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Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Danny King

Heading into tomorrow’s unveiling of this year’s Oscar nominations, the question remains, as it has all season, as to how the Academy’s freshly revised Best Picture regulations will affect the number of nominees in the category. It’s a fitting place … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Awards, Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Michael Shannon, Nick Nolte, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Shame, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Help, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Warrior | Leave a comment

D.C. Critics Deem ‘The Artist’ 2011′s Best Film

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Danny King

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association has named Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist 2011′s Best Film, following a path whose foundation was laid last week by the New York Film Critics Circle. The WAFCA also awarded The Artist for Ludovic … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Albert Brooks, Awards, Bridesmaids, Carey Mulligan, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Cliff Martinez, Drive, Hugo, Ludovic Bource, Maria Djurkovic, Nicolas Winding Refn, Shame, The Artist, The Descendants, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Werner Herzog | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Shame’

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Danny King

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2011, 4 stars, Abi Morgan, Carey Mulligan, Elizabeth Masucci, Harry Escott, Hunger, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters, Michael Fassbender, Nicole Beharie, Reviews, S, Sean Bobbitt, Shame, Steve McQueen | Leave a comment

Another Trailer for Steve McQueen’s ‘Shame’

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Danny King

The first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Shame popped up via The Guardian back in mid-October, followed shortly thereafter by the official theatrical cut, which essentially shared nearly every frame of the first one. This third trailer, however, released by Apple … Continue reading →

Posted in Videos | Tagged Carey Mulligan, Hans Zimmer, Shame, Steve McQueen, The Thin Red Line, Trailers | Leave a comment

A Quick Word on ‘Shame’ Supporting Player James Badge Dale

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Danny King

I’ll be posting a full-length review of Steve McQueen’s Shame sometime closer to its December 2 release date, but it’s worth mentioning that I saw the film a second time Monday night — at BAM Rose Cinemas, followed by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carey Mulligan, Elizabeth Masucci, James Badge Dale, Michael Fassbender, Shame, Steve McQueen | 2 Comments

Oscar Predictions: Post-NYFF Assessment

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Danny King

Having seen a handful of films at this year’s New York Film Festival — including, among others, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist — I feel that my perspective of this year’s race, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Alexander Payne, An Education, Awards, Carey Mulligan, Clint Eastwood, Diablo Cody, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, George Clooney, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Jean Dujardin, Jim Rash, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Morgan Freeman, My Week with Marilyn, Nat Faxon, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Simon Curtis, Stephen Daldry, Steve McQueen, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Up in the Air, Viola Davis, Young Adult | Leave a comment

Trailer for Steve McQueen’s ‘Shame’

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Danny King

The Guardian has debuted a pitch-perfect first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Shame. It uses the film’s punishing imagery to great effect, though a slightly different cut will probably be developed once it starts making the theatrical rounds. Michael Fassbender gives … Continue reading →

Posted in Videos | Tagged Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender, Shame, Steve McQueen, Trailers | 2 Comments

Movie Review: ‘Drive’ (2011)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Danny King

Drive is director Nicolas Winding Refn’s attempt to squeeze out every emotion possible from a Hossein Amini screenplay that — let’s face it — is pretty by-the-book in its overall construction. (James Sallis’ same-named 2005 novel provides the source material, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2011, 4 stars, Albert Brooks, Blue Valentine, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Cliff Martinez, D, Drive, Half Nelson, Hossein Amini, James Sallis, Kaden Leos, Lars and the Real Girl, Matthew Newman, Newton Thomas Sigel, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar Isaac, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Reviews, Ron Perlman, Ryan Gosling, The American | 7 Comments

Movie Review: ‘One Day’ (2011)

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Danny King

Lone Scherfig’s One Day is a love story about two apparent opposites who, more or less, fall in love at first sight when they spend the night together after graduating from Edinburgh University on July 15, 1988. But while these … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2011, 3.5 stars, An Education, Anne Hathaway, Carey Mulligan, David Nicholls, Jim Sturgess, Ken Stott, Lone Scherfig, O, One Day, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel Getting Married, Rafe Spall, Reviews | 3 Comments

Featurette for Lone Scherfig’s ‘One Day’

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Danny King

Having read — and very much enjoyed — the David Nicholls source material, Lone Scherfig’s upcoming adaptation of One Day is a film I’m antsy to check out. The trailer that was released a while back did little to influence … Continue reading →

Posted in Videos | Tagged Anne Hathaway, Carey Mulligan, David Nicholls, Featurettes, Jim Sturgess, Lone Scherfig, One Day | Leave a comment

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