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Raffiki
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I think Letters might make Flags a stronger contender. I still wouldn't count Flags out of the race.
And I think OScarwatch was reporting that Flags is having a decent reception at Oscar screenings.
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the limey
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Industry guy at Gold Derby on LfIJ: -
Quote: I talked to someone who saw a screening this week as well. This person - a big Eastwood fan who was disappointed by Flags, to put it in context - said it was either his best film or at worst tied with Unforgiven.
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MovieDude
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To be fair the trailer looked much, much better then Flags of our Fathers. Granted that's not saying much, but at least Letters from Iwa Jima seems to have some sort of dramatic weight and decent actors.
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MovieDude
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David
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Damn, I thought you wrote "Shepherd" for a moment and got incredibly excited.  Glad they enjoyed The Good German, though! _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Joker's Thug #3
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 Quote: Soderbergh Gets the Bronx Cheer
New Yorkers are a tough crowd -- at least when it comes to Steven Soderbergh's latest picture. The director got the Bronx cheer at a DGA New York screening of "The Good German" followed by a Q&A Saturday night. The people who showed up seemed either familiar with Paul Attanasio and his adaptation of the book and/or intrigued by the movie's theme that depicts the post World War II race to nab German scientists between Russia and the U.S. The negative reaction seemed to stem from the film's emulative stylization and the uneven acting.
I sat near a guy who guffawed, sucked his teeth and said "Oh, puhleeze!" loudly enough that everyone in the auditorium could hear him. And despite knowing that Soderbergh was present barely a polite applause could be heard during the end credits. (He walked onstage with moderator Tony Gilroy to a smattering of claps.)
The first question came from left field. An older woman was furious that Soderbergh moved hidden scientist Emil Brandt from the sewer to the cinema. She wanted to know why he jeopardized Brandt's safety. Expressing a more common sentiment, another old-timer stood up and said, "Were you planning to do a spoof or a parody of 'The Third Man?'" Soderbergh offed the question by saying he did not tilt the camera as Carol Reed had.
It seemed a knife fight might break out when Soderbergh said to members: "I imagine a couple of you out there have directed a movie..." (Of course, many DGA NY members work in TV, but if it was a way of reminding them, it went over like a Scud missile.) Gilroy, who looked a little surprised by the hostile questions, tried to keep Soderbergh pumped up, suggesting he really takes chances every time he goes out. But the audience wasn't buying it. The director got one big laugh when he said he pitched "The Good German" to Warner Bros. as "the first feel bad World War II movie." On that point the audience seemed to agree.
Having attended a few other screenings and Q&As here this past week I can attest that "Blood Diamond," "Venus" and "Dreamgirls" got far warmer responses. _________________ "People always want to tear you down when you're on top, like Napoleon back in the Roman Empire" - Dirk Diggler
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Shack
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I didn't really buy two straight Clooney B&W films being nominated anyways... it'd have to be a 95%+ film or a major hit to do that. Doesn't look very promising at this point.
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David
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It seems word on The Good German will be decidedly mixed. Too bad, it seems wonderful. Then again, mixed reviews for it mean even more room my champion, The Good Shepherd.  _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Joker's Thug #3
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Painted Veil might be trying to make a run, buzz is picking up a bit.
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Raffiki
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Killuminati510 wrote: Painted Veil might be trying to make a run, buzz is picking up a bit. I don't know. To me this movie looks too much like some other movies from the past.
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Gothams Winners:
Picture - Half Nelson
Breakthrough Director - Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Actor (tie) - Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson / Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Documentary - Iraq in Fragments
Ensemble - Babel
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You - Choking Man
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Raffiki
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Half Nelson has been getting a great deal of ink in these early awards and year-end reviews.
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Golden Satellite is announcing its nominees tomorrow. They have so many categories that practically everything will be nominated, but it's still kind of fun.
