Toronto 2009: UP IN THE AIR, YOUNG VICTORIA, Israel Controversy
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Nomi Morris on Up in the Air in GlobalPost, via The Huffington Post:
"This year, the film that has generated the greatest buzz is Up in the Air, the latest by [Jason] Reitman, director of the hits Juno and Thank You for Smoking, and son of Hollywood director Ivan Reitman (Ghost Busters). Up in the Air stars [George] Clooney as a "termination engineer," who has no home life outside of his job, jetting around the country helping American companies fire people. Both funny and sad, the film examines a society where frequent flier points become a substitute for family attachments. Reitman used documentary footage of 25 real people who had lost their jobs in Detroit [...]
by Anna Robinson | September 18, 2009
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Tags: Capitalism: A Love Story, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Jason Reitman, Michael Moore, Politics, Toronto 2009, Toronto Film Festival, Up in the Air, Young Victoria
FAST & FURIOUS Races to the Top of the Box Office
Fast & Furious easily outraced its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a stunning $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the lead roles proved to be quite lucrative, as the fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than any of its three predecessors.
Also doing pretty well was DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens, which took home another $33.5 million for a domestic total of $105.7 million after only two weeks in release.
At No. 3, The Haunting in Connecticut pulled in $9.5 million, reaching a total gross of $37.2 million. [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 5, 2009
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Tags: 12 Rounds, Adventureland, Amy Adams, Box Office, Clive Owen, Duplicity, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Fast and Furious, I Love You Man, Jason Segel, John Cena, Julia Roberts, Knowing, Kristen Stewart, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicolas Cage, Paul Rudd, Race to Witch Mountain, Sunshine Cleaning, The Haunting in Connecticut, Virginia Madsen
London Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: December 14, 2006
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Film of the Year
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Volver
* United 93
The Queen
The Attenborough Award for Best British Film
Children of Men
* The Queen
Red Road
The Last King of Scotland
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
Black Book
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Child
Pan’s Labyrinth
* Volver
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
* Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best British director
Andrea Arnold, Red Road
* Stephen Frears, The Queen
Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Kevin Macdonald, The Last King of Scotland
Ken Loach, The Wind That [...]
by Andre Soares | February 8, 2007
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Tags: Emily Blunt, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, London Film Critics Awards, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Paul Greengrass, Stephen Frears, The Queen, Toby Jones, United 93, Volver
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Awards and Nominations
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada
Unless otherwise stated, all awards/nominations for The Devil Wears Prada are for the year 2006.
Academy Awards: 2 nominations (best actress, Meryl Streep; best costume design, Patricia Field)
American Cinema Editors: 1 nomination (best edited feature film, comedy or musical, Mark Livolsi)
Boston Society of Film Critics: Runner-up for best supporting actress (Meryl Streep)
British Academy Awards: 6 nominations (best actress, Meryl Streep; best supporting actress, Emily Blunt; best adapted screenplay, Aline Brosh McKenna; best costume design, Patricia Field; best makeup and hair; rising star, Emily Blunt)
Broadcast Film Critics Association: 2 nominations (best actress, Meryl Streep; best comedy)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association: Runner-up for best actress (Meryl Streep)
Chicago Film Critics Association: 1 nomination (best actress, Meryl [...]
by Andre Soares | January 21, 2007
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Film Awards, Meryl Streep, Patricia Field, The Devil Wears Prada
