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Argo Takes The Best Picture Oscar – See The Full List Of Winners!

February 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

argo-posterIt was undoubtedly one of the most open Oscar races for years, with the result that rather than one film sweeping the entire thing, the Academy has spread the cheer amongst a bunch of movie. The winner of the big prize was Argo, marking one of the few times the Best Picture Oscar has gone to a film whose helmer wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. The film also won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing

Although Best Picture and Best Director usually go hand-in-hand, that couldn’t happen this time, and so it was Ang Lee who scooped the gong for Life Of Pi. It’s the second time he’s picked up the award for a film that didn’t win Best Picture (after Brokeback Mountain).

In the acting categories, Daniel Day Lewis became the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars after winning for Lincoln, while Jennifer Lawrence become the second youngest Best Actress Oscar winner ever (she’s 22, while Marlee Matlin was 21) when she picked up the gong for Silver Linings Playbook.

Christoph Waltz took Best Supporting Actor, making it his second Tarantino film in a row to scoop him the award. And as expected, Best Supporting Actress went to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, in what was seen as one of the few certain categories of the night.

The Oscars spread the love in the other categories, with Skyfall winning Best Song, Brave picking up best Animated Feature and Amour getting the Best Foreign Language film. Even Anna Karenina won a gong for best Costumes.

Take a look below for the full list on winners.

BEST PICTURE:
WINNER:
Argo

Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER:
Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Michael Haneke – Amour
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Argo – Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
WINNER:
Austria, Amour, Michael Haneke, director;

Canada, War Witch, Kim Nguyen, director;
Chile, No, Pablo Larraín, director;
Denmark, A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel, director;
Norway, Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WINNER:
Brave

Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
WINNER:
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Duran

Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER:
Argo – William Goldenberg

Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Crispin and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty – Dyan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
WINNER:
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
How to Survive a Plague – David France
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
WINNER:
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – Music and Lyric by J Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jashiri
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables – Music by Herbert Kretzmer, Lyric by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
WINNER:
Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Les Miserables – Eve Stewart (Production Design); (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

BEST SOUND MIXING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST SOUND EDITING:
WINNER:
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Paperman – John Kahrs

Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare – {PEbf5gdf477Mde||David Silverman

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Inocente – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

King’s Point – Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Monday’s At Racine – Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart – Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Curfew – Shawn Christensen

Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzukashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry – Yan England

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Christoph Waltz  DIRECTORS: Ang Lee, Ben Affleck  FILMS: Argo, Life Of Pi, Django Unchained, Lincoln, The Silver Linings Playbook  

GALECA (Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association) Announce Dorian Awards Winners

January 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

dorian-2013-winners
Who cares about the Oscars? The Dorian Awards are where it’s at, although I may be slightly biased as I’m a member of GALECA, the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, which hands out the gongs to the best in TV and film.

The winners of this year’s awards have now been announced, with Argo and Keep The Lights on taking the biggest prizes of Best Film and Best LGBT Film. Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway also have reason to celebrate, as they’ve picked up some love from the gay critics, who’ve awarded them Best Actor and Best Actress for Lincoln and Les Miserables respectively.

GALECA’s members deemed Ezra Miller worthy of their We’re Wilde About You Rising Star, honouring him for his portrayal of a bullied gay teen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

In the more unusual film categories, the comic drama Bernie, starring Jack Black as a murderous – but supernice – funeral director, was named Unsung Film of the Year. Channing Tatum’s guy-strippers melodrama Magic Mike and the Zac Efron-starring potboiler The Paperboy tied for the group’s novel Campy Film of the Year title.

On the TV side, American Horror Story won TV Drama of the Year for the second straight year (this time it tied with the conspiracy thriller Homeland). The series’ star, Jessica Lange, won TV Performance of the Year a second time as well. Girls took TV Comedy of the Year, while Modern Family and freshman gay-life satire The New Normal tied for LGBT TV Show of the Year. Campy TV Show of the Year honours went to the Lindsay Lohan starring biopic Liz & Dick, while the Unsung TV Show award was given to the comedy Happy Endings.

