The 2008 Awards Season Has Started!

[MacGuffin]

Phoenix critics adore 'Country'
Coen brother film sweeps annual awards
Source: Variety

Critics continue to embrace the Coen Brothers as "No Country for Old Men" swept the 8th Annual Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards. In addition to best picture, the Texas-based thriller also won prizes for direction, acting ensemble, supporting actor for Javier Bardem, adapted screenplay and editing.

"There Will Be Blood" star Daniel Day-Lewis and "Away from Her" thesp Julie Christie won the top acting awards, while Amy Ryan was named best supporting actress for her role as a junkie mother in "Gone Baby Gone."

The youth performance awards went to Edward Sanders for his role in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and Saoirse Ronan for "Atonement."

"Stardust" was recognized as the overlooked film of the year.


PICTURE: "No Country for Old Men"

Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Atonement"
"Away from Her"
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly "by Julian Schnabel

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:
"Sicko" by Michael Moore

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION:
Ethan and Joel Coen for "No Country for Old Men"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Julie Christie for "Away from Her"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Javier Bardem for "No Country for Old Men"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone"

ACTING ENSEMBLE:
"No Country for Old Men"

SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN:
Diablo Cody for "Juno"

SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM:
Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Seamus McGarvey, "Atonement"

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING:
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

ORIGINAL SCORE:
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"

ORIGINAL SONG:
"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN:
Colleen Atwood, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS:
"300"

ACHIEVEMENT IN STUNTS:
"The Bourne Ultimatum"

BREAKTHROUGH ON CAMERA:
Ellen Page for "Juno"

BREAKTHROUGH BEHIND THE CAMERA:
Sarah Polley for "Away from Her"

PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - MALE:
Edward Sanders for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - FEMALE:
Saoirse Ronan for "Atonement"

OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR:
"Stardust" by Matthew Vaughn

LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM:
"Enchanted" by Kevin Lima

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Toronto critics salute 'No Country'
Coen film wins best film, director, screenplay
Source: Variety

Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" dominated the Toronto Film Critics Assn. Awards, picking up four prizes, including one for best film Tuesday.

The Coen brothers' crime thriller also nabbed awards for director and screenplay, and thesp Javier Bardem took the honors for supporting actor for his turn as a serial killer.

Viggo Mortensen won the actor prize for his role as a Russian mob driver in "Eastern Promises."

The actress category had a distinctly Canadian flavor, with the award going to both British thesp Julie Christie for her role as a woman with Alzheimer's in Canuck helmer Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" and to Halifax thesp Ellen Page for her starring role in fellow Canuck Jason Reitman's "Juno."

"Away From Her" won three awards in total, also garnering the nod for best Canadian film and first feature.

The supporting actress award went to Cate Blanchett for Todd Haynes' Quebec-lensed "I'm Not There."

Helmer Brad Bird's "Ratatouille" won for animated feature, Cristian Mungiu's Romanian Cannes prize-winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" for foreign-language film, and Charles Ferguson's Iraq-themed "No End in Sight" for documentary.

[©brad]

there really aren't enough award shows these days.

[MacGuffin]

Please Para/Van, send me a screener *crosses fingers*


Screen Actors Guild nominations
'Into the Wild' leads the pack
By VARIETY

"Into the Wild" led the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations on Thursday morning with four nods. The drama nabbed best actor for Emile Hirsch, supporting actor for Hal Holbrook and supporting actress for Catherine Keener, as well as ensemble cast.
The other ensemble cast nominees are "3:10 to Yuma," "American Gangster, " Hairspray" and "No Country for Old Men."

"Michael Clayton" and "No Country for Old Men" tied with three noms apiece.

On the TV front, "Ugly Betty," "The Sopranos" and "30 Rock" each got three nominations from the Screen Actors Guild.

Charles Durning will receive the Guild's lifetime achievement award.

Actors Jean Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard joined SAG prexy Alan Rosenberg for the announcements from the Pacific Design Center.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards is the only industry kudofest dedicated solely to actors and their craft. The winners will be announced on Jan. 27 from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

MOTION PICTURES

ACTOR
George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling - "Lars And The Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch- "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"

ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en rose"
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page - "Juno"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

ENSEMBLE CAST
"3:10 to Yuma" - Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Vinessa Shaw, Ben Foster, Alan Tudyk, Logan Lerman
"American Gangster" - Armand Assante, Josh Brolin , Russell Crowe, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Carla Gugino, John Hawkes, Ted Levine, Joe Morton, Lymari Nadal, John Ortiz, Rza, Yul Vazquez, Denzel Washington
"Hairspray" - Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken
"Into the Wild" - Brian Dierker, Marcia Gay Harden, Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn
"No Country for Old Men" - Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
"300" (Warner Bros.)
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
"I Am Legend" (Warner Bros.)
"The Kingdom" (Universal)
"Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)


