	6	1	6	9		1	6	*						6	10		5	4				10		4	9	5			*	4	1	4	2		1		3			8		*	1	*	1		9	4	4	3		4		3	3	3	110	714.5
2	2	Descendants, The			4	3	2	9	9	*	5		*				*		3	7		9		1				7	*	2			8							3	2			10	*	2		5		2	2				9		4								6						1	3	3		9	*					6	3					*		2			8		7	8								7							1	*			4	*		2	1	5		*	3	4	*						*		1			3	1	3		2		6	1	9			2			5			*		5	2						7	7		*				2	4		2				4			3		3	3			5	*		9			6				1		4		*	2		7	7	3		5		7				1	1	91	589.0
3	4	Drive					1	1	4	*		*	*	2	4	8	*	1	1		9			9	2		7			4		6		1	3	1			6	1	5		4	6	*			7	*	5	5	9	3		6				10	10	1	4			8			8	1				5							4	4			1			*			2		9		5															1		*	*	4	8		*	8		2				1		*	*						5	*					10	1		5		5					5			7		6			2		4			2	2					7	9					2						2	9	5	10			*	7		3	3		5			2				*				9	1		1	7		7					92	569.5
4	3	Artist, The	3	10	8	1		4		*	8	*		1											6		3	1	*	1		2				9		4	10		1	2							1	1	3						2								7				10	1	3	2				*	1				1	8				2	*	1	3	8		2																	3	2	*	*	1	9	*		5	2		*			6	*		*			1	*	9				1		7	2			9		4				2	1															7								1					9	1			1				3	*		2			3				5				1		*			2	1	2	10	8		2	4			81	558.0
5	5	Hugo	10		1	10					1			8			*		10		4	2		3	1	4							5									5				1		3		9	10	5			4	9	1			2	2			4		1	1		4			5	1		2							2			3		*		6						10	8			3	10												*				*	10				*		2	*				2						*		7			5		10				9		1		9	4										2	5			*							4						3	2		2				4						4		5						*			2		6	2	10	4	1					6	72	451.5
6	6	Melancholia				4						*											*		10			2			2					3	2	1	2			1		3				1	2					*					2		4		4										6		1					1	5					1						1			7	2			9											4			2				6	8	9											*		6					10			1		2			1						1		1				1								10		2		3				1	6									3		*	2				1			9				*	*													5		54	385.5
7	7	A Separation							2			*				5								7							3																					4				1			3			3			3							6		2						6		4		5				6					3		5		*		2	7					3	8									1		3							*		*											8			7				3					8					1			2	7		3						3	6			4											2					6		5	7	5			5	9	6	7			4	*						1		3				5	52	335.5
8	8	Certified Copy		2											3	1					6										6						1					7		2	*							10		*							7	6		2	2						9			6	5					5												6			1		*			5	1	2	1		2	1	5																		*						8			*							3		3	7						5				8		8	7	9	2	7					2																		4										3			3	*											2			9		49	312.0
9	9	Moneyball	2		5					*	4		*					9																		7				6	6		3			10		8		3							8		1					10								1				*	3						7			4	*		4					8																3				1	*		4	10		*								7	9	*								6					10	8	8	6	3		1													6						3			8										1			1		10				8				6		2						6	4		8		5		9		10		55	294.5
10	10	Martha Marcy May Marlene					5	5							6	3		6	5				*		7									2		2		2					8							4									6		8	9						5	6			8												3		10		7					7																8		*			5				4														8				9		9	3			3	8						3						1			2		1			4			10						5	7	1											*		4		6		2	2		8														6	10				50	280.5
11	11	Take Shelter					3		1																3							3			1					7	3		1																						5			7					8															5											4					6					9									5				4		*			2			*	7		*		10					4		7		1								*					4										3	6	10	10			3	7				4					8				8		9		10				1			*			3					5							43	248.5
12	12	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy		4	9	8	4	6					*		1								*																4					1	*				3					*		2				8			3	6							2			4							3	10						9				3											9	7					5							*			3												10	3						7				4	1											10					4							2											2						6													9				*	9	10	7										43	242.0
13	13	Midnight in Paris	6		6			8			7						*	3	8			7			4				*							8			3		9				*	8		6	4							4	5				10										4					*							9				*				3			1	4								3								*	*			*												4	1	8						2				9																						8			*		9					8									10												7						*					5			8							45	231.0
14	14	Shame						2	3					9					6	3	3											8	10				7			4											7										6														3		6			9	7		2	6						3																													1					*																		10		5	4		6				3						10					5																		7					*		5		5		3	3		3												2	6					10	38	215.0
15	15	Beginners						3			6											4						9	*			9		5				10													6					7										10					6																		7		7							5						8										6					6	*			5							*		4				6				6						4			7							6												5					4	9	2										*		6			10									6										1				36	179.0
16	17	Uncle Boonmee who Can Recall his Past Lives		3																			*																					7								8										8						9												2										4		7	1			7	*			3	4				5		2	4																							5									5	2				7																					6	8											5	1				1																									5					27	167.0
17	16	Bridesmaids			10							*																8										6	5																								2				7						10			*		2												1																				5				10	*						*		10						4					*														3	6												3			*									8	10		1				6					*					2									3	*										10			31	165.0
18	19	Meek's Cutoff										*				10							*																					5																	5		1	5				10												10										6		10									9				9																	2			*							7		*						2	4		6	6														8	7							7	9	1											5				2			3																						1					30	158.0
19	18	Margaret																													4																					6	1									2											2											9		9														9	10			9		4	1	7																													2							4						6							5																					7					5			1			1				5		9					*		1						9					26	152.5
20	20	We Need to Talk About Kevin														4		4					*							6	10				5								2																		9					9									10					3		7		7																													5							*		9		*		*								*								9									2		3													4										4		6							*			2												*							9						29	151.5
21	27	War Horse			7	7	10			*			*	3					2			1						5																			10	4							1				5																		2																																4	6											*					*							*					8										2																*											10																							*					10	5									26	145.5
22	21	A Dangerous Method																		2																								4																														5																		4				1							4				4	2				*																									1						7		5																					5			7	8								1					9														*					5									8	2	21	136.0
23	22	Poetry				2														5											7													8								3	6						8														9						5														6					3							4																										4										7																							*	1		1												4																7	1				*		8										9	23	134.0
24	25	Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The					9			*	9			5																											8	6								8					7								10							9		4											8																											9		*					7												7							4																												*								7					5							9				1				9					*		5								2			6			27	121.0
25	28	Young Adult							8												1	5											7			10			8				7			4				6																			6												2	5				5																													*							5	3									10					9																7			10		5																								9										6		10											6								25	115.5
25	23	Cave of Forgotten Dreams										*														3																							*								3			7				8			2	1		6											9	6															*															*				*															1															7								4																														8																				7					5				20	115.5
25	26	Interrupters, The		7																				2								5																					4						7				7			2								1		*								4							2						*		8																																			*			6																			7			9																															9					3	5																	20	115.5
28	29	Margin Call		8					10	*									7	1																										5								*																							4	10					1								5																										9	6																												1					8				7																				8					5												4		7									8				10				4		23	114.0
29	32	Help, The					7			*	2									6		8																																																						*							10				*		5					2																7	*																6	4				9																														10		*							3						8																					*					10							1			22	111.0
30	24	Mysteries of Lisbon																																																		7												9																													4			3				1	6	7	2	3				3																																	1																								4		5								9			8													6											2											17	107.0
31	33	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II			3						10									8		3							*					7							7																7													10																					6												5																8		*					*									5	8			8																						1		10									4															3																10										22	102.5
32	35	50/50			2					*														5									1							2						6												4																																				3																8								3																												9		10																							7	9		2			6											9																									17	95.5
33	31	Skin I Live In, The		9								*																							8																			*												8	3								4	*	8																														9					*												*															6					10	3						9		9			4			8											9								9																						*													22	93.0
34	30	Rise of the Planet of the Apes																												5																	7			7							10	2									10															9															*																	3														10																9		5						*									6								5							10			7			8																						8			3			7			21	89.0
35	34	Nostalgia for the Light		5																																											1										9			3					4								7	10																										8	8				7	3																													7					10									10																			7		2																					8						*																18	83.5
36	42	Of Gods and Men	8									*					*				8					7																																																				1																								4													*															*	3				8																			2																																																									2		13	78.0
37	35	Win Win																											*	7											10					9									8																												5						10																									2				9								*																												7	3			10										10	9				6								7											10			8						4												20	75.0
