Tag Archives: Moneyball
Let’s Cut the ‘Oscar-Nominated Jonah Hill’ Crap
Allow me this final brief observation before we do indeed put the recent awards season completely behind us. I can’t tell you how many times over the past couple of weeks — from friends, from other bloggers, from the guy … Continue reading
Oscar Recap: ‘Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Take Five Statues Apiece
That Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter took home their second consecutive Best Film Editing Oscar — last year for The Social Network, this year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, another hyper-kinetic David Fincher film — was an out-of-nowhere … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: Wrapping it Up
Sunday will bring us the 84th Academy Awards, and with it, the end of an awards season that began with an intriguing open-endedness — “surely that black-and-white silent thing from France won’t hang on forever,” seemed to be the status … Continue reading
Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Hugo’ Tops the Field with 11 Nods, ‘The Artist’ Places Second with 10
The complete list of nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, which were announced via the Oscar site’s live stream about an hour ago, can be found after the jump. I’ll update this post later today — probably sometime in the … Continue reading
‘Hanna,’ ‘Moneyball’ Included in Cinema Audio Society Nominees
The Cinema Audio Society declared their five nominees today for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, and with both Hanna and Moneyball, the group stuck their head out for a pair of unexpected — but absolutely worthy — achievements in the … Continue reading
‘Moneyball,’ ‘The Descendants’ Receive ACE Eddie Award Nominations
The nominees for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards have been revealed, and I’m delighted to report that Christopher Tellefsen edged his way into the field for his rich cutting of Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. His decisions not only accurately reflect … Continue reading
Follow the Car
After watching the underwhelming Golden Globes telecast, I naturally turned to what’s been a major constant for me this season: Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. No, Brad Pitt didn’t win Best Actor, and no, the Aaron Sorkin-Steven Zaillian duo didn’t take home … Continue reading
‘Midnight in Paris’ Headlines Quentin Tarantino’s Top 11 of 2011
Quentin Tarantino’s annual assortment of the year’s best films has arrived online today, and the number-three slotting of Moneyball — as well as a Best Director mention for Bennett Miller — obviously earned my affection with ease. I’m less on … Continue reading
Miscellaneous Awards 2011
This list of Miscellaneous Awards for 2011 will probably wrap up my year-in-review stuff here on the site. I don’t want to close the envelope completely, because an idea may pop into my head somewhere down the line, but, considering … Continue reading
The Best Films of 2011
In terms of depth, the cinematic year of 2011 may have been somewhat slim — indeed, I noticed myself stretching just a bit when thinking of ten worthy honorable mentions — but, at the tip of the iceberg, it managed … Continue reading
