tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59946117546411905122024-03-12T23:08:30.742-07:00The Watchers Film Show BlogWe are The Watchers.
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We watch then we record as soon as we get out of the theatre!The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.comBlogger756125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-8900816321823603352024-03-10T20:10:00.000-07:002024-03-10T20:10:48.792-07:00Awards Season 2024: The 96th Academy Awards<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxKHHhl3kzLKNrpYPbopZ9GKwr5W3wcInP1bm_Q0XKWjTocRXYGUUhzDPD84UiWJXjTuf3nyJl0mtK-Ygcubik6oJ2dRZqBlyb52nn943KQLNEnIH_JRPLXB_4Nd8YY3i-RCCwlaOYtHqaOpyqw-F3A4S7Y5JrBENvkaybZ1bdQLC7gQN5-zdDjXV5ss/s1200/1200x627-Q80_fa36c70d18fedd80ef94d58ea32fafc9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxKHHhl3kzLKNrpYPbopZ9GKwr5W3wcInP1bm_Q0XKWjTocRXYGUUhzDPD84UiWJXjTuf3nyJl0mtK-Ygcubik6oJ2dRZqBlyb52nn943KQLNEnIH_JRPLXB_4Nd8YY3i-RCCwlaOYtHqaOpyqw-F3A4S7Y5JrBENvkaybZ1bdQLC7gQN5-zdDjXV5ss/w400-h209/1200x627-Q80_fa36c70d18fedd80ef94d58ea32fafc9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And there we have it, ladies and gents. The curtain comes down on the 2024 awards season with one of the strongest Oscar ceremonies of recent years. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPgDRDzPDQMfmNfOynprajuqXKlD7jL0jdEza0oXGL1dbzw7Lp9Q1NY7fqjH7NO_B_7lOfvwuhH3VquzpMM_yiVnkGSERyvXdM06P_W-kArtd7PRRZxATdqf58QQ1Zo1YjGz6p8P3Il-C1EcqiK8QsxcnvtKxTv4je9aLWuY3ZqfJbLjNm2PDzxO7s38/s1500/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-2024-031024-d32bff27f72c47cebec6617d2118ff8d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPgDRDzPDQMfmNfOynprajuqXKlD7jL0jdEza0oXGL1dbzw7Lp9Q1NY7fqjH7NO_B_7lOfvwuhH3VquzpMM_yiVnkGSERyvXdM06P_W-kArtd7PRRZxATdqf58QQ1Zo1YjGz6p8P3Il-C1EcqiK8QsxcnvtKxTv4je9aLWuY3ZqfJbLjNm2PDzxO7s38/w320-h213/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-2024-031024-d32bff27f72c47cebec6617d2118ff8d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue was funny enough, but a couple of jokes- at the expense of Robert Downey Jr's past- didn't really land. However, he won a lot of good will by giving behind-the-scenes crew members a shout out as the people who kept Hollywood going during the actors' and writers' strikes. He's on his fourth time at the Oscars, and I personally think this was his best attempt yet. There was little in the way of superfluous gimmicks; the ceremony ticked along at a nice pace, and came in at around 3hrs 30m (including copious ad breaks). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of my personal highlights of the evening: a very game John Cena, appearing nude(ish?) to announce Best Costume Design; Jonathan Glazer's powerful acceptance speech on winning Best International Feature for Holocaust drama <i>The Zone Of Interest</i>; the winning crew of <i>Godzilla Minus One</i> bringing a golden Godzilla onto stage; and the truly stunning performance of "I'm Just Ken" replete with 65 Kens, Slash on guitar, and a pink-clad Ryan Gosling!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I was very happy that <i>The Boy And The Heron</i> won Best Animated Feature Film, and that <i>American Fiction</i> won Best Adapted Screenplay. Along with <i>The Holdovers, American Fiction</i> was one of my favourite films of this awards season. Cord Jefferson's enthusiastic acceptance speech contained a plea that I've long hoped Hollywood would listen to: take a chance on making smaller budget movies. Who knows, maybe they'll listen?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>20 Days In Mariupol </i>becomes the first Ukrainian Oscar winner; its director Mstyslav Chernov gave a stirring and emotional speech, saying he wished he'd never had to make the film. The inclusion of a clip from last year's Best Documentary Feature- <i>Navalny</i>- about the (recently-deceased) Russian political prisoner before the "In Memoriam" section was an interesting choice and will no doubt provoke a couple of column inches. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hosting pairs were the usual mix of passable and get-these-two-to-host-this-next-year; Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling were funny, riffing on the Barbenheimer "rivalry", and rightly introduced a tribute to stunt performers - which does beg the question: why the fuck aren't stunt performers getting an Oscar? Yes, casting is important, but stunt work is an intrinsic part of most films and has been from cinema's inception. Get on it, Academy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">John Mulaney riffing on <i>Field Of Dreams,</i> and Ramy Youssef and Issa Rae cutting right to the chase were particular highlights, and there was an enjoyable reunion between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">They also did something interesting with the acting awards: each of the four categories had five former winners (including last year's winners) to give a short testimonial about one of the nominees. (They'd done something similar a few years ago, but refined it somewhat for this time around) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7Y6Zyght9JqH0C8C148qHV9k4HxJbctqNSAQiOUZa9zLp75zAKW700fCPShOJZ50to72vM9NOfUowxLeQAyFKT4pDZ1Hi6_fAVDQji_AZxIZveHQQbIBZenptKIuWyC23kzYVqUosIi47C1FlmEVhizvKyC2yS3gVwwRV3uQJsUFtpStANr5SDLh6I4/s640/MixCollage-11-Mar-2024-02-31-AM-9699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7Y6Zyght9JqH0C8C148qHV9k4HxJbctqNSAQiOUZa9zLp75zAKW700fCPShOJZ50to72vM9NOfUowxLeQAyFKT4pDZ1Hi6_fAVDQji_AZxIZveHQQbIBZenptKIuWyC23kzYVqUosIi47C1FlmEVhizvKyC2yS3gVwwRV3uQJsUFtpStANr5SDLh6I4/w400-h300/MixCollage-11-Mar-2024-02-31-AM-9699.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Onto my predictions: 5 out of 6, as I expected. Emma Stone looked genuinely shocked to have her name announced, and her tearful, torn-dress acceptance speech was touching. Robert Downey Jr's speech was superb, full of what's become a familiar kind of snark disguising genuine feelings. Da'Vine Joy Randolph's win was the first award announced of the evening, and her acceptance speech was pretty lovely, and Cillian Murphy's was thoughtful and considered, giving a shout out to the "peacemakers" in the current-day. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFODxY1Z8W4ncF4OSENmYbl7BYE8sHfYP1wFgzRp56we2pclc-0kZZlQwVmhtPnqhUhvh6eEjJ7oLUwZWXdsTr06QqmrPbLrBBJlQ8vp02kSvJVDTaKaJyW-b7t5mnX9Jf-AtY_mNoDOM1ZWKFvl9zaIIquvCnKPuJoJjANNl-BrR8KYW3ufU7LbtOgE/s1200/H2DVBWCFAZGYDFWWN4TEASWRZI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="758" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFODxY1Z8W4ncF4OSENmYbl7BYE8sHfYP1wFgzRp56we2pclc-0kZZlQwVmhtPnqhUhvh6eEjJ7oLUwZWXdsTr06QqmrPbLrBBJlQ8vp02kSvJVDTaKaJyW-b7t5mnX9Jf-AtY_mNoDOM1ZWKFvl9zaIIquvCnKPuJoJjANNl-BrR8KYW3ufU7LbtOgE/w172-h273/H2DVBWCFAZGYDFWWN4TEASWRZI.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRoywl3q73C5avwkSwk7rlk2rRnK5jGm72yN_TObJ-0L6umjnXFSZGT2fBztCWu4V6Mq1Vvh6Fm9ChZMzucELjpvYr4SgEkeKgPGpVH9IA4ko6QXFbVz68fmuQl2jNX-uW9nGAXPZfcjkPTRqsqrhYS4KOuw4tMwZax2MS_Sm0ejP-L56UM2XfuFebQI/s702/OIP.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="474" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRoywl3q73C5avwkSwk7rlk2rRnK5jGm72yN_TObJ-0L6umjnXFSZGT2fBztCWu4V6Mq1Vvh6Fm9ChZMzucELjpvYr4SgEkeKgPGpVH9IA4ko6QXFbVz68fmuQl2jNX-uW9nGAXPZfcjkPTRqsqrhYS4KOuw4tMwZax2MS_Sm0ejP-L56UM2XfuFebQI/w186-h275/OIP.jpeg" width="186" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiov8RvKI9LppEZCiMQ_dwQmFKIvQ2FpyK7YtQT5CMGdL5uprgUbyTuEDMUjsY_y0ut1wp7GFIxJGlItI6Py8ltVuIgp2sQvfQsOH9scoWB1lhcr8ImLA1OEXSd9WeyJNIxWWhSrq7Qo58MMNRBJOcfEJmBnpTvNAEH7y_W0RhcC7Y9TsnfFVTFH4u4XP4/s711/OIPx.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="474" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiov8RvKI9LppEZCiMQ_dwQmFKIvQ2FpyK7YtQT5CMGdL5uprgUbyTuEDMUjsY_y0ut1wp7GFIxJGlItI6Py8ltVuIgp2sQvfQsOH9scoWB1lhcr8ImLA1OEXSd9WeyJNIxWWhSrq7Qo58MMNRBJOcfEJmBnpTvNAEH7y_W0RhcC7Y9TsnfFVTFH4u4XP4/w176-h264/OIPx.jpeg" width="176" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Unsurprisingly, <i>Oppenheimer </i>was the big winner of the evening, with seven Oscars. <i>Poor Things</i> came second with four, whilst <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> was the only other multiple Oscar winner, taking two. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite multiple nominations, <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon, Maestro, Napoleon, Nyad, </i>and <i>Society Of The Snow </i>came home emptyhanded. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is the full list of winners at the 96th Academy Awards:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Motion Picture of the Year: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor: </b>Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress: </b>Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actor: </b>Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actress:</b> Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Screenplay: </b>Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Adapted Screenplay: </b>Cord Jefferson (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: </b><i>The Boy And The Heron</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best International Feature Film of the Year: </b><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Cinematography: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Film Editing: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Production Design:</b> <i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Costume Design: </b><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Makeup and Hairstyling: </b><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Score: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Song: </b>"What Was I Made For?" (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Sound: </b><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Visual Effects: </b><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary (Feature): </b><i>20 Days In Mariupol</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary (Short Subject): </b><i>The Last Repair Shop</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Short Film: </b><i>WAR IS OVER! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Live Action Short Film:</b> <i>The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-61975192535742076612024-03-10T13:28:00.000-07:002024-03-10T13:28:10.979-07:00Awards Season 2024: Tez's Official Oscar Predictions<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5QIU88PcC5W0SsbP7tfzUeNbFFoGae0Ii0o7XkhlzaPqNYIMrKFDFtt-2aOTyqdJXs9vbU6GI278Ub0D1I2VC3FMP4gl0XQd8cluzj3jkRKtgIaUkJDGPkYWORwxDSkKnsVU716d6Okrl86Mw9-vnM4EOoNLli4DDh4HzrAkVuBQah5mBDviLFkJjJA/s1200/1200x627-Q80_fa36c70d18fedd80ef94d58ea32fafc9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5QIU88PcC5W0SsbP7tfzUeNbFFoGae0Ii0o7XkhlzaPqNYIMrKFDFtt-2aOTyqdJXs9vbU6GI278Ub0D1I2VC3FMP4gl0XQd8cluzj3jkRKtgIaUkJDGPkYWORwxDSkKnsVU716d6Okrl86Mw9-vnM4EOoNLli4DDh4HzrAkVuBQah5mBDviLFkJjJA/w400-h209/1200x627-Q80_fa36c70d18fedd80ef94d58ea32fafc9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>It's Oscar night! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Kimmel will be in charge of events for the fourth time, so expect jokes about the Barbenheimer phenomenon, a jab or two at Matt Damon, a pointed barb at the Academy's overlooking of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, maybe some stuff about the writers' and actors' strikes of the last year, and probably a saucy reference or two to <i>Saltburn</i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It has become a tradition for me to predict the nominations and the winners in the main six categories (the four acting categories, Best Director and Best Picture). I've done this since 2003 with varying degrees of success. Last year, I got 5 out of 6, plumping for Angela Bassett for Best Supporting Actress instead of Jamie Lee Curtis. I'm expecting it to be the same this evening. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, without further ado, here are my predictions for who will win.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m9IqWwUaRmZQItvoyADQOKikA_pd7brPtZ0TI7g672FlZFSYApp8MDujumYsXBWxxlYhZBDxpwUwUUK8yaB-6so7CiCLFQMCmtfqdFIZVFwcJ7JezPM48DjlugmXK7yzkztkMk11HP1YEOb-4K2Yt2eBJkXew6Dssu9-HrlVilDGoTUJRC2CpODt6S4/s640/A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m9IqWwUaRmZQItvoyADQOKikA_pd7brPtZ0TI7g672FlZFSYApp8MDujumYsXBWxxlYhZBDxpwUwUUK8yaB-6so7CiCLFQMCmtfqdFIZVFwcJ7JezPM48DjlugmXK7yzkztkMk11HP1YEOb-4K2Yt2eBJkXew6Dssu9-HrlVilDGoTUJRC2CpODt6S4/w400-h300/A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers </i>was, to the surprise of nobody, one of my favourite films of this awards season. The surprisingly sweet comedy-drama directed by Alexander Payne is definitely "my kind of film". Randolph has been the runaway winner of the Supporting Actress races this year, and I think it'll be a major surprise if anyone else's name comes out for this category. Randolph's performance as Mary, the grieving cook staying at the school over the holidays, is superb, full of warmth, candour, and emotion.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll be talking more about <i>Oppenheimer </i>in a bit, but I genuinely do think that </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr's </span><span style="font-family: arial;">performance as Lewis Strauss is the strongest performance I've ever seen him give. He commands every moment he's on the screen, giving a strange almost reptilian warmth to this complex character. As layers of duplicity peel away to reveal a very dangerous, petty and wounded man, you can't help but admire how truly detestable he is - and how Downey never shies away from that. Other actors may have tried to soften or "redeem" Strauss; Downey revels in these contradictions. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJRTEKH8w-EaVi0js_3CKP_ltwCnbjHI__2rAe-jucKyv3tt4bE6MUqfasOPkerCnLbwlOQFUIlThjP4Uc2cVPxtIrhIoF5BLK6A1FckzCTdq6O3VF42Rg7GDwd4RlcK_4fy856Aidxrf4rr2UENEnulLEoQj-pHZXzSF-Ihzhrta_0cv8fu7GHzoVno/s640/B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJRTEKH8w-EaVi0js_3CKP_ltwCnbjHI__2rAe-jucKyv3tt4bE6MUqfasOPkerCnLbwlOQFUIlThjP4Uc2cVPxtIrhIoF5BLK6A1FckzCTdq6O3VF42Rg7GDwd4RlcK_4fy856Aidxrf4rr2UENEnulLEoQj-pHZXzSF-Ihzhrta_0cv8fu7GHzoVno/w400-h300/B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress: Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Now here's where I think I may get unstuck. With no disrespect intended to Annette Bening, Sandra Hüller, or Carey Mulligan, this year's Best Actress race has been between Emma Stone (for her fearless performance in <i>Poor Things</i>) and Lily Gladstone for her turn as Mollie Burkhart in Scorsese's epic <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>. It's my belief that Gladstone's win at the Screen Actors' Guild Awards puts her ahead in the Oscar race, and so that's who my pick for Best Actress is. Both performances have much to recommend them, but Gladstone's performance has more shade and nuance, it's less showy but not less impactful; Mollie's stoicism in the face of the epidemic of killings which blight her kin belies a power beneath. But, if it <i>does </i>happen, I won't be at all surprised if Stone gets her second Oscar tonight.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor: Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'd dearly love Paul Giamatti to win in this category, but it's not going to happen. Murphy's strong central performance as the titular physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, has swept the boards throughout this awards season. It's truly deserved. In the latter stages of the film, Murphy's already solid performance kicks up a gear as he wrestles with Oppenheimer's moral crisis over the real-life application of what had originally just been theoretical. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngiQivpwNTXU_pCStvDn-5dDlDenNI7N0JLzfHL8u1Iii1IViVMXt4HQYqrB6NYJXHxptFWxOY7d5k8vNVMsHA3TPL2P49EfuNwGl2ZPTXib2oWLYIaLRzYxcb_WJl6xbutcP6BVMLbC2psoAt1qodbcjwchvBXfZFYEkNTTQ_bwxzHHRsHoHX7aeujM/s640/C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngiQivpwNTXU_pCStvDn-5dDlDenNI7N0JLzfHL8u1Iii1IViVMXt4HQYqrB6NYJXHxptFWxOY7d5k8vNVMsHA3TPL2P49EfuNwGl2ZPTXib2oWLYIaLRzYxcb_WJl6xbutcP6BVMLbC2psoAt1qodbcjwchvBXfZFYEkNTTQ_bwxzHHRsHoHX7aeujM/w400-h300/C.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div>Best Director: Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Picture: <i>Oppenheimer</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Plainly put, <i>Oppenheimer </i>is a film which is easy to admire but difficult to like. But I don't think you're meant to "like" it. I genuinely can't imagine anyone suggesting a get-together of friends and sticking <i>Oppenheimer </i>on for entertainment, for instance. Like a lot of big weighty films which deal with big weighty subjects (and which often win Best Picture at the Oscars), it's a well-made piece of cinema, chockful of impressive performances, detailed costumes, a moving score, immaculate production design, and beautiful cinematography. All of which comes under the aegis of director Christopher Nolan, who will almost certainly get Best Director (and deserves it, if only for recreating the Trinity test with practical effects). As a film, it's a little cool and a little sterile in places, especially at the beginning. The dual timelines can occasionally be confusing but not detrimentally so; this is definitely not a film to be passively watched. You need your brain engaged. But, it's an impressive piece of filmmaking about a fascinating event in modern history, and- as such- I think it's going to take the big prize this evening. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So there are my predictions. What do you think? Some dead certs there, surely? Or am I right off the money? Let me know what you think. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In the UK, the Oscars telecast is being broadcast via ITV and ITVX this evening, as they now have the rights (with Sky having had them for the past 20ish years). Will be interesting to see who and how they manage it; given how often they go to ads during the Oscar broadcast, ITV could well just do the same. Anything that spares us from inane talking heads nonsense might be welcome. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll let you know my thoughts on the ceremony as soon as I can once it finishes. </span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-60800100916523749592024-03-09T13:28:00.000-08:002024-03-09T13:28:00.247-08:00Awards Season 2024: Razzies Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVviHgFyg6uEIjgzyMcUFWiDvTnt_rEstwVXl79-2M9z-_XnHwvGvGhLFsHSesuq9OEcL53sr5UfH3zxogDSo7p1l8pyaE7-FW7SsTM-XzMf2SqlkGkZ53Dar71vbNNsiAlD3hhhsXwRT64YGx5UTBEOu3mPfxrZP5h0EW9dOO-VsS50-WPmb3xMTK5I/s600/1456664410-Razzie-Awards-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVviHgFyg6uEIjgzyMcUFWiDvTnt_rEstwVXl79-2M9z-_XnHwvGvGhLFsHSesuq9OEcL53sr5UfH3zxogDSo7p1l8pyaE7-FW7SsTM-XzMf2SqlkGkZ53Dar71vbNNsiAlD3hhhsXwRT64YGx5UTBEOu3mPfxrZP5h0EW9dOO-VsS50-WPmb3xMTK5I/w400-h225/1456664410-Razzie-Awards-logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ah, Oscars Eve. A day for last-minute preparations, looking over acceptance speeches, sorting out outfits, and generally hoping your name follows the famous declaration <i>"And the Oscar goes to..."