The Phoenix Film Critics Society recently announced the nominations for their 2012 awards. Les Misérables leads with 12 nominations. I don't plan on seeing this movie, but I could, although I have little interest to. What? Did they not see Django Unchained? The society will announce the winners on Tuesday, December 18, 2012.
Phoenix Film Critics Society 2012 Award Nominations
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2012 (in alphabetical order)
"Argo"
"The Avengers"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck "Argo"
Kathryn Bigelow "Zero Dark Thirty"
Tom Hooper "Les Misérables"
Ang Lee "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg "Lincoln"
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis "Lincoln"
John Hawkes "The Sessions"
Anthony Hopkins "Hitchcock"
Hugh Jackman "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix "The Master"
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence "Silver Linings Playbook"
Quvenzhane Wallis "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts "The Impossible"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead "Smashed"
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert De Niro "Silver Linings Playbook"
Javier Bardem "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones "Lincoln"
Ezra Miller "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Judy Dench "Skyfall"
Sally Fields "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt "The Sessions"
Emma Watson "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
"Argo"
"Les Misérables"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
"Arbitrage"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
"Argo"
"Les Misérables"
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
BEST LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM
"Big Miracle"
"Chimpanzee"
"Life of Pi"
"The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
"Cabin in the Woods"
"Jeff, Who Lives at Home"
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
"Safety Not Guaranteed"
"Sound of My Voice"
BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"A Royal Affair" (Denmark)
"Amour" (Austria)
"Headhunters" (Norway)
"The Intouchables" (France)
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" (Japan)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Bully"
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi"
"Queen of Versailles"
"Searching for Sugar Man"
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Skyfall "Skyfall"
Suddenly "Les Misérables"
When Can I See You Again "Wreck-It Ralph"
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Hitchcock"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
BEST FILM EDITING
"Argo"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Anna Karenina"
"Cloud Atlas"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"A Royal Affair"
"Anna Karenina"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Avengers"
"Cloud Atlas"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Prometheus"
BEST STUNTS
"The Avengers"
"The Bourne Legacy"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"Looper"
"Skyfall"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ON CAMERA
Mark Duplass "Safety Not Guaranteed"
Dwight Henry "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Suraj Sharma "Life of Pi"
Quvenzhane Wallis "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BEHIND THE CAMERA
Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Seth MacFarlane "Ted"
Benh Zeitlin "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Craig Zobel "Compliance"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - FEMALE
Isabelle Allen "Les Miserables"
Maude Apatow "This is 40"
Kara Hayward "Moonrise Kingdom"
Quvenzhane Wallis "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - MALE
CJ Adams "The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
Jerad Gilman "Moonrise Kingdom"
Tom Holland "The Impossible"
Daniel Huttlestone "Les Misérables"
Monday, December 17, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Review: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is An Unexpected Pleasure and Treasure
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Running time: 169 minutes (2 hours, 49 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson
WRITERS: Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro (from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien)
PRODUCERS: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham, and Zane Weiner
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Lesnie (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Jabez Olssen
COMPOSER: Howard Shore
FANTASY/ACTION/ADVENTURE
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Manu Bennett, and Andy Serkis
The subject of this movie review is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a 2012 fantasy film from director Peter Jackson. The film is the first of three movies which are based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (better known by its abbreviated title, The Hobbit). Set sixty years before The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of a curious Hobbit who joins a band of Dwarves on a mission to reclaim their homeland from a powerful dragon.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens on the 111th birthday of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm). He has decided to write down the full story of an adventure he took 60 years earlier as a memoir for his cousin and heir, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood). Sixty years earlier, the younger Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) was a homebody Hobbit. He gets an unexpected visit from the wizard, Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellan), who promptly tricks the Hobbit into hosting a party for a band of dwarves.
Still, Bilbo is shocked when the dwarves show up and eat every scrap of food in his home, and almost tear down the place. When Gandalf returns, he informs Bilbo that these dwarves are on a quest to return to their ancestral home, Lonely Mountain, and to reclaim it and the treasure there from the great dragon, Smaug. The Company of Dwarves numbers 13, including the leader, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). Gandalf’s biggest surprise is that Bilbo has been recruited as the dwarves’ “burglar,” who will help them steal back their treasure. Now, this curious Hobbit is on an unexpected journey that will find him facing killer Orcs, a legion of mountain trolls, and a little fellow named Gollum (Andy Serkis), who is in possession of a mysterious ring.