37	41	Muppets, The						10								2																	2							5																		7									4																	8																																																												2																	4		3														10					2					10	10																									14	75.0
39	37	A Brighter Summer Day																																																																																											2						1	2	2	3		1		2																																																																																							1																				8	74.0
40	49	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close											*				*	5																																																				2													3						1																																																												4														1																																															2			9	70.0
41	46	Le Quattro Volte	5																		2					1																										2	2												9																																											5																																9											4																																																	*												7	11	69.5
42	38	Jayne Eyre																											*			4																	*					*	2																																								2	9																																		*								3																															8																																	3											11	68.0
43	39	Weekend																																														9					8															2												8						7				7							*																						10			8											*																		6									5									2																							8				10												8					16	67.0
43	39	Super 8																																																																																			2		*	4																																													*			5										10		6													9		5																			1																						6					6				12	67.0
46	47	Warrior						7									*										2			8						5							5																																																																		2																	*		8																									10				9																															7													5												13	64.0
45	48	Project Nim												6			*																	3	7																				3															7																																																								*													7																			6																																												4					3						11	64.0
47		Hanna					8							7				2									9							6	4			7	9																																																																						7																		3						*																						6																		9																												8												14	63.5
48	43	Le Havre																			7					9						1					8		7					10					*																10																																					6		10																																				3			2																																		4																													9							14	62.5
49		My Week with Marilyn				6				*												6								3																																																									*							4																	*																		2																																	9									9																				7																						11	58.5
50	44	Trip, The																																	2							4			*																																				8					8																										*																																			4																					8																6											4				9														11	57.0
		Contagion																	4			10								10																							9										8																							6																																																				4										8																																	6					8		8																	3				3				13	56.0
	45	Rango																																						9																								3		7																	6							10																		9															7													2												7							4																	8								8									10															9									14	55.0
		I Saw the Devil																					*		8										6								6																9				5													*												2																																																																																	6																										2																		10	55.0
		Attack the Block							6																5								6	8									9																										9	8																				5																																7			*																												8																															7																										5			13	54.5
	50	Future, The																																																			10																		6																																																			6																												1		*				9			1	4																						6				9																											10	52.5
		Into the Abyss															*																																					*	5					5																				7																																																																										6			3													3					7																																						9	52.0
		Incendies									3													10													4																																					3																																																															4																																			1																						4																	7		8	52.0
		Bill Cunningham New York				5																							*																				*											4			6																												1																																												4		5																																																																												8	52.0
		Guard, The																								10	5													8											8									9						3				5																																									*														*																																																																		4																						10	47.0
		13 Assassins											*												9											4															4																		2					9					9																																					*																													6																																																																				9	45.0
		Film Socialisme																																																																													3																						7	1	8					1																																										3																																																															6	43.0
		City of Life and Death																																																			5							1																																	8																																							2						5																																																																										4	6	41.0
		Coriolanus																																																				*																					7																																																	*																																											4								3																	1																					6	40.0
		Bellflower																10																	10													10		10																	9		6															2									10												10																																																4		8																			5																					10																		13	39.0
		Ides of March, The																															3													7												10																			5												10					7																						*											5																																																																																						8	35.5
		Buck	1											4																																																																																			*																		*																																																					4																																													5	35.0
		Another Earth					6													9				4																					*																																																																																																															3																																																					4				6	34.5
		Like Crazy														6																																																													10																																	10									4										5				*																					3																																																											7	33.5
		Carnage																																								8														5					3																																																																																																		3						7	8																	10																														7	33.0
		Adventures of Tintin																									10				8																									10																																																																		10			*										9																																				6				1									10					8																								10	32.5
		Source Code																																																								3															4																																																																									8																										10	9									4																							7								7	32.0
		Pina																			5																												*					*																																																																																																																			1																					7																							5	31.0
		Tabloid													2																																																															5													9																																9																																					6																																					*																6	29.5
		Mill and the Cross, The		6																						2																														6																																																																																																*																															7																														5	28.5
		Higher Ground																																													6																								5				7																																																																								5												5																																																						5	27.0
		Tuesday, After Christmas																																																												10																															9						7			10	6		6																																																																										6																																	8	8	26.0
		Captain America: The First Avenger																										6																																																*																																																				3																				4																																																																	4	25.5
		Submarine																																																																					8																																																																																							3	10																	2	7																																				5	25.0
		Rampart																																4																																																																																																																																4																											4										7														4	25.0