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As is traditional, the Golden Raspberry Awards are also handed out on this day, to dishonour the worst in cinema of the previous year. And this year, as well as the undeniable stink of cinematic effluence, there's a definite whiff of both blood and honey as well... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are this year's "winners"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Picture: </b><i>Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey</i> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Director: </b>Rhys Frake-Waterfield (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Actor: </b>Jon Voight (<i>Mercy</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Actress: </b>Megan Fox (<i>Johnny & Clyde</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Supporting Actor: </b>Sylvester Stallone (<i>Expend4bles</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Supporting Actress: </b>Megan Fox (<i>Expend4bles</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Remake, Sequel Or Rip-Off: </b></span><i style="font-family: arial;">Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey</i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Screen Combo: </b>Pooh and Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Screenplay: </b></span><i style="font-family: arial;">Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey</i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Razzie Redeemer: </b>Fran Drescher</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This year's Razzie Redeemer, Fran Drescher, was previously nominated for Worst Actress at the Razzies for the as-bad-as-it-sounds romantic comedy <i>The Beautician And The Beast</i> (1997). However, as the current president of SAG/AFTRA (the American actors' union), she has been rightly praised for her strong leadership throughout the 2023 actors' strike. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey </i><span style="font-family: arial;">was the big winner, taking home five awards (and "winning" each category it was nominated in). <i>Expend4bles </i>takes home two Razzies, including another win for Sylvester Stallone. As the French say, <i>"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose".</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations (commiserations?) to the "winners". </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, that just leaves the big one: the 96th Academy Awards. I'll be posting my predictions for who will win in six major categories tomorrow afternoon. And, much like today, there'll be one particular movie that's going to come up <i>a lot</i>...</span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-25004997277763888112024-02-26T05:26:00.000-08:002024-02-26T05:26:32.772-08:00Awards Season 2024: Awards Winners Round-Up<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjvcFfuy5XhfEEpAw9FBM3nUzMzauyDW5JX6oWQ_8fW-7lthd2VmYbg5fsmlTGAB6IseDOMeAcf0YRIR9p8iSQ3jfF-iYfb5jjv6onpSbWcwnhWp4piEV0715Kt1bj7yw_bWtDUO-G5X8cDK48hjWXgvnUtHwd2cCOuAehUtjxXFEaQXF-2WaS4omCDU/s1200/Awards-Season-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjvcFfuy5XhfEEpAw9FBM3nUzMzauyDW5JX6oWQ_8fW-7lthd2VmYbg5fsmlTGAB6IseDOMeAcf0YRIR9p8iSQ3jfF-iYfb5jjv6onpSbWcwnhWp4piEV0715Kt1bj7yw_bWtDUO-G5X8cDK48hjWXgvnUtHwd2cCOuAehUtjxXFEaQXF-2WaS4omCDU/s320/Awards-Season-300x300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to a combination of factors (don't you just hate it when life gets in the way?), I've not been up to updating the awards season tracker. But time stands still for no nerd, which means that in the meantime, no less than five (yes, <i>five</i>) of the major awards bodies have handed out their gold/silver/glassware. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So brace yourself for a positive deluge of awards results, and get ready to see a lot of the same names over and over again. Let's begin!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZb-ttM0U3NHIwyS5u-VunKUjvhwdr9h-SkvWZTsKVmr6canjcabWFG4raop5jlVDapg1oyneU_IJ2kLxo-HpvCIfRrsPrRm8P_veYSdBIaibV1bwkfb91JoTxP9rBwvdvxrQYzVyypHsfeYxkTR7cyLhuqUNWGkUPJBLV-Ww6J11mjG7t7cF54OKcrQ/s1250/DGA-Awards-header2-1250x813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1250" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZb-ttM0U3NHIwyS5u-VunKUjvhwdr9h-SkvWZTsKVmr6canjcabWFG4raop5jlVDapg1oyneU_IJ2kLxo-HpvCIfRrsPrRm8P_veYSdBIaibV1bwkfb91JoTxP9rBwvdvxrQYzVyypHsfeYxkTR7cyLhuqUNWGkUPJBLV-Ww6J11mjG7t7cF54OKcrQ/s320/DGA-Awards-header2-1250x813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>On Saturday 10th February 2024, the Directors' Guild Awards (DGA) were handed out. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The film winners are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films: </b>Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director: </b>Celine Song (<i>Past Lives</i>) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: </b>Mstyslav Chernov (<i>20 Days In Mariupol</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BAFTA FILM AWARDS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQUaPDqg1R-UEKcd8Bdoz8RT-84Jg9K9EvoxmuvEzCVd-1ojgAl960yQU3ExO7NLdPMur0epXle0HkvqIUFhw7ysVBQJyd_50CoMLC2x16ktvDgobW8QwHwEdnodaMNLbtJ9DPgNP5PX6pAsQLbD2ynHlscGWWeN1K4Hb0yhlBroh9F-WNpwS2gThEFo/s680/BAFTA-Awards-2021-Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom-picks-two-awards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="680" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQUaPDqg1R-UEKcd8Bdoz8RT-84Jg9K9EvoxmuvEzCVd-1ojgAl960yQU3ExO7NLdPMur0epXle0HkvqIUFhw7ysVBQJyd_50CoMLC2x16ktvDgobW8QwHwEdnodaMNLbtJ9DPgNP5PX6pAsQLbD2ynHlscGWWeN1K4Hb0yhlBroh9F-WNpwS2gThEFo/w400-h217/BAFTA-Awards-2021-Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom-picks-two-awards.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Sunday 18th February 2024, the 77th British Academy Film Awards were given out in a star-studded ceremony, hosted for the first time by David Tennant (who made for a very affable and enjoyable host). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a full list of BAFTA winners.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Film: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding British Film: </b><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leading Actor:</b> Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leading Actress: </b>Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Supporting Actor: </b>Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Supporting Actress: </b>Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Director: </b>Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Original Screenplay:</b> <i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Adapted Screenplay: </b><i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer: </b>Savanah Leaf (writer/director/producer), Shirley O’Connor (producer), Medb Riordan (producer) (<i>Earth Mama</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Animated Film: </b><i>The Boy And The Heron</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Documentary: </b><i>20 Days In Mariupol</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Film Not In The English Language: </b><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cinematography: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Costume Design: </b><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Editing: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Make Up And Hair: </b><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Original Music: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Production Design:</b> <i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sound: </b><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Special Visual Effects: </b><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Casting: </b><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Short Animation:</b> <i>Crab Day</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Short Film: </b><i>Jellyfish And Lobster</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rising Star: </b>Mia McKenna-Bruce</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema: </b>June Givanni</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BAFTA Fellowship: </b>Samantha Morton</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer </i>took home the most awards, winning seven; <i>Poor Things</i> wins five, and <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> wins three. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) AWARDS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf-OzANeudH7IYLBG6vUk4neRncF1tnYs7g66prdd0M1KqpffW_Zh-zMxqt2IbjbTNsn958VNcE2sH8QHJ-2VKSc8bdntQ5FzpCRHV4PbWInmSgOBnRE3Pw58sPrFw7XX7zFFsLG9G00jtUHSZbj6-AzL9zcwCgplaB8F1Te-nYUEDe_vByX47N1X5pk/s1000/sag-awards-logo-featured.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf-OzANeudH7IYLBG6vUk4neRncF1tnYs7g66prdd0M1KqpffW_Zh-zMxqt2IbjbTNsn958VNcE2sH8QHJ-2VKSc8bdntQ5FzpCRHV4PbWInmSgOBnRE3Pw58sPrFw7XX7zFFsLG9G00jtUHSZbj6-AzL9zcwCgplaB8F1Te-nYUEDe_vByX47N1X5pk/w400-h225/sag-awards-logo-featured.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday 24th February in a ceremony which streamed live on Netflix and hosted by Idris Elba.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the film winners:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Three awards for <i>Oppenheimer</i>, including the SAG-equivalent of Best Picture, makes them the big winner of the night. Lily Gladstone's win here will be very welcome in keeping her Oscar hopes alive. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGA)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NrU2T7RPo3A5CvFYEJuERj5ovdGBHrdhygJ3RQu5HnfbHoRODoqr0k-a62HoLr7Lr0a1uyVSb2EfGUrqDXTHaSKiRZzzHkSQL5foI2yzoOhaIXDZXAtE1ylq4TZeCleLHUC6ulYXZQS2g2xmraykQsRhMTfpCPeARNDpGqFwPO6vDuWwPUXDlj_t56c/s1024/PGA-card-1024x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NrU2T7RPo3A5CvFYEJuERj5ovdGBHrdhygJ3RQu5HnfbHoRODoqr0k-a62HoLr7Lr0a1uyVSb2EfGUrqDXTHaSKiRZzzHkSQL5foI2yzoOhaIXDZXAtE1ylq4TZeCleLHUC6ulYXZQS2g2xmraykQsRhMTfpCPeARNDpGqFwPO6vDuWwPUXDlj_t56c/s320/PGA-card-1024x1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The 35th Producers Guild Awards (PGA) were handed out on Sunday 25th February. The film winners are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Documentary Film: </b><i>American Symphony</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: </b><i>Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrG-3tj-6PbRKPE5WOWq_bbY0o62QmjTn5Ap9Zxy8if_T1L8taejxwkwDN7iytLODh8ecfOgimgAde5VUJb8jXJsgkEGw0epfuhUWN6ac0DcZMGOByfYDCLUaYCi4DAx9d-Sj1zDl8ntHGWl_hjIzA0-pqQfeIQVE-BY95_s7kFPMUl17NmJnJVHX5XM/s750/SpiritAwardsLogo-750x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrG-3tj-6PbRKPE5WOWq_bbY0o62QmjTn5Ap9Zxy8if_T1L8taejxwkwDN7iytLODh8ecfOgimgAde5VUJb8jXJsgkEGw0epfuhUWN6ac0DcZMGOByfYDCLUaYCi4DAx9d-Sj1zDl8ntHGWl_hjIzA0-pqQfeIQVE-BY95_s7kFPMUl17NmJnJVHX5XM/w400-h214/SpiritAwardsLogo-750x400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on Sunday 25th February, the 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards- recognising films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system- took place.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a full list of film winners. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Feature: </b><i>Past Lives</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Lead Performance: </b>Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Performance:</b> Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Breakthrough Performance:</b> Dominic Sessa (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Celine Song (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Screenplay: </b>Cord Jefferson (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best First Screenplay: </b>Samy Burch (screenplay); Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik (story) (<i>May December</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Cinematography: </b><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Editing: </b><i>How To Blow Up A Pipeline</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best First Feature: </b><i>A Thousand And One</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best International Film: </b><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary: </b><i>Four Daughters</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John Cassavetes Award:</b> <i>Fremont</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Robert Altman Award: </b><i>Showing Up</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The John Cassavetes Award is given to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1 million, whilst the Robert Altman Award is presented to the ensemble cast of the movie, its director, and its casting director(s). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers </i>was the biggest winner of the night, with three awards; <i>Past Lives </i>and <i>American Fiction </i>took home two apiece. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfbovrVTbLALeXlbQVCtL8Sr-cGYjZ-p7TbEqrwkAigkP_SEGkGBaFz_WJjNG5XkPt5C2kf3jJf8AN0L7y7qf3e44zJBwQhXFnXiGPejHrax4qzOLGFHwIPFlCjg8tMFUAAtLepf8qLq_8qXbZQGWU8orl3HbUvTIHEQ1ZTTF-BTjxQIMzAP0TqrZ740/s640/MixCollage-26-Feb-2024-01-15-PM-1154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfbovrVTbLALeXlbQVCtL8Sr-cGYjZ-p7TbEqrwkAigkP_SEGkGBaFz_WJjNG5XkPt5C2kf3jJf8AN0L7y7qf3e44zJBwQhXFnXiGPejHrax4qzOLGFHwIPFlCjg8tMFUAAtLepf8qLq_8qXbZQGWU8orl3HbUvTIHEQ1ZTTF-BTjxQIMzAP0TqrZ740/w400-h300/MixCollage-26-Feb-2024-01-15-PM-1154.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div>So, after all of this is taken into consideration, where does it look like the awards season is headed, as we get into the home strait with only the Razzies and the Oscars left to announce? From my position, this is what I'm thinking: </div></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer </i>looks to be in a strong position to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph is almost certainly going to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">It feels like a two-horse race between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone for Best Actress, but I'd say Gladstone's SAG win puts her slightly ahead.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i>'s best chance of any kind of Oscar win is almost certainly Best Original Song, although it may also get several of the technical awards (if they don't go to <i>Poor Things </i>or <i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">There's a couple of films that were low on my radar that I really need to get to watch!</span></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next- and indeed final- weekend of the 2024 awards season comes on the weekend of 9th/10th March with the Razzies and the Oscars announced that weekend. </span></div></div><div> </div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-59121585227299620012024-02-14T07:03:00.000-08:002024-02-14T07:03:10.065-08:00Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Dinner Date<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's Valentine's Day. A day to celebrate love in all its forms. A particularly apt day for Watchers Productions to release the next short film in our <i>Strange Tales </i>series, as it's all to do with relationships.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watchers Productions proudly presents...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">DINNER DATE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nA0wITarXPX-8y46JtbtA21DYjs8A9Pw7DVFpa8VkCGW1wdLGf8oFNltt9GjICWuIM8-LdzUvh-KEKQt7wA_eP4waEIN5GbQY3ELrQ79bcLsxkC7cVpvOUfnAZR3pSmJ7dsM079GQ857kIG65EYBQwTEvDXq4IH0vsXih31XDbY7tfOqwr_rj7f5u2I/s1920/424666319_912942704168565_8839059832300936571_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nA0wITarXPX-8y46JtbtA21DYjs8A9Pw7DVFpa8VkCGW1wdLGf8oFNltt9GjICWuIM8-LdzUvh-KEKQt7wA_eP4waEIN5GbQY3ELrQ79bcLsxkC7cVpvOUfnAZR3pSmJ7dsM079GQ857kIG65EYBQwTEvDXq4IH0vsXih31XDbY7tfOqwr_rj7f5u2I/w400-h225/424666319_912942704168565_8839059832300936571_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Written by Christopher Maxwell, and directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Starring: </i>Liz Keech (Jen), Nick Brimble (David), and Nicky Davies (Ceri)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">David lives alone and is trying to get himself out into the dating world. He's invited Jen around for dinner to show off his cooking skills. The two laugh and bond, but Jen suspects David might be keeping something from her...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You can watch <i>Dinner Date</i> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWLicSLDlU&t=931s&ab_channel=StrangeTales" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">For more information about our Strange Tales project, the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the <a href="https://www.watchersproductions.com/strangetales" target="_blank">Watchers Productions website</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-36187227106988538782024-01-23T06:10:00.000-08:002024-01-23T06:11:09.898-08:00Awards Season 2024: Academy Award Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5M3lj7cLpAZ3N2lmGYUmGxqJM7Gdfj2iT1CCaGJKxbKHh99YdbyUHZKCUKrN0k3C6BQHAdNXZf9PBL-PaZ-yi97a6oLaHvWRUW_E5tTj4RdcAakLq07eAhJF6ATY18-BShyphenhypheniw0BaJf7D_-p6Zd1VPWMSfKNa3-kCFXC2nC7XGTjsM18RIPuP1xaYKc-o/s1400/1_z-sT9MAENjAotDSTQ3MkGQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5M3lj7cLpAZ3N2lmGYUmGxqJM7Gdfj2iT1CCaGJKxbKHh99YdbyUHZKCUKrN0k3C6BQHAdNXZf9PBL-PaZ-yi97a6oLaHvWRUW_E5tTj4RdcAakLq07eAhJF6ATY18-BShyphenhypheniw0BaJf7D_-p6Zd1VPWMSfKNa3-kCFXC2nC7XGTjsM18RIPuP1xaYKc-o/w400-h225/1_z-sT9MAENjAotDSTQ3MkGQ.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As announced earlier this afternoon, here are some of the official nominations for the 96th Academy Awards:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST PICTURE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Maestro</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Past Lives</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST DIRECTOR</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jonathan Glazer (<i>The Zone Of Interest</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yorgos Lanthimos (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Martin Scorsese (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Killers Of The Flower Moon</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Justine Triet (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST ACTOR</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST ACTRESS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Annette Bening (<i>Nyad</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sandra Hüller (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emma Stone (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Poor Things</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sterling K. Brown (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Ruffalo (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">America Ferrera (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jodie Foster (<i>Nyad</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">The Holdovers</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A full list of nominees can be found <a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With regards to my predictions, I got 29/35 (83%)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of big surprises (dare I say... snubs?) with no love for Greta Gerwig or Margot Robbie. Given the cultural juggernaut that was <i>Barbie, </i>it seems like a bit of an oversight not to nominate its director or leading actress. Lovely to see Hayao Miyazaki get another nomination for <i>The Boy And The Heron</i> (and a nice surprise to see <i>Nimona </i>get a Best Animated Feature nomination). Jodie Foster gets an Oscar nomination, nearly 30 years since her last nod. Lily Gladstone becomes the first Indigenous actor to be nominated for Best Actress. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer </i>leads the field with a huge 13 nominations, with <i>Poor Things </i>taking 11 nods and <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon </i>with 10 nominations. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all nominees!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 96th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday 10th March 2024, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host for the fourth time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There's now a little bit of a break in awards season insanity (inanity?) - we'll be picking it back up again on the weekend of 17th/18th February, with the DGA Awards and BAFTA Film Awards respectively.</span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-30068583715139041452024-01-22T05:30:00.000-08:002024-01-22T05:30:12.291-08:00Awards Season 2024: Razzies Nominations<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddZ9zguqqNb0f7rfAZU46RdvY9nSMyyXnofHrYcQSstw7IpvRGcYWk2Nfh-7Pq0JsJaotODcXhMsW6b45NhQ7sdb5a1YEW9lRTW5UyEXUVQJFlSZ2fo9l67UHeVZNONYsFaGqIU8rUPrNtDu51bM6LU4981OitfPLp2QA1xxcgejxzAhZ4zvcyJ1ySxo/s600/razzie-awards-600x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddZ9zguqqNb0f7rfAZU46RdvY9nSMyyXnofHrYcQSstw7IpvRGcYWk2Nfh-7Pq0JsJaotODcXhMsW6b45NhQ7sdb5a1YEW9lRTW5UyEXUVQJFlSZ2fo9l67UHeVZNONYsFaGqIU8rUPrNtDu51bM6LU4981OitfPLp2QA1xxcgejxzAhZ4zvcyJ1ySxo/w400-h200/razzie-awards-600x300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, here they are. The nominees for the 44th Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a. the Razzies. You'll be pleased to know (possibly?) that some things never change with the Razzies voters and a couple of expected names are present and correct.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST PICTURE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Exorcist: Believer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Expend4bles</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Meg 2: The Trench</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Shazam! Fury Of The Gods</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Winnie the Pooh: Blood And Honey</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ana de Armas (<i>Ghosted</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Megan Fox (<i>Johnny & Clyde</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Salma Hayek (<i>Magic Mike's Last Dance</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jennifer Lopez (<i>The Mother</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Helen Mirren (<i>Shazam! Fury Of The Gods</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Russell Crowe (<i>The Pope's Exorcist</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vin Diesel (<i>Fast X</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chris Evans (<i>Ghosted</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jason Statham (<i>Meg 2: The Trench</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jon Voight (<i>Mercy</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Michael Douglas (<i>Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mel Gibson (<i>Confidential Informant</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Murray (<i>Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Franco Nero (as "The Pope") (<i>The Pope's Exorcist</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sylvester Stallone (<i>Expend4ables</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kim Cattrall (<i>About My Father</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Megan Fox (<i>Expend4bles</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bai Ling (<i>Johnny & Clyde</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lucy Liu (<i>Shazam! Fury Of The Gods</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mary Stuart Masterson (<i>Five Nights At Freddy's</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST SCREEN COUPLE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Any 2 "Merciless Mercenaries" (<i>Expend4bles</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Any 2 Money-Grubbing Investors Who Donated to the $400 Million </span><span style="font-family: arial;">for Remake Rights to <i>The Exorcist</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ana de Armas and Chris Evans (<i>Ghosted</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Salma Hayek and Channing Tatum (<i>Magic Mike's Last Dance</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pooh and Piglet as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers (<i>Winnie the Pooh: Blood And Honey</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Exorcist: Believer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Expend4bles</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Winnie the Pooh: Blood And Honey</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST DIRECTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rhys Frake-Waterfield (<i>Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">David Gordon Green (<i>The Exorcist: Believer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Peyton Reed (<i>Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott Waugh (<i>Expend4bles</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ben Wheatley (<i>Meg 2: The Trench</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WORST SCREENPLAY</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Exorcist: Believer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Expend4bles</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Shazam! Fury Of The Gods</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, with very little surprise, <i style="text-align: center;">Expend4bles </i><span style="text-align: center;">leads the pack with seven nominations, with <i>The Exorcist: Believer </i>and <i>Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey </i>tying for second with five each. Comicbook duds <i>Shazam! Fury Of The Gods </i>and <i>Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania </i>have four apiece. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As is usual with the Razzies nominations, there are a couple of films I've never heard of (<i>Johnny & Clyde, Confidential Informant, The Mother</i>) and I certainly won't be racing to check them out.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The "winners" will be handed out in a ceremony on Saturday 9th March, the day before the Oscars. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Having already posted my Oscar predictions earlier this morning (the world has indeed been turned upside down), my next post will be the official Oscar nominations tomorrow. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-20770346694541556112024-01-22T02:40:00.000-08:002024-01-22T02:40:27.655-08:00 Awards Season 2024: Tez's Official Academy Award Nomination Predictions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUZk2rLC_WrY3YG5sY7z9iPXq1I_Mk2wWlSjPZ36AgcxNLXLeOJK-gRznIgLigKExMLZ0KWLVnz_Ev40wPGDbX0nBdMCYrlKzL5ynmT4lwV64ARGwVj0IvQCdOFbu_VK7t9vpqWOa534DNUMag5Bp41fKvBv-bn6VjlRu1Lz1_0UuD97sGNwwTqoQ7nI/s1014/oscars-key-art-cropped-1014x570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1014" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUZk2rLC_WrY3YG5sY7z9iPXq1I_Mk2wWlSjPZ36AgcxNLXLeOJK-gRznIgLigKExMLZ0KWLVnz_Ev40wPGDbX0nBdMCYrlKzL5ynmT4lwV64ARGwVj0IvQCdOFbu_VK7t9vpqWOa534DNUMag5Bp41fKvBv-bn6VjlRu1Lz1_0UuD97sGNwwTqoQ7nI/w400-h225/oscars-key-art-cropped-1014x570.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Tomorrow morning (5:30AM PT/8:30AM ET/1:30PM GMT), the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced. This year, they will be announced by Zazie Beetz (<i>Deadpool 2, Joker, Atlanta</i>) and Jack Quaid (<i>Scream </i>[2022]<i>, The Hunger Games, The Boys</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Since 2003, I have tried to predict who will be nominated in several of the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director and the four acting awards). Below is my list of who I think will be named tomorrow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST PICTURE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Color Purple</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Maestro</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Past Lives</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST DIRECTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Greta Gerwig (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yorgos Lanthimos (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexander Payne (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Martin Scorsese (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sandra Hüller (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Margot Robbie (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sterling K. Brown (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Ruffalo (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jodie Foster (<i>Nyad</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Julianne Moore (<i>May December</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As we now have 10 Best Picture nominees (in addition to the 20 for acting and 5 for directing), I will be happy with any score over 20. Last year, it was 29/35 (83%).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm confident of eight of the ten Best Picture nods, with my question marks over <i>The Color Purple</i> and potentially <i>Past Lives</i>. <i>May December</i> and/or <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> could take either place. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I went for the five DGA nominees for Best Director, and I'm fairly confident with them. Bradley Cooper might sneak in for <i>Maestro</i>, but it seems unlikely. There's the potential for Jonathan Glazer to get a surprise nomination for <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> (in the same vein as Ruben Östlund did last year for <i>Triangle Of Sadness</i>); if he does, I'd say <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> will almost definitely get a Best Picture nod. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With Best Actor, I went for the five SAG nominees - although there's still a chance that Leonardo DiCaprio sneaks in for <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> (to the detriment of either Colman Domingo or Jeffrey Wright, sadly). For Best Actress, there's a couple of performances that might make their way in, with Annette Bening (<i>Nyad</i>), Greta Lee (<i>Past Lives</i>), Fantasia Barrino (<i>The Color Purple</i>) or even potentially Natalie Portman (<i>May December</i>) in contention. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actor feels like the most fluid category at the moment; I'm confident with three of my five picks (De Niro, Downey Jr., and Gosling). You might see Willem Dafoe (<i>Poor Things</i>), Charles Melton (<i>May December</i>), or Dominic Sessa (<i>The Holdovers</i>) included; hell, they may even go for a real curveball and nominate someone like Matt Bomer (<i>Maestro</i>) who has had zero presence in awards season thus far. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm fairly settled with my choices for Best Supporting Actress, although Julianne Moore is the one potentially most at risk. There's been a bit of a seachange as things have gone on, with <i>May December </i>losing out more and more as awards season has rolled on. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could see America Ferrera nominated for <i>Barbie</i>, or Brooks' co-star Taraji P. Henson for <i>The Color Purple</i>. There's a small part of me that would love to see Rosamund Pike nominated for <i>Saltburn</i>, but I've got a feeling that film is a bit too rich for the blood of the Academy voters...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As usual, I'll get a post up as soon as I can tomorrow afternoon with the official nominations. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later today (Monday 22nd January) should see this year's Razzies nominations. I'll post about them a bit later on.</span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-27719930887370701102024-01-18T04:40:00.000-08:002024-01-18T04:40:57.798-08:00Awards Season 2024: BAFTA Film Awards Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmNh89vruNaVBsEnK8YRwjQahL36zAOW8XtorOLiSFgevZODZUpnfvhpl4Mm4CrTYvX4CKYlh_zZzd-u8uKsPy5lxm83DRH_OlvRGEmJVX448r7RpaVnwVhXXjQ5d8PhS02TsrPfCM_hvdhAla8TvPne72ZH-i_JFQYEvgYReeBQY-XwjNYodFrrFRR0/s2944/bafta%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1904" data-original-width="2944" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmNh89vruNaVBsEnK8YRwjQahL36zAOW8XtorOLiSFgevZODZUpnfvhpl4Mm4CrTYvX4CKYlh_zZzd-u8uKsPy5lxm83DRH_OlvRGEmJVX448r7RpaVnwVhXXjQ5d8PhS02TsrPfCM_hvdhAla8TvPne72ZH-i_JFQYEvgYReeBQY-XwjNYodFrrFRR0/w400-h259/bafta%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The nominations for the 77th British Academy (BAFTA) Film Awards were announced this afternoon, by Naomi Ackie (<i>I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker</i>) and Kingsley Ben-Adir (<i>One Night In Miami, Barbie</i>). Here's a selection of the nominees:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST FILM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>All Of Us Strangers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>How To Have Sex</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Napoleon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Old Oak</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Rye Lane</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Saltburn</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Scrapper</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Wonka</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>LEADING ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Barry Keoghan (<i>Saltburn</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Teo Yoo (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>LEADING ACTRESS </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fantasia Barrino (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sandra Hüller (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vivian Oparah (<i>Rye Lane</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Margot Robbie (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SUPPORTING ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jacob Elordi (<i>Saltburn</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Mescal (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dominic Sessa (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Claire Foy (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sandra Hüller (<i>The Zone Of Interest</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rosamund Pike (<i>Saltburn</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DIRECTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jonathan Glazer (<i>The Zone Of Interest</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew Haigh (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexander Payne (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Justine Triet (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A full list of nominees in all categories can be found <a href="https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/2024-nominations-winners" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">BAFTA previously announced longlists for all categories, so you can see what was in contention for nominations <a href="https://www.bafta.org/film/longlists-2024-ee-bafta-film-awards" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> leads the way with a massive 13 nominations, with <i>Poor Things</i> in second place with 11, and <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> and <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> with nine apiece.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There are a couple of interesting omissions from the lists: whilst both were included on the longlist in the relevant categories, neither Leonardo DiCaprio or Lily Gladstone were nominated for their performances in <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>. No Best Picture nod for <i>Barbie</i>, or Director nomination for Greta Gerwig (although I don't think this necessarily hurts their chances at the Oscars next week). Like I always say, BAFTA do skew toward British talent so the inclusion of films like <i>All Of Us Strangers, The Zone Of Interest, </i>and <i>Saltburn </i>is to be expected. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The nominees for the 2024 Rising Star award - the only BAFTA awarded by public vote- have also been announced: this year's nominees are Phoebe Dynevor (<i>Bridgerton</i>), Ayo Edebiri (<i>The Bear</i>), Jacob Elordi (<i>Saltburn</i>), Mia McKenna-Bruce (<i>How To Have Sex</i>), and Sophie Wilde (<i>Talk To Me</i>). Find out more about them, and cast your vote <a href="https://ee.co.uk/why-ee/ee-baftas/rising-star-nominees" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 77th BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out in just a month's time (on Sunday 18th February) in a ceremony to be hosted by the rather marvellous David Tennant. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all nominees!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If I'm right, then our next stop this awards season will be the Razzies nominations on Monday (22nd January). Should be interesting to see what they come up with this year...</span></div></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-57765153619223329862024-01-15T04:08:00.000-08:002024-01-15T04:08:59.558-08:00Awards Season 2024: Critics Choice Awards Winners<div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-3vsEUgcFtOrXLdF93YWmo9Pb-jppn3dAeMHWGgBhyphenhyphen6O9txGAfQUTMyuPs5uRFuC_q4fsh1YNxXcTBHeISR5TWuHD1jns6X-fcqaXaKgjwNapYvkcFwvk-f8Foa1IIbu4119UF4m0BPVUdoOQaxhr1lMykTYurEyFICwZQZ7OJwXA9W3e3yZ1jCIFbo/s2560/CCA-27th-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2560" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-3vsEUgcFtOrXLdF93YWmo9Pb-jppn3dAeMHWGgBhyphenhyphen6O9txGAfQUTMyuPs5uRFuC_q4fsh1YNxXcTBHeISR5TWuHD1jns6X-fcqaXaKgjwNapYvkcFwvk-f8Foa1IIbu4119UF4m0BPVUdoOQaxhr1lMykTYurEyFICwZQZ7OJwXA9W3e3yZ1jCIFbo/w400-h178/CCA-27th-scaled.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yesterday (14th January 2024) saw the 29th Critics Choice Awards. Hosted by Chelsea Handler for the second year in a row, they honoured the best of film and TV in 2022 across 37 categories. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a full list of the Critics' Choice Awards movie winners: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Picture:</b> <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor:</b> Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress: </b>Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actor: </b>Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actress: </b>Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Acting Ensemble: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Screenplay:</b> <i>Barbie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Adapted Screenplay:</b> <i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Comedy:</b> <i>Barbie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Foreign Language Film: </b><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Feature: </b><i>Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Score: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Song: </b>"I'm Just Ken" (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Production Design:</b> <i>Barbie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Editing: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Costume Design: </b><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Hair & Makeup: </b><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Visual Effects: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Cinematography: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Young Actor/Actress: </b>Dominic Sessa (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer </i>took away eight awards, whilst <i>Barbie </i>took home six. The "Barbenheimer" juggernaut continues...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Up next this awards season are the BAFTA Film Award nominations, which will be announced on Thursday (18th January 2024).</span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-70689128540386783352024-01-12T12:43:00.000-08:002024-01-12T12:43:15.038-08:00Awards Season 2024: Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards, Directors Guild Awards (DGA), and Producers Guild Awards (PGA) Nominations<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm2aS7QZWDYorPCfmJb2_oVKOwuPB0iVWg996eMxCDMwe1Riw-Unv94ZOrpG1DyfXMRtFiCCQnLnkITampPP-DyQ7y689ImxLOjyZICUE2OUq97sngNt7nsLEbWyoM6hGYcwN-bE0CQzX1jk0FTGLCF1hXVEQ9-BWSuOj4wlxurWtPQ0jE9pnaDcd39A/s1180/awards-season-1180x168-122943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="1180" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm2aS7QZWDYorPCfmJb2_oVKOwuPB0iVWg996eMxCDMwe1Riw-Unv94ZOrpG1DyfXMRtFiCCQnLnkITampPP-DyQ7y689ImxLOjyZICUE2OUq97sngNt7nsLEbWyoM6hGYcwN-bE0CQzX1jk0FTGLCF1hXVEQ9-BWSuOj4wlxurWtPQ0jE9pnaDcd39A/w400-h58/awards-season-1180x168-122943.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Roll up, roll up, ladies and gents, for not one, not two, but three (yes, three) major bits of awards news as- over the past few days- three of the major guilds have announced their awards nominations for this year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, let's dispense with the faffing around, and let's dive straight in.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS (DGA)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMHwhfKvJrJkQf_HlODbRRbedqnK5Or0aVAjMcT31_Xj2BqI1xzH8Q8AYpX5_0qofK4V9EJ_Iv39M55802u7nNwPMFlGF1Ttanu_yT1IUKK8BjCnxDLSjobY-bnCdCNWLqZxUq1dD6JoBrLhDoSUnpp6NPf50jdMx69uWhMMxsuhpsUHKoEcD6mnyzNg/s800/DGAAwardsHero2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMHwhfKvJrJkQf_HlODbRRbedqnK5Or0aVAjMcT31_Xj2BqI1xzH8Q8AYpX5_0qofK4V9EJ_Iv39M55802u7nNwPMFlGF1Ttanu_yT1IUKK8BjCnxDLSjobY-bnCdCNWLqZxUq1dD6JoBrLhDoSUnpp6NPf50jdMx69uWhMMxsuhpsUHKoEcD6mnyzNg/w400-h225/DGAAwardsHero2010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Wednesday (10th January 2024) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 76th Directors' Guild Awards. The film nominees are as follows:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Greta Gerwig (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yorgos Lanthimos (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexander Payne (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Martin Scorsese (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cord Jefferson (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Manuela Martelli (<i>Chile '76</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Noora Niasari (<i>Shayda</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A.V. Rockwell (<i>A Thousand And One</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Celine Song (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>(previously announced)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp (<i>Bobi Wine: The People's President</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mstyslav Chernov (<i>20 Days In Mariupol</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Madeleine Gavin (<i>Beyond Utopia</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davis Guggenheim (<i>Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">D. Smith (<i>Kokomo City</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Greta Gerwig becomes the third woman director to receive two DGA nominations (after Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion). No real shocks or surprises in the "theatrical feature film" category; I fully expect to see this replicated in the Oscars Best Director category. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film" has been named for former DGA president and director Michael Apted (<i>Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist, The World Is Not Enough</i>) who passed away in 2021.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 76th Annual DGA Awards will take place on Saturday 10th February 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">======</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD (SAG) AWARDS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYP9JSEl0vzIpamIns_5KiRdrhtKeIITThwAp-_-2sxm_yqjON_p7upF7JtQVYoHPkElfPO5s9U_n0KorEPXmTRe2OoEH8a26ffm7BenOwd6jcCSmyC4iZj2opSMp3aUL0yTIIzcbsiDg0b9TYbFb2zFPelPwdAtl82Odxyf4bsbQX00v0ZnB2H2D4PI/s2700/sag-award-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYP9JSEl0vzIpamIns_5KiRdrhtKeIITThwAp-_-2sxm_yqjON_p7upF7JtQVYoHPkElfPO5s9U_n0KorEPXmTRe2OoEH8a26ffm7BenOwd6jcCSmyC4iZj2opSMp3aUL0yTIIzcbsiDg0b9TYbFb2zFPelPwdAtl82Odxyf4bsbQX00v0ZnB2H2D4PI/s320/sag-award-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This afternoon (Friday 12th January), the nominations for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were announced. Again, they were announced via Instagram Live, with Issa Rae (<i>Insecure, Barbie, American Fiction</i>) and Kumail Nanjiani (<i>The Big Sick, Eternals, Silicon Valley</i>) hosting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is the list of film nominations:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Color Purple</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Annette Bening (<i>Nyad</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Margot Robbie (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sterling K. Brown (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Willem Dafoe (<i>Poor Things</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Penélope Cruz (<i>Ferrari</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jodie Foster (<i>Nyad</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 3</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>John Wick: Chapter 4</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie </i>and <i>Oppenheimer</i> lead the field with four nods apiece, while <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> and <i>American Fiction</i> have three. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of interesting admissions and omissions: this is the first time </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Penélope Cruz has received any major awards love for <i>Ferrari </i>(and this is one of the first major awards to even recognise Michael Mann's biopic); Leonardo DiCaprio's omission in the Best Actor category has raised a few eyebrows, as has the complete shut-out of Todd Haynes' <i>May December </i>(three of its main cast- Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton- have appeared in many other awards shortlists). I was surprised not to see </span><span style="font-family: arial;">either Sandra Hüller (for <i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>) or Greta Lee (for <i>Past Lives</i>) recognised for Best Actress. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The SAG Awards will be handed out on Saturday 24th February 2024, with the ceremony streaming on Netflix. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">=======</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGA)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3COLl1C1ynCHUWox31soGBEXooSRSsURPwJlsLrYr9SUMOdmIXABltdbFEQugVJBI56iIEryMe-SFecmrvUtM1t57sV6ZHeqKwrg0S4DWG_BYfr3PFMV4tyORNly0S8cKI6KjyDqq3KLQ9HwC60rhZJ2nX6o_J7IekuK9s1oRy53trJIbEInD_bkUnGQ/s1024/PGA-card-1024x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3COLl1C1ynCHUWox31soGBEXooSRSsURPwJlsLrYr9SUMOdmIXABltdbFEQugVJBI56iIEryMe-SFecmrvUtM1t57sV6ZHeqKwrg0S4DWG_BYfr3PFMV4tyORNly0S8cKI6KjyDqq3KLQ9HwC60rhZJ2nX6o_J7IekuK9s1oRy53trJIbEInD_bkUnGQ/s320/PGA-card-1024x1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Today (Friday 12th January 2024) also saw the nominations for the 35th Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards. The nominated films are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>American Fiction</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Barbie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Holdovers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Maestro</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Past Lives</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Poor Things</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Zone Of Interest</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Boy And The Heron</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Elemental</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Super Mario Bros. Movie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>(previously announced)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>20 Days In Mariupol</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>American Symphony</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Beyond Utopia</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Disappearance Of Shere Hite</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Mother Of All Lies</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Smoke Sauna Sisterhood</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Squaring The Circle (The Story Of Hipgnosis)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There's been some comment made that the PGA has included two international features in the "Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures" categories, with French courtroom drama <i>Anatomy Of A Fall </i>and Holocaust drama <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> both included. I think it just goes to show the depth and breadth of international film, and it's always good to see when films break out of their own narrowly-defined categories to reach wider acclaim. I do feel that the Academy is going to follow suit, although I think it may be the former rather than the latter. But who knows?</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The PGA Awards are due to be handed out on Sunday 25th February 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all nominees!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Coming up next for awards season: the Critics' Choice Awards will be given out on Sunday (14th January)</span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-72235731320620133112024-01-08T07:53:00.000-08:002024-01-08T07:53:45.428-08:00 Awards Season 2024: Golden Globes Winners<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdLfLLTDZfHQdGdYA7skN0ajTJ8ordEt6sKwk1ig37Vnf-W541nXlCcLsi8yE9Agw2EqW9D6-LLGDXhfYZWDtrxluBgF8fOJNl8lPuuvj_uFxO1vBgS3v223qKExUKoCoWidN1LXIaFgnyd6PY3OqHFfsfPFML4ibtcfQ9uSeCy0yHrVvNv-I0EClKwY/s618/GoldenGlobesLive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="618" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdLfLLTDZfHQdGdYA7skN0ajTJ8ordEt6sKwk1ig37Vnf-W541nXlCcLsi8yE9Agw2EqW9D6-LLGDXhfYZWDtrxluBgF8fOJNl8lPuuvj_uFxO1vBgS3v223qKExUKoCoWidN1LXIaFgnyd6PY3OqHFfsfPFML4ibtcfQ9uSeCy0yHrVvNv-I0EClKwY/w400-h266/GoldenGlobesLive.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Last night (Sunday 7th January 2024), the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film. were announced, in a ceremony hosted by comedian Jo Koy (<i>Haunted Mansion, Don't Make Him Angry, The Monkey King</i>). It was broadcast on CBS in the US, after the group ended a longstanding relationship with broadcaster NBC. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />This is the first ceremony since Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries took control of the Golden Globes, following the disbanding of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in June 2023. A group of voters consisting of 300 journalists representing 76 countries selected the nominees and eventual winners. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the full list of film winners.<br /><br /><b>Best Motion Picture (Drama): </b><i>Oppenheimer</i><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): </b><i>Poor Things</i><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor (Drama): </b>Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): </b>Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress (Drama): </b>Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress (Comedy or Musical):</b> Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actor: </b>Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actress: </b>Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Screenplay: </b>Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Score: </b>Ludwig Göransson (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Song: </b>"What Was I Made For?" (<i>Barbie</i>)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Foreign Language Film:</b> <i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Feature Film: </b><i>The Boy And The Heron</i><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cinematic And Box Office Achievement: </b><i>Barbie</i><br /><br /><br /><i>Oppenheimer</i> was the runaway winner of the evening, picking up five awards (having been nominated for eight), with French courtroom drama <i>Anatomy Of A Fall, Barbie</i>, Alexander Payne's <i>The Holdovers, </i>and <i>Poor Things</i> tying with two awards apiece. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Despite multiple nominations, <i>Past Lives, Maestro. May December, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie </i>and <i>The Zone Of Interest</i> went away emptyhanded. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe, taking home the Best Actress (Drama) award for <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> (the film's only award, despite being nominated for seven); she is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, and spoke Blackfeet at the start of her powerful acceptance speech.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The "Cinematic And Box Office Achievement" award is for films that grossed at least $100 million domestically and $150 million worldwide, hence its rather eclectic nominations list (with <i>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, </i>and <i>Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour</i> all included along with the eventual winner, <i>Barbie</i>). Does smack a little bit of the Oscars' botched attempt for a "Most Popular Film" category, but it seems they've at least given it a bit more thought. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />But perhaps they should have given a bit more thought to their choice of host. Jo Koy's opening monologue has been variously described by other media outlets as "cringeworthy", "painful", "unfunny", "awkward", and "distasteful". I watched some of it online and decided that there were better things I could be doing with my time, like alphabetising my spice rack. Koy's stand-up specials are well thought of; however, I don't think many people will be going to seek them out if this hosting gig is their first exposure to him. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />No lifetime achievement awards this time round (so no Cecil B. DeMille or Carol Burnett Awards) but they may be reinstated in coming years. Fair enough. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Coming up for awards season, Wednesday (10th January) sees the announcement of this years' Director's Guild Awards.</span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-87987495130601768702023-12-13T09:51:00.000-08:002023-12-13T09:51:58.559-08:00Awards Season 2024: Critics' Choice Awards Nominations<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_XQfChhDsr52gTeukAGfr_131Yl12udj1f2RwENdg8e4Z8qcqosXwrmzSL3gP5n8NgZiaEmjo7wFlONM0hu-CmyX_w32pT6eJCqNPv8hQiwH2jw-9K5OviY5jTLV2QGmY0BZV1ufsB3JryzZKcYUS5rKSE1tmEtoqRiUqsJMBFyD_Ko3CwMHROBxug8/s2560/CCA-27th-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2560" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_XQfChhDsr52gTeukAGfr_131Yl12udj1f2RwENdg8e4Z8qcqosXwrmzSL3gP5n8NgZiaEmjo7wFlONM0hu-CmyX_w32pT6eJCqNPv8hQiwH2jw-9K5OviY5jTLV2QGmY0BZV1ufsB3JryzZKcYUS5rKSE1tmEtoqRiUqsJMBFyD_Ko3CwMHROBxug8/w400-h178/CCA-27th-scaled.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This afternoon (Wednesday 13th December), the film nominations for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a selection of their nominees:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Picture</b></div><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">American Fiction</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Barbie</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Color Purple</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Holdovers</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Killers Of The Flower Moon</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Maestro</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Oppenheimer</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Past Lives</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Poor Things</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Saltburn</div></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Director</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Greta Gerwig (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yorgos Lanthimos (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Alexander Payne (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Martin Scorsese (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Actor</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Leonardo DiCaprio (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Actress</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sandra Hüller (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Greta Lee (<i>Past Lives</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Margot Robbie (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best Supporting Actor</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sterling K. Brown (<i>American Fiction</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Charles Melton (<i>May December</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mark Ruffalo (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actress</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">America Ferrera (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jodie Foster (<i>Nyad</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Julianne Moore (<i>May December</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;">A full list of nominees can be found <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/critics-choice-nominations-2024-full-list-barbie-1235835620/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><i>Barbie </i>leads the field with a record-breaking 18 nominations (surpassing last year's record-breaking haul of 14 by <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>; <i>Barbie </i>received nominations in 16 of the 21 film categories and- as with the Golden Globes- snagged three Best Original Song nods). <i>Oppenheimer </i>and <i>Poor Things</i> are second, with 13 nods apiece, and <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> in third with 12 nominations. </div><div><br /></div><div>The 29th Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday 14th January 2024. Broadcast on The CW, Chelsea Handler will return for hosting duties for the second year running. </div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to all nominees!