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‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Up in the Air’ Win at WGAs

Published on: 21st February, 2010

The Writers Guild of America honored The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air at their ceremony on Saturday night, firmly establishing the films as front-runners in their respective Oscar categories.
Mark Boal certainly deserves the accolades after embedding himself with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Baghdad in 2004 and turning his journalist findings into [...]

‘The Hurt Locker’ Wins Big at the BAFTAs

Published on: 21st February, 2010

Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker swept the British Academy of Film and Television Awards Sunday, taking home six gongs.
The Iraq drama won best picture, director, original screenplay, editing, cinematography, and sound, beating Avatar in every category where the two movies went head-to-head.  Cameron’s 3D epic walked away with only two technical awards (visual effects and [...]

‘Up’ Wins Best Animated Feature at Annies

Published on: 7th February, 2010

Pixar’s Up took home the top prize for Best Feature at the 37th Annual Annie Awards, an event that honors the best in animated movies and TV.
The soaring adventure is the favorite for the “Best Animated Feature” Oscar next month, especially since the Annies have predicted the winner seven out of nine times since the [...]

2010 Oscar Nominations: Lists and Analysis

Published on: 2nd February, 2010

In the early hours of this Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 82nd annual Oscars.  There were a few small “snubs” and nice surprises among the field, but leading the pack with nine nods apiece are The Hurt Locker and Avatar.
(If you’re looking for just the [...]

‘Transformers,’ ‘Land of the Lost’ Lead Razzies

Published on: 1st February, 2010

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Land of the Lost each grabbed seven nominations for the 2010 Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), an annual event recognizing the worst movies had to offer.
The Michael Bay sequel made $835 million worldwide and placed second at the U.S. box office in 2009 while the Will Ferrell “comedy” tanked in [...]

Kathryn Bigelow Wins the DGA Award

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Last night, the Directors Guild of America honored Kathryn Bigelow, the director of The Hurt Locker, with “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film,” making her the first woman to win the award and the front-runner for the Oscar in March.  Academy nominations are announced Tuesday.
Bigelow bested competition from her ex-husband, James Cameron (Avatar), as well as [...]

‘Hurt Locker’ Takes Top Producers Guild Award

Published on: 25th January, 2010

In an upset, The Hurt Locker topped Avatar at the Producers Guild Awards last night.
After taking home the Golden Globe, awards experts predicted James Cameron’s sci-fi epic to roll through the PGAs on its way to an easy Oscar, but his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow had something to say about that.  Instead Summit Entertainment’s Iraq war [...]

Bullock, Bridges, Basterds Top SAG Awards

Published on: 24th January, 2010

The 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards presented another round of upset victories on Saturday as Inglourious Basterds won “Outstanding Performance by a Cast” over the stellar ensemble of The Hurt Locker and the Oscar-bait performances of Precious.  The rest of the categories mirrored the Golden Globes last weekend, which should make for an easy time [...]

2010 BAFTA Nominations

Published on: 21st January, 2010

The nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were announced this morning, and leading with eight each are An Education, Avatar, and The Hurt Locker.  The line-up looks much like what we’ve seen in earlier awards with the obvious skew towards British-born selections like Carey Mulligan, underrated comedy In the Loop, [...]

2010 Golden Globe Winners and Losers

Published on: 18th January, 2010

Last night the 67th Annual Golden Globes were awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to just about everyone who didn’t deserve one.  Shrug.
When you’re watching the Globes, it’s hard not to get swept up in the celebrities, the red carpet, and the Hollywood gushing as if any of this means anything.  Then they hand [...]

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