		Tyrannosaur																8																																																						7																																																																						6																																							8			2																													5	24.0
		X-Men: First Class																																																								1																											4																																																									8																																								7																															4	24.0
		Arbor, The																																																																																		10				8																			8																		*																										10						8																													5																						10					8	23.5
		Crazy Stupid Love																																																																																	4								4			6																																																																																																									8		10												5	23.0
		Pariah																					*	6																																																					9																																																																																					3																																																9			5	22.5
		Aurora																																																																													1																	4																																																																																																					*																3	22.5
		Cold Weather																																																																																																	10																																									8																																							3			3																															4	20.0
		We Were Here																																																	9																	3																																																													6																																																																																		6		4	20.0
		To Die Like a Man																																																																																														6								2																																																																																													*																3	19.5
		3																																											*								7																																																																																																																																												2																				3	18.5
		Kung Fu Panda 2																										4							9																																																																																								8		*																																																																																								4	17.5
		Blackthorn	7										*																																																																																																																																																															3																																									3	17.5
		Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey																																																																						10																																																																																				5																1																																									3	17.0
		Autobiography of Nicolae Caecescu																																																																																																									6																																													*																		5																																											3	16.5
		Anonymous											*														6																																																																																									*																																																																																																	3	16.0
		Tomboy																																																																																																1								5																																																																																																											2	16.0
		Miss Bala																																																																																																																																																							2																												4																																2	16.0
		Double Hour, The															*									6																																									6																																																																																																																																																		3	15.5
		Hell and Back Again																																				9																																																																																													6																																											8	6																																						4	15.0
		Terri																																																																								7				4																														10																																																				8																																																					4	15.0
		Troll Hunter																																																																															10				7																																																																																											3	9																																				4	15.0
		How to Die in Oregon																																																																5		3																																																																																																																																																	2	14.0
		El Sicario, Room 164																																																																																																10	6					4																																																																																																													3	13.0
		Cedar Rapids																															4																																																																																																				*																																																																																2	12.5
		Insidious																																																																																			1																																										10																												10																																																										3	12.0
		Detective Dee & the Mystery of the Phantom Flame																																																																													7																																																																																																																													3									2	12.0
		Extraordinary Stories																																																																																																			5			5																																																																																																													2	12.0
		In the Family																																																																																																		6		9				10																																																																									8																																		4	11.0
		Way, The												10													1																																																																																																																																																																																										2	11.0
		Time That Remains, The																																																																																																4									7																																																																																																										2	11.0
		Princess of Montpensier, The																																																																																																																																																						*																																													*																2	11.0
		Leap Year																																																																																																2								9																																																																																																											2	11.0
		J. Edgar																																																																																																														*																																																				*																																																	2	11.0
		A Better Life	9																																																																																																												*																																																			8																																																			3	10.5
		Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol				9																																				9																					9																																																																																																				8																																				10														5	10.0
		Putty Hill																																																																																																	5																																																			8																	10																																														3	10.0
		Petition																																																																																																				5																																																7																																																															2	10.0
		A Screaming Man																																													2																																																																																																							10																																																															2	10.0
		Adjustment Bureau, The																7																																																																			10									10																																																																																																																			8				4	9.0
		Fright Night													8																																																																																																																																																						5																																																2	9.0
		Winnie the Pooh																																																																				3																																																																													10																																																																		2	9.0
		Wise Kids, The																																																																												8																																																								*																																																																															2	8.5
		Senna																																																																																																9											10																																																																																												6												3	8.0