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Awards season takes a brief pause over the Christmas period, with the Golden Globes ceremony our next stop, on 7th January 2024.</div></span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-31951831522293153822023-12-11T08:28:00.000-08:002023-12-11T08:28:28.656-08:00Awards Season 2024: Golden Globes Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9koZN67duXu-8BFjofc67nmLNiutn9zyeA0YUaLgfpn53ayt5uS-TN0dcA6usZFsl6LcUugltJJZJBJwcTcth7vTX4H9kCRDTJ_WS54UKhkGpTF3jOXj0OjoLea6I_cF-VllG4bMh4EmFfP2GMoJOdAcMePy3mA84O5Covn63rXTGl0EVeHeCquruA_M/s960/17190513_1489261927782487_8521096305753543724_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="960" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9koZN67duXu-8BFjofc67nmLNiutn9zyeA0YUaLgfpn53ayt5uS-TN0dcA6usZFsl6LcUugltJJZJBJwcTcth7vTX4H9kCRDTJ_WS54UKhkGpTF3jOXj0OjoLea6I_cF-VllG4bMh4EmFfP2GMoJOdAcMePy3mA84O5Covn63rXTGl0EVeHeCquruA_M/s320/17190513_1489261927782487_8521096305753543724_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today (Monday 11th December 2023) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Actors Cedric The Entertainer (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Barbershop, Madagascar, The Soul Man</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) and Wilmer Valderrama (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">That 70's Show, NCIS, Party Monster</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) made the nominations announcement. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is a selection of the film nominees: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Picture - Drama</b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Anatomy Of A Fall</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Killers Of The Flower Moon</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Maestro</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Oppenheimer</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Past Lives</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The Zone Of Interest</span></i></div></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Picture - Musical or Comedy</b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Air</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">American Fiction</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Barbie</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The Holdovers</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">May December</span></i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Poor Things</span></i></div></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best Director</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Greta Gerwig (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yorgos Lanthimos (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christopher Nolan (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Martin Scorsese (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Celine Song (<i>Past Lives</i>)</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best Actor - Drama</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bradley Cooper (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Leonardo DiCaprio (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Colman Domingo (<i>Rustin</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Barry Keoghan (<i>Saltburn</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cillian Murphy (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Andrew Scott (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best Actor - Musical or Comedy</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nicolas Cage (<i>Dream Scenario</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Timothée Chalamet (<i>Wonka</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Matt Damon (<i>Air</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Paul Giamatti (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Joaquin Phoenix (<i>Beau Is Afraid</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Actress - Drama</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Annette Bening (<i>Nyad</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lily Gladstone (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sandra Hüller (<i>Anatomy Of A Fall</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Greta Lee (<i>Past Lives</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Carey Mulligan (<i>Maestro</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cailee Spaeny (<i>Priscilla</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Actress - Musical or Comedy</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Fantasia Barrino (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Lawrence (<i>No Hard Feelings</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Natalie Portman (<i>May December</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Alma Pöysti (<i>Fallen Leaves</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Margot Robbie (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Emma Stone (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actor</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Willem Dafoe (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Robert De Niro (<i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Downey Jr. (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ryan Gosling (<i>Barbie</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Charles Melton (<i>May December</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mark Ruffalo (<i>Poor Things</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actress</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Emily Blunt (<i>Oppenheimer</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Danielle Brooks (<i>The Color Purple</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jodie Foster (<i>Nyad</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Julianne Moore (<i>May December</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Rosamund Pike (<i>Saltburn</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">A full list of nominees can be found <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2024-1235831576/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><i>Barbie </i>gets a whopping nine nominations (with three nods in the Best Original Song category) with <i>Oppenheimer </i>in second place with eight. <i>Killers Of The Flower Moon</i> and <i>Poor Things</i> have seven apiece. </div><div><br /></div><div>The HFPA have announced a couple of changes to the awards; whilst they aren't going down the route of gender-neutral categories, each acting category now has six nominees (instead of five, as has been in the past). They have also introduced two new awards- Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement (which has such diverse nominees as <i>Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, </i>and <i>John Wick: Chapter 4</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div>The Golden Globes will be handed out in a ceremony on Sunday 7th January 2024, to be broadcast live on CBS (who have taken over from NBC as the Globes' network home). No host has been announced as yet.</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to all nominees!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So, next up on the awards season trail, and our last stop before the Christmas holidays, will be the Critics' Choice Awards who will announce their nominees this coming Wednesday (13th December 2024)</div></span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-1621405716640431852023-12-05T09:10:00.000-08:002023-12-05T09:10:17.559-08:00Awards Season 2024: Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-xIPTpaDbYx5iWSbF2zHHEUOi6tW53KEWEk3yiZW_9lOfXNHI5QGulYhS28GSSkDXtUAho4Owf_u6wtegcrFwhmv83uZpU6OnCEwXVEapiOQzZk9CjV8c7tWXVrieBFl_DjiuYf-F3wEScPaRkdsh9bAhsW5x51Vfse9wd7dBK09Rx3J2wk3WUuLbC4/s1600/Film-Independent-Spirit-Awards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-xIPTpaDbYx5iWSbF2zHHEUOi6tW53KEWEk3yiZW_9lOfXNHI5QGulYhS28GSSkDXtUAho4Owf_u6wtegcrFwhmv83uZpU6OnCEwXVEapiOQzZk9CjV8c7tWXVrieBFl_DjiuYf-F3wEScPaRkdsh9bAhsW5x51Vfse9wd7dBK09Rx3J2wk3WUuLbC4/s320/Film-Independent-Spirit-Awards.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, this snuck up on me (as the actress said to the bishop). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBt5SPwVkJ8ZcKS9RBRT13anIVGVLiqdyxGUHzgT-H8iHyLm-zot7yQkBGfGVeT_0BrqNKnyrsKzK02ns3BwLJBTMyPyPg4TQ5Wi21CLJOtM-xhZN5RSF4H6uf3r9IF9wisd04k1lm74AxCZiPPXeLha4L-xxtnh2NP-aHvo4SBZ56FFESp3AZbQ6w5bo/s1020/GAF3k-kWYAA2Cdr.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="892" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBt5SPwVkJ8ZcKS9RBRT13anIVGVLiqdyxGUHzgT-H8iHyLm-zot7yQkBGfGVeT_0BrqNKnyrsKzK02ns3BwLJBTMyPyPg4TQ5Wi21CLJOtM-xhZN5RSF4H6uf3r9IF9wisd04k1lm74AxCZiPPXeLha4L-xxtnh2NP-aHvo4SBZ56FFESp3AZbQ6w5bo/w175-h200/GAF3k-kWYAA2Cdr.jpeg" width="175" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Life has properly got in the way and I didn't realise that Awards Season 2024 had officially begun. But it has, so I'm playing just a little bit of catch-up. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Today (Tuesday 5th December) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 39th Independent Spirit Awards. The nominations were announced by Joel Kim Booster (<i>Fire Island, Big Mouth, Psychosexual</i>) and Natalie Morales (<i>The Little Things, No Hard Feelings, Santa Clarita Diet</i>). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />You will no doubt be aware by now that these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. <a href="https://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2022/11/awards-season-2023-film-independent.html" target="_blank">Last year</a>, the eligibility budget was raised to $30 million dollars, and gender-neutral acting categories were introduced. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Below is a selection of nominations:<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Feature</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">All Of Us Strangers</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">American Fiction</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">May December</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Passages</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Past Lives</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">We Grown Now</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Director</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew Haigh (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Todd Haynes (<i>May December</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">William Oldroyd (<i>Eileen</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Celine Song (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ira Sachs (<i>Passages</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Lead Performance</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jessica Chastain (<i>Memory</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Greta Lee (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trace Lysette (<i>Monica</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Natalie Portman (<i>May December</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Judy Reyes (<i>Birth/Rebirth</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Franz Rogowski (<i>Passages</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew Scott (<i>All Of Us Strangers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Teyana Taylor (<i>A Thousand And One</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeffrey Wright (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Teo Yoo (<i>Past Lives</i>)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Performance</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Erika Alexander (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sterling K. Brown (<i>American Fiction</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Noah Galvin (<i>Theater Camp</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anne Hathaway (<i>Eileen</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Glenn Howerton (<i>BlackBerry</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Marin Ireland (<i>Eileen</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charles Melton (<i>May December</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph (<i>The Holdovers</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Catalina Saavedra (<i>Rotting In The Sun</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ben Whishaw (<i>Passages</i>)</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />A full list of nominees can be found <a href="https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/nominees/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Past Lives </i>(a romantic drama about two childhood friends [Greta Lee and Teo Yoo] who reunite twenty years after one of them emigrates from South Korea to Canada), <i>American Fiction </i>(a comedy-drama in which a frustrated Black novelist [Jeffrey Wright] uses a pen-name to write an outrageous "Black" book as a joke, only to find it being critically lauded), and <i>May December</i> (a drama in which a married couple's [Julianne Moore and Charles Melton] controversial relationship begins to buckle when an actress [Natalie Portman] meets them to do some research for a film about their lives) lead the pack with five nominations apiece.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Passages </i>(a controversial drama where a gay couple [Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw] find their relationship in crisis when one begins an affair with a woman) and <i>The Holdovers</i> (a comedy-drama where a history teacher [Paul Giamatti] at a remote school is forced to remain on campus over Christmas with a troubled student who has nowhere to go) received four each.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony will take place at the usual Santa Monica beachside tent on 24th February 2024, hosted by Aidy Bryant (<i>Saturday Night Live, Human Resources, The Big Sick</i>).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all the nominees!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As I didn't get a chance to do my usual "For Your Consideration" post, I'm going to include the important dates here. So, the timetable for the rest of the major awards in 2024 is as follows:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Golden Globes</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>11th December 2023</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony: </i>7th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Critics' Choice Award</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced:</i> 13th December 2023</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony: </i>14th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Directors' Guild Of America (DGA) Award</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Nominations announced: 10th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony: </i>17th February 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>10th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony: </i>24th February 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Producers' Guild Of America (PGA) Award</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>12th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony: </i>25th February 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BAFTA Film Awards</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>18th January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony:</i> 18th February 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>22nd January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony:</i> 9th March 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Academy Awards (Oscars)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Nominations announced: </i>23rd January 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Awards ceremony:</i> 10th March 2024 (hosted by Jimmy Kimmel)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Let the fun begin!</span></div></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-39782764278378331002023-10-31T06:26:00.000-07:002023-10-31T06:26:13.317-07:00Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Just Meat<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">After something of a hiatus, Watchers Productions are delighted to announce the return of our Strange Tales short films, with our eighth offering, and one that's perfect for Halloween...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>JUST MEAT</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7aiPZf1higDqa9qpZvDMsVIccdcRLudm9tUPjLsYmjUnrBEjeCWSmfmbd-koZnAUJdHdXOJf1HF00_F5uZM3X60HT5-zeYoKk_qk5PaDN3xP3-qipQBWUJb__zOa9CLp3wMrBgz-7nW5iVKwuu8N68ElJW5jmMU8SdqgDbGH90T-ATt4uhaiCfiQlBs/s1767/398108143_18376663138068272_5435285254707639589_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1413" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7aiPZf1higDqa9qpZvDMsVIccdcRLudm9tUPjLsYmjUnrBEjeCWSmfmbd-koZnAUJdHdXOJf1HF00_F5uZM3X60HT5-zeYoKk_qk5PaDN3xP3-qipQBWUJb__zOa9CLp3wMrBgz-7nW5iVKwuu8N68ElJW5jmMU8SdqgDbGH90T-ATt4uhaiCfiQlBs/s320/398108143_18376663138068272_5435285254707639589_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Written by Rhys Jones with Matthew Ford & Terrance Marshman-Edwards, and directed by Rhys Jones</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Starring: </i>Victoria George-Veale (Catrin), Hannah Celyn Griffiths (Zoe), Samuel Rush (Tommy), with Jennifer Higgins and John Wheeler</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's just an ordinary night for delivery driver Tommy - until he finds himself in a life-or-death situation with one particular drop-off. What has happened to Catrin? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWlIioZrkX-PJLAN-ItS2cyXi2xR0jIvELirmlnZlTvKzyOvt9He1dX6djt27N7FUTcT1SQgtGxYmRaVvbFWvj6pHL7jXtMy5A8yl0zvyr6Jzcdn9gJ12ABlVXGdDHrr4MVs1i_0-3HiXF63z_tk-BoFDGvQ69hkWTeoWoNXS29Snb3EBq1afxRjJkoo/s1074/395467548_6434040083385589_4766730662919214160_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1074" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWlIioZrkX-PJLAN-ItS2cyXi2xR0jIvELirmlnZlTvKzyOvt9He1dX6djt27N7FUTcT1SQgtGxYmRaVvbFWvj6pHL7jXtMy5A8yl0zvyr6Jzcdn9gJ12ABlVXGdDHrr4MVs1i_0-3HiXF63z_tk-BoFDGvQ69hkWTeoWoNXS29Snb3EBq1afxRjJkoo/w260-h260/395467548_6434040083385589_4766730662919214160_n.jpg" width="260" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You can watch <i>Just Meat </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv0bD220daE&t=1s&ab_channel=StrangeTales" target="_blank">here</a>!