By John C. For me, this year’s awards season started the moment I left a packed TIFF screening of the endlessly moving and inspirational The King’s Speech. And now the film has gone on to win Hollywood’s highest honour – being named Best Picture at the Oscars. The only surprise is that the odds-on favourite… Read More Final Thoughts on the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
It’s been a long awards season, that has just come to a close with the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Frontrunner The King’s Speech ultimately took home four awards, including Best Picture, as well as Best Director for Tom Hooper. The other Oscar-season favourite, The Social Network, picked up three awards. Colin Firth (The King’s… Read More Winners of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
As we all know, Oscar day is finally upon us. We’ve spent this past week offering more in-depth commentary on who should and will win in ten of the main categories, and below are two of our writers last-minute predictions for who will win in all 24 categories come this evening. Final Predictions for the… Read More Last Minute Predictions for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
By John C. This week we have been featuring special coverage of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, to be presented on February 27th, 2011. From Tuesday until today, we have been sharing our more in-depth thoughts on the nominees in ten of the main categories. Please check back over the weekend for our full… Read More The Oscars: A Look at 2010’s Nominees in the Best Picture & Director Categories
By Erin V. Yesterday it was announced that How To Train Your Dragon (which had 5 noms) won Film Score of the Year at the International Film Music Critics Association’s annual awards. HTTYD also took home Best Score for Animation, beating out the scores for L’Illusionniste (Sylvain Chomet), Legend of the Guardians (David Hirschfelder), Tangled… Read More IFMCA 2010 Winners Announced – ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Takes Top Prize
By Erin V. Leading up to the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27th, 2011, we will be having special coverage of the Oscars. From Tuesday until Friday, we are sharing our more in-depth thoughts on the nominees in ten of the main categories. Check back tomorrow for a look at the films nominated in… Read More The Oscars: A Look at 2010’s Song & Score Nominees
By John C. This week we have been featuring special coverage of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, to be presented on February 27th, 2011. From Tuesday until Friday, we are sharing our more in-depth thoughts on the nominees in ten of the main categories. Check back tomorrow for a look at the Scores &… Read More The Oscars: A Look at 2010’s Nominees in the Best Acting Categories
By Erin V. Over the next week we will be having special coverage of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, to be presented on February 27th, 2011. Today until Friday, we will be sharing our more in-depth thoughts on the nominees in ten of the main categories. Check back tomorrow for a look at the… Read More The Oscars: A Look at 2010’s Original & Adapted Screenplay Nominees
By John C. With the Oscars just under a week away, it seems like the perfect time to offer a more in-depth look at the 10 films competing for the highest honour of Best Picture. We’ve previously reviewed five of the ten, and eight of them even got a spot on my list of the… Read More A Closer Look at the 10 Films Nominated for Best Picture at Next Week’s Oscars
By John C. The King’s Speech has been widely embraced by critics and audiences alike, captivating and inspiring people with it’s powerful story of a monarch, King George VI (Colin Firth), overcoming a debilitating stutter. Even Queen Elizabeth II has enjoyed the film, in which Firth portrays her father. On it’s way to potentially pulling… Read More “The King’s Speech” Should not be Censored
The 38th Annual Annie Awards were announced last night. Honouring animation of all forms released in 2010, DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon swept the awards with a total of 10 wins, and was named the best animated feature of last year. Toy Story 3 lost in all nominated categories, but Pixar still picked up… Read More Winners of the 38th Annual Annie Awards
The nominations for the 31st Annual Genie Awards were announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Honouring the best of 2010 in Canadian film, the nominees for Best Motion Picture were: Heartbeats Barney’s Version Incendies Splice 10 1/2 Barney’s Version led the pack with a total of 11 nominations, and… Read More Nominations for the 31st Annual Genie Awards
After months of anticipation, the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were anounced this morning. Honouring the best 2010 had to offer in film, the nominees in the running for Best Picture are: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3… Read More Nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
By John C. It’s hard to believe that we’re about to enter the home stretch of the 2010 awards season, with the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards set to be announced tomorrow morning. I will finally get around to sharing my picks for the best movies of last year next Monday, but first here’s… Read More Predictions for the Oscar Nominations
By John C. Pictured to the right is Best Actress winner Natalie Portman, arriving at the Beverly Hilton hotel for last night’s Golden Globes. Partway through last night’s telecast of The Golden Globes, I tweeted that I was “enjoying the show” and was “pretty happy with the results.” I tweeted sparingly through the night,… Read More The cynical host and gracious winners of The Golden Globes
The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards have come to a close, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right the best comedy or musical of last year, and David Fincher’s The Social Network the best drama. Pixar’s Toy Story 3 was named the best animated film. We would… Read More Winners at The 68th Annual Golden Globes
This morning, the nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globes were announced. Honouring the year in film and television, the nominees in three of the top categories included: Best Picture – Drama: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Best Picture – Musical/Comedy: Alice in Wonderland Burlesque The Kids… Read More Nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globes
Today the Toronto Film Critics Association has announced the winners for their 14th annual awards honouring the year in film. David Fincher’s brilliant Facebook drama The Social Network dominated several of the top categories. The awards ceremony will be held on January 12th, 2011. The winners and runners-up in three of the top categories included:… Read More Winners for the 2010 TFCA Awards
This post officially kicks off our coverage of this year’s awards season. Today the nominations for the 38th annual Annie Awards were announced. Honouring animation of all kinds, the awards ceremony will be held on February 5th, 2011. The excellent line-up for Best Animated Feature includes: Despicable Me How To Train Your Dragon Tangled… Read More Nominations for the 38th Annie Awards
Polytechnique has won Best Picture at the 30th annual Genie Awards for excellence in Canadian cinema. Overall, in a move that I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw coming, the film won 6 of its 11 nominations. I was very glad to see the Canadian masterpiece, One Week, recognized through a very deserving… Read More “Polytechnique” Wins Genie Award for Best Picture
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