		Debt, The																																																																																																																														9																											5																																																										2	8.0
		Puss in Boots																																																																																			6																																										8																																																																																						2	8.0
		Beautiful Boy																																																																												9																																						*																																																																																																	2	7.5
		Kid with a Bike, The																														7																																										8																																																																																																																																											2	7.0
		Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawin Part I																																																								6																																																																																																							10																																																				2	6.0
		Last Lions, The														9																																																																																																																																																																																																	7				2	6.0
		In the Land of Milk and Honey																																																																																																																																																																										6									10																																2	6.0
		Elite Squad: The Enemy Within																																																																																								9								8																																																																																																																			2	5.0
		Soul Surfer																																																								8																																																																					9																																																																																						2	5.0
		Beaver, The																																																																																																																																																																																																											9					8			2	5.0
		Rubber																																								10																				7																																																																																																																																																							2	5.0
		Super																	9								8																																																																																																																																																																																										2	5.0
		Silver Bells																																																																																																																																																				9																													9																																		2	4.0
		Love Exposure													9																																																																																																																																																						9																																																2	4.0
		Into Eternity																																										9																																																																																																																																							10																																		2	3.0
		Lincoln Lawyer, The																																																					10			9																																																																																																																																																											2	3.0
		Tucker and Dale vs. Evil													10																																																																																																																																																				9																																																		2	3.0
																																																																																																																																																																																																																					0	0.0
One Vote Wonders
		House of Pleasures																																																												1																																																																																																																																																							1	10
		Once Upon a Time in Anatolia																																																																																																																																																																				1																																															1	10
		Everything Must Go																																																																																																																													1																																																																																						1	10
		Sky Turns, The																																																																																																																																																																								1																																											1	10
		Life in a Day																																																																																																																																																																	2																																																		1	9
		Secret Sunshine																																																																													2																																																																																																																																						1	9
		Daydream Nation																																												3																																																																																																																																																																							1	8
		Vengeance																																																																			3																																																																																																																																																1	8
		One Day																																																																																																																															3																																																																																				1	8
		Myth of the American Sleepover, The																																																																																																																																																																												3																																							1	8
		In a Better World																																			3																																																																																																																																																																																1	8
		I Want to See																																													3																																																																																																																																																																						1	8
		Historias Extraordinarias																																																																																																																																																																			3																																																1	8
		Flowers of War																																																						3																																																																																																																																																													1	8
		Goodbye, First Love																																																																													4																																																																																																																																						1	7
		Snow Flower and the Secret Fan																									4																																																																																																																																																																																										1	7
		Rebirth																																																																																																																																									4																																																																										1	7
		Pruitt-Igoe Myth																																													4																																																																																																																																																																						1	7
		Mildred Pierce																																																																4																																																																																																																																																			1	7
		Caf																																																																				4																																																																																																																																															1	7
		Inspector Bellamy	4																																																																																																																																																																																																																		1	7
		Point Blank																																																																																																																														5																																																																																					1	6
		Psychohydrography																													5																																																																																																																																																																																						1	6
		Seeking the Monkey King																																																																																														5																																																																																																																					1	6
		Take This Waltz																																																																																																																																																							5																																																												1	6
