THE LIMEY d: Steven Soderbergh

The Limey (1999)
Direction: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay: Lem Dobbs
Cast: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt, Amelia Heinle, Melissa George

 

 
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 so-called crime drama The Limey is easily the best Soderbergh effort I’ve seen. That’s partly due to the innovative narrative structure, which makes all but the last few minutes of this great film a flashback. The rest is due to an excellent script by Lem Dobbs, whose other great success came a year earlier, in Alex Proyas’ sci-fi thriller Dark City. Both films, despite their apparent differences, are acutely focused on human memory and [...]

by Dan Schneider | May 4, 2009   
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Empire Awards 2009

2009 Empire Awards
2009 Empire Award winners: March 29, 2009
 

The Jameson Empire Award winners are chosen by Empire magazine readers.

 
Best Film: The Dark Knight
Best British Film: RocknRolla
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
Best Newcomer: Gemma Arterton, Quantum of Solace
Best Comedy: Son of Rambow
Best Horror: Eden Lake
Best Thriller: Quantum of Solace
Best Sci-Fi / Superhero: Wanted
Best Soundtrack: Mamma Mia!
Done in 60 Seconds Award: Jerry Maguire
Actor of Our Lifetime: Russell Crowe
Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Danny Boyle
Empire Icon: Viggo Mortensen
 
Empire Awards Site
Empire Awards: 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 
Tiburon Film Festival Awards 2009
Boston Underground Film Festival Awards 2009
Canadian Walk of Fame Nominations Contest
Oscar 2010 Dates
SXSW Film Festival Awards 2009

by Deborah Arthur | March 31, 2009   
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DGA Awards 2009

2009 Directors Guild Awards
2009 DGA feature film nominations: January 8, 2009. Documentary and television nominations: January 9, 2009
2009 DGA award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, January 31, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Following his DGA win, Danny Boyle is the odds-on favorite to win the best director Academy Award. In fact, Boyle has been the odds-on favorite for quite some time. In any case, since the DGA Awards’ inception in 1949 only eight times has the DGA winner failed to win the best director Oscar. (Actually, more like six times as there was some overlapping in the 1948-49 selections. Check out the DGA Awards/the Oscars.) Slumdog Millionaire has also won the Producers Guild Award.
 

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by Deborah Arthur | January 31, 2009   
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Online Film Critics Awards 2009

2009 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2009 Online Film Critics Society award winners: Jan. 19, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

WALL-E by Andrew Stanton
 

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
The Wrestler
BEST FOREIGN FILM
A Christmas Tale
The Counterfeiters
I’ve Loved You So Long
* Let the Right One In
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
* Man On Wire
My Winnipeg
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who
Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
BEST ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, Che
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
[...]

by Deborah Arthur | January 19, 2009   
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Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Director, Screenplay

Danny Boyle

BEST DIRECTION
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
All the nominees match the films found in the best picture list — something that is less common than one might think. Fincher has been getting plenty of recognition from critics’ and other groups, which makes me believe that, despite some unenthusiastic reviews for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, he’ll land a best director nomination come next January.
Doubt director John Patrick Shanley will have to be content with a screenwriting nod.
Runners-up: Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky), who may pull off another Vera Drake upset and take Ron Howard’s place; Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road); the idolized Clint Eastwood (Gran [...]

by Andre Soares | December 24, 2008   
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Austin Film Critics Awards 2009

2008 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: December 16, 2008
 

Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
 

Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Top 10 Films:

Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
WALL-E
Frost/Nixon
Let the Right One In

Gran Torino

Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary Film: Man on Wire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay: Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Dark Knight, Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Best Cinematography: The Fall, Colin Watkinson
Best Original Score: The Dark Knight, James [...]

by Deborah Arthur | December 16, 2008   
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