I am giving The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey a “9” out of 10 on my rating scale, which may be surprising because of my complaints about this movie, especially the big one. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is too long; in fact, the first hour meanders like a drunk narrative looking for a bottle of plot. I dosed off three times, and, at one point, thought about leaving and just waiting to see the rest of the movie on DVD.
However, the movie eventually came alive, but I’m still not sure when it turned for me. I think it may be the moment when the Orcs attack Bilbo and the Company of Dwarves on a rocky plain. At a point, the movie just explodes with surprise appearances, breathtaking vistas, blood-chilling confrontations, and heart-pounding action. Things were happening so fast, yet my mind couldn’t wait for the next thing to happen.
In many ways, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is like the return of an old friend, specifically The Lord of the Rings movies, although LOTR is a sequel to The Hobbit. I didn’t know what to expect before I saw the movie. I had waited so long for The Hobbit to reach the silver screen as a live-action film, yet, in a way, my expectations were so high because of I loved LOTR so much. When Gollum shows up in this movie, my expectations were satisfied. Andy Serkis and the CGI artists behind the character actually improve on their great work from the Ring trilogy films.
There are things about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey that I did not expect, some of them disappointing. But by the end of this movie, I so did not want the adventure end. I wanted that enough to give an imperfect movie a near-perfect score.
9 of 10
A+
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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Boston Film Critics Name "Zero Dark Thirty" 2012's Best Film
The Boston Society of Film Critics was formed in 1981. The group claims that its mission is to make “Boston's unique critical perspective heard on a national and international level by awarding commendations to the best of the year's films and filmmakers and local film theaters and film societies that offer outstanding film programming.” One of the society’s members, Wesley Morris, won 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
2012 Winners:
Best Picture - Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln
Best Actress - Emmanuelle Riva for Amour
Best Supporting Actor - Ezra Miller for Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Supporting Actress - Sally Field for Lincoln
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Screenplay - Tony Kushner fro Lincoln
Best Cinematography - Mihai Malaimare Jr for The Master
Best Documentary - How to Survive a Plague
Best Foreign-Language Film - Amour
Best Animated Film - Frankenweenie
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) - William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor for Zero Dark Thirty
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) - David France for How to Survive a Plague
Best Ensemble Cast - Seven Psychopaths
Best Use of Music in a Film - Moonrise Kingdom
2012 Winners:
Best Picture - Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln
Best Actress - Emmanuelle Riva for Amour
Best Supporting Actor - Ezra Miller for Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Supporting Actress - Sally Field for Lincoln
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Screenplay - Tony Kushner fro Lincoln
Best Cinematography - Mihai Malaimare Jr for The Master
Best Documentary - How to Survive a Plague
Best Foreign-Language Film - Amour
Best Animated Film - Frankenweenie
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) - William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor for Zero Dark Thirty
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) - David France for How to Survive a Plague
Best Ensemble Cast - Seven Psychopaths
Best Use of Music in a Film - Moonrise Kingdom
Saturday, December 15, 2012
2013 Golden Globe Awards Nominations - Movie Categories
The Golden Globe Award is a movie accolade bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The award recognizes excellence in both film and television. The annual awards ceremony is a major part of the film industry’s award season.
Jodie Foster will receive the “Cecil B. DeMille Award” for career achievement at the 2013 awards ceremony. The 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards to be held Sunday, January 13, 2013.