In new categories, GALECA named Ryan Murphy, co-creator of American Horror Story, The New Normal and Glee, as Wilde Artist of the Year. Fox’s Life of Pi was the group’s pick for Visually Striking Film of the Year, while TV or Movie Title of the Year went to Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, which bested the likes of I Was Impaled and It’s Christmas, Carol! for that silly, er, title.

dorian galecaThe complete list of Dorian Award winners is below. A celebratory toast will be held Sunday, February 17the in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: galeca.com and https://www.facebook.com/galecadorianawards

FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Argo (Warner Bros.)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Keep the Lights On (Music Box)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis / Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)

Alan Cumming / Any Day Now (Music Box)
Bradley Cooper / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
Hugh Jackman / Les Miserables (Universal)
Joaquin Phoenix / The Master (Weinstein)
John Hawkes / The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
WINNER: Anne Hathaway / Les Miserables (Universal)

Emmanuelle Riva / Amour (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
Jessica Chastain / Zero Dark Thirty (Sony/Columbia)
Marion Cotillard / Rust and Bone (Sony Pictures Classics)

LGBT FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Keep the Lights On (Music Box)

Any Day Now (Music Box)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Gayby (Wolfe Releasing/The Film Collaborative)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit/Lionsgate)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: How to Survive a Plague (Sundance Selects)

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (IFC)
Bully (Weinstein)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (Samuel Goldwyn)
The Invisible War (Cinedigm)
The Queen of Versailles (Magnolia)

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
WINNER: Life of Pi (Fox)

Anna Karenina (Focus)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)

CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR (TIE)
WINNER: Magic Mike (Warner Bros.)
WINNER: The Paperboy (Millennium)

2016: Obama’s America (Rocky Mountain)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Pitch Perfect (Universal)
Rock of Ages (Warner Bros./New Line)

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Bernie (Millennium)

The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate)
Chronicle (Fox)
Holy Motors (Indomina)
Looper (Sony)
Your Sister’s Sister (IFC)

TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR (TIE)
WINNER: American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
WINNER: Homeland (Showtime)

Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)

TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Girls (HBO)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)

TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
WINNER: Damian Lewis / Homeland (Showtime)

Aaron Paul / Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Modern Family (ABC)
Jim Parsons / The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Jon Hamm / Mad Men (AMC)

TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
WINNER: Jessica Lange / American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)

Claire Danes / Homeland (Showtime)
Julianne Moore / Game Change (HBO)
Edie Falco / Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Lena Dunham / Girls (HBO)
Sofia Vergara / Modern Family (ABC)

TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jennifer Hudson, Tribute to Whitney Houston, The Grammys (CBS)

Darren Criss, “Teenage Dream,” Glee (Fox)
De’Borah Garner, The Fray’s “You Found Me,” The Voice (NBC)
Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee, “Let Me Be Your Star, Smash (NBC)
Raza Jaffrey, Katharine McPhee and cast: “A Thousand and One Nights, Smash (NBC)

LGBT TV SHOW OF THE YEAR (TIE)
WINNER: Modern Family (ABC)
WINNER: The New Normal (NBC)

American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Smash (NBC)

CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Liz & Dick (Lifetime)

666 Park Avenue (ABC)
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
GCB (ABC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
Smash (NBC)

UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Happy Endings (ABC)

Bunheads (ABC Family)
Catfish (MTV)
Fringe (FX)
GCB (ABC)
Parenthood (NBC)

TV OR MOVIE TITLE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 (ABC)

GCB (ABC)
I Was Impaled (Discovery Fit & Health)
I’m Having Their Baby (Oxygen)
It’s Christmas, Carol! (Hallmark Channel)

WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU (NEWCOMER AWARD)
WINNER: Ezra Miller

Andrew Rannells
Anna Camp
Ben Whishaw
Eddie Redmayne

WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
WINNER: Jon Stewart

Bill Maher
Chelsea Handler
Lena Dunham
Sarah Silverman
Stephen Colbert

WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theatre and/or television)
WINNER: Ryan Murphy

Lena Dunham
Louis C.K.
Tony Kushner
Tig Notaro

TIMELESS AWARD (previously announced)
(honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom and wit)
WINNER: Sir Ian McKellen

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ACTORS: Ezra Miller, Daniel Day Lewis  FILMS: Argo, Keep The Lights On, How To Survive A Plague, Lincoln, Life Of Pi  

BAFTA Nominations Announced – Lincoln gets 10 nods but there’s not too much gay interest

January 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

lincoln-poster1It’s BAFTA nominations day and they’ve now been announced with Lincoln leading the way with ten nominations. However Les Misérables and Life of Pi are no slouches, getting nine noms categories, while perhaps the surprisingly box office titan Skyfall has eight nominations. Argo has seven nominations and Anna Karenina has six, while Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty get five times.