</div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">For more information about our <i>Strange Tales </i>project, the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the <a href="https://www.watchersproductions.com/strangetales">Watchers Productions website</a>.</span></span><p></p>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-4438739941462515082023-03-12T22:23:00.000-07:002023-03-12T22:23:47.898-07:00Awards Season 2023: The 95th Academy Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE0taaundOrSNTEuoYTvkCOa7HamfpJAN63lYzVSxMBXEbDg_YlQkUirwnGXKjpm7tlBrP-444VVACA-tq2pl7ZoA8BxOz2kXMwmeAkrAzdG2UFtLMrphKE0Goc8nTmcnSIfcSttAit_27VDqRGiESAnXilvia5Ml1dSyLBu8411rERYR-aadJ-Nh/s1200/1674572572_819437_1674572614_noticia_normal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE0taaundOrSNTEuoYTvkCOa7HamfpJAN63lYzVSxMBXEbDg_YlQkUirwnGXKjpm7tlBrP-444VVACA-tq2pl7ZoA8BxOz2kXMwmeAkrAzdG2UFtLMrphKE0Goc8nTmcnSIfcSttAit_27VDqRGiESAnXilvia5Ml1dSyLBu8411rERYR-aadJ-Nh/w400-h225/1674572572_819437_1674572614_noticia_normal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So the curtain has come down on awards season 2023 with tonight's 95th Academy Awards. No slaps, no f-bombs, no awards accidentally given to other films, and no massively major shocks. Overall, a joyous evening. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwn7uOd9n159vWO5_j0RTC6csLjZhBaLbVVpj-ckrAokdz5_cwnaTIkI8L9UOA1q_eoI95hxXtGml4_2K2gEWmzfTTsBUZrEMFaMX8tF1FRFVDlKrTe18FzsM5-tlgrvVCIrj58Uht_816gS7BbwuzQUOWbq36BqzQzHvsBQXxufOawgCqSQc8L0sh/s1140/95th-Academy-Awards-Show-21-1678667291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1140" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwn7uOd9n159vWO5_j0RTC6csLjZhBaLbVVpj-ckrAokdz5_cwnaTIkI8L9UOA1q_eoI95hxXtGml4_2K2gEWmzfTTsBUZrEMFaMX8tF1FRFVDlKrTe18FzsM5-tlgrvVCIrj58Uht_816gS7BbwuzQUOWbq36BqzQzHvsBQXxufOawgCqSQc8L0sh/s320/95th-Academy-Awards-Show-21-1678667291.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Returning to host for a third time, Jimmy Kimmel did pretty well in his opening monologue, starting by being parachuted in by Tom Cruise's Maverick. Yes, there were mentions of the slap a few time but didn't overdo it, and also a sly dig at the traditional (over)length of the telecast [although the broadcast took about 3hrs 30m which is average], and one of two little barbs slung at Matt Damon (Kimmel's nemesis, or so he would have us believe). Kimmel was an affable presence, even if him asking Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai if she thought Harry Styles did spit on Chris Pine was one of the more WTF moments of the night. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Musical numbers were a mixed bag - whilst the production of "Naatu Naatu" from <i>RRR </i>was an absolute riot, and the stripped-back version of "Hold My Hand" was sublime, I can only describe the performance of "This Is A Life" from <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> as a sixth-form drama student's fever-dream (complete with David Byrne wearing hot-dog fingers). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The set design for this year's even was beautifully done, very art deco (well, we are technically back in the Roaring Twenties). There was also an interesting use of technology with QR codes shown onscreen which would give more information about nominees in an upcoming category. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyVQBxu8ziMrgeVcyE-RFbQaSjEIJnkexGMif4sVhnxkMOsdF8xnTkFkHWqUJBZ2PQHXrjQ3jrTksGQ8ZEhtaaMnvrkDa0L6Eu5SnU88v1Xs80QaN5fYIFifRqOe3s41eyfgL3g4LlTwAJUtELtH_7eA1ZEuSNXm8Bbb_AhQ9TZpBpUtm8FvJBdvO/s640/Collage%20Maker-13-Mar-2023-04-12-AM-8380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyVQBxu8ziMrgeVcyE-RFbQaSjEIJnkexGMif4sVhnxkMOsdF8xnTkFkHWqUJBZ2PQHXrjQ3jrTksGQ8ZEhtaaMnvrkDa0L6Eu5SnU88v1Xs80QaN5fYIFifRqOe3s41eyfgL3g4LlTwAJUtELtH_7eA1ZEuSNXm8Bbb_AhQ9TZpBpUtm8FvJBdvO/w400-h300/Collage%20Maker-13-Mar-2023-04-12-AM-8380.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Onto the awards themselves.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Five out of six ain't bad, although I expected the category I would struggle to get right was Best Actress. The audience reaction to Ke Huy Quan's win was just wonderful; he had a lot of goodwill in that room, and he was clearly very moved by it all. Jamie Lee Curtis' lovely acceptance speech highlighted the people around her, by saying "we won an Oscar". Ruth Carter very touchingly dedicated her award for Costume Design for her work on <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i> to her 101-year old mother who sadly passed away this week. Another particularly lovely bit was the cast and crew of <i>An Irish Goodbye</i> using part of their acceptance speech time to get the assembled audience to sing "happy birthday" to cast member James Martin. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74XgnJbOqaYhEbyN9z6zmsa9oo2vK4xHoVuMVKhUY8cwECIFIk0sd3IKJxvM3FZfi7WDWv2BSjtwQu-bPtfU6FNFtSk0zJeZr1KbJ4axj9OHvGQvvwDRmNboIx4Ne5hqdfBlO2Tv_Q5-TXm9x5vgrAvyEXOspNtHGVIthdFlLQEYXuZM_9LGTLHBo/s370/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="250" height="400" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0w25wJrx3-aNRW3UrSmYRqvIo1g1i2sPTvGVmxh8BDqfsfb3z1PCm0ZdGeOQOpXtxJM0cxmAhehuPt3JdUBrGxXLj0J1kh9uwDI44nVdaJXi9CFEIvBn0YlD5fj3g0TwcyWC8qTKuiSch5OtOFVYxY4hHgKU2X7fkbl0SQ8_V-7knJxN47i1Z4kl/w160-h200/All_quiet_on_the_western_front_(2022_film).jpg" width="160" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWaCc1iPbjiaemspK69JkN7gQa4667WJ7wuShPtwK2MCAgYGCXdwTyX5xSTedgXA7PXYJkT5gx_56bhDJYeGKpB9OOUl-hJfg3Sc6-HO-np8ORp4yK7e0_WdGa04a3Qt-OX8Svb0JwQMAwCOlVHsWzHcvZNPJ1u-jOtLsyLrOHPxM0grjR2_UGAm4/s1422/MV5BZDQ4Njg4YTctNGZkYi00NWU1LWI4OTYtNmNjOWMyMjI1NWYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWaCc1iPbjiaemspK69JkN7gQa4667WJ7wuShPtwK2MCAgYGCXdwTyX5xSTedgXA7PXYJkT5gx_56bhDJYeGKpB9OOUl-hJfg3Sc6-HO-np8ORp4yK7e0_WdGa04a3Qt-OX8Svb0JwQMAwCOlVHsWzHcvZNPJ1u-jOtLsyLrOHPxM0grjR2_UGAm4/w141-h200/MV5BZDQ4Njg4YTctNGZkYi00NWU1LWI4OTYtNmNjOWMyMjI1NWYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The biggest winner of the evening was <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>, taking home seven awards. <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i> won four Oscars, whilst the only other film to win multiple awards was <i>The Whale</i> (winning two of its three nominations)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite multiple nominations, <i>The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Babylon, The Batman, </i>and <i>Triangle Of Sadness</i> all went away empty-handed. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is the full list of winners at the 95th Academy Awards:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Motion Picture of the Year: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actor:</b> Brendan Fraser (<i>The Whale</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Actress: </b>Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actor: </b>Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Actress: </b>Jamie Lee Curtis (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Screenplay: </b>Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Adapted Screenplay: </b>Sarah Polley (<i>Women Talking</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: </b><i>Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best International Feature Film of the Year: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Cinematography:</b> <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Film Editing: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Production Design: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Costume Design: </b><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Makeup and Hairstyling: </b><i>The Whale</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Score: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Original Song: </b>"Naatu Naatu" (<i>RRR</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Sound:</b> <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Visual Effects: </b><i>Avatar: The Way Of Water</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary (Feature): </b><i>Navalny</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary (Short Subject): </b><i>The Elephant Whisperers</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Animated Short Film: </b><i>The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Live Action Short Film: </b><i>An Irish Goodbye</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to bed. It's very nearly 5:30am here. Time to pack this nonsense away until the end of the year. </span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-14394443395589983612023-03-12T06:55:00.001-07:002023-03-12T06:55:49.417-07:00 Awards Season 2023: Tez's Official Oscar Predictions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc2TCTEDHBj2Z8i4PmIJoRUgKqKWP1Dj_v-I_SkGjr-_vLurj1hYcMt497W_n_69rucwTFSSBQzMgEKF9K6ljEN1zvBEmY0U_OpRfuKVuI7uYxZAtX8GB_qNsaSPShmQPjbvF95lu-6_ZLH7Q91NnE2N3Vnn8GNN9lfCQP4hE-fwbcTG6TGIRAnyI/s1400/1_5nz2iIIq4CYp3qcHTBEYjw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1400" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc2TCTEDHBj2Z8i4PmIJoRUgKqKWP1Dj_v-I_SkGjr-_vLurj1hYcMt497W_n_69rucwTFSSBQzMgEKF9K6ljEN1zvBEmY0U_OpRfuKVuI7uYxZAtX8GB_qNsaSPShmQPjbvF95lu-6_ZLH7Q91NnE2N3Vnn8GNN9lfCQP4hE-fwbcTG6TGIRAnyI/w400-h223/1_5nz2iIIq4CYp3qcHTBEYjw.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tonight, the great and good of Hollywood will convene to celebrate the best of film-making in 2022 at the 95th Academy Awards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHq-MHpsGXrJSc9bGDSmYEf-0BkTaCkpn2RdS7Nvbhx2t_9DvvchsDKSMDJz42IHeebaAW8SB1sEUK0Nks2ANqabmvwZIzyX5JPoVaKvYrmuwqbYo4XD2nh6G9oLl528dGxir8RRFGcw1uTk0X-1AtS1Isrpjl_jnJWVYgUlyIWA6pWRbIH9uxoxE/s408/408x228-Q90_19616a8ab5b516999575255db597dbcc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="408" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHq-MHpsGXrJSc9bGDSmYEf-0BkTaCkpn2RdS7Nvbhx2t_9DvvchsDKSMDJz42IHeebaAW8SB1sEUK0Nks2ANqabmvwZIzyX5JPoVaKvYrmuwqbYo4XD2nh6G9oLl528dGxir8RRFGcw1uTk0X-1AtS1Isrpjl_jnJWVYgUlyIWA6pWRbIH9uxoxE/w400-h224/408x228-Q90_19616a8ab5b516999575255db597dbcc.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Kimmel returns to host for the third time. After <a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/awards-season-2022-94th-academy-awards.html" target="_blank">the controversy of last year</a>, Kimmel's got a bit of a poisoned chalice. The audience are going to be expecting some comment about the slap, as it's difficult to ignore, so not saying a word about it is off the table. He's going to be hoping he has a night like he did hosting the <a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/awards-season-2018-90th-academy-awards.html" target="_blank">90th Oscars</a> (where things went very right) and not the <a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/awards-season-2017-89th-annual-academy.html" target="_blank">89th</a> (<i>"And the Oscar goes to... a completely different film"</i>) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Nonetheless, it has become a tradition for me to predict the nominations and the winners in the main six categories (the four acting categories, Best Director and Best Picture). I've done this since 2003 with varying degrees of success. Last year, I got 6 out of 6. I'll be <i>very </i>surprised if I equal that feat today...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, without further ado, here are my predictions for who will win.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKPH_yXHNdxfyWcq1D3vDdx3XvcVbT8gp_mno-yG3xhVvYUPvmMB9olvMLq2Dpb1BWrlFBdGyZXJcQviM3zkhUjOT79PobIdjJx-W123_oE2EIX12v_SjkxqPpdFdwSb8F3jIOjaN5B9PaOXizT7SfUWCq2_gNMSXXg3A4DXelaM2rsVjoDH3hZlZ/s2560/Supporting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKPH_yXHNdxfyWcq1D3vDdx3XvcVbT8gp_mno-yG3xhVvYUPvmMB9olvMLq2Dpb1BWrlFBdGyZXJcQviM3zkhUjOT79PobIdjJx-W123_oE2EIX12v_SjkxqPpdFdwSb8F3jIOjaN5B9PaOXizT7SfUWCq2_gNMSXXg3A4DXelaM2rsVjoDH3hZlZ/w400-h225/Supporting.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (<i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i>)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To my shame, the Best Supporting Actress category is the only one of the six I try and predict in which I've seen all five nominees. On a personal level, I absolutely adored Kerry Condon's performance in <i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i> but I believe she'll need to be happy to have the BAFTA. Tonight, I do think the Academy are going to take some faltering steps into the 21st century, and acknowledge that- actually- these comicbook movie things can contain performances that will alternately invigorate and devastate you. Bassett was last nominated for an Oscar nearly 30 years ago (for playing Tina Turner in <i>What's Love Got To Do With It</i>]; I genuinely think she'll get this - and she'll deserve it wholeheartedly. From coolly addressing the UN and pulling what can only be described as an absolute baller move there, to having to rule a country riven with grief, it's a performance of stoicism and power. When she breaks, and rages that <i>"I am Queen of the most powerful nation in the world! And my entire family is gone! Have I not given everything?" </i>you absolutely feel and believe in her anger and frustration. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">From the beginning of this year's awards hoop-la, several categories have featured a diverse spread of nominees winning here and there. Not Best Supporting Actor, not this awards season. Ke Huy Quan has been the runaway winner in both Best Supporting Actor races and gender-neutral Best Supporting Role categories. And rightly so. Due to the nature of the film (multiversal shenanigans meets generational trauma), the cast of <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> do get to show range and versatility in their performances as they cross through. Quan gets one of the juicier arcs, going from a mild-mannered mouse of a man in the current iteration, to a suave James Bond-esque character in another; yet, underneath it all, Waymond's warmth and humility shine through. He also gets a wonderful moment in the film which is a) meme-able, b) relatable, and c) perfect to show at awards shows in nominees' showreel. It's when he gives this universal plea, <i>"The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on." </i>This is one of his first major roles since coming back to acting as an adult, and his "narrative" (for want of a better word) is something that the Academy tend to recognise. Something that might also come into play later...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt3hts6YLMbU6M2vh22-eZqj2E96lTYXmdOc8V31EzNSv0Q521s0rT5fsYwGeZCa-HlqYoBPGs2sL2c-1SueaYCJwWD1jEWYxeUt_MsfVrFZd2tRibQWogkg0CLwGVSUNf_vXxWG3rQ809tqR-1-TRPziHuXEdueqUIX3mclAt8ciNLsss23QlsMo/s2560/Lead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt3hts6YLMbU6M2vh22-eZqj2E96lTYXmdOc8V31EzNSv0Q521s0rT5fsYwGeZCa-HlqYoBPGs2sL2c-1SueaYCJwWD1jEWYxeUt_MsfVrFZd2tRibQWogkg0CLwGVSUNf_vXxWG3rQ809tqR-1-TRPziHuXEdueqUIX3mclAt8ciNLsss23QlsMo/w400-h225/Lead.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The lead acting categories this year have been turbulent; there have been so many strong lead female performances that "snubs" have abounded across awards bodies. Yet there's been a core duo whose performances have beguiled, exhilarated, infuriated and resonated with awards bodies around the globe: it's between Michelle Yeoh for the multiversal madness of <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once, </i>and Cate Blanchett for her imperious turn in <i>Tár</i>. I am not 100% certain that Yeoh <i>will </i>win, although her victory at the SAG Awards would suggest she'd be in a better position to take home the Oscar. At the beginning of this awards season, I'd have said Blanchett will be taking home her third Little Golden Bald Naked Man. Now, I'm not sure. I certainly won't be mad if Blanchett did win, but in terms of the role and the journey it takes the actress on, Yeoh's differing takes on Evelyn- glamorous, downtrodden, sausage-fingered- has a lot to recommend it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Actor: Brendan Fraser (<i>The Whale</i>)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I am absolutely torn here. For the cynical "narrative" (as I said before re: Ke Huy Quan) of the moment, Fraser is probably odds-on to win. And on that side of things- for his cultural renaissance after years in the wilderness because he dared to speak- I'd love him to win. And he does give an absolutely heartwrenching turn as the reclusive, morbidly obese teacher trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter before it's too late. On the level of acting skill and ability, Fraser's performance cannot be negatively criticised; he absolutely commands every scene. But I have many misgivings about the film itself (putting it mildly, it's problematic for me in a lot of places), and I have misgivings that an "endorsement" (like a win) from the Academy may mean the legitimacy of those misgivings get diluted and not addressed. I also need to do some research about Samuel D. Hunter (the writer of the original play, and the screenwriter) before I discuss my misgivings. That may come as a blog post soon. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Essentially, I do think it's most likely that Brendan Fraser might win (again, I think his SAG win puts him head and shoulders above), but I wouldn't discount Austin Butler. His turn in <i>Elvis</i> is very strong and he's uncanny as the younger Presley; he's also taken several major wards (BAFTA and Golden Globe- Musical/Comedy) so we might be up for a surprise towards the end of the broadcast... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtf8EP-QnF2eTFdrklCAbdZZoXaHvCPGfssGUs76CD4yhICJMPeQJmWzrtesgRCmSIeVtlRQJKeLy7B8yqsbdAaG-27uyOoNN1Rbh6KD3AlkzbaTou-hA04xzuMABdFD6trKGwZylpwJXnqL1TjpskxhKgIE55CaIVBI7tbY7gufUy9PSrr7b830R/s2560/DirectorPicture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtf8EP-QnF2eTFdrklCAbdZZoXaHvCPGfssGUs76CD4yhICJMPeQJmWzrtesgRCmSIeVtlRQJKeLy7B8yqsbdAaG-27uyOoNN1Rbh6KD3AlkzbaTou-hA04xzuMABdFD6trKGwZylpwJXnqL1TjpskxhKgIE55CaIVBI7tbY7gufUy9PSrr7b830R/w400-h225/DirectorPicture.