Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Picture – Drama
2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Picture – Drama
The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow; scr: Mark Boal
A US Army elite unit disarms bombs in Iraq.
Invictus (above, with Matt Damon), d: Clint Eastwood; scr: Anthony Peckham
Newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela campaigns to stage the Rugby World Cup in South Africa so as to unite blacks and whites.
The Last Station (above, with Helen Mirren, James McAvoy), d & scr: Michael Hoffman
Leo Tolstoy’s family life is upended by the writer’s radical politics.
The Lovely Bones (above, with Saoirse Ronan), Peter Jackson; scr: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
A murdered girl sees the world, chiefly her small Pennsylvania town, from up above.
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, d: Lee Daniels; scr: [...]
by Andre Soares | November 20, 2009
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Tags: Clint Eastwood, Film Awards, Golden Globe Predictions, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2010, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Invictus, Matt Damon, Peter Jackson, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, The Hurt Locker, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones
Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Director
BEST DIRECTOR
The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson (above, with Saoirse Ronan)
A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman (above, with George Clooney)
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke
In all honesty, I don’t know who the hell will get a best direction nod this year — though I’m pretty sure it’ll be five of the ten directors listed in my "tentative" 2010 best picture Oscar list.
For the record, the other five not listed above are: Lone Scherfig for An Education; Grant Heslov for The Men Who Stare at Goats; Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire; Steven Soderbergh for The Informant!, and Rob Marshall for Nine.
Unless, of course, Jane Campion manages to [...]
by Andre Soares | October 12, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, 2010 Oscar Predictions, A Serious Man, Academy Awards, Jane Campion, Jason Reitman, Joel and Ethan Coen, Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Haneke, Peter Jackson, The Hurt Locker, The Lovely Bones, The White Ribbon, Up in the Air
KING KONG – Naomi Watts – d: Peter Jackson
King Kong (2005)
Direction: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson; from Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace’s story for the 1933 film
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Craig Hall, Evan Parke
The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson’s King Kong is that, despite all the p.r. regarding Jackson’s fascination with the Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933 horror classic, this latest remake is considerably closer in spirit — or lack thereof — to the 1976 Dino De Laurentiis production, with (heavy) touches of Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark thrown in. In other words, the new King Kong is very much the sort of adventure [...]
by Andre Soares | December 30, 2005
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Tags: Adrien Brody, Adventure Movies, Andy Serkis, Film Reviews, Jack Black, Jamie Bell, King Kong, Naomi Watts, Oscar 2005, Oscar Movies, Peter Jackson