Lincoln’s impressive haul includes Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated for Leading Actor, Tommy Lee Jones is nominated for Supporting Actor and Sally Field is nominated for Supporting Actress.

Unfortunately there’s not a  massive amount of gay interest in the list, although gay writer Tony Kushner is nominated for his Lincoln screenplay. We could also include Javier Bardem’s potentially bisexual role as the villain in Skyfall, but as his character’s sexuality isn’t identified, he can’t really be classed as LGBT.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which includes a gay subplot, is included in the Outstanding British film category.

The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 10 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD, preceded by a red carpet show on BBC Three.

Here are all the nominations:

BEST FILM
ARGO Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
LES MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
LIFE OF PI Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
LINCOLN Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker
LES MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
SKYFALL Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter
DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin
DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill
JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets
TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AMOUR Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
HEADHUNTERS Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
THE HUNT Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
RUST AND BONE Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
UNTOUCHABLE Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun

DOCUMENTARY
THE IMPOSTER Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis
MARLEY Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel
McCULLIN David Morris, Jacqui Morris
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
WEST OF MEMPHIS Amy Berg

ANIMATED FILM
BRAVE Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
FRANKENWEENIE Tim Burton
PARANORMAN Sam Fell, Chris Butler

DIRECTOR
AMOUR Michael Haneke
ARGO Ben Affleck
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
LIFE OF PI Ang Lee
ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMOUR Michael Haneke
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
THE MASTER Paul Thomas Anderson
MOONRISE KINGDOM Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARGO Chris Terrio
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
LIFE OF PI David Magee
LINCOLN Tony Kushner
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK David O. Russell

LEADING ACTOR
BEN AFFLECK Argo
BRADLEY COOPER Silver Linings Playbook
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Lincoln
HUGH JACKMAN Les Misérables
JOAQUIN PHOENIX The Master

LEADING ACTRESS
EMMANUELLE RIVA Amour
HELEN MIRREN Hitchcock
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Silver Linings Playbook
JESSICA CHASTAIN Zero Dark Thirty
MARION COTILLARD Rust and Bone

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALAN ARKIN Argo
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Django Unchained
JAVIER BARDEM Skyfall
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Master
TOMMY LEE JONES Lincoln

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS The Master
ANNE HATHAWAY Les Misérables
HELEN HUNT The Sessions
JUDI DENCH Skyfall
SALLY FIELD Lincoln

ORIGINAL MUSIC
ANNA KARENINA Dario Marianelli
ARGO Alexandre Desplat
LIFE OF PI Mychael Danna
LINCOLN John Williams
SKYFALL Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANNA KARENINA Seamus McGarvey
LES MISÉRABLES Danny Cohen
LIFE OF PI Claudio Miranda
LINCOLN Janusz Kaminski
SKYFALL Roger Deakins

EDITING
ARGO William Goldenberg
DJANGO UNCHAINED Fred Raskin
LIFE OF PI Tim Squyres
SKYFALL Stuart Baird
ZERO DARK THIRTY Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

PRODUCTION DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
LES MISÉRABLES Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
LIFE OF PI David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
LINCOLN Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
SKYFALL Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock

COSTUME DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA Jacqueline Durran
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
LES MISÉRABLES Paco Delgado
LINCOLN Joanna Johnston
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Colleen Atwood

MAKE UP & HAIR
ANNA KARENINA Ivana Primorac
HITCHCOCK Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
LES MISÉRABLES Lisa Westcott
LINCOLN Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou

SOUND
DJANGO UNCHAINED Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
LES MISÉRABLES Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
LIFE OF PI Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
SKYFALL Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
LIFE OF PI Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Nominees TBC
PROMETHEUS Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth

SHORT ANIMATION
HERE TO FALL Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
I’M FINE THANKS Eamonn O’Neill
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson

SHORT FILM
THE CURSE Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
GOOD NIGHT Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
SWIMMER Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
TUMULT Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ELIZABETH OLSEN
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
SURAJ SHARMA
JUNO TEMPLE
ALICIA VIKANDER

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Hobbit Stays Atop The US Box Office, With New Movies Struggling

December 24, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-Hobbit-poster-1The weekend before Christmas is often fairly quiet, but this year a slew of new movies were released, hoping to line themselves up for the festive period (when they’ll be joined by the likes of Les Miserables and Django Unchained). However none of the new entries could beat the Hobbit, which itself isn’t holding up as well as many had hoped.

