Tag Archives: The Help

Hazanavicius Wins DGA, ‘The Help’ Dominates SAG Awards

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Danny King

Over the past few days, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have both voiced their opinion on the year in film, yet each organization has added so little to the conversation that they hardly … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Awards, Beginners, Christopher Plummer, Directors Guild of America, George Clooney, James Marsh, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Nick Nolte, Octavia Spencer, Project Nim, Screen Actors Guild, Shailene Woodley, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Viola Davis, Warrior | Leave a comment

Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Hugo’ Tops the Field with 11 Nods, ‘The Artist’ Places Second with 10

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Danny King

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 →

Posted in Awards | Tagged A Better Life, A Separation, Awards, Beginners, Drive, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hugo, Moneyball, Oscars, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Shame, Super 8, Take Shelter, The Help, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse | Leave a comment

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

Recapping the Largely Uneventful Golden Globes: A Toned-Down Gervais Still the Highlight

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Danny King

When Ricky Gervais is on auto-pilot mode and he’s still the most watchable element of the Golden Globes, then you know it was a rocky broadcast. (“Rocky” meaning, well, boring.) Alright, maybe he wasn’t the absolute best part. Sidney Poitier’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged A Separation, Angelina Jolie, Awards, Cecil B. DeMille, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Helen Mirren, Hugo, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Jean Dujardin, John Hughes, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Morgan Freeman, Rango, Ricky Gervais, Sidney Poitier, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, W.E., We Need to Talk About Kevin, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Clinging to the Past: The 10 Most Overlooked Performances of 2010

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Danny King

I’m still in list-making mode — clearly — and I’ve decided, since I’ve been revisiting many of these films lately, to calm that craving by taking a step back to acknowledge some of 2010′s most overlooked performances. You can find … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Tens | Tagged A Prophet, Aaron Eckhart, Anton Corbijn, Barney's Version, Ben Stiller, Birgit Minichmayr, Christian Bale, Christopher Morris, Cillian Murphy, Control, Conviction, Everyone Else, Four Lions, Gareth Edwards, George Clooney, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Hilary Swank, Inception, Jim Broadbent, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lars Eidinger, Lesley Manville, Maren Ade, Marion Cotillard, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Monsters, Nicole Kidman, Niels Arestrup, Nigel Lindsay, Overlooked Performances, Pete Postlethwaite, Rabbit Hole, Rhys Ifans, Rosamund Pike, Ruth Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Scoot McNairy, Tahar Rahim, The American, The Fighter, The Help, Tom Hardy, Tony Goldwyn, Top Tens, Whitney Able | 1 Comment

Miscellaneous Awards 2011

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Danny King

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2011 in Review, Albert Nobbs, Bridesmaids, Bryan Cranston, Carnage, Chris Evans, Drive, Hanna, Margaret, Melissa McCarthy, Moneyball, Puncture, Source Code, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tower Heist, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin | 3 Comments

DGA Surprises, Nominates Allen, Fincher

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Danny King

Well, at least Tate Taylor didn’t get in. I’ll take David Fincher — even so-so Fincher, like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — over the soap-brand flavoring of The Help any day of the week. That said, there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Alexander Payne, Awards, David Fincher, Directors Guild of America, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Steven Spielberg, Tate Taylor, The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, War Horse, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Love for ‘The Artist’ Continues with Indiana Film Journalists Association

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Danny King

Another day, another precursor group, another show of love for The Artist. The film earned Michel Hazanavicius Best Director honors in addition to being named the year’s Best Film by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. (Though props to them for … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Amy Ryan, Awards, Coriolanus, Elizabeth Olsen, Indiana Film Journalists Association, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Michel Hazanavicius, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Fiennes, Terrence Malick, The Artist, The Help, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Win Win | Leave a comment

‘The Artist,’ ‘Moneyball,’ ‘Tree of Life’ Earn Multiple Citations from NYFCC

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Danny King

As irksome as the New York Film Critics Circle’s desire to shoot the first bullet of this year’s awards season often was — they didn’t even bother to see Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close prior to the vote … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Albert Brooks, Awards, Brad Pitt, Drive, Emmanuel Lubezki, J.C. Chandor, Jessica Chastain, Lou Lumenick, Margin Call, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Moneyball, New York Film Critics Circle, Steven Zaillian, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Tree of Life | Leave a comment

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