Oscar Circuit: “It’s the time of the season”
The second half of the year is upon us. The race is about to heat up with big Oscar hopefuls coming down the pike. Our John Foote will be in attendance at the Toronto International Film Festival and...
View ArticleTrailer Released for “The Impossible”
Details about the trailer and the film are listed below: Summit Entertainment has released the theatrical trailer for THE IMPOSSIBLE, which can be viewed below. Based on the true story of one family’s...
View ArticleCircuit Round-Up (Week Ending 8/26)
Another week and more head-scratching at The Awards Circuit. As the awards race begins to really heat up, The AC team tries to come together and figure out this mess, albeit fun mess, that is Oscar...
View ArticleAwards Circuit Power Hour Episode 17: Around the Room, Summer Movies, Oscar Talk
The staff and I discuss several topics this week but focus a bit on the theater going experience that often gets overlooked. The best part about going to the movies is embracing the traditions each of...
View ArticleTIFF: Pleasant “Tiki,” Sarandon steals “Company,” and Watts isn’t enough for...
KON TIKI (***)…When I was 12 my grandparents gave me the book about Thor Heyerdahl, a 20th century photographer and ethnographer who in 1947 set out on an extraordinary adventure that everyone told him...
View ArticleThe Impossible (***½)
A film that captures real life the way J.A. Bayona captures it in his newest film The Impossible is a rare occurrence in filmmaking. Not only does he pay respect to the countless victims that were...
View ArticleAwards Circuit Power Hour Episode 22: Life of Pi, Oscar-Talk, and Kristen...
We’re flying off the cuff this week discussing the race in general. Agenda is listed below. We talk about the New York Film Festival screening of “Life of Pi” with Ang Lee in attendance. Our qualms...
View ArticleAFI Fest: “Guardians” entertains but it’s “The Impossible” that is most Heroic
Rise of the Guardians (***) Heroes are created by you and me, but for them to survive they require unwavering faith from us all. That is the underlying message in Dreamwork’s latest animated spectacle,...
View ArticleTwo Lead Contenders on Lionsgate Awards Plate
When the Lionsgate Awards site went LIVE today and listed their slate of contenders involving Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Fisher Stevens’ Stand Up Guys, Gary Ross’ The Hunger...
View ArticleAwards Circuit Power Hour Episode 28: Les Miserables Trailer, Studio Slates,...
We have tons of fun this week on the Awards Circuit Power Hour. A jam-packed agenda full of laughs, analysis, and looking in-depth at the Oscar race and its films. We talk the movie trailers of “Warm...
View Article‘The Impossible’ Featurette –“True Story”
Since I’ve seen J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible from Summit Entertainment a few weeks back, I’ve continued to champion the film along with the powerful performances by Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, and Tom...
View ArticleAnalysis of the Golden Globe Nominations
The stars have aligned for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. They announced their nominations for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards. For the first time, their nominees don’t seem as blatant...
View ArticleWriters Guild of America Disqualifies Several Films for their Awards!
Via Kris Tapley over at HitFix/In Contention, he took a look at the ballot for the Writers Guild of America upcoming awards and took note of several omissions that include Quentin Tarantino’s Django...
View ArticleSpotlight on Scores: ‘The Impossible’ and ‘Life of Pi’
Who knew that a giant tsunami and being shipwrecked with a tiger would inspire such great music? Given that the world is supposed to be ending on Friday, now seemed like an interesting time to look at...
View ArticleWeekend Openings: (12/19-12/21)
Having emerged as somewhat of the frontrunner in the awards race in recent weeks, Zero Dark Thirty opens to special limited engagements this week before nationwide release in January. It’s a pretty...
View ArticleWomen in Cinema- The “Oscarettes”: Who will be nominated for Best Actress?
With the Oscar nominations being announced tomorrow morning and all other nominations revealed, it’s that time folks where we all wonder and debate who will be honored with a nomination Oscar morning....
View ArticleEditor Top Films of 2012 – The Year of the Film
2012 went in the blink of an eye. By July of last year, I was fearful of how the year would turn out for film. At that point my top two films, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Moonrise Kingdom were...
View ArticleOscar Circuit: Best Actress
This year we don’t have the fortune of knowing exactly who will win Best Actress. We have five nominees that include two frontrunners, one possible upset and two actresses who should be honored to...
View ArticleInternational Film Music Award Nominations highlight ‘Cloud Atlas’ and ‘Life...
2012 has been a great year for movie music, therefore it would be no surprise that the nominees for the International Film Music Awards would be pretty good. Lincoln and Life of Pi lead the nominated...
View ArticleOscar 2013 Will Win/Should Win Selections (Young)
(The annual “Will Win/Should Win” of the Awards Circuit has been our most popular yet most challenging series where each writer let’s their final thoughts be known on the Oscar categories. Each writer...
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