It dropped 56% from its first weekend, adding $36.7 million to take its total to $149.9 million. While by no means a disaster (and it’s still doing good business internationally), it not as much as many had expected and significantly lower than the second and third Lord Of The Rings movies had made at this stage.

The Tom Cruise starrer Jack Reacher took $15.6 million to take second spot on the chart, lower than most of the star’s movies, but about what many had expected, especially for the weekend it was release. In third place is Judd Apatow’s This Is 40, which took $12 million to place fourth. Again it could be worse, but many had hoped for more from the sort-of Knocked Up sequel.

Barbra Streisand’s first starring role since 1996’s The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Guilt Trip, landed with a thud taking $5.3 million to place sixth, despite the presence of Seth Rogen. Middling to bad reviews certainly didn’t help. The 3D re-release of Monster’s Inc. took seventh spot with $5 million, suggesting interest in 3D versions of Disney movies is waning.

The final new nationwide release, Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, placed outside the top 10 at number 11, but it’s difficult to judge exactly how well it did, due to the fact that it only played on 840 screens and had just two showing a day. That means the screenings were fairly well attended, but it’s difficult to judge it against other movies as it was screened in a different way. We’ll be able to tell more in the next few weeks whether the film – which is partway between narrative and concert movie – will be a success.

Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty also did well in its opening very limited release, taking $410,000 on just five screens, suggesting it will do very well as it expands onto more screens.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 21st-23rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $36.7 $149.8
2 Jack Reacher $15.6 $15.6
3 This Is 40 $12.0 $12.0
4 Rise Of The Guardians $5.9 $79.6
5 Lincoln $5.6 $116.7
6 The Guilt Trip $5.3 $7.4
7 Monsters, Inc (3D) $5.0 $6.5
8 Skyfall $4.7 $279.9
9 Life Of Pi $3.8 $76.1
10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $2.6 $281.6
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FILMS: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Jack Reacher, This Is 40, Rise Of The Guardians, Lincoln, The Guilt Trip, Monster's Inc, Skyfall, Life Of Pi, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2  

Life Of Pi (Cinema)

December 18, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irffan Khan, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain, Tabu
Director: Ang Lee
Running Time: 127 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: December 20th 2012

Normally when a book is deemed unfilmable, it’s because it’s thought that the plot and the way it’s told would be tough to successfully transfer to the big screen. With Life Of Pi it was more due to business considerations. It’s largely a story about an Indian boy alone at sea with only a tiger for company, so any adaptation of Yann Martel’s Booker Prize winning book was bound to cost a lot to make, not least in special effects. With little room for big stars or traditional action – and just one human character for most of the running time – it was a gamble most believed no studio would take. [Read more…]

Hobbit Takes December US Box Office Record With $84m

December 17, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-Hobbit-poster-1There was no doubt that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey would top US the box office in its first weekend of release. The only real question was how big it would be. The film has taken $84.7 million in its first three days, which is a record for a December weekend, beating out the opening of I Am Legend, which took $77.2 million back in 2007.

Despite this, some are still seeing The Hobbit as an underperformer, simply because many thought it should have cracked $100 million. However December is an unusual month as while most of the year you have to get what you can in the first few days and then hope the drop off is slow, the festive season tends to give movies longer legs than they’d usually have, and so The Hobbit is likely to continue to find audiences through the New Year, especially as it’s getting strong word of mouth.

