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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Up in the Air</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/up-in-the-air/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>THE TOWN, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, BLACK SWAN: SAG Awards 2010 Best Ensemble Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-town-the-social-network-black-swan-sag-awards-best-ensemble/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-town-the-social-network-black-swan-sag-awards-best-ensemble/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:35:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25761</guid> <description><![CDATA[Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Wasikowska, Mark Ruffalo in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman: SAG Awards 2010 Best Actress Predictions Predictions for the Best Ensemble (or Best Cast) category at the 2010 SAG Awards: Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Town. Other possibilities: Fair Game, The Fighter, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-town-the-social-network-black-swan-sag-awards-best-ensemble/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BAFTA 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21137</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) BEST FILM Avatar – James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer * The Hurt Locker – Nominees TBC Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Up In the Air – Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, UP IN THE AIR: WGA Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:30:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22182</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (top); Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (bottom) The Writers Guild of America came up with some pretty shocking choices at their 2010 awards held this evening: Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) for best original screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's Up in the Air (directed by Reitman) for best adapted screenplay, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CRAZY HEART: Oscar Nominations Box-Office Effect</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22012</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart It's hard to tell if the Academy Award nominations have done much for most of the nominated films. Several Oscar nominees had a minor box-office increase the day the nominations were announced and smaller ones on the following day or so, but with perhaps four or five exceptions &#8212; The Blind Side, A Single Man, An Education, Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, Scott Cooper, Mark Boal at WGA Panel</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/james-cameron-scott-cooper-mark-boal-87665/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/james-cameron-scott-cooper-mark-boal-87665/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:45:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21887</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney in Up in the Air The Writers Guild of America's &#34;Beyond Words&#34; panel will be held at the Writers Guild Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, two days before the announcement of the 2010 WGA Awards. Confirmed panelists include: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker), James Cameron (Avatar), Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/james-cameron-scott-cooper-mark-boal-87665/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR Wins Scripter Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-scripter-award-77654/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-scripter-award-77654/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:29:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21790</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, and author Walter Kirn won USC's 2010 Scripter Award for the socially conscious comedy drama Up in the Air this past Saturday. The Scripter Award goes both to the screenwriter(s) of an adapted screenplay from a literary work and to the author of the source material. Directed by Reitman, and starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick, Up in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-scripter-award-77654/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Oscar Nominations Help Only a Little</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:21:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21646</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (Ralph Nelson / Warner Bros.) (middle); Meryl Streep, Steve Martin in It's Complicated (Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal) (bottom) On Tuesday, James Cameron’s Avatar once again topped the North American box-office chart, with $2.688m, a minuscule 0.4 percent drop from the day [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Best Picture Nominees Box Office Grosses</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:48:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21599</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); Carey Mulligan in An Education (bottom) To shore up the Oscar ceremony's dwindling television audience, the Academy wanted bigger fare at the 2010 Oscars. So, they expanded the Best Picture category to include ten films, hoping that some blockbuster or other would get a nomination. Indeed, it's true that several of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER Lead the Pack</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:15:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21542</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar (top) and The Hurt Locker (above, lower photo, with Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie) are the leaders at the 2010 Academy Awards. James Cameron's sci-fi adventure and Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama received nine nominations apiece, including best picture, best director, and best original screenplay. Curiously, Cameron and Bigelow were married for a couple of years about two decades ago. The other best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions: Best Film Editing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:19:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21527</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160;2010 Oscar Predictions Best Film Editing Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Up in the Air Other possibilities: (500) Days of Summer, Star Trek, Nine, Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Cove, Julie &#38; Julia, It's Complicated. Not every American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award nominee will get a matching Academy Award nomination &#8212; even if only because the Eddies have many more motion-picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Adapted Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell An Education, Nick Hornby Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Other possibilities: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, In the Loop; Nora Ephron, Julie &#38; Julia; Anthony [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21387</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Picture Avatar (Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington), James Cameron Broken Embraces (Penelope Cruz), Pedro Almodóvar District 9, Neill Blomkamp An Education (Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard), Lone Scherfig The Hurt Locker (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie), Kathryn Bigelow Inglourious Basterds (Melanie Laurent), Quentin Tarantino Nine (Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren), Rob Marshall Precious (Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Drew Barrymore: SAG Awards 2010 Highlight</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/drew-barrymore-sag-awards-2010-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/drew-barrymore-sag-awards-2010-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:20:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21244</guid> <description><![CDATA[Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens (HBO) In addition to Betty White's and Sandra Bullock's speeches, another highlight at the SAG Awards ceremony was much less polished though quite memorable nevertheless. That was when a breathless Drew Barrymore stuttered her way while trying to come up with something coherent to say during her acceptance speech. Barrymore had just been named best actress in a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/drew-barrymore-sag-awards-2010-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SAG Awards 2010 Prediction: George Clooney, Best Actor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-george-clooney-best-actor-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-george-clooney-best-actor-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:17:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19952</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 SAG Award Predictions Best Actor George Clooney (with Anna Kendrick), Up in the Air Why George Clooney? Reason #1: He is George Clooney, a well-liked, well-respected actor who has often used his name to push projects that have something say, e.g., Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck., The Men Who Stare at Goats, and most recently Jason Reitman's dramatic comedy Up in the Air, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-george-clooney-best-actor-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: #1 Tuesday; THE BOOK OF ELI, THE LOVELY BONES #2,3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-the-lovely-bones-781/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-the-lovely-bones-781/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21115</guid> <description><![CDATA[With $4.1 million on Tuesday, Jan. 19, Avatar continues to lead the domestic box office, according to estimates found at Box Office Mojo. James Cameron's sci-fi epic had a relatively modest 17 percent drop when compared to the previous Tuesday. It's a little unclear whether the Golden Globes have made any impact at the film's box office take; Monday's $11+ million figures could have been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-the-lovely-bones-781/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Golden Globes Predictions: Final List</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:39:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20932</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment); James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast later this evening, January 17, on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Critics Choice Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/critics-choice-awards-2010-765/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/critics-choice-awards-2010-765/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:40:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19533</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Critics Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association's 2010 Critics Choice Award nominations: Dec. 14, 2009 2010 Critics' Choice winners: Hollywood Palladium, Jan. 15, 2010 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) &#160; BEST PICTURE Avatar An Education * The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious A Serious Man Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/critics-choice-awards-2010-765/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bradley Cooper, Heather Graham, and the HANGOVER Q&amp;A: Critics Choice Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bradley-cooper-heather-graham-the-hangover-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bradley-cooper-heather-graham-the-hangover-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20846</guid> <description><![CDATA[Upon accepting his best adapted screenplay Critics Choice Award for Up in the Air (shared with Sheldon Turner), writer-director Jason Reitman remarked, &#34;George [Clooney] is a brilliant writer and director &#8230; and I'm a better writer and director because of him.&#34; Too bad Clooney and Reitman didn't write the dialogue and direct the performances of Todd Phillips and his The Hangover cast at a q&#38;a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bradley-cooper-heather-graham-the-hangover-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: Crosses $450 Million Mark</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-450-million/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-450-million/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:16:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20835</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar grossed $4.698 million on Thursday, Jan. 14, as per Box Office Mojo. Compared to Wednesday, the film's take dropped by a mere 0.9 percent. After 28 days out, James Cameron's sci-fier has amassed $450.4 million at the domestic box office. As reported yesterday, Avatar is currently #4 on Box Office Mojo's all-time domestic box-office chart (not adjusted for inflation or higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-450-million/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Clooney, MTV to Stage Haiti Earthquake Telethon</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/george-clooney-mtv-haiti-earthquake-telethon-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/george-clooney-mtv-haiti-earthquake-telethon-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20801</guid> <description><![CDATA[Evil, sinful, unAmerican, liberal Hollywood, in the form of Academy Award winner George Clooney, is working with MTV Networks to stage a telethon to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that has left an estimated 50,000 people dead. The telethon is scheduled to be broadcast on ABC, NBC, HBO, CNN and all MTV channels worldwide at 5-8 p.m. PT on Jan. 22. It's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/george-clooney-mtv-haiti-earthquake-telethon-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: #4 All-Time Domestic &#8211; Behind STAR WARS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:44:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20779</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar grossed $4.7 million on Wednesday, Jan. 13, according to figures released at Box Office Mojo. Compared to Tuesday, its earnings dropped by only 6.4 percent. After 27 days out, James Cameron's ecologically conscious sci-fi adventure has taken in a remarkable $445.7 million at the domestic box office. Avatar is now #4 on the all-time domestic box-office chart (not adjusted for inflation or higher 3D/IMAX [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-star-wars-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR &#8211; Best Picture (Drama): Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-golden-globe-449/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-golden-globe-449/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:39:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20745</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Picture (Drama) Avatar Whereas the best actor (comedy or musical) and the best foreign language film categories are hard to predict because they don't have any discernible favorites, the best picture (drama) category is a tough one because there are no less than 4 (four) favorites: critics' fave and highly topical Up in the Air, critics' fave and highly topical The Hurt Locker, some [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-golden-globe-449/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Clooney &#8211; Best Actor Drama: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-best-actor-golden-globes-576/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-best-actor-golden-globes-576/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:19:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20727</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Actor &#8211; Drama George Clooney, Up in the Air The best actor category may be more difficult to predict at the Oscars, but for the Golden Globes George Clooney is the undisputable favorite. He's a star, he's good-looking, he's charming, he'll probably have interesting things to say when he goes onstage to get his award, he's the year-end critics' favorite, his movie is doing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-best-actor-golden-globes-576/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Denver Film Critics 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:18:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20712</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Denver Film Critics Society 2010 Nominations. Winners: Jan. 27, 2010. Best Film: A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow Best Foreign Language Film: Thirst, directed by Chan-wook Park Sin [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR &#8211; Best Screenplay: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20673</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Screenplay Jason Reitman &#38; Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air The Golden Globe for best screenplay is trickier to predict than the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's choices for best supporting actress (Mo'Nique) and best supporting actor (Christoph Waltz). Up in the Air would be our choice for a couple of reasons: Unlike The Hurt Locker (scr: Mark Boal), which is perceived as a director's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, STAR TREK, JULIE &amp; JULIA: Film Editors&#039; 2010 Nominees</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-its-complicated-148/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-its-complicated-148/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:38:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20647</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stephen Lang in Avatar (ILM / 20th Century Fox) More sci-fi films are up for major Hollywood awards. Three of the nominees for the American Cinema Editors' ACE Eddie Awards are Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek. The two other dramatic feature entries are The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air. Two Meryl Streep vehicles directed by women are in the running in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-its-complicated-148/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan Win in Vancouver</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-colin-firth-carey-mulligan-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-colin-firth-carey-mulligan-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:14:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20644</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air won three awards at the 10th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, held at the Railway Club in downtown Vancouver on Monday night. Reitman's socially conscious comedy-drama won awards for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) and Best Screenplay (Reitman and Sheldon Turner).  In Up in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-colin-firth-carey-mulligan-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, STAR TREK, JULIE &amp; JULIA, THE HANGOVER: WGA 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-the-hangover-wga-2010-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-the-hangover-wga-2010-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:38:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20624</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms in The Hangover (Frank Masi / Warner Bros.) (top); Meryl Streep in Julie &#38; Julia (Columbia Pictures) (bottom) The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the 2010 WGA Awards. Both Avatar (James Cameron) and The Hangover (Jon Lucas and Scott Moore) have been nominated in the best original screenplay category. Wow. They'll be competing with the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-the-hangover-wga-2010-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meryl Streep, George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR Win in Texas</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-george-clooney-up-in-the-air-554/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-george-clooney-up-in-the-air-554/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20614</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Pegasus News reports that Jason Reitman's Up in the Air was the best picture of 2009 according to the ten members of the North Texas Film Critics Association that got together at a Dallas cafe this past Saturday. Matching the choices of numerous other US-based critics' groups, the NTFCA chose Kathryn Bigelow [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-george-clooney-up-in-the-air-554/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: Top Ten All-Time Domestic</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-top-ten-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-top-ten-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:59:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20514</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar grossed another $6 million on Thursday, an 11 percent drop from Wednesday, according to Box Office Mojo. The sci-fi epic's total gross to date in the US/Canada is $380.5m. It's now the tenth biggest blockbuster ever at the domestic box office (not taking inflation/higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices into account), slightly ahead of Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith. Depending [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-top-ten-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan Win in Ohio</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:52:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20506</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Not too many surprises among the Central Ohio Film Critics Association's 2009 winners. In the last few weeks, Up in the Air, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan, Up, Mo'Nique, and Christoph Waltz have all been cited a number of times by other critics' groups throughout the United States. The one Central Ohio win [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, STAR TREK, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: Art Directors Guild 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-art-directors-guild-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-art-directors-guild-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:38:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20500</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones (Barry Wetcher / DreamWorks/Paramount) Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and The Hurt Locker are five of the fifteen nominated films in the Art Directors Guild's three categories for excellence in production design in 2009. The lists' most glaring absentee is Rob Marshall's elaborate musical Nine. In the fantasy category, joining Avatar and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-art-directors-guild-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Jason Reitman: DGA Awards 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:43:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20468</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver on the Avatar set (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), James Cameron (Avatar), Lee Daniels (Precious), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) are the Directors Guild of America's five nominees for their best motion picture director of 2009 award. Among those not shortlisted by DGA voters were Joel and Ethan Coen [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DISTRICT 9, UP IN THE AIR, PRECIOUS: Scripter Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:54:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20407</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) (bottom) Crazy Heart, District 9, An Education, Precious, and Up in the Air are this year's five USC Libraries Scripter Award nominees, as reported by Steve Pond in The Wrap. For the last 22 years, the Scripter Award has gone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, STAR TREK: Producers Guild 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-hurt-locker-star-trek-876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-hurt-locker-star-trek-876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:58:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20347</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stephen Lang, Sam Worthington in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) (top); Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton in Precious (Anne Marie Fox / Lionsgate) (middle); George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) (bottom) James Cameron's Avatar, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, and Neill Blomkamp's sleeper hit District 9 are three science-fiction films included in the Producers Guild of America's list of nominees [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-hurt-locker-star-trek-876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth: Vancouver Film Critics Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-streep-firth-vancouver-film-843/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-streep-firth-vancouver-film-843/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:48:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20342</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Montreal-born Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air is the top nominee for the 2010 Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards. Starring George Clooney as a corporate-downsizing expert, Up in the Air is in the running for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Reitman and Sheldon Turner) Best Actor (Clooney) and Best Supporting [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-streep-firth-vancouver-film-843/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, Meryl Streep, George Clooney: Kansas City Critics&#039; Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-up-in-the-air-george-clooney-543/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-up-in-the-air-george-clooney-543/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:44:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20327</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Usual suspects Up, Up in the Air, Kathryn Bigelow, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Mo'Nique, and Christoph Waltz are the Kansas City Film Critics Circle's choices for best of 2009. Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air was voted the best film, but as it's happened before Kathryn Bigelow was the best director [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-up-in-the-air-george-clooney-543/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR &#8211; US Critics&#039; Top Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:40:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20248</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's screenplay for Up in the Air is the #1 winner among North American critics groups, with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds coming in second place. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's (500) Days of Summer, a boy meets girl tale in which things don't quite go as planned, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mo&#039;Nique &#8211; US Critics&#039; Top Supporting Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/monique-critics-top-supporting-actress-128/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/monique-critics-top-supporting-actress-128/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:38:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20249</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mo'Nique in Precious (Anne Marie Fox / Lionsgate) Like Christoph Waltz in the best supporting actor category, Mo'Nique &#8212; who plays a nasty mother in Lee Daniels' Precious &#8212; is by far the North American critics' top choice for best supporting actress of 2009: 17 wins and counting, in addition to awards at both the Sundance and Stockholm film festivals. Mo'Nique has also nabbed SAG, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/monique-critics-top-supporting-actress-128/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Clooney Tops US Critics&#039; 2009 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-critics-awards-2009-888/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-critics-awards-2009-888/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20211</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) With ten wins from groups as diverse as the 75-year-old New York Film Critics Circle and the recently formed Indiana Film Journalists Association, George Clooney was the actor of choice of most US-based critics' groups. Clooney has received the best reviews of his career for his performance as a corporate-downsizing expert in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-clooney-critics-awards-2009-888/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, THE HURT LOCKER Top Online Film Critics 2009 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20204</guid> <description><![CDATA[Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) (top); Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) (bottom) The Online Film Critics Society has announced its list of nominees for 2009. Avatar may be a huge blockbuster-in-the-making, but OFCS members apparently weren't that impressed. James Cameron's sci-fi adventure epic earned three nominations: best director, best cinematography (Mauro [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow: US Critics&#039; Top Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:22:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20202</guid> <description><![CDATA[Although The Hurt Locker was eligible for last year's Spirit Awards, neither the Iraq War drama nor director Kathryn Bigelow (above) were nominated. But a year &#8212; and lots of good buzz &#8212; can make a hell of a difference. That's why Bigelow is now considered the front-runner for the best director Oscar even if Jason Reitman's Up in the Air or (Bigelow's former husband) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER Is US Critics&#039; Favorite</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-american-critics-favorite-654/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-american-critics-favorite-654/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:44:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20131</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Thus far, The Hurt Locker is the top choice among American film critics. The Iraq War drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, has won about a dozen awards from US-based critics' groups, including those from the country's three largest metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Although The Hurt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-american-critics-favorite-654/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR to Beat SHERLOCK HOLMES at Christmas Weekend Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20045</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) (top); Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes (Alex Bailey / Warner Bros.) (bottom) Probably because of both the enormous publicity surrounding its production costs and the nearly mythical place of Titanic in box-office history, Avatar's box-office fate has been a major topic among film-related publications, whether online or elsewhere. So, here we go again. According [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christmas Box Office: SHERLOCK HOLMES Beats AVATAR</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sherlock-holmes-avatar-box-office-884/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sherlock-holmes-avatar-box-office-884/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:05:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20017</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes (Alex Bailey / Warner Bros.) (top); Stephen Lang, Sam Worthington in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) (bottom) According to the Box Office Mojo daily chart for Friday, for the second time this week James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar was the #2 movie at the US/Canada box office. On Wednesday, it fell behind Alvin and the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sherlock-holmes-avatar-box-office-884/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SUMMER HOURS Best Film of 2009 &#8211; indieWIRE Poll</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/summer-hours-best-film-of-2009-indiewire-poll-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/summer-hours-best-film-of-2009-indiewire-poll-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19917</guid> <description><![CDATA[Juliette Binoche in Summer Hours ( Jeannick Gravelines / IFC Films) Olivier Assayas’ family drama Summer Hours has been named the best film of 2009 in indieWIRE’s annual poll of 114 film critics and bloggers, Eugene Hernandez reports. Also, David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. was chosen the best film of the decade. Starring Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier, Summer Hours tells the story of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/summer-hours-best-film-of-2009-indiewire-poll-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan Win in St. Louis</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:27:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19897</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Up in the Air bagged one more US film critics' award: The St. Louis Film Critics have chosen it as the best film of 2009. The runner-up was the Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. George Clooney was voted best actor for Up in the Air, with Patton Oswalt for Big Fan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-carey-mulligan-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, George Clooney Win in Florida</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-florida-984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-florida-984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:48:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19892</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Up in the Air was the top choice of the Florida Film Critics Circle 2009 awards. Jason Reitman's comedy-drama about an expert corporate downsizer who travels the United States to fire people won a total of three awards; the other two were for Best Director Reitman and Best Actor George Clooney. Lee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-florida-984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, A PROPHET, THE WHITE RIBBON Nominated in London</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19878</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) The London Film Critics’ Circle's 2009 nominations have been announced. The best thing about this year's crop of nominees is their &#34;internationality&#34;: As usual, Hollywood productions dominate the nominations, but the London critics have found plenty of room for non-American films as well. Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet managed to land five [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/st-louis-film-critics-awards-2009-948/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/st-louis-film-critics-awards-2009-948/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:47:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19543</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2009 St. Louis Film Critics nominations: Dec. 14, 2009 2009 St. Louis Film Critics winners: Dec. 21, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) &#160; Best Film (500) Days of Summer An Education The Hurt Locker Invictus Precious Up * Up in the Air Best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/st-louis-film-critics-awards-2009-948/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