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Picture: <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></b></div></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At the start of awards season, looking at the potential stars of this year's carnival of cinema, I genuinely thought <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once </i>was an outlier, too rich and too high-concept for the blood of Academy voters (stereotypically old straight white men). A well-made drama like <i>The Fabelmans </i>or <i>All Quiet On The Western Front </i>would seem more to their tastes<i>. </i>But big wins at both the Directors Guild Awards and Producers Guild Awards puts this in pole position for the two big awards. </span></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If Kwan and Scheinert <i>do </i>win, they'll be the third directing duo to take Best Director, following in the footsteps of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (<i>West Side Story</i> [1961]) and Joel and Ethan Coen (<i>No Country For Old Men </i>[2007]). Were I to be flippant, I'd say see if you can tell if the host for that category comes out with two awards not one and you might have your answer. </span></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As for <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once </i>winning Best Picture, it's looking the most likely and it would be a very different kind of Best Picture winner. Will it stand the test of time? I don't know. But is it trying something different? Absolutely so. Is it a "worthy" winner? It's certainly unique and trying to use unconventional techniques to interrogate well-used tropes. And, if I'm honest, it's one of the most visually striking and innovative films of the year. Whilst my heart belongs unequivocally to <i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>, I do think one of the last pronouncements of the evening will be: "And the Oscar goes to... <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>". </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzFq55CNtKuE6jJqkS8FHsg0NzKOTB_NrWEHd-79ex1w_sMa2N1Fk5InAedT2kxk9mQE4rl3lOmXWvD5vhirqH2B82YpQIY20DuXt5oDeyoCruEXBG1MEX4pTIgU9URjPLjjL8-MMw--5HoxOceigdICRlgh9QWetJ8WQMGVBbUxCVAGyGXyKK4IO/s2560/Collage%20Maker-12-Mar-2023-01-48-PM-5138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzFq55CNtKuE6jJqkS8FHsg0NzKOTB_NrWEHd-79ex1w_sMa2N1Fk5InAedT2kxk9mQE4rl3lOmXWvD5vhirqH2B82YpQIY20DuXt5oDeyoCruEXBG1MEX4pTIgU9URjPLjjL8-MMw--5HoxOceigdICRlgh9QWetJ8WQMGVBbUxCVAGyGXyKK4IO/w400-h225/Collage%20Maker-12-Mar-2023-01-48-PM-5138.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In other categories (these are not official predictions, just what I'd like to see), I'd like to see: </span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i> and <i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery </i>take Original and Adapted Screenplay respectively (although it feels more likely that <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> and <i>All Quiet On The Western Front </i>will take them)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Ruth E. Carter to win Best Costume Design for <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">John Williams to win Best Original Score for <i>The Fabelmans</i>; </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">"Naatu Naatu" from <i>RRR </i>to take Best Original Song; and, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Animated Short to go to either (based purely on their titles alone) <i>An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It,</i> or <i>My Year Of Dicks</i>.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(Riz Ahmed was admirably straight-faced when announcing the latter of those films at the nominations announcement ceremony!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So there are my predictions. What do you think? Some dead certs there, surely? Or am I right off the money? Let me know what you think. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll be watching the Oscars live broadcast tonight (well, early hours of Monday morning) and will update with my thoughts on the ceremony and all the winners as soon as I can once it finishes.</span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-25496492846474036312023-03-11T06:27:00.001-08:002023-03-11T06:27:50.600-08:00 Awards Season 2023: Razzies Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaCzapzqXmqF2CSO0VgvbaHuZuNoKe0SdFexaADXkfzpKCaGB7e1hicj-BFj008o-JBpRqgiJx7HWlKoAOqJmAKzAv_tbS53d8EVAIl0p1AtpF1J9lm-NdtPJ9G-Ylg1trmmLV3YN1IFI-K79bXutB9Vlox3qX0CskTcc-xS7Bdfx7ucXOhFMBiY2/s1568/ea5d4c73e2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1568" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaCzapzqXmqF2CSO0VgvbaHuZuNoKe0SdFexaADXkfzpKCaGB7e1hicj-BFj008o-JBpRqgiJx7HWlKoAOqJmAKzAv_tbS53d8EVAIl0p1AtpF1J9lm-NdtPJ9G-Ylg1trmmLV3YN1IFI-K79bXutB9Vlox3qX0CskTcc-xS7Bdfx7ucXOhFMBiY2/w400-h225/ea5d4c73e2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, it's Oscars Eve. The great and good of Hollywood will be primping, preening, and preparing for one of the biggest nights of the year. It's also the day that the Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards get handed out, dishonouring the cinematic crapulence of the previous year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So here are this year's "winners":</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Picture: </b><i>Blonde</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Director: </b>Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun (<i>Good Mourning</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Actor: </b>Jared Leto (<i>Morbius</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Actress: </b>The Golden Raspberry Awards</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Supporting Actor: </b>Tom Hanks (<i>Elvis</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Supporting Actress: </b>Adria Arjona (<i>Morbius</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Remake, Sequel Or Rip-Off: </b><i>Disney's Pinocchio</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Screen Combo: </b>Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and ludicrous accent) (<i>Elvis</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Screenplay: </b><i>Blonde</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Razzie Redeemer:</b> Colin Farrell</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You may be wondering "Awards Guru Tez, why are the Golden Raspberry Awards the 'winners' of the Worst Actress award?" Well, gather round, my award fans, and I'll tell ye a tale...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When the nominations were announced on 22nd January, Ryan Kiera Armstrong was included in the Worst Actress category for her performance as Charlie in the 2022 remake of <i>Firestarter</i>; she is 12 years old. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A little history lesson: the Razzies have previous in nominating child actors: at the 3rd Razzie Awards (1983), they gave the Worst Supporting Actress award to 11-year old Aileen Quinn for her performance in <i>Annie</i>. Other minors who have been nominated include:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Gary Coleman (Worst Actor for <i>On The Right Track </i>[1981], when he was 13);</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jake Lloyd (Worst Supporting Actor for <i>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace</i> [1999] when he was 10)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Macaulay Culkin (a Worst Actor nominee for three films- <i>Getting Even With Dad</i> [1994], <i>The Pagemaster</i> [1994], and <i>Ri¢hie Ri¢h </i>[1994]- all when he was 14); and </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Olivia d'Abo (nominated for Worst Supporting Actress for her roles in <i>Conan The Destroyer</i> [1984] and <i>Bolero </i>[1984]- in which she appears nude- when she was 15). </span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Unsurprisingly (and rightly so), the backlash was quick and fierce. Razzies co-founder John J.B. Wilson made a statement that said <i>"The intent was to be funny. In this particular instance, we seem to have misstepped very badly." </i>No shit, Sherlock. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Armstrong was subsequently removed from the ballot, and the organisation will no longer allow actors under the age of 18 to be nominated in any category. And, as something of a public <i>mea culpa</i>, the Razzies have given themselves this award. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Other nominees for the Razzie Redeemer this year- which is given to a former Razzie nominee or winner who has come back from critical and/or commercial failure- were Val Kilmer (going from <i>The Island Of Dr. Moreau </i>to the subject of acclaimed documentary <i>Val</i>) and Mark Wahlberg (from three-time Worst Actor nominee to biopic <i>Father Stu</i>). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Blonde, Elvis</i>, and <i>Morbius </i>each won two Razzies apiece. <i>Elvis </i>has the dubious distinction of winning in each category it was nominated for. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all "winners"!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, that just leaves the big one: the 95th Academy Awards. I'll be posting my predictions for who will win in six major categories tomorrow afternoon. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-15989435555397674232023-03-05T05:50:00.000-08:002023-03-05T05:50:05.533-08:00Awards Season 2023: Independent Spirit Awards Winners<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-nEv1JwwMQBQgMdBzUBuMwsKqo7QJjhGdC6U5RYf7ALWnYwFCpX--1i8hAffn7h5SpeNg9sZSNVvx8wq9VmAVACpYCJr9h-fWZ9IaxPvmZERVQzu2yB25LGDwxeXsY7IKFMCEbxn7hPD0MajI7dimd_45Vvo12JkwIbDQu7rQXaQ_c4R1HYFPhjR/s300/images%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-nEv1JwwMQBQgMdBzUBuMwsKqo7QJjhGdC6U5RYf7ALWnYwFCpX--1i8hAffn7h5SpeNg9sZSNVvx8wq9VmAVACpYCJr9h-fWZ9IaxPvmZERVQzu2yB25LGDwxeXsY7IKFMCEbxn7hPD0MajI7dimd_45Vvo12JkwIbDQu7rQXaQ_c4R1HYFPhjR/w400-h224/images%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Last night (Saturday 4th March) the 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards- recognising films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system- took place.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/awards-season-2022-independent-spirit.html">Last year's ceremony</a> took place three weeks before the Academy Awards (rather than its traditional Oscar Eve date). This year, it is taking place eight days before but- crucially- whilst the final stage of Oscars voting is still open (it closes on Tuesday 7th March). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Streaming live via YouTube, the awards were handed out in an in-person event at the traditional white beachside tent in Santa Monica, with comedian Hasan Minhaj (<i>Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj, The King's Jester, Homecoming King</i>) hosting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a full list of film winners. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Feature: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Lead Performance: </b>Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Supporting Performance: </b>Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Breakthrough Performance: </b>Stephanie Hsu (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Director: </b>Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Screenplay: </b>Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best First Screenplay: </b>John Patton Ford (<i>Emily The Criminal</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Cinematography: </b><i>Tár</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Editing: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best First Feature: </b><i>Aftersun</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best International Film: </b><i>Joyland</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Documentary:</b> <i>All The Beauty And The Bloodshed</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John Cassavetes Award: </b><i>The Cathedral</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Robert Altman Award: </b><i>Women Talking</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The John Cassavetes Award is given to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1 million (increased this year from $500,000) whilst the Robert Altman Award is presented to the ensemble cast of the movie, its director, and its casting director(s). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With an astounding seven wins, <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once </i>made Spirit Awards history by winning the most awards for a single film ever. It also swept every category it was nominated for (gaining two nominations in the gender-neutral Best Supporting Performance category, with both Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis recognised for their performances). A frankly phenomenal achievement. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We're almost there, the summit is in sight. Next weekend is the big one- the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday 12th March. Prior to that, of course, there's the fun of the Razzies which have remained at their traditional Eve of the Giving Out of the Naked Little Golden Men. You certainly won't be hearing <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> mentioned there...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-57999618520073510772023-02-27T05:31:00.000-08:002023-02-27T05:31:06.913-08:00Awards Season 2023: Producers Guild Awards (PGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Winners<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWYNiUj4EUwTOVcs8Dkzm-t0YQLLMmFQWpcCeoNv5QVi8LZs8M07FF2JdkfF4N7t6_ozS0xwyfYXRM0agutKdjz9yd__sPymEW_K-LQGPyzBpZI4Kbo0VOnWY6b5QlsVv16l-5C0aUYfdy00JofpJkkX8E7vIrq5n0UuT_PgZzEVWfdtUUHOkDPCi/s300/Awards-Season-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWYNiUj4EUwTOVcs8Dkzm-t0YQLLMmFQWpcCeoNv5QVi8LZs8M07FF2JdkfF4N7t6_ozS0xwyfYXRM0agutKdjz9yd__sPymEW_K-LQGPyzBpZI4Kbo0VOnWY6b5QlsVv16l-5C0aUYfdy00JofpJkkX8E7vIrq5n0UuT_PgZzEVWfdtUUHOkDPCi/s1600/Awards-Season-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Another two-for-one offer on awards news today, as this most recent weekend has seen two of the major guilds give out their awards, both of which are seen as bellwethers for the Oscars (which is in a couple of weeks).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, let's find out who needs to make some room on the shelf for some shiny new silverware (well, glass and bronzewear to be more precise)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGA)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWbfAh8vmvQE-m6D8ZXxB2ZEJY9tnw7ph3xM2f7URv1GWlGXzenJ7SX2rWzgshUb-SAEBblkHMRJQTcsCtdL_5Xo106J9xsEoRMem6gqw6e6eGH9ZjHfPg3TJ4_Jm-VEXOq2v1X2fPnb5IU2vLQVgjavDg5-_689moM205ya_bw-bp6reEf8Stwwi/s320/pga_goldfrills_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="320" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWbfAh8vmvQE-m6D8ZXxB2ZEJY9tnw7ph3xM2f7URv1GWlGXzenJ7SX2rWzgshUb-SAEBblkHMRJQTcsCtdL_5Xo106J9xsEoRMem6gqw6e6eGH9ZjHfPg3TJ4_Jm-VEXOq2v1X2fPnb5IU2vLQVgjavDg5-_689moM205ya_bw-bp6reEf8Stwwi/s1600/pga_goldfrills_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Producers Guild Awards (PGA) were handed out on Saturday (25th February). The film winners are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Documentary Film: </b><i>Navalny</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:</b> <i>Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The final round of Oscar voting is still to come (it's happening between 2nd-7th March), but it's looking likely that we've found this year's Best Picture Oscar winner. The other guild awards that happened this weekend also point towards this. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) AWARDS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvZTZpOub-tWQlPd3wgpPbex4RPDDqml657chdpLkZsKkkcf9drxo5yKN1LsgG0Y4pacUec38JYhaAk3nrKpGe1UEHJRktc1Ii4wCzgkFgY7ala2Hi0CVrpthDrzWtmz-rCkvkynYeIQi5eF36F3vlMiKKz237hRwSHmHrUIBH8vM0IY7RFmgPoVO/s2370/original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2370" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvZTZpOub-tWQlPd3wgpPbex4RPDDqml657chdpLkZsKkkcf9drxo5yKN1LsgG0Y4pacUec38JYhaAk3nrKpGe1UEHJRktc1Ii4wCzgkFgY7ala2Hi0CVrpthDrzWtmz-rCkvkynYeIQi5eF36F3vlMiKKz237hRwSHmHrUIBH8vM0IY7RFmgPoVO/w400-h228/original.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held last night (Sunday 26th February) in a ceremony which was not televised, but was streamed live via Netflix's YouTube channel (ahead of the streaming service broadcasting it from next year).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the film winners:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brendan Fraser (<i>The Whale</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jamie Lee Curtis (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once </i>has become the most-awarded film in SAG history, with four awards. It's always been a bit of a two-horse race between Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett for Best Actress, and it's still wide open (especially as both of them are nominated for Best Lead Performance at the Independent Spirits).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I think Ke Huy Quan has pretty much tied on Best Supporting Actor, and it's now between Brendan Fraser and Austin Butler for Best Actor. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The icon that is Sally Field received the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, after Helen Mirren last year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Next weekend (Saturday 4th March) sees the Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, with everything coming to a head the following weekend (Sunday 12th March) with the 95th Academy Awards.</span></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-6498264450119127012023-02-19T13:22:00.000-08:002023-02-19T13:22:15.830-08:00Awards Season 2023: Directors' Guild Awards (DGA) Winners and BAFTA Film Awards Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bfR2iFH9PAFhvbTQjSF1fTbFv8UiLxHke9IhWWNlAJ9UdLhXWqRU-fEqJmt6n3tIe8xXll5evSvHjX-aU6SOuyQWdeT6Z4KnZp7UyxYvzD6_rQEbQJ7G_i-DJzskaUvNt9HW0QqN9QNWhj1BgPMgU-9szKwVJCDy4-og13TvP8kdRY_7dLusfcLO/s480/1336386_awardscalendar_995672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="480" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bfR2iFH9PAFhvbTQjSF1fTbFv8UiLxHke9IhWWNlAJ9UdLhXWqRU-fEqJmt6n3tIe8xXll5evSvHjX-aU6SOuyQWdeT6Z4KnZp7UyxYvzD6_rQEbQJ7G_i-DJzskaUvNt9HW0QqN9QNWhj1BgPMgU-9szKwVJCDy4-og13TvP8kdRY_7dLusfcLO/s320/1336386_awardscalendar_995672.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a quiet couple of weeks, we are back on the awards trail with both the Directors Guild Awards and the BAFTA Film Awards being handed out this weekend. So who were the big winners? Let's find out together, shall we?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Nv9S0zflYjRH9dYUVU9Up5kJNtmup3U86OROMsAI7ZJc693Eyp0Wh_Hy95wSiF7Akv-kPr1wzfWT2NS2neZMe9y2KIK_QUcUC5g_QScb8uBpw-L5IvQmxJqIJxfxqM-91qMgo5vL-R3imeaAMCYIoIGlkd5ZzRblYdUkg5ifbwD_FC8F5Fv-YLtd/s300/dga-awards.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Nv9S0zflYjRH9dYUVU9Up5kJNtmup3U86OROMsAI7ZJc693Eyp0Wh_Hy95wSiF7Akv-kPr1wzfWT2NS2neZMe9y2KIK_QUcUC5g_QScb8uBpw-L5IvQmxJqIJxfxqM-91qMgo5vL-R3imeaAMCYIoIGlkd5ZzRblYdUkg5ifbwD_FC8F5Fv-YLtd/s1600/dga-awards.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Saturday (18th February), the Directors' Guild Awards (DGA) were handed out. The film winners are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films:</b> Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director: </b>Charlotte Wells (<i>Aftersun</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:</b> Sara Dosa (<i>Fire Of Love</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Daniels' win is a bit of a surprise, as I felt the high-concept what-the-everloving-fuck-is-going-on-now vibe of <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> might have been too rich for the blood of the DGA voters, with Spielberg's thoughtful elegy to cinema <i>The Fabelmans</i> a much more likely candidate. Worth saying that- whilst the DGA is a fairly reliable precursor to the Best Director Oscar- it's not got a 100% conversion record, so Spielberg might still nab the Oscar, although this has put the Daniels very much in contention. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BAFTA</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSh7utQ6g6zCAJJXS4c3Gx2I4eDcMiYPgchl9eKzC_YGtDlQgLx_kLac7oBZ7sHfCPHuIDLh9YkADWUi_jGoBeDteaqtVM1oPk6fhD_ZbpCuFAXjMX46Z3TeMxPcfVMqgZ9o-R91GY-aZHed_nLB-6zU-NfDW5Xi5RJiXD4Xy7dVMMNmXkne4LL32v/s768/skynews-baftas-2023-bafta-awards_6060301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSh7utQ6g6zCAJJXS4c3Gx2I4eDcMiYPgchl9eKzC_YGtDlQgLx_kLac7oBZ7sHfCPHuIDLh9YkADWUi_jGoBeDteaqtVM1oPk6fhD_ZbpCuFAXjMX46Z3TeMxPcfVMqgZ9o-R91GY-aZHed_nLB-6zU-NfDW5Xi5RJiXD4Xy7dVMMNmXkne4LL32v/w400-h225/skynews-baftas-2023-bafta-awards_6060301.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>This evening (19th February 2022), the 76th British Academy Film Awards were given out in a star-studded ceremony, hosted for the first time by Richard E. Grant. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jamie Lee Curtis, Julianne Moore, Florence Pugh, Eddie Redmayne, Ke Huy Quan. Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett. Bill Nighy, Sir Patrick Stewart, Emma Thompson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Viola Davis were among some of the stars in attendance to celebrate the best in film for 2022. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Usually, the event is broadcast on the BBC with a time delay but for this year, there's a weird kind of hybrid thing going on where the final four awards of the evening (EE Rising Star, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, and Best Film) were broadcast live, whilst the rest of the ceremony was shown on a delay. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a full list of BAFTA winners.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Best Film: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding British Film: </b><i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leading Actor: </b>Austin Butler (<i>Elvis</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leading Actress: </b>Cate Blanchett (<i>Tár</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Supporting Actor: </b>Barry Keoghan (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Supporting Actress: </b>Kerry Condon (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Director:</b> Edward Berger (<i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Original Screenplay: </b><i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Adapted Screenplay:</b> <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer:</b> Charlotte Wells (writer/director) (<i>Aftersun</i>) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Animated Film:</b> <i>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Documentary: </b><i>Navalny</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Film Not In The English Language:</b> <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cinematography: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Costume Design: </b><i>Elvis</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Editing: </b><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Make Up And Hair:</b> <i>Elvis</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Original Music:</b> <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Production Design: </b><i>Babylon</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sound: </b><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Special Visual Effects:</b> <i>Avatar: The Way Of Water</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Casting:</b> <i>Elvis</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Short Animation: </b><i>The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Short Film:</b> <i>An Irish Goodbye</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rising Star:</b> Emma Mackey</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BAFTA Fellowship: </b>Sandy Powell</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The big winner of the night was <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i> with seven awards (including, somewhat surprisingly, Best Picture), with <i>The Banshees Of Inisherin </i>and <i>Elvis </i>taking home four apiece. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm happy to see <i>The Banshees Of Inisherin </i>doing well (especially with the two Supporting acting wins), although it's been reported that there was a bit of a <i>La La Land</i> moment with Best Supporting Actress. Last year's Best Supporting Actor winner Troy Kotsur (<i>CODA</i>) presented the award using sign language... and his interpreter mistakenly said Carey Mulligan (who had been nominated in the same category for <i>She Said</i>) instead of Kerry Condon. This didn't make the TV broadcast, but a lot of news outlets picked it up nonetheless.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all winners!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There's more awards news coming up next weekend (25th/26th February 2023) with Producers Guild Awards (PGA) and the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) being handed out. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-85566478125504823482023-01-29T06:27:00.000-08:002023-01-29T06:27:21.119-08:00The Watchers Film Show Blog is 11 today!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_5SiSV7yWZAEWf8OLN45DVdpuUNBcs83hyxHIIjLqXjoFejRT9zLutzej27AgovCzM32PhjbVJP9hV8DBrCOfWSeQotXz29KAvYebheHBbphG23zALfspzwtDmrKSS3lzDUGHcre63xfOd_PRjArvKvqZbxvx3-sPjTwRLg558QW217JfcvgWXVY/s650/18inchRainbowConfetti11thBirthdayBalloon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_5SiSV7yWZAEWf8OLN45DVdpuUNBcs83hyxHIIjLqXjoFejRT9zLutzej27AgovCzM32PhjbVJP9hV8DBrCOfWSeQotXz29KAvYebheHBbphG23zALfspzwtDmrKSS3lzDUGHcre63xfOd_PRjArvKvqZbxvx3-sPjTwRLg558QW217JfcvgWXVY/s320/18inchRainbowConfetti11thBirthdayBalloon.jpg" width="246" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Just a quick update today; get out the jelly and ice-cream, it's our 11th birthday! (or anniversary... I'm never sure which one it is)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yep, 11 years ago on this very day, The Watchers Film Show Blog was founded. If this blog were a person, it'd be getting ready to go to secondary school in September. Man, they grow up so fast... <i>*wipes away a tear*</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, a massive THANK YOU to everyone who reads and supports us, especially as content has been a bit lacking of late. We are going to try our damndest to improve that this year. (Hope springs eternal...)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With lots of love and good wishes,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Watchers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Rhys, Matt & Tez)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-75858673873873552622023-01-24T06:13:00.003-08:002023-01-24T06:13:56.737-08:00Awards Season 2023: Academy Award Nominations<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpK-ECfL0ZelQuy81JSAykvAXnfl7aQUrKpTYq4oBszrt52LpN4Mtqauxr-FkcISm7pbQWEwwPUKwOldRYvz8GsW0RDH9L1ORvExvrP36UXouMuNzZEQ2NDq9v9eV60R7_QQapaQQf6tzmNxa7qLZoxcsUT9I4ZBvtvK_iLVlVFF2O9C1xiZR3RoO/s300/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpK-ECfL0ZelQuy81JSAykvAXnfl7aQUrKpTYq4oBszrt52LpN4Mtqauxr-FkcISm7pbQWEwwPUKwOldRYvz8GsW0RDH9L1ORvExvrP36UXouMuNzZEQ2NDq9v9eV60R7_QQapaQQf6tzmNxa7qLZoxcsUT9I4ZBvtvK_iLVlVFF2O9C1xiZR3RoO/w400-h224/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>As announced earlier this afternoon, here are some of the official nominations for the 95th Academy Awards:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST PICTURE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Avatar: The Way Of Water</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Elvis</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Tár</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Triangle Of Sadness</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Women Talking</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST DIRECTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Todd Field (<i>Tár</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Martin McDonagh (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ruben Östlund (<i>Triangle Of Sadness</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Steven Spielberg (<i>The Fabelmans</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Austin Butler (<i>Elvis</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Colin Farrell (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brendan Fraser (<i>The Whale</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Mescal (<i>Aftersun</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Nighy (<i>Living</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cate Blanchett (<i>Tár</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ana de Armas (<i>Blonde</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrea Riseborough (<i>To Leslie</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Williams (<i>The Fabelmans</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brendan Gleeson (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brian Tyree Henry (<i>Causeway</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Judd Hirsch (<i>The Fabelmans</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Barry Keoghan (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Angela Bassett (<i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hong Chau (<i>The Whale</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kerry Condon (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jamie Lee Curtis (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A full list of nominees can be found <a href="https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2023/1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If I've done my maths right, we are looking at 29/35 (83%). Better than last year, so that's a plus. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of big surprises, namely the Best Picture/Director nods for <i>Triangle Of Sadness</i>, and British actress Andrea Riseborough's shock (in the best possible way) Best Actress nomination for <i>To Leslie</i>. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her performance, but the film has had increased awareness over the last few weeks, as it's being signal boosted by several high-profile actresses. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of interesting little facts: all five of the Best Actor nominees are first-time nominees. The German-language version of <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i> has nine nods, as opposed to the four given to the 1930 English-language version (which won Best Picture and Best Director). Angela Bassett's nod is the first acting nomination for any Marvel film, and Judd Hirsch receives his second Oscar nomination after a whoppping 42 years (he was previously nominated for <i>Ordinary People</i> in 1981).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once </i>has 11 nominations to lead the field, with <i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i> and <i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i> tying for second place with nine apiece. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations to all nominees!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 95th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday 12th March 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host for the third time, after his consecutive appearances MCing the <a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/awards-season-2017-89th-annual-academy.html" target="_blank">89th</a> and <a href="http://thewatchersfilmshowblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/awards-season-2018-90th-academy-awards.html" target="_blank">90th Oscars</a>.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">For those not interested in the awards season circus, you'll be glad to know there's going to be a brief hiatus in the proceedings; our next awards season stop on the road to the 95th Academy Awards will be the weekend of 18th/19th February. </span></div><div><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994611754641190512.post-70299515951413395442023-01-23T07:52:00.001-08:002023-01-23T07:52:41.721-08:00Awards Season 2023: Tez's Official Academy Award Nomination Predictions<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikChu-dmPQ7ZvyRV_G2DxXQIUx0cotiY6G4QHEbINn6K05NqPrrKfw9vNnVIm4R1Ivg6a75Sa-_7liJh129ldi5eITkXsfgE88UqR6hymfPILbQX8JtIcnSoB5O9FdBR_cm3kzzcBob_v4nG5xpzrP6Q3z0AdwtQd34ooJbQHi41CLrPrX25gPRIg/s1400/1_5nz2iIIq4CYp3qcHTBEYjw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1400" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikChu-dmPQ7ZvyRV_G2DxXQIUx0cotiY6G4QHEbINn6K05NqPrrKfw9vNnVIm4R1Ivg6a75Sa-_7liJh129ldi5eITkXsfgE88UqR6hymfPILbQX8JtIcnSoB5O9FdBR_cm3kzzcBob_v4nG5xpzrP6Q3z0AdwtQd34ooJbQHi41CLrPrX25gPRIg/w400-h223/1_5nz2iIIq4CYp3qcHTBEYjw.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tomorrow morning (5:30AM PT/8:30AM ET/1:30PM GMT), the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced. This year, they will be announced by Riz Ahmed (<i>Sound Of Metal, Rogue One, Four Lions</i>) and Allison Williams (<i>Get Out, M3gan, Girls</i>).<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since 2003, I have tried to predict who will be nominated in several of the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director and the four acting awards). Below is my list of who I think will be named tomorrow.<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST PICTURE</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Avatar: The Way Of Water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Babylon</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Elvis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Fabelmans</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tár</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Women Talking</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST DIRECTOR</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Todd Field (<i>Tár</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Martin McDonagh (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sarah Polley (<i>Women Talking</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Steven Spielberg (<i>The Fabelmans</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTOR</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Austin Butler (<i>Elvis</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colin Farrell (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brendan Fraser (<i>The Whale</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Paul Mescal (<i>Aftersun</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bill Nighy (<i>Living</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST ACTRESS</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cate Blanchett (<i>Tár</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Viola Davis (<i>The Woman King</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ana de Armas (<i>Blonde</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Danielle Deadwyler (<i>Till</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Michelle Yeoh (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Paul Dano (<i>The Fabelmans</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brendan Gleeson (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Barry Keoghan (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ke Huy Quan (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eddie Redmayne (<i>The Good Nurse</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Angela Bassett (<i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hong Chau (<i>The Whale</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kerry Condon (<i>The Banshees Of Inisherin</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jamie Lee Curtis (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stephanie Hsu (<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>As we now have 10 Best Picture nominees (in addition to the 20 for acting and 5 for directing), I will be happy with any score over 20. Last year, it was 26/35 (74%)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm confident of seven (maybe eight) of the Best Picture nominees; <i>Babylon </i>and/or <i>All Quiet On The Western Front </i>may well be replaced by <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i> and/or <i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.</i> <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With Best Director, there's been a core of four [well, technically five] consistent names (the Daniels, Field, McDonagh and Spielberg) so it's working out who would join them. I went for Sarah Polley in a rather optimistic mood that they'd continue the streak of female directors, but it's far from definite. We could easily see James Cameron (<i>Avatar: The Way Of Water</i>) or Joseph Kosinski (<i>Top Gun: Maverick</i>) get a nod, with Kosinski nominated at the DGAs.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Given the Academy's form over the previous couple of years, a nomination for a foreign-language film director- potentially S.S. Rajamouli (<i>RRR</i>), Park Chan-wook (<i>Decision To Leave</i>), or Edward Berger (<i>All Quiet On The Western Front</i>)- might not be out of the question. Hell, they may still nominate a female director: Gina Prince-Bythewood (<i>The Woman King</i>). <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Best Actor seems fairly secure, although you might see Jeremy Pope (<i>The Inspection</i>) or even potentially Hugh Jackman (<i>The Son</i>) in place of Paul Mescal. Best Actress has been a wide field this year, with a lot of superb performances getting nominated across the various awards bodies. I went with the five SAG Awards nominees, although the Academy could seek to honour Olivia Colman (<i>Empire Of Light</i>), Michelle Williams (<i>The Fabelmans</i>), or Margot Robbie (<i>Babylon</i>) instead.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />With Best Supporting Actor, I'm confident of three at the very least- Gleeson, Keoghan, and Quan. Dano seems fairly secure, but there's been a lot of good supporting performances which might sneak in, including Brad Pitt (<i>Babylon</i>), Brian Tyree Henry (<i>Causeway</i>), and Dano's co-star in <i>The Fabelmans</i>, Judd Hirsch. Ben Whishaw could get a nod for his turn in <i>Women Talking</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />As for Best Supporting Actress, Hsu is the only one I'm not very sure of. You could easily see Carey Mulligan (<i>She Said</i>), Janelle Monáe (<i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</i>), Dolly de Leon (<i>Triangle Of Sadness</i>) or Jessie Buckley and/or Claire Foy from <i>Women Talking</i>. <br /><br /><br />We'll see what the Academy comes up with tomorrow afternoon. There'll be a post up as soon as I can afterwards with the official nominations.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />So what do you think of my predictions? Pretty solid or way off the mark? Who do you think will (or should) get a nomination tomorrow? Let me know by commenting below.</span><br /></div>The Watchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01914990484385740789noreply@blogger.com0