As for whether the higher frame rate screenings have made a difference, Warner hasn’t released a breakdown, although 49% of tickets were sold across all the 3D playdates, and IMAX has reported a significantly higher per screen average for venues showing the movie at 48fps. Anecdotal evidence suggests there’s still confusion over the format, and that some people are being put off by bad notices given to HFR and are assuming all screenings are in that format, while others apparently don’t realise HFR is also in 3D.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 14th-16th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $84.7 $84.7
2 Rise Of The Guardians $7.4 $71.3
3 Lincoln $7.2 $107.9
4 Skyfall $7.0 $272.2
5 Life Of Pi $5.4 $69.5
6 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $5.1 $276.8
7 Wreck-It Ralph $3.2 $168.7
8 Playing For Keeps $3.2 $10.8
9 Red Dawn $2.3 $40.8
10 Silver Linings Playbook $2.0 $16.9
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FILMS: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Rise Of The Guardians, Lincoln, Skyfall, Life Of Pi, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Wreck It Ralph, Playing For Keeps, Red Dawn, The Silver Linings Playbook  

Skyfall Rises Back To The Top Of The US Box Office

December 10, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The couple of weeks after Thanksgiving always tend to be dominated by holdovers at the US box office, but this year it’s been particularly light on new entries, seemingly because everyone is running scared of The Hobbit, which is expected to completely take over cinemas this coming weekend.

This has allowed Skyfall to rise back to the top of the US box office on its fifth weekend, taking $11.4 million over the three days. It’s not a huge amount to make it to the top of the chart, and indeed overall it’s been the third worst weekend at the boox office this year. However it’s good news for Skyfall, as no movie has toped the box office on its fifth weekend since 2010.

The only major new release tanked, with the Gerard Butler soccer themed rom-com Playing For Keeps taking just $6 million on its first three days.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 7th-9th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Skyfall $11.4 $261.6
2 Rise Of The Guardians $10.5 $61.9
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $9.2 $268.7
4 Lincoln $9.1 $97.3
5 Life Of Pi $8.3 $60.8
6 Playing For Keeps $6.0 $6.0
7 Wreck-It Ralph $4.9 $164.4
8 Red Dawn $4.2 $37.2
9 Flight $3.1 $86.2
10 Killing Them Softly $2.7 $11.7
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Twilight Breaking Dawn 2 Tops US Box Office Again, With Killing Them Softly Bombing

December 3, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The post Thanksgiving box office is traditionally dominated by holdovers and that’s certainly true this year, with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 topping the US chart again, taking another $17 million to hit $255 million in America so far. It also hit a franchise record internationally over the weekend, taking $447 million outside the US, ahead of Breaking Dawn Part 1’s total of $430.9 million.

New releases didn’t do very well at all, with Brad Pitt’s latest, Killing The Softly, only placing seventh on the chart with $7 million, way below what the distributors had hoped. Even worse, it’s getting terrible notices from audiences, suggesting it will quickly disappear with trace.

The only other new entry is the horror flick The Collection, which took $3.4 million to place 10th on the chart.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 30th-December 2nd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $17.4 $255
2 Skyfall $17 $246
3 Rise Of The Guardians $13.5 $48.9
4 Lincoln $13.5 $83.7
5 Life Of Pi $12 $48.4
6 Wreck-It Ralph $7 $158
7 Killing The Softly $7 $7
8 Red Dawn $6.5 $31.3
9 Flight $4.5 $81.5
10 The Collection $3.4 $3.4
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New Life Of Pi Trailer Hits – Fresh footage from Ang Lee’s movie

September 24, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Previous trailers for Life Of Pi have concentrated on the epic visual and lush feel on Ang Lee’s movie, but now one has arrived which actually gives us more of a look at the plot – although it still all looks pretty incredible. The film is based on Yan Martel’s Booker Prize winning book about Pi Patel (played by newcomer Suraj Sharma) who, after a shipwreck, shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan (although we’ve only seen a tiger in the footage seen so far). The potential Oscar-bait movie is currently due out December 21st.

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ACTORS: Suraj Sharma  DIRECTORS: Ang Lee  FILMS: Life Of Pi  

Life Of Pi Trailer – Take a look at Ang Lee’s gorgeous new film

July 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


If you’ve been to see a 3D movie in the past few weeks, you may have caught some great flying fish footage from Ang Lee’s upcoming Life Of Pi. While that’s not online yet, the first proper trailer has arrived, suggesting that while this is going to be an unusual film, it’s going to look utterly amazing. The film is based on Yan Martel’s Booker Prize winning book about Pi Patel (played by newcomer Suraj Sharma) who, after a shipwreck, shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan (although we’ve only seen a tiger in the footage seen so far). The potential Oscar-bait movie is currently due out December 21st.

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ACTORS: Suraj Sharma  DIRECTORS: Ang Lee  FILMS: Life Of Pi  
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