2013 Golden Globe Nominations:
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. ARGO
Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
b. DJANGO UNCHAINED
The Weinstein Company, Columbia Pictures; The Weinstein Company/Sony Pictures Releasing
c. LIFE OF PI
Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox
d. LINCOLN
DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox; Touchstone Pictures
e. ZERO DARK THIRTY
Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Jessica Chastain - ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Marion Cotillard - RUST AND BONE
c. Helen Mirren - HITCHCOCK
d. Naomi Watts - THE IMPOSSIBLE
e. Rachel Weisz - THE DEEP BLUE SEA
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Daniel Day-Lewis - LINCOLN
b. Richard Gere - ARBITRAGE
c. John Hawkes - THE SESSIONS
d. Joaquin Phoenix - THE MASTER
e. Denzel Washington - FLIGHT
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Blueprint Pictures/Participant Media; Fox Searchlight Pictures
b. LES MISERABLES
Universal Pictures, A Working Title Films/Cameron Mackintosh Productions; Universal Pictures
c. MOONRISE KINGDOM
Indian Paintbrush; Focus Features
d. SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
CBS Films; CBS Films
e. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Emily Blunt - SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
b. Judi Dench - THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
c. Jennifer Lawrence - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Maggie Smith - QUARTET
e. Meryl Streep - HOPE SPRINGS
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Jack Black - BERNIE
b. Bradley Cooper - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
c. Hugh Jackman - LES MISERABLES
d. Ewan McGregor - SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
e. Bill Murray - HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. BRAVE
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
b. FRANKENWEENIE
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Pictures
c. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
d. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
DreamWorks Animation LLC; Paramount Pictures
e. WRECK-IT RALPH
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. AMOUR (AUSTRIA)
Les Films Du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics
b. A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK)
(En kongelig affære) Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
c. THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE)
(Les Intouchables) The WeinstenCompany, Quad Productions, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, Ten Films, Chaocorp; The Weinstein Company
d. KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK)
Nordisk Film Production, Recorded Picture Company; The Weinstein Company
e. RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)
(De rouille et d’os) Page 114, Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Amy Adams - THE MASTER
b. Sally Field - LINCOLN
c. Anne Hathaway - LES MISERABLES
d. Helen Hunt - THE SESSIONS
e. Nicole Kidman - THE PAPERBOY
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Alan Arkin - ARGO
b. Leonardo DiCaprio - DJANGO UNCHAINED
c. Philip Seymour Hoffman - THE MASTER
d. Tommy Lee Jones - LINCOLN
e. Christoph Waltz - DJANGO UNCHAINED
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. Ben Affleck - ARGO
b. Kathryn Bigelow - ZERO DARK THIRTY
c. Ang Lee - LIFE OF PI
d. Steven Spielberg - LINCOLN
e. Quentin Tarantino - DJANGO UNCHAINED
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mark Boal - ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Tony Kushner - LINCOLN
c. David O. Russell - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Quentin Tarantino - DJANGO UNCHAINED
e. Chris Terrio – ARGO
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mychael Danna - LIFE OF PI
b. Alexandre Desplat - ARGO
c. Dario Marianelli - ANNA KARENINA
d. Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil - CLOUD ATLAS
e. John Williams - LINCOLN
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
a. “FOR YOU” — ACT OF VALOR
Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
b. “NOT RUNNING ANYMORE”—STAND UP GUYS
Music by: Jon Bon Jovi
Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi
c. “SAFE & SOUND” — THE HUNGER GAMES
Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
d. “SKYFALL”—SKYFALL
Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth
Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth
e. “SUDDENLY” — LES MISERABLES
Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics by: Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
Jodie Foster will receive the “Cecil B. DeMille Award” for career achievement at the 2013 awards ceremony. The 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards to be held Sunday, January 13, 2013.
2013 Golden Globe Nominations:
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. ARGO
Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
b. DJANGO UNCHAINED
The Weinstein Company, Columbia Pictures; The Weinstein Company/Sony Pictures Releasing
c. LIFE OF PI
Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox
d. LINCOLN
DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox; Touchstone Pictures
e. ZERO DARK THIRTY
Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Jessica Chastain - ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Marion Cotillard - RUST AND BONE
c. Helen Mirren - HITCHCOCK
d. Naomi Watts - THE IMPOSSIBLE
e. Rachel Weisz - THE DEEP BLUE SEA
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Daniel Day-Lewis - LINCOLN