		Urbanized																																													5																																																																																																																																																																						1	6
		Water for Elephants																																																								5																																																																																																																																																											1	6
		No Strings Attached													5																																																																																																																																																																																																						1	6
		Neds																																																																																																																																																																														5																																					1	6
		Armadillo																																			5																																																																																																																																																																																1	6
		Carancho							5																																																																																																																																																																																																												1	6
		Circumstance																																				5																																																																																																																																																																															1	6
		Cowboys & Aliens																																																																																			5																																																																																																																																1	6
		Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life																																																																																																																																																																													5																																						1	6
		Little Big Soldier																								5																																																																																																																																																																																											1	6
		My Joy																																																																																											5																																																																																																																								1	6
		Without																					*																																																																																																																																																																																														1	5.5
		Summer Wars																																											*																																																																																																																																																																								1	5.5
		La Pivellina																																																																																																																																																						*																																																													1	5.5
		Incident, The																																																																																																																																				*																																																																															1	5.5
		Hedgehog, The																											*																																																																																																																																																																																								1	5.5
		First Grader, The																																											*																																																																																																																																																																								1	5.5
		Final Destination 5																																																																																																																																																						*																																																													1	5.5
		Clock, The																																																																																															*																																																																																																																				1	5.5
		35 Shots of Rum																																																																																																																																				*																																																																															1	5.5
		Another Year																																			6																																																																																																																																																																																1	5
		Polytechnique																																																																																																								6																																																																																																											1	5
		Strange Case of Angelica																																																																													6																																																																																																																																						1	5
		This is not a Film																																																																																													6																																																																																																																						1	5
		Viva Riva!																																																																	6																																																																																																																																																		1	5
		We Bought a Zoo																																																																																																																																																																																										6																									1	5
		World on a Wire																																																																		6																																																																																																																																																	1	5
		On the Bowery																																																																6																																																																																																																																																			1	5
		Names of Love, The																																																																									6																																																																																																																																										1	5
		Kinyarwanda																																																																																																																																																																																																												6							1	5
		A Useful Life																																																																																																6																																																																																																																			1	5
		Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer																																																																												6																																																																																																																																							1	5
		Dolphin Tale																																																																																																																														6																																																																																					1	5
		Gnomeo and Juliet																																																																																																																																																																			6																																																1	5
		Go Go Tales																																																																																																										6																																																																																																									1	5
		Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench																																																																																																																																																																																																		6																	1	5
		Illusionist, The																																																																																																																																					6																																																																														1	5
		Kill List																																																																																																											6																																																																																																								1	5
		King's Speech, The																																																																																																																																																																														6																																					1	5
		Whistleblower, The																																																																											7																																																																																																																																								1	4
		Road to Nowhere																																																														7																																																																																																																																																					1	4
		Mouth of the Wolf																																																																																																7																																																																																																																			1	4
		Strongman																																																																																																																																																																								7																																											1	4
		Living in the Material World																																																																																																																7																																																																																																			1	4
