Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Actor – Drama

2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actor – Drama

Colin Firth, A Single Man
In 1960s Los Angeles, a gay college professor wants to end his life after learning that his lover has died in an accident.

Morgan Freeman, Invictus
By staging the Rugby World Cup in South Africa, Nelson Mandela attempts to unite black and white South Africans.

James McAvoy (above, with Paul Giamatti), The Last Station
Leo Tolstoy’s secretary and follower tries to reconcile reality with his idol’s radical ideology.

Viggo Mortensen, The Road
A man and his son struggle to survive in a cold, brutal post-apocalyptic world.

Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds
A ruthless Jewish-American guerrilla leader wants to kill as many Nazi officers as possible.

Stars are what matter. For every Golden Globe-nominated Djimon Hounsou there are [...]

Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Alfred Molina, An Education (with Cara Seymour, Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard)
An overprotective father worries about his wayward daughter in 1960s London.

Christopher Plummer, The Last Station (with Helen Mirren)
Initially touted as a potential best actor contender, Plummer is getting the supporting treatment for his performance as the elderly Leo Tolstoy. In that category, the veteran actor has a much better chance of landing a nomination. (James McAvoy, formerly in this list for his role in The Last Station, is now in the Oscar 2010 best actor race.)

Paul Schneider, Bright Star
John Keats‘ not too sympathetic best friend Charles Armitage Brown.

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Apparently, nothing lovely about Tucci in this one.

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (with Diane Kruger)
Nazi [...]

THE FINAL DESTINATION Tops Box Office

New Line Cinema’s The Final Destination slashed its competition at the North American box office, as the horror sequel took the No. 1 spot with a solid $28.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The David R. Ellis-directed fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than its predecessors, scoring an average of $9,079 per theater at 3,121 locations. The Final Destination is currently playing in both 3D and standard format.

Last week’s winner, Inglourious Basterds, slipped to No. 2, fending off Rob Zombie’s new entry Halloween II. Starring Brad Pitt (above), Quentin Tarantino’ World War II drama delivered another strong performance at the box office, earning [...]

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Tops Box Office

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds stormed the North American box office, securing the No. 1 spot this weekend with an estimated $37.6 million in ticket sales, the biggest opening ever for a Tarantino film.
Inglourious Basterds was screened at 3,165 locations, scoring a solid average of $11,881 per theater. In the R-rated WWII drama, Brad Pitt stars as Lt. Aldo Raine, who assembles a gang of Jewish soldiers making it their mission to kill every Nazi they encounter on their way to Paris.

At No. 2, Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi action thriller District 9 delivered another strong performance, bagging $18.9 million for a domestic total of $73.4 million after only a little more than one [...]

Cannes 2009: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds

Richard Corliss/Mary Corliss in Time:
"… Inglourious Basterds — first word as in "glower," second as in "turds" — is an alternative history of World War II from the writer-director of Pulp Fiction, the Palme d’Or winner 15 years ago. As with all of his recent work — the two Kill Bill movies and Death Proof — Basterds draws portraits of strong women facing down evil men; and in Shoshanna (Mélanie Laurent) and Third Reich screen star Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) he’s created two of his fullest female portraits. But Basterds is long and, for the hypercharged auteur, surprisingly wan. It has to be declared a misfire."
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J. Hoberman in The Village Voice:
"So what is [...]

Cannes 2009: Palme d’Or Line-Up II

Cannes Film Festival 2009: Competition Line-Up
Palme d’Or Line-Up: Part I
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Looking for Eric, Ken Loach, UK

Kinatay, Brillante Mendoza, Philippines

Visage (Face), Tsai Ming-liang, France/Taiwan

Soudain le vide (Enter the Void), Gaspar Noé, France

The Time that Remains, Elia Suleiman, Palestine

Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino, USA

Vengeance, Johnnie To, France/Hong Kong

Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Denmark

Les herbes folles (Wild Grass), Alain Resnais, France

Spring Fever, Lou Ye, China