b. Richard Gere - ARBITRAGE
c. John Hawkes - THE SESSIONS
d. Joaquin Phoenix - THE MASTER
e. Denzel Washington - FLIGHT
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Blueprint Pictures/Participant Media; Fox Searchlight Pictures
b. LES MISERABLES
Universal Pictures, A Working Title Films/Cameron Mackintosh Productions; Universal Pictures
c. MOONRISE KINGDOM
Indian Paintbrush; Focus Features
d. SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
CBS Films; CBS Films
e. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Emily Blunt - SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
b. Judi Dench - THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
c. Jennifer Lawrence - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Maggie Smith - QUARTET
e. Meryl Streep - HOPE SPRINGS
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Jack Black - BERNIE
b. Bradley Cooper - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
c. Hugh Jackman - LES MISERABLES
d. Ewan McGregor - SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
e. Bill Murray - HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. BRAVE
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
b. FRANKENWEENIE
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Pictures
c. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
d. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
DreamWorks Animation LLC; Paramount Pictures
e. WRECK-IT RALPH
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. AMOUR (AUSTRIA)
Les Films Du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics
b. A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK)
(En kongelig affære) Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
c. THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE)
(Les Intouchables) The WeinstenCompany, Quad Productions, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, Ten Films, Chaocorp; The Weinstein Company
d. KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK)
Nordisk Film Production, Recorded Picture Company; The Weinstein Company
e. RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)
(De rouille et d’os) Page 114, Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Amy Adams - THE MASTER
b. Sally Field - LINCOLN
c. Anne Hathaway - LES MISERABLES
d. Helen Hunt - THE SESSIONS
e. Nicole Kidman - THE PAPERBOY
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Alan Arkin - ARGO
b. Leonardo DiCaprio - DJANGO UNCHAINED
c. Philip Seymour Hoffman - THE MASTER
d. Tommy Lee Jones - LINCOLN
e. Christoph Waltz - DJANGO UNCHAINED
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. Ben Affleck - ARGO
b. Kathryn Bigelow - ZERO DARK THIRTY
c. Ang Lee - LIFE OF PI
d. Steven Spielberg - LINCOLN
e. Quentin Tarantino - DJANGO UNCHAINED
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mark Boal - ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Tony Kushner - LINCOLN
c. David O. Russell - SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Quentin Tarantino - DJANGO UNCHAINED
e. Chris Terrio – ARGO
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mychael Danna - LIFE OF PI
b. Alexandre Desplat - ARGO
c. Dario Marianelli - ANNA KARENINA
d. Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil - CLOUD ATLAS
e. John Williams - LINCOLN
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
a. “FOR YOU” — ACT OF VALOR
Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
b. “NOT RUNNING ANYMORE”—STAND UP GUYS
Music by: Jon Bon Jovi
Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi
c. “SAFE & SOUND” — THE HUNGER GAMES
Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
d. “SKYFALL”—SKYFALL
Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth
Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth
e. “SUDDENLY” — LES MISERABLES
Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics by: Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
2013 Golden Globe Awards Nominations - Television Categories
70th Golden Globes Awards ceremony to be held January 13, 2013.
15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. BREAKING BAD
AMC Sony Pictures Television
b. BOARDWALK EMPIRE
HBO Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
c. DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
PBS A Carnival / Masterpiece Co-Production
d. HOMELAND
SHOWTIME SHOWTIME, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, Fox 21
e. THE NEWSROOM
HBO HBO Entertainment
16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. Connie Britton - NASHVILLE
b. Glenn Close - DAMAGES
c. Claire Danes - HOMELAND
d. Michelle Dockery - DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
e. Julianna Margulies - THE GOOD WIFE
17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. Steve Buscemi - BOARDWALK EMPIRE
b. Bryan Cranston - BREAKING BAD
c. Jeff Daniels - THE NEWSROOM
d. Jon Hamm - MAD MEN
e. Damian Lewis - HOMELAND
18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. THE BIG BANG THEORY
CBS Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
b. EPISODES
SHOWTIME SHOWTIME, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions
c. GIRLS
HBO Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
d. MODERN FAMILY
ABC Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
e. SMASH
NBC Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television
19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Zooey Deshanel - NEW GIRL
b. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - VEEP
c. Lena Dunham - GIRLS
d. Tina Fey - 30 ROCK
e. Amy Poehler - PARKS AND RECREATION
20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Alec Baldwin - 30 ROCK
