Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Agree: Argo’s Ben Affleck is Best Director
Jan14

Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Agree: Argo’s Ben Affleck is Best Director

Those who like to point out that the Golden Globes are the most fun awards show in Hollywood may not have experienced the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which rival it as an unbuttoned affair where the biggest names in show business booze and schmooze, on and off camera.   Perhaps noticeably because of the camaraderie they engender between awards voters and contenders—although some might use a more profane term to describe the...

Read More
James Bond Parachutes in to Producers Guild Awards Nominations
Jan03

James Bond Parachutes in to Producers Guild Awards Nominations

Leave it to the Producers Guild of America to finally give some credit to a 50-year-old film franchise. Showing 007 some real love, its members nominated “Skyfall” as one of the 10 films up for the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award for theatrical motion pictures.   Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, is the first James Bond movie ever to get a PGA nomination.   It will compete against Argo, Beasts of the Southern...

Read More
Broadcast Film Critics Elect Lincoln With a Record 13 Nods
Dec11

Broadcast Film Critics Elect Lincoln With a Record 13 Nods

“Lincoln” is clearly the film to beat at the 2013 Critics Choice Movie Awards. The Steven Spielberg-directed historical epic chronicling the assassinated president’s last few months in office garnered a record-breaking 13 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association in categories including best film, director, lead actor for star Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field, who plays his wife, supporting...

Read More
From SNL to ISA: Samberg to Emcee Indie Spirit Awards
Dec11

From SNL to ISA: Samberg to Emcee Indie Spirit Awards

Those of us who have missed Andy Samberg on “Saturday Night Live” can soak up lost time with the comedian when he hosts the upcoming Film Independent Spirit Awards, which usually run about three hours on the afternoon before the Oscars.   The February 23 hosting gig will hopefully be better received than some of the goofy movies that Samberg has appeared in, which haven’t matched the level of some of his SNL...

Read More
LA Film Critics J’adore ‘Amour’ and ‘The Master’
Dec10

LA Film Critics J’adore ‘Amour’ and ‘The Master’

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has bucked early awards season trends by naming the French film “Amour” as best picture and showering “The Master” with a slew of prizes, including runner-up for best picture, helmer Paul Thomas Anderson as best director, star Joaquin Phoenix as best actor, Amy Adams as best supporting actress, and David Frank and Jack Fisk for production design.   Another surprise, LAFCA anointed Dwight...

Read More