"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" indeed! With yesterday's announcement of the Golden Globe nominations, the movie awards season kicks into full-gear. First, for those of you making a Top Ten List, here is a handy reminder of all eligible films released in 2006 (from Abominable to You, Me & Dupree -- remember that one?), followed by a rundown of the major critics prizes, then a list of important dates.
But first, a brief comment on the Golden Globes: they have hit a new low. Take a look at the nominees for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) to see what I mean: with the possible exception of "Dreamgirls," none of the nominees stand a chance of making the cut in the Best Picture Oscar race. Not a chance! They nominate "Borat" (!?!) yet ignore the vastly-superior "Stranger Than Fiction"? What were they thinking?
Critic's picks: New York / LA Film Critics / Nat'l Board of Review
Best Picture: United 93 / Letters from Iwo Jima / Iwo Jima
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker-Last King of Scotland / tie: Whitaker & Sasha Baron Cohen-Borat / Whitaker
Best Actress: Helen Mirren-The Queen / Mirren / Mirren
Best Supp. Actor: Jackie Earle Haley-Little Children/Michael Sheen-The Queen /Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond
Best Supp. Actress: Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls /Luminita Gheorghiu-The Death of Mr. Lazarescu/Catherine O'Hara-For Your Consideration
Best Director: Martin Scorsese-The Departed /Paul Greengrass-United 93 / Scorsese
Important Dates:
Friday, December 15, 2006
Let the Award Season Begin!
Monday, January 15th - Golden Globe Awards on NBC
Saturday, January 20th - Broadcast Film Critics Awards televised on E!
Tuesday, January 23rd - Academy Award nominations announced (8:35am ET)
Sunday, January 28th - SAG Awards on TNT
Sunday, February 25th - Oscar* Night!
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ReplyDeleteIf you really want a bad movie
ReplyDeletetry "Attack Force" with Steven
Segall. Boy that is a stinker.
They changed the story line in mid
film so you can't follow it and
the voice overs were not done by
Segall. It is really strange.
I do love those B movies though.
Here's another key date -- January 28, when the Premios Goya (the Spanish Oscars) are announced! Nominees for best film are Alatriste (a costume drama of 17th century Spain), Pan's Labyrinth, Salvador (political drama set in early 1970s Catalonia) and Volver.
ReplyDeleteRead all about it:
http://www.zinema.com/dossier/goya/main.htm#CANDIDATURAS