TOP 20 FILMS OF 2012
[#1-10]
- 1. Oslo, August 31st [Review]
- 2. The Grey [Review]
- 3. The Master [Review]
- 4. Lincoln [Review]
- 5. Amour [Review]
- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
[#11-20]
- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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Tag Archives: Oscar Predictions
Looking Ahead: Forecasting the 2012-2013 Oscar Contenders
You may or may not recall the out-of-the-gate Oscar forecasting I did right around this time last year. It was mostly a lot of blindfolded speculation, as information regarding most of the contenders in question was limited-to-nonexistent. The case is … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Lincoln, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, The Great Gatsby, The Master
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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
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Tagged Awards, Billy Crystal, Moneyball, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Artist, The Tree of Life
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Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement
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
Oscar Predictions: Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Trying to Build Late-Year Momentum
With both The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse hitting theaters this holiday season, Steven Spielberg will undoubtedly be the focus of much year-end movie discussion, both Oscar- and box-office-related. His inflated stage adaptation, without question, is the more major … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: One More Stab Before Critics Have Their Say
The New York Film Critics Circle will announce their 2011 award-winners later today via Twitter (@NYFCC2011), and, with that, a new dynamic will be brought to this year’s Oscar race — the crucial perspectives of the critics groups. While no … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Hugo, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Oscar Predictions: ‘J. Edgar’ Opens to Intriguingly Cryptic Response
Like the film or not — and, despite some obviously confused work on the page from Dustin Lance Black, I do — I think it’s hard not to be at least somewhat interested in the mixed response that Clint Eastwood’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dangerous Method, Alexander Payne, Changeling, Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood, David Cronenberg, Diablo Cody, Dustin Lance Black, Hereafter, Hugo, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, My Week with Marilyn, Olivia Colman, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Paddy Considine, Patton Oswalt, Simon Curtis, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The Descendants, Tyrannosaur, War Horse, Woody Allen, Young Adult
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Oscar Predictions: Post-NYFF Assessment
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
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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
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Oscar Predictions: What We’ve Learned from Venice, Telluride, and Toronto
The fall festival season is undoubtedly one of the most informative periods of the year in terms of forecasting the Oscar game, so with Venice and Telluride behind us — and Toronto closing up shop within the next few days … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dangerous Method, Aaron Sorkin, Alexander Payne, Awards, Bennett Miller, Blue Valentine, Brad Pitt, Carnage, Christoph Waltz, David Cronenberg, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Jonah Hill, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Moneyball, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Roman Polanski, Shame, Steve McQueen, Steven Zaillian, The Artist, The Descendants, The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Up in the Air, Viggo Mortensen, Warrior
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Oscar Predictions: Diving in Before the Festivals
Back in early March, I put together a preliminary set of Oscar predictions for the impending 2011-2012 awards season. Most of the films that made their way into my charts have still yet to be released theatrically, but trailers have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Payne, Awards, Bennett Miller, Clint Eastwood, David Nicholls, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Lone Scherfig, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, One Day, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, War Horse, Woody Allen, Young Adult
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2011 Oscars: Final Predictions
Below are my final predictions for tomorrow’s Academy Awards. As I did with the Golden Globes, I will be including alternates in my predictions. And even though I’ve only consistently covered about nine categories all season long, I’m going to … Continue reading