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MovieDude
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http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8121
The BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) have announced this year's winners (Bolded):
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
The Last King of Scotland
The Queen
Red Road
This Is England
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker (Idi Amin) The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole (Maurice) Venus
Cillian Murphy (Damien) The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Tony Curran (Clyde) Red Road
James McAvoy (Nicholas Garrigan) The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Dickie - Red Road
Frances de la Tour - The History Boys
Robin Wright Penn - Breaking and Entering
Juliet Binoche - Breaking & Entering
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Martin Compston - Red Road
Leslie Phillips - Venus
Vanessa Redgrave - Venus
Joseph Gilgun - This Is England
Stephen Graham - This Is England
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (ON SCREEN)
Jodie Whittaker - Venus
Thomas Turgoose (Shaun) - This Is England
Samuel Barnett (Posner) - The History Boys
Harry and Luke Treadaway (Tom and Barry Howe) - Brothers of the Head
Dominic Cooper (Dakin) - The History Boys
Rafi Gavron (Miro) - Breaking & Entering
BEST DIRECTOR
Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Michael Caton Jones - Shooting Dogs
Shane Meadows - This Is England
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
BEST SCREENPLAY
Alan Bennett- The History Boys
Peter Morgan - The Queen
Hanif Kureishi - Venus
Shane Meadows - This Is England
Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan & Joe Penhall - The Last King of Scotland
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Menhaj Huda - Kidulthood
Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Tom Vaughan - Starter For Ten
Caradog W James - Little White Lies
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Volver
Hidden (Caché)
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Brick
Hard Candy
BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
The Road To Guantanamo
Blindsight
The Great Happiness Space
The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
Unknown White Male
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Last King of Scotland - Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
This is England - Music: (Ludovico Einaudi - Original Music)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
The Queen - Make-up: Daniel Phillips
The Queen - Production Design: Alan MacDonald
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
London to Brighton
Kidulthood
Shooting Dogs
Road To Guantanamo
Severance
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Cubs
Ex Memoria
The 10th Man
Who I Am & What I Want
At the End of the Sentence
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
London to Brighton
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
I'm shocked Helen Mirren didn't win Best Actress. 
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Alex Y.
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Yay at The Queen losing everything besides screenplay.
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MovieDude
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alex young wrote: Yay at The Queen losing everything besides screenplay. I'm really happy, and happy that Last King of Scotland fared significantly better (it's a personal victory for a woefully rash comment I made that I'd rather not discuss...   ). Still, I wonder if it could be because of how much they seemed to spread out the love more then anything...
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I think the theme for the critic awards this year will be spreading the love, and indie awards are giving recognition to real independent films.
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MovieDude
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xiayun wrote: I think the theme for the critic awards this year will be spreading the love, and indie awards are giving recognition to real independent films. Still, and I'm no expert, but isn't that not a very good sign for the actress whose supposedly by far the frontrunner in the category? Or are these very minor awards of no real significance?
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I guess there's already a backlash for The Queen's mighty consensus...
Great for Half Nelson and Babel - I'm salivating to see both of them now...
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A. G.
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I saw a clip of the Good German on The Daily Show last night. Man that looked like crap, like a Saturday Night Live sketch, not an Oscar movie.
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MovieDude wrote: xiayun wrote: I think the theme for the critic awards this year will be spreading the love, and indie awards are giving recognition to real independent films. Still, and I'm no expert, but isn't that not a very good sign for the actress whose supposedly by far the frontrunner in the category? Or are these very minor awards of no real significance? British Independent Awards is pretty small. I'll wait for NBR, NY, and LA, which I expect Mirren to win two out of three. _________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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Dkmuto
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Archie Gates wrote: I saw a clip of the Good German on The Daily Show last night. Man that looked like crap, like a Saturday Night Live sketch, not an Oscar movie. Yeah, I saw the clip. It looked... silly.
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Jonathan
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I've updated part of the Contenders page already. So far, all I've updated has been Bobby, Pan's Labyrinth (100% w/26 reviews!) and Children of Men. I'll probably finish tomorrow.
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A few apocalypto raves.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932 ... id=31&cs=1
http://www.tonymedley.com/2006/Apocalypto.htm
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2 ... lypto-now/
Im pretty sure this will do much better(critics wise) than The passion(wich was at 51%).
Even though i dont think Gibson himself has a shot at any awards i think some tech noms are a good bet.
Make up
Sound
Cinematagraphy
Score
Costume
Art
Editing
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Joker's Thug #3
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Bad start for Good German (40%) and Blood Diamond (50%) on RT. Both HR and Variety gave BD a negative.
Apocalypto has 4 raves and a negative from HR, with an 80% start.
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