Awards Update
Gurus o’ Gold: The Last Gasp
The Gurus make their final calls this week in two ways. First, there is a chart of categories that are the most likely to end up in Oscar night upsets.
And then, specific changes in specific races by specific Gurus. Some made as many as four changes, some made none. Many of the changes brought outlying picks into conformity with the rest of the group. A few went against the grain. But all of the categories in which changes have been made are listed.
Here is the full list of the Final Gurus Predictions
Here are last week’s final charts for your perusal as well.
Have a great Oscar night. The Gurus know you will.
Read the full article »6 Days To Oscar: You Might Be An Asshole If…
YOU MIGHT BE AN OSCAR ASSHOLE IF… you write about how this filmmaker or that filmmaker was too busy chasing Oscar to make the movie they should have made.
As someone who actually has fairly lengthy conversations with almost every filmmaker who has made an Oscar nominated picture in the last five years or more, I am particularly conscious how stupid and self-serving this notion is.
Read the full article »9 Days to Oscar: In Memoriam
Voting closes Tuesday… but the die is pretty much cast at this point.
In the 9 days to come, there will be plenty of conversation about the nominees and who should or should not win. But at this moment in the season, I find myself thinking about the ones that got left behind.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Picking The Winners (Pt 1 of 2)
And now, The Gurus offer their (nearly) final word on the season. One Guru, One Vote.
And for the most part, there is strong consensus or unanimity in almost every category. If you’re looking for the swing vote in your Oscar poll, it’s probably in the 4 seriously contended categories: Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Costume, and Doc Short.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Top 2in’ It (Pt 2 of 2)
The Gurus are now locked into their Top 2 in all Oscar award except for the 3 Shorts categories.
In these 10 categories today, the Gurus have Hugo taking 5 statues home. That would make Hugo the film with the most Oscar wins this season… though with 4 projected wins (Picture, Actor, Director, Score), some would say that The Artist was winning the war.
Read the full article »17 Days To Oscar: A Thin Line Between Win & Lose
When an Academy member, just like any other kid in high school, tells their friends whom they voted for, they want to feel good about defending their choice. Fair or not, Melissa McCarthy is “the one who shit in the sink” this year. They may have laughed their colostomy bags off when they saw the film and most voters feel good about Ms McCarthy getting nominated. But when it comes down to bestowing the gold, shit in the pie in the name of dignity will win out over shit in the sink caused by bad Mexican food every time.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Top 2in’ It (Pt 1 of 2)
Who/What are the Top Two in each category of the Oscars, now just 18 short days away?
The Gurus are in lockstep on 5 of the winners-to-be right now and in 1 of those categories, there is 100% agreement on the #1 and the #2 candidate. The blurriest categories, based on these votes, are Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Read the full article »DP/30: New Acting Nominee Interviews
New on DP/30 this week:
Best Actress Nominee
Michelle Williams
Best Actor Nominees
Gary Oldman
Demian Bichir
The Gronvall Files: Asghar Farhadi, writer/director of A Separation
Asghar Farhadi: When I have an image in mind, this image makes me keep returning to my past. I go into my memories, and I start selecting here and there, putting them together. Simultaneously with this process of assembling memories, the characters are being born. And at the same time, the story also starts developing. It’s very difficult for me to describe my process. I’m not really aware of what’s going on, really, as I’m thinking. Many things happen in an unconscious way.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: 1st Ranking Of Oscar Nominees In All Categories (Pt 2 of 2)
As they offer 13 more Oscar categories (everything but shorts), The Gurus are predicting that The Artist will win three big prizes on Oscar night… but Hugo will dominate the evening with 5 Oscar wins. Is it likely that Best Picture, Director, and Score will stand alone?
Can The Help score Best Actress and Supporting Actress and nothing else?
These and more questions… as The Gurus turn.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: 1st Ranking Of Oscar Nominees In All Categories (Pt 1 of 2)
The Gurus have their first group of post-nomination projections. (The other categories will be published tomorrow.) There is a tie at the top of one category, and two categories out of these 8 that are unanimous.
Read the full article »The Oscar Nominations
“And to the Academy: “You don’t like me. You really don’t like me.” - tweeted Albert Brooks on his non-nomination
The full list of nominations:
Full List of Nominations
Nominations by Picture
Sidebar
Nominee Reactions
Gurus o’ Gold: Post-Globes/Pre-Oscar Nominations
It’s all over but the nominations announcement. And then we start again.
A lot has changed in the last few months. But the battles at the tops of the charts will look pretty familiar. Perhaps the biggest change in this week’s charts – all 8 of the “top” categories – is Scorsese, who was not named by a single Guru in their Top 6 a couple of months ago and is now… well, you’ll see.
The Gurus also offer an opinion about who might have benefited from their Golden Globes appearance.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Welcome To 2012
The Gurus are back for 2012… and in this special edition, the latest Best Picture chart (the Gurus welcome some more women into the Top Ten)… and a guess at the DGA nominations that are coming tomorrow morning. Better late foresight than hindsight!
Read the full article »The Best of 2011: Critics, Awards and Box Office
The Best of 2011 from two points of view – the critics who bestow awards and rank the best of the year. And Movie Goers – while box office doesn’t determine quality, it’s a measure of what the audience is willing to lay down (big) bucks to see.
Read the full article »The Top Tens of 2011: 210 Lists And Counting
The top 20 stay the top 20, but Drive has moved around The Artist into the third position. The Tree of Life is too far out in front to chase, but overtaking The Descendants may still be possible.
See the individual Top Ten lists here.
Read the full article »The Top Tens: Updated January 2
There’s little movement among the top ten, but further down the list, We Need to Talk About Kevin moves into the Top 20. 50/50 climbs nine spots, Warrior fights into the top 50 and The Muppets continue their steady rise up the chart.
See the individual Top Ten lists here.
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