TELEVISION


ACTOR IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Michael Keaton - "The Company" (TNT)
Kevin Kline - "As You Like It" (HBO)
Oliver Platt - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)
Sam Shepard - "Ruffian" (ABC)
John Turturro - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)

ACTRESS IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Ellen Burstyn - "Mitch Albom's For One More Day" (ABC)
Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife" (USA)
Anna Paquin - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO)
Queen Latifah - "Life Support" (HBO)
Vanessa Redgrave - "The Fever" (HBO)
Gena Rowlands - "What If God Were the Sun?" (Lifetime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
James Gandolfini - "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
James Spader - "Boston Legal"

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Ricky Gervais - "Extras"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
Vanessa Williams - "Ugly Betty"

DRAMA ENSEMBLE
"Boston Legal" - Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Mark Valley, Gary Anthony Williams, Constance Zimmer
"The Closer" - G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Gina Ravera, Corey Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney
"Grey's Antatomy" - Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, T.R. Knight, Chyler Leigh, Sandra Oh, James Pickens, Jr., Ellen Pompeo, Sara Ramirez, Elizabeth Reaser, Brooke Smith, Kate Walsh, Isaiah Washington, Chandra Wilson
"Mad Men" - Bryan Batt, Anne Dudek, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Morse, Elisabeth Moss, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton
"The Sopranos" - Gregory Antonacci, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Dan Grimaldi, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli , Arthur Nascarella, Steven R. Schirripa, Matt Servitto, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt, Frank Vincent

COMEDY ENSEMBLE
"30 Rock" - Scott Adsit, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Tina Fey, Judah Friedlander, Jane Krakowski, Jack Mcbrayer, Tracy Morgan, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross,
"Desperate Housewives" - Andrea Bowen, Marcia Cross, Dana Delany, James Denton, Nathan Fillion, Lindsy Fonseca, Teri Hatcher, Zane Huett, Felicity Huffman, Kathryn Joosten, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman , Joy Lauren, Eva Longoria Parker, Kyle Maclachlan, Shawn Pyfrom, Doug Savant, Dougray Scott, Nicolette Sheridan, John Slattery, Brenda Strong
"Entourage" - Rhys Coiro, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier, Rex Lee, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves
"The Office - Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson
"Ugly Betty" - Alan Dale, America Ferrera, Christoper Gorham, Mark Indelicato, Ashley Jensen, Judith Light, Eric Mabius, Becki Newton, Ana Ortiz, Tony Plana, Rebecca Romijn, Kevin Sussman, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
"24" (FOX)
"Heroes" (NBC)
"Lost" (ABC)
"Rome" (HBO)
"The Unit" (CBS)


LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charles Durning

[Gold Trumpet]

Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.

[Pubrick]

Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.

dude. read the category again.

[Gold Trumpet]

Fucking eh, the Unit got nominated for best ensemble in a television series. That's neat.

dude. read the category again.

Haha, ah well. The stunt guys are good, too.

[MacGuffin]

Las Vegas critics gamble on duo
'No Country,' 'Blood' win at Sierra Awards
Source: Variety

"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" shot their way to the top as the Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced the winners of their 2007 Sierra Awards. The two films tied for the most kudos from the org at three apiece.
Miramax's ensemble effort "No Country for Old Men" took picture, director (Joel and Ethan Coen) and supporting actor (Javier Bardem).

"There Will Be Blood" winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for actor, Robert Elswit for cinematography and Jonny Greenwood for score.

Actress nod went to Ellen Page in "Juno," supporting actress to Cate Blanchett for "I'm Not There." "Juno" also drew kudos for screenplay (original or adapted) for Diablo Cody.

Disney-Pixar's "Ratatouille" was doubly recognized for animated pic and family film. France's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" won for foreign film, Michael Moore's "Sicko" for documentary.

The William Holden lifetime achievement award was given to James Hong, seen this year in "Balls of Fury."

Now in its 11th year, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society is comprised of 12 print, television and Internet film critics in the Las Vegas area.


PICTURE
"No Country for Old Men"

ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

ACTRESS
Ellen Page, "Juno"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

SCREENPLAY (Original or Adapted)
Diablo Cody, "Juno"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"

FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse, "The Bourne Ultimatum"

COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

ART DIRECTION
Andrew Ackland-Snow, Mark Bartholomew, Alastair Bullock and Gary Tomkins, "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Transformers"

SCORE
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"

SONG
"Walk Hard" by Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, from "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," performed by John C. Reilly

ANIMATED FILM
"Ratatouille"

FAMILY FILM
"Ratatouille"

DOCUMENTARY
"Sicko"

FOREIGN FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

YOUTH IN FILM, MALE
Ed Sanders, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

YOUTH IN FILM, FEMALE
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)
"Blade Runner" (Five-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition), Warner Home Entertainment

WILLIAM HOLDEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Hong

TOP TEN FILMS FOR 2007
(in alphabetical order):


"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

"Eastern Promises"

"Into the Wild"

"Juno"

"The Lookout"

"No Country for Old Men"

"Sunshine"

"Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

"3:10 to Yuma"

"Zodiac"

[cine]

so all signs point to DDL for the oscars.. but let's face it, everyone's gonna vote for clooney and xixax will shut down in protest. 