b. Don Cheadle - HOUSE OF LIES
c. Louis C.K. - LOUIE
d. Matt LeBlanc - EPISODES
e. Jim Parsons - THE BIG BANG THEORY
21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. GAME CHANGE
HBO Playtone and Everyman Pictures in association with HBO Films
b. THE GIRL
HBO A Wall to Wall, Warner Bros Entertainment GmbH, Moonlighting and BBC Production in association with HBO Films
c. HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
HISTORY Thinkfactory Media in association with History
d. THE HOUR
BBC AMERICA Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production
e. POLITICAL ANIMALS
USA NETWORK Berlanti Productions and Laurence Mark Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television
22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Nicole Kidman - HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN
b. Jessica Lange - AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM
c. Sienna Miller - THE GIRL
d. Julianne Moore - GAME CHANGE
e. Sigourney Weaver - POLITICAL ANIMALS
23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Kevin Costner - HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
b. Benedict Cumberbatch - SHERLOCK (MASTERPIECE)
c. Woody Harrelson - GAME CHANGE
d. Toby Jones - THE GIRL
e. Clive Owen - HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN
24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Hayden Panettiere - NASHVILLE
b. Archie Panjabi - THE GOOD WIFE
c. Sarah Paulson - GAME CHANGE
d. Maggie Smith - DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
e. Sofia Vergara - MODERN FAMILY
25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Max Greenfield - NEW GIRL
b. Ed Harris - GAME CHANGE
c. Danny Huston - MAGIC CITY
d. Mandy Patinkin - HOMELAND
e. Eric Stonestreet - MODERN FAMILY
15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. BREAKING BAD
AMC Sony Pictures Television
b. BOARDWALK EMPIRE
HBO Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
c. DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
PBS A Carnival / Masterpiece Co-Production
d. HOMELAND
SHOWTIME SHOWTIME, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, Fox 21
e. THE NEWSROOM
HBO HBO Entertainment
16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. Connie Britton - NASHVILLE
b. Glenn Close - DAMAGES
c. Claire Danes - HOMELAND
d. Michelle Dockery - DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
e. Julianna Margulies - THE GOOD WIFE
17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. Steve Buscemi - BOARDWALK EMPIRE
b. Bryan Cranston - BREAKING BAD
c. Jeff Daniels - THE NEWSROOM
d. Jon Hamm - MAD MEN
e. Damian Lewis - HOMELAND
18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. THE BIG BANG THEORY
CBS Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
b. EPISODES
SHOWTIME SHOWTIME, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions
c. GIRLS
HBO Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
d. MODERN FAMILY
ABC Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
e. SMASH
NBC Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television
19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Zooey Deshanel - NEW GIRL
b. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - VEEP
c. Lena Dunham - GIRLS
d. Tina Fey - 30 ROCK
e. Amy Poehler - PARKS AND RECREATION
20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Alec Baldwin - 30 ROCK
b. Don Cheadle - HOUSE OF LIES
c. Louis C.K. - LOUIE
d. Matt LeBlanc - EPISODES
e. Jim Parsons - THE BIG BANG THEORY
21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. GAME CHANGE
HBO Playtone and Everyman Pictures in association with HBO Films
b. THE GIRL
HBO A Wall to Wall, Warner Bros Entertainment GmbH, Moonlighting and BBC Production in association with HBO Films
c. HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
HISTORY Thinkfactory Media in association with History
d. THE HOUR
BBC AMERICA Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production
e. POLITICAL ANIMALS
USA NETWORK Berlanti Productions and Laurence Mark Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television
22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Nicole Kidman - HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN
b. Jessica Lange - AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM
c. Sienna Miller - THE GIRL
d. Julianne Moore - GAME CHANGE
e. Sigourney Weaver - POLITICAL ANIMALS
23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Kevin Costner - HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
b. Benedict Cumberbatch - SHERLOCK (MASTERPIECE)
c. Woody Harrelson - GAME CHANGE
d. Toby Jones - THE GIRL
e. Clive Owen - HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN
24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Hayden Panettiere - NASHVILLE
b. Archie Panjabi - THE GOOD WIFE
c. Sarah Paulson - GAME CHANGE
d. Maggie Smith - DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
e. Sofia Vergara - MODERN FAMILY
25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a. Max Greenfield - NEW GIRL
b. Ed Harris - GAME CHANGE
c. Danny Huston - MAGIC CITY
d. Mandy Patinkin - HOMELAND
e. Eric Stonestreet - MODERN FAMILY
Detroit Film Critics Name "Silver Linings Playbook" Best Film of 2012
The Detroit Film Critics Society, a group of Michigan film critics, announced their "best of 2012" awards yesterday, Friday, December 14, 2012. I had a feeling that they were jonesing for Silver Linings Playbook after I first saw their nominations list. I was right; they named the David O. Russell film as the best in five categories, including best film, best director, and in two acting categories.