		Impolex																																																																																																																																																																																															7																				1	4
		Elephant in the Living Room, The																																																																												7																																																																																																																																							1	4
		Devil's Double																																																																																																																																																																																									7																										1	4
		127 Hours																																																																																																																																																																														7																																					1	4
		Target																																																																													8																																																																																																																																						1	3
		We Have a Pope																																																						8																																																																																																																																																													1	3
		inheritors, The																																																																																																				8																																																																																																															1	3
		Hesher																								8																																																																																																																																																																																											1	3
		Foreign Parts																																																																																																							8																																																																																																												1	3
		Bad Teacher																																																																																																																																																																			8																																																1	3
		Black Swan																																																																																																																																																																														8																																					1	3
		Born to be Wild 3D																																																																																			8																																																																																																																																1	3
		Butcher, the Chef and The Swordsman, The																																				8																																																																																																																																																																															1	3
		Crime After Crime																																																																																																																																																	8																																																																		1	3
		Dragonslayer																																																																																																																																																																																															8																				1	3
		Winter in Wartime																																			9																																																																																																																																																																																1	2
		Thor																															9																																																																																																																																																																																				1	2
		Roadie																																																																																																																																																	9																																																																		1	2
		Rejoice and Shout																																																																																																																																																								9																																																											1	2
		Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune																																																																																																																																																																																													9																						1	2
		Other F Word, The																																																																																																																																																									9																																																										1	2
		Music Never Stopped, The																																																																																			9																																																																																																																																1	2
		Iron Lady, The																																																																																																																																																		9																																																																	1	2
		Horrible Bosses																																9																																																																																																																																																																																			1	2
		General Orders No. 9																													9																																																																																																																																																																																						1	2
		Flowers of Evil																																																																																													9																																																																																																																						1	2
		Another Happy Day																												9																																																																																																																																																																																							1	2
		Primitive																																																																																																																																																																																															10																				1	1
		Red State																																									10																																																																																																																																																																										1	1
		Sucker Punch																																																																																																																																															10																																																																				1	1
		Surviving Progress																																																																					10																																																																																																																																														1	1
		Three Musketeers, The																																																																																																					10																																																																																																														1	1
		Thunder Soul																																																																																						10																																																																																																																													1	1
		United Red Army																																																																																														10																																																																																																																					1	1
		Love Crime																																																																																																																															10																																																																																				1	1
		Limitless																										10																																																																																																																																																																																									1	1
		Inni																																																																																																									10																																																																																																										1	1
		Hobo with a Shotgun																																10																																																																																																																																																																																			1	1
		Heartbeats																																																																																									10																																																																																																																										1	1
		Fast Five																																																																																																																																																																																																										10									1	1
		Conan O'Brien Can't Stop																																						10																																																																																																																																																																													1	1
		Bang Bang Club, The																																			10																																																																																																																																																																																1	1
		And Everything is Going Fine																																																																													10																																																																																																																																						1	1
		Albert Nobbs																																																																																																																																						10																																																																													1	1