[modage]

"Into the Wild" leads Critics' Choice nominations
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami, "3:10 to Yuma"
Alexandre Desplat, "Lust, Caution"
Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
James Horner, "The New World"
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
Alan Menken, "Enchanted"

is it just me or did one of those movies come out 2 years ago?

[MacGuffin]

Florida critics praise 'Old Men'
Ellen Page awarded duo of prizes for 'Juno'
By VARIETY

The 12th annual Florida Film Critics Circle Awards named "No Country for Old Men" the top film of the year, as well as awarding the thriller trophies for best supporting actor for Javier Bardem, best director for the Coen brothers and a cinematography prize for Roger Deakins.

"Juno" star Ellen Page was also a big winner with Florida crix as she nabbed the award for best actress, as well as the Pauline Kael Breakout Award. Writer Diablo Cody was also honored with a screenplay win.

The Florida Film Critics Awards were handed out on Dec. 21.

PICTURE:
"No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel

DOCUMENTARY:
"No End in Sight" by Charles Ferguson

DIRECTORS:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

ACTRESS:
Ellen Page, "Juno"

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"

SCREENPLAY:
"Diablo Cody," Juno

ANIMATED FILM:
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins, "No Country for Old Men" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD:
Ellen Page, "Juno"

ORIGINAL SONGS:
"Once"

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Utah critics pick 'No Country'
'King of Kong' named best documentary
By VARIETY 

The Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" won the best feature and director honors at the 2007 Utah Film Critics Association Awards. The dark thriller also won the supporting actor trophy for Javier Bardem and screenplay for Joel and Ethan Coen.

Daniel Day-Lewis nabbed the top acting trophy for "There Will Be Blood" and Ellen Page took home the actress honors for "Juno."

Vidgame pic"The King of Kong" was named best docu by the crix, while "The Host" was awarded the best non-English language prize.

The Utah Film Critics Association Awards announced their picks on Dec. 21.

FILM: "No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runner-up: "Juno" by Jason Reitman
Other runners-up (in alphabetical order): "The Assassination of Jesse James" by the Coward Robert Ford
"I'm Not There"
"Into the Wild"
"Juno"
"Knocked Up"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Once"
"There Will Be Blood"
"3: 10 to Yuma"

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE: "The Host" by Bong Joon-ho
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" by Seth Gordon
Runner-up: "My Kid Could Paint That" by Amir Bar-Lev

DIRECTOR: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood"

ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

ACTRESS: Ellen Page, "Juno"
Runner-up: Amy Adams, "Enchanted"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

SCREENPLAY: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Runner-up: Diablo Cody, "Juno"

ANIMATED FEATURE: "Ratatouille" by Brad Bird
Runner-up: "The Simpsons Movie" by David Silverman

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St. Louis critics rally behind 'Country'
'Juno' wins for actress, writer, comedy
By VARIETY

"No Country for Old Men" won top honors at the third annual St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards for best feature and director for the Coen brothers.

"Juno" nabbed a trio of prizes for actress Ellen Page, writer Diablo Cody and best comedy for helmer Jason Reitman.

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" won for supporting actor for Casey Affleck and cinematography for Roger Deakins.

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards is made up of local critics who promote film appreciation in the St. Louis area. The award winners were announced on Dec. 21.


PICTURE
"No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel

DOCUMENTARY
"Sicko" by Michael Moore

DIRECTOR
Ethan and Joel Coen - "No Country for Old Men"

ACTRESS
Ellen Page - "Juno"

ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

SCREENPLAY
"Juno" - Diablo Cody

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" - Roger Deakins

SCORE
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Stephen Sondheim (for the Broadway play)

VISUAL EFFECTS
"300"

BEST COMEDY
"Juno" by Jason Reitman

BEST ANIMATED OR FAMILY FILM
"Ratatouille" by Brad Bird

MOST ORIGINAL OR INNOVATIVE FILM
"I'm Not There" by Todd Haynes

[hedwig]

right. fuck florida and pauline kael's breakouts.