Detroit Film Critics Society’s Best of 2012:
BEST FILM
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Lincoln
BREAKTHROUGH
Winner: Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
http://detroitfilmcritics.com/
Detroit Film Critics Society’s Best of 2012:
BEST FILM
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Lincoln
BREAKTHROUGH
Winner: Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
http://detroitfilmcritics.com/
Friday, December 14, 2012
Review: "The Return of the King" is a Crowning Achievement
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Running time: 201 minutes (3 hours, 21 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson
WRITERS: Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien)
PRODUCERS: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Lesnie (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Jamie Selkirk
COMPOSER: Howard Shore
Academy Award winner including “Best Picture”
FANTASY/ACTION/ADVENTURE
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, David Wenham, Paul Norell, Lawrence Makoare, and Alan Howard (voice)
The subject of this movie review is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, a 2003 fantasy film from director Peter Jackson. The film is the third of three movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-novel cycle, The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), specifically the first book, The Return of the King (1955).
The Rings trilogy ends with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, a magnificent epic of war, romance, honor, loyalty, and salvation. Although I view it as the least of the three films, ROTK is quite entertaining – at many moments, spectacularly so. Anyone who loved the first two pictures will certainly love this finale.
Most of the former Fellowship of the Ring: the man who would be king Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), the elfin archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom), the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), and the Hobbits – Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Merry (Dominic Monaghan) gather in preparation for the final battle in the defense of Middle Earth. They join the people of Rohan to aid Gondor in a ferocious battle to save the human royal city of Minas Tirith. Meanwhile, Gollum leads the other two hobbits – Sam (Sean Astin) and the bearer of the One Ring, Frodo (Elijah Wood), to Mount Doom. The Hobbits are unaware of the treacherous path upon which Gollum leads them; he is the former owner of the One Ring and seeks to destroy the Hobbits so that he may regain possession of the Ring. As Frodo and Sam approach Mount Doom, the birth place of the Ring and the only place where it can be destroyed, the good guys gather at the Black Gates for a battle against the bad guys as the evil eye of Sauron searches for the One Ring, the object that will restore Sauron to Middle Earth.
Although ROTK is certainly a fine film, it has an air about it of being a story that’s run too long. Much of what makes The Lord of the Rings so endearing, the pageantry, the epic scope, the romantic soliloquies, the grand battles, the sweeping score, and the lead characters love for one another slowly creep towards self-parody. Thrilling speeches seem flat; fascinating fantastical creatures become comical. That maybe one reason director Peter Jackson cut the film to three hours and 20 minutes, as an earlier cut of the film had reportedly crept close to four and half hours in length.
Because the film story’s is so wonderful and engaging, I can overlook the flaws as ROTK wraps up LOTR. All aspects of the filmmaking is, for the most part, either excellent or very good: directing, acting, script, score, photography, visual effects, costume and set design. The one really great element of the film is it’s editing; that is what holds the film together even in the moments when it starts to tread the fine line between sublime and pure ridiculous.
In the end, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is probably the best closing chapter of a trilogy since Return of the Jedi, and ROTK is, even with its blemishes, a technically superior effort to Jedi. It’s certainly better than The Matrix Revolutions, so I’ll be happy that The Return of the King is a tremendously satisfying conclusion and heartily recommend it.
8 of 10
A
NOTES:
2004 Academy Awards: 11 wins: “Best Picture” (Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh), “Best Art Direction-Set Decoration” (Grant Major-art director, Dan Hennah-set decorator, and Alan Lee-set decorator), “Best Costume Design” (Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor), “Best Director” (Peter Jackson), “Best Film Editing” (Jamie Selkirk), “Best Makeup” (Richard Taylor and Peter King), “Best Music, Original Score” (Howard Shore), “Best Music, Original Song” (Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox for the song "Into the West"), “Best Sound Mixing” (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek), “Best Visual Effects” (Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke), and “Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay” (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson)
2004 BAFTA Awards: 5 wins: “Best Film” (Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson), “Audience Award, “Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects” (Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke), “Best Cinematography” (Andrew Lesnie), and “Best Screenplay – Adapted” (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson); 9 nominations: “Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music” (Howard Shore), “BAFTA Children's Award Best Feature Film” (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Barrie M. Osborne), “Best Costume Design” (Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor), “Best Editing” (Jamie Selkirk), “Best Make Up/Hair” (Richard Taylor, Peter King, and Peter Owen), “Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role” (Ian McKellen), “Best Production Design” (Grant Major), “Best Sound” (Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, David Farmer, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Hammond Peek) and “David Lean Award for Direction” (Peter Jackson)
2004 Golden Globes, USA: 4 wins: “Best Director - Motion Picture” (Peter Jackson), “Best Motion Picture – Drama” “Best Original Score - Motion Picture” (Howard Shore), and “Best Original Song - Motion Picture” “Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, and Annie Lennox for the song "Into the West")
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