Tags: 2011 Top Tens, Best Films of 2011, Best Movies of 2011, Top Ten Films 2011, Top Ten Movies 2011
Posted in Awards Update, Awards Watch, MCN Originals, Movie City News, The Top Tens | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Mal Vincent

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Mal Vincent
Virginian-Pilot

50/50
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Margin Call
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
War Horse

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Peter Martin

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Peter Martin
Twitch

Top 10 – Released in the US

Take Shelter
A Separation
Shame
Drive
Carancho
Attack the Block
The Tree of Life
Young Adult
The Descendants
Margin Call

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Stephen Bradley

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Stephen Bradley
Washington Times

Drive
Shame
Beginners
The Artist
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Warrior
Midnight in Paris
The Descendants
The Muppets

Tags: 2011 Top Tens, Top Ten Films 2011, Top Ten Movies 2011
Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Gene Triplett

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Gene Triplett
The Oklahoman

Drive
The Descendants
Take Shelter
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Another Earth
The Help
Hanna
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Susan Tavernetti

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Online

The Artist
Poetry
The Descendants
Melancholia
Bill Cunningham New York
My Week with Marilyn
War Horse
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Hugo

Tags: Top Ten Movies 2011
Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Tyler Hanley

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Online

Hugo
50/50
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Descendants
Moneyball
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
The Artist
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bridesmaids

Tags: Top Ten Films 2011
Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Peter Canavese

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Peter Canavese
Palo Alto Online

The Tree of Life
Certified Copy
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nostalgia for the Light
The Mill and the Cross
The Interrupters
Margin Call
The Skin I Live In
The Artist

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Keith Cohen

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Keith Cohen
Entertainment Spectrum

1. Hugo
2. The Help
3. Incendies
4. Moneyball
5. The Descendants
6. Beginners
7. Midnight in Paris
8. The Artist
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part II

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

Critics Top Ten List 2011: Carol Hemphill

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Carol Hemphill
West End Word

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Drive
Meek’s Cutoff
Melancholia
Of Gods and Men
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
The Tree of Life

Posted in Awards Watch, The Top Tens - Critics Pages | No Comments »

see all »

MT @JasonCritic: Seem to have awoken with hangover, the last thing one needs when soon interviewing Michael Haneke. In French. #cannes2012

RT @theBDR: Jon Voight's accent in Anaconda is one of the greatest things ever captured on celluloid.

MT @JonathanRomney: Last night's dinner: largely comprised of bafflement over Kiarostami (and griping about damp socks). #cannes2012

RT @alaindebotton: It's now impossible to write a sentence that won't offend someone.

RT @guyadams: John Travolta could make so many problems go away by simply refusing to hire masseurs called John Doe

see all »

Trailering Bond 23: Hello Roger Deakins! - MCN Indie

“The Hunt” Hits The Bullseye At Cannes - The Hot Blog

SIFF 2012: Opening Weekend Preview - Film Essent

Tolerance and Lines in the Sand - Film Essent

Cannes iPhone Review: Rust & Bone - The Hot Blog

Quote Unquotesee all »

“I’m in Locarno, my movie is premiering for 1,000 people, which is nuts. A huge-ass screening, second day of the festival, 7:30pm in the sidebar competition. It’s comparable to Un Certain Regard or Director’s Fortnight. Every movie I saw in that section was fun, brilliant movies from around the world. The main competition was like Aza Jacobs and Mia Hansen-Løve, people who have been around. And I was like, “This is crazy. What am I doing inside the bloodstream of this establishment? I’m 27. I don’t belong here.” Every person I talked to there couldn’t believe what the movie cost, and then couldn’t believe when I told them what other American movies cost. We were the cheapest movie there by 65%. The next cheapest movie cost I think three times as much as we did. And they were just like, “You can’t make movies for what you’re telling us your movie cost.” And I told them, “Well, I can, I’m here, I’m in the same section as you are, so you are wrong. People think I’m lying when I tell them my budget. And also everyone likes it. I’m having a great time and people are being very responsive. Maurice Pialat’s widow was like, “I heard your movie’s good, I want a copy of it.” I’m like, “Well this is f**kin’ crazy.” Pedro Costa saw it there and really liked it and I’m like, What am I doing? I had gone in two months from screening at BAM for a lot of friends to Pedro Costa? This is the exact sentence: “Pedro Costa saw your movie. He’s a huge Jerry Lewis fan. He wants to talk to you about your movie and also Jerry Lewis.” And I thought, “I’m out of my element. I cannot have that conversation because that’s ridiculous.” Because his retrospective was happening at Anthology when I worked at Kim’s, and his Criterion box set came out when I was working at Kim’s. He can’t want to talk to me. That’s not possible. That’s not allowed. There is no world where that makes any sense!” Or like when you wrote me to say that David Gordon Green wrote you to say, “I’m watching The Color Wheel and then I’m going to see Tree of Life.” There is no world where this is allowed! Again, somebody whose DVDs I was putting on the shelf, as, like, a hero. And it’s just like, “Oh, I’ll watch this movie.” There’s just a very fuzzy area in the middle there and it happened very quickly and I don’t understand why. I still have a voice-mail from Sean [Price Williams, cinematographer]. I wish he was here to talk about it, but the voice-mail is a long pause and he’s just like, “I don’t want to tell you this, because it’s gonna make you so insufferable. I hate having to tell you this, but Leos Carax watched your movie and he really loves it, and he wants to meet you when he comes to New York.” I can’t live in a world where Leos Carax knows who I am, watches my movie, likes it, and thinks, “I wanna meet that guy.”
~ It’s Alex Ross Perry’s World

“I don’t know. It’s been a lot harder than I thought it was going to be to make the films I really dream of making. I was in Italy a few years ago scouting for this very beautiful film I wanted to make with Richard Linklater. We worked really hard on the script for a couple of years and couldn’t get the money together. It was an expensive idea. It’s heartbreaking when that happens over and over again and then the movies that do get made are ones that have lots of women being beaten up or zombies being killed. It’s all fine, it’s all okay, but it’s hard. I remember when River Phoenix died, he was ahead of me on this curve. He kind of realized how hard it was to make serious movies. People like Sidney Lumet figured out how to walk that line, but it’s hard. And it requires patience. It’s a life’s work and I wonder if I’m up to the task.”
~ Weary, Wary Ethan Hawke

Author Archive

The Critics

Movie Goers: The Box Office Score

210 Critics - 252 Films

Quote Unquotesee all »