No Country for Old Men is a great film but it does not have to win every goddamn award in existence.

it's a trend now and it must end. that's NOT the best film of the year. it's officially overrated. it's too bad because any other year i probably would not be saying this. the coens made a fantastic movie. too bad p's wish got granted to the extreme. it's fucking everything up.

is No Country going to win best picture at the oscars? i think so.
will this annoy me? sorta, yeah.
...
bonus question: are the onion AV club guys a bunch of stupid FUCKS? yes. the Onion AV club listed (of course) No Country for Old Men as the #1 film of the year ..  and then to pour salt in the wound, put ONCE above CMBB. idiots.

every year is a different sort of painful:
the crash year was bad because crash is a piece of shit.
the departed year was bad because scorsese deserved to be awarded centuries ago for movies that were a million times better than the departed.
the no country year is painful because it's a really good movie that's stealing thunder from a MASTERPIECE.

in the wise words of marcie, this is bullshit muthafucka!

[Pubrick]

and it looks like Juno will win for screenplay.

of course, i won't know until jan 17th if this is a bad thing.

[md]

every year is a different sort of painful:
the crash year was bad because crash is a piece of shit.
the departed year was bad because scorsese deserved to be awarded centuries ago for movies that were a million times better than the departed.
the no country year is painful because it's a really good movie that's stealing thunder from a MASTERPIECE.

in the wise words of marcie, this is bullshit muthafucka!

hey, merry christmas to you too buddy!

pta is sk ftw...its the only way to roll.

[MacGuffin]

Critics picks: A good year, but no leaders
'Diving Bell' a common favorite for THR reviewers
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Top 10 films of 2007 as perceived by six film critics at The Hollywood Reporter only confirms what critics groups and nominations from guilds and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. already have demonstrated: 2007 was a year of many good movies but few great ones. So there are no clear front-runners here.

Only one film made all six lists. Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," a remarkable work about a seemingly unfilmable subject -- an immobilized man who writes his memoir by blinking an eye. Even so, only two critics made it the top choice. Other top choices were "Zodiac," about the journalists and detectives who searched for a Bay Area serial killer; "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," a serio-comic thriller about a botched robbery; "No Country for Old Men," a bloody melodrama with philosophical underpinnings; and "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford."
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Three of the five top films deal with real-life events, which might lead you to look for more documentaries on these lists. They are there -- "Sicko," "No End in Sight," "Deep Water" and "In the Shadow of the Moon."

Studio films did not fare well. I included the most on my list -- "Ratatouille," "Michael Clayton," "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Charlie Wilson's War." In the last two "Bourne" movies, Paul Greengrass -- whose "United 93" made five Hollywood Reporter lists last year -- has, in my opinion, redefined and redesigned the action-thriller genre. Both "Michael Clayton" and "Charlie Wilson's War" dove deep into political and ethical issues, one as a high-minded drama and the other as sophisticated comedy. And

Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille," which was one of the best-reviewed movies of the year, only made one other list.

The studios do get represented through their specialty divisions. Fox Searchlight has "The Savages," "Juno" and "Once"; Miramax handled "Diving Bell" and (produced with Paramount Vantage) "No Country"; Vantage bravely backed "There Will Be Blood" and "Into the Wild"; and Focus has "Atonement" and "Eastern Promises." "The Kite Runner" came from DreamWorks and Paramount Classics just as "Sweeney Todd" came from DreamWorks and Paramount. So perhaps the term "studio film" needs reappraisal.

In all, 34 films made these lists. A complete list by reviewer follows:


Kirk Honeycutt
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. The Kite Runner
4. Ratatouille
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Bourne Ultimatum
7. The Savages
8. No Country for Old Men
9. Charlie Wilson's War
10. Eastern Promises

Sheri Linden
1. Zodiac
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. The Savages
4. Deep Water
5. Syndromes and a Century
6. In the Shadow of the Moon
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. Control
9. The Water Horse
10. The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Frank Sheck
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. There Will Be Blood
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Sweeney Todd
5. Eastern Promises
6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7. Into the Wild
8. The Savages
9. Michael Clayton
10. Sicko
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Stephen Farber
1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2. I'm Not There
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. The Kite Runner
5. The Lookout
6. Juno
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Michael Clayton
9. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
10. Eastern Promises

Michael Rechtshaffen
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Atonement
3. Juno
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Blame It on Fidel
6. Ratatouille
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. No End in Sight
9. Once
10. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Ray Bennett
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. The Band's Visit
3. I Served the King of England
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. Atonement
6. Michael Clayton
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. The Savages
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
10. Zodiac

[hedwig]

fuck kirk honeycutt, sheri linden, frank scheck, stephen farber, michael rechtshaffen, and ray bennett.

it's a sad world when Ain't it Cool News is the only group who gets it right:

And for AICN'S Pick For The BEST PICTURE of 2007:

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Honorable Mention: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN