IFMCA 2009 Winners Announced

Michael Giacchino, who won the IFMCA’s first ever Best Score of the Year for The Incredibles back in 2004, wins 4 of his 9 nominations. These are Film Score of the Year for Up, Film Composer of the Year, Best Score for Sci-Fi (Star Trek), and Best Score for Animation (Up).

Interestingly enough, Avatar wins none of it's 4 nominations. Best Score for Comedy goes to Marvin Hamlisch for The Informant!, Best Score for Action/Adventure goes to James Peterson for The Red Canvas, who also took home Breakout Composer of the Year, and Best Score for Drama went to Abel Korzeniowski for A Single Man. Below I have listed all of the film award winners.

Not listed below, but also of note, is the win for Alan Silvestri’s Back To The Future scores, which were finally re-released this past year as a collection, in the Best New/Re-Release category.

You can also read the full list of winners at the IFMCA’s official site: 2009 Winners

2009 Film Award Winners

Film Score of the Year

Up, music by Michael Giacchino

Film Composer of the Year

Michael Giacchino

Breakout Composer of the Year

James Paterson

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

A Single Man, music by Abel Korzeniowski

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

The Informant!, music by Marvin Hamlisch

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film

The Red Canvas, music by James Peterson

Best Original for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film

Star Trek, music by Michael Giacchino

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film

Drag Me To Hell, music by Christopher Young

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature

Up, music by Michael Giacchino

Best Original Score of a Documentary Feature

Home, music by Armand Amar

Film Music Composition of the Year

Drag Me To Hell – “Concerto to Hell,” music by Christopher Young

I think these are all great choices, although what surprised me the most was Christopher Young's win for Concerto to Hell (Drag Me To Hell) in the category for Film Music Composition of the Year. I had suspected Giacchino may have taken that one for either Enterprising Young Men (Star Trek), or Married Life (Up). Still, a strong list. You can read my post of the nominees here.

- E. Corrado

37th Annual Annie Award Winners Announced!

There were some surprises tonight at the 37th Annual Annie Awards.

First off, as I had expected a possibility to happen, Bruno Coulais’ music for Coraline beat Michael Giacchino’s Up score in the feature music category. The Music for Television award went to Guy Moon of The Fairly Odd Parents over Kevin Kiner’s score for The Clone Wars, and Michael Giacchino’s for Prep and Landing.

Next, in another big category, Writing for Feature, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach won for Fantastic Mr. Fox over suspected front runner Up.

Best Feature though, did go to Up over Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and The Frog, and The Secret of Kells. Up also took home the honours in the Feature Directing category.

You can see all of the individual winners below. The awards were given out fairly evenly this year with two for Up, and three each of The Princess and the Frog and Coraline, and one each for Mr. Fox and Monsters vs. Aliens.

See all of the winners, (in bold), below.

Congratulations to all who were nominated!

-E. Corrado

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2009 ANNIE AWARD WINS BY CATEGORY:

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Sony Pictures Animation

Coraline – Laika

Fantastic Mr. Fox – 20th Century Fox

The Princess and the Frog – Walt Disney Animation Studios

The Secret of Kells – Cartoon Saloon

Up – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Home Entertainment Production

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas – Universal Animation Studios

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Green Latern: First Flight – Warner Bros. Animation Open Season 2 – Sony Pictures Animation SpongeBob vs. The Big One – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Short Subject

Pups of Liberty – Picnic Pictures

Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 – ShadowMachine

Santa, The Fascist Years – Plymptoons

The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky – Barley Films

The Story of Walls – Badmash Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial

Goldfish: In The Dark – Blur Studios, Inc.

Idaho Lottery “Twiceland” – Acme Filmworks, Inc.

McDonald’s Nutty Trade – Blue Sky Studios

Spanish Lottery “Deportees” – Acme Filmworks, Inc.

The Spooning – Screen Novelties /Acne MediaBest

Animated Television Production

Glenn Martin, DDS – Tornante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications

Merry Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation

Prep and Landing – ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios The Simpsons – Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation

SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Cartoon Network Studios

The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions

The Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Scott Cegielski “Monsters vs. Aliens” – DreamWorks Animation

Alexander Feigin “9” – 9 L.L.C.

Eric Froemling “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Tom Kluyskens “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” – Sony Pictures Animation

James Mansfield “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production

Mark Donald “B.O.B.’s Big Break” – DreamWorks Animation

Mark Mitchell “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios Kevan Shorey “Merry Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation

Tony Smeed “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Phillip To “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

Andreas Deja “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Eric Goldberg “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Travis Knight “Coraline” – Laika

Daniel Nguyen “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Bruce Smith “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Television Production

Bryan Arnett “The Mighty B! – Catatonic” – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions

Ben Balistreri “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Studios Craig Kellman “Merry Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation

Bill Schwab “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production

Daniel Lopez Munoz “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Shane Prigmore “Coraline” – Laika

Shannon Tindle “Coraline” – Laika

Directing in a Television Production

Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee “American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles” – 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog

Rob Fendler “Popzilla” – Animax

Bret Haaland “The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

John Infantino, J.G. Quintel “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova” – Cartoon Network Studios

Jennifer Oxley “The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster” – Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions

Directing in a Feature Production

Wes Anderson “Fantastic Mr. Fox” – 20th Century Fox

Pete Docter “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Christopher Miller, Phil Lord “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” – Sony Pictures Animation

Hayao Miyazaki “Ponyo” – Studio Ghibli

Henry Selick “Coraline” – Laika

Music in a Television Production

Michael Giacchino “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Kevin Kiner “Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Weapons Factory” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.

Guy Moon “The Fairly OddParents: “Wishology- The Big Beginning” – Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production

Bruno Coulais “Coraline” – Laika

Michael Giacchino “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Joe Hisaishi “Ponyo” – Studio Ghibli

John Powell “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” – Blue Sky Studios

Production Design in a Television Production

Mac George “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Andy Harkness “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Janice Kubo “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Studios

Production Design in a Feature Production

Christopher Appelhans “Coraline” – Laika

Ian Gooding “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Tadahiro Uesugi “Coraline – Laika

Christophe Vacher “9” – 9 L.L.C.

Storyboarding in a Television Production

Sunil Hall “The Mighty B!: Catatonic” – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper

Robert Koo “Merry Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation

Brandon Kruse “The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy” – Nickelodeon

Joe Mateo “Prep and Landing” – ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions

Adam Van Wyk “The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain” – Culver Entertainment

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

Sharon Bridgeman “Astro Boy” – Imagi Studios

Chris Butler “Coraline” – Laika

Ronnie Del Carmen “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Tom Owens “Monsters vs. Aliens” – DreamWorks Animation

Peter Sohn “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in a Television Production

Danny Jacobs - Voice of King Julien - “Merry Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation

Nicky Jones - Voice of Chowder - “Chowder: The Dinner Theatre’” – Cartoon Network Studios

Tom Kenny - Voice of SpongeBob - “SpongeBob SquarePants – Truth or Square” – Nickelodeon

Dwight Schultz - Voice of Mung Daal - “Chowder:The Party Cruise” – Cartoon Network Studios

Willow Smith - Voice of Abby - “Merry Madagascar” – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

Jen Cody - Voice of Charlotte - “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Dawn French - Voice of Miss Forcible – “Coraline” – Laika

Hugh Laurie - Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. – “Monsters vs. Aliens” – DreamWorks Animation

John Leguizamo - Voice of Sid – “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur” – Blue Sky Studios

Jenifer Lewis - Voice of Mama Odie – “The Princess and the Frog” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Television Production

Daniel Chun – “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX” – Gracie Films

Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton – “Prep and Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Valentina L. Garza – “The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure” – Gracie Films

Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham - “The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone” – Gracie Films

Billy Lopez – The Wonder Pets – Save the Honey Bears” – Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions

Writing in a Feature Production

Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox” – 20th Century Fox

Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – “Up” – Pixar Animation Studios

Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers – “Astro Boy” – Imagi Studios

Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” – Sony Pictures Animation

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award – Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg

June Foray – Tom Sito Ub Iwerks Award – William T. Reeves Special Achievement – Martin Meunier and Brian McLean

Certificate of Merit – Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside

Nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Watch live streaming of the announcement here. (Starts at 5:38 PST/8:38 EST AM)

In Best Picture, both District 9 and The Blind Side made it through, so the only one of "the 9" that didn't get through was Invictus. This is a brilliant line-up!

You can re-watch the streaming of the announcement here. You can see a printable list of nominees here.

Nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards below:

Best Picture:

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

Acotr in a Leading role:

Jeff Bridges-Crazy Heart

George Clooney-Up in the Air

Colin Firth-A Single Man

Morgan Freeman-Invictus

Jeremy Renner-The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role:

Matt Damon-Invictus

Woody Harrelson-The Messenger

Christopher Plummer-The Last Station

Stanley Tucci-The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz-Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock-The Blind Side

Helen Mirren-The Last Station

Carey Mulligan-An Education

Gabourey Sidebe-Precious

Meryl Streep-Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penélope Cruz-Nine

Vera Fermiga-Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal-Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick-Up in the Air

Mo’nique-Precious

Animated Feature Film:

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Up

Art Direction:

Avatar

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Sherlock Holmes

The Young Victoria

Cinematography:

Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The White Ribbon

Costume Design:

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

Directing:

James Cameron-Avatar

Kathryn Bigelow-The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino-Inglourious Basterds

Lee Daniels-Precious

Jason Reitman-Up in the Air

Documentary Feature:

Burma VJ

The Cove

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Food, Inc.

Which Way Home

Documentary Short:

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Teaars of Sichuan Province

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Music by Prudence

Rabbit à la Berlin

Film Editing:

Avatar

District 9

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

Foriegn Language Film:

Ajami

El Sevreto de Sus Ojos

The Milk of Sorrow

Un Prophète

The White Ribbon

Makeup

Il Divo

Star Trek

The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score):

James Horner-Avatar

Alexandre Desplat-Fantastic Mr. Fox

Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders-The Hurt Locker

Hans Zimmer-Sherlock Holmes

Michael Giacchino-Up

Music (Original Song):

Almost There-The Princess and the Frog

Down in New Orleans-The Princess and the Frog

Loin de Paname-Paris 36

Take It All-Nine

The Weary Kind-Crazy Heart

Short Film (Animated):

French Roast

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

Logorama

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film (Live Action):

The Door

Instead of Abracadabra

Kavi

Miracle Fish

The New Tenants

Sound Editing:

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Up

Sound Mixing:

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects:

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

District 9

An Education

In the Loop

Precious

Up in the Air

Writing (Original Screenplay):

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Up

IFMCA Announces its Nominees

With the Grammy's tonight, many people are thinking about music. But the Grammy's are for all kinds of music - not just film. For those with an interest in film music in particular, you might be interested in this:

The IFMCA (International Film Music Critics Association) announced their nominees on Friday. You can read them at their site here: http://filmmusiccritics.org/

Who has the most nominations?

By a long shot Michael Giacchino. With the most nominations for a single composer in a given year since the awards began, he is nominated this year 9 times, in 7 categories, for Star Trek, Up, TV show Lost, and the documentary, Earth Days. Like at the Grammy's, Star Trek and Up once again have to compete for two awards. The two categories in question are the top prize of Film Score of the Year, and Film Composition of the Year, where both the pieces "Enterprising Young Men" from Star Trek, and "Married Life" from Up are nominated - these are both exceptional pieces for sure.

The five film scores in the running for "Film Score of the Year" are:

Avatar

Drag Me To Hell

Star Trek

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Up

The nominees for:

"Film Composer of the Year" are; Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, James Horner, Brian Tyler, and Christopher Young.

"Breakout Composer of the Year" are; Henry Jackman, Abel Korzeniowski, James Peterson, Clinton Shorter, and Austin Wintory.

"Best Original Score for an Animated Feature" are; Alan Silvestri, Bruno Coulais, Alexandre Desplat, Randy Newman, and Michael Giacchino.

The winners will be announced at the 6th annual awards on February 26th, 2010. To read about the rest of the nominations, please go here.

- E. Corrado

Announcement - Grammy Award Winners For Film

Since there are so many award categories, many of the Grammy Award winners were announced online earlier today in the pre-televised portion - the broadcasted awards are running right now on CBS.

Read below if you would like to know what the film winners are now! (Winners are in bold)

For: Field 20 - Film/TV/Visual Media:

Category 81 - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Cadillac Records

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds

Slumdog Millionaire

True Blood

Twilight

Category 82 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Disc 1) - Alexandre Desplat, composer

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - Nicholas Hooper, composer

Milk - Danny Elfman, composer

Star Trek - Michael Giacchino, composer

Up - Michael Giacchino, composer

Category 83 - Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Climb (From Hannah Montana: The Movie)

Decode (From Twilight)

Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)

Once In A Lifetime (From Cadillac Records)

The Wrestler (From The Wrestler)

And then, in ‘Field 21 - Composing/Arranging’, Michael Giacchino had two nominations. Here's how he faired there:

In "Category 84 - Best Instrumental Composition", the track Married Life from Up won it's nomination, although in "Category 85 - Best Instrumental Arrangement", Up With End Credits, ended up being beaten by the West Side Story Medley from Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson.

So, to sum it up, both Up, and Slumdog Millionaire took home two awards for their music. I'm also glad to see that Michael Giacchino didn't cancel himself out being nominated twice in the best score soundtrack album category.

You can read the full list of nominees and winners here, and you can read my original thoughts on the nominations here.

-E. Corrado

Golden Globes Wrap up

Looks like the HFPA went with the obvious. The Hangover for Comedy/Musical, and Avatar for Best Picture - Drama. Shows how much these choices are influenced by the public. But I’m very glad that both Up and Crazy Heart won both of their awards. Very much deserved. Up in the Air was one of the best screenplays of 2009, so I’m really glad that it was recognized. Lots of good choices, tons of very good films recognized, but they still went with the most popular, obvious choices in the biggest categories. Should be interesting to see if Avatar wins the at least a dozen Oscars I’m predicting it will take home.

-John C.

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Here's what I think. I really would have preferred to have seen (500) Days of Summer take Best Comedy or Musical over The Hangover, and either Up in the Air, or The Hurt Locker take Best Drama over Avatar, but alas, that did not happen. Was kind of surprised to see James Cameron take home Best Director over Kathryn Bigelow. But then not really at all to see Robert Downey Jr. take Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical over Matt Damon - I was guessing between the two.

Still, I was happy with a lot of the choices revealed tonight. The Up in the Air script won over what I had guessed - The Hurt Locker - but I was quite happily surprised with that. I was so glad to see The Weary Kind win for Best Song, and extremely pleased to see Michael Giacchino take home Best Score for Up - one of the most deserving awards of the night, along with Up winning for Best Animated. Hopefully the animated tour-de-force will be at least nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

Next, it will be interesting to see how Michael Giacchino fares come the Grammy winner announcements, January 31st, 2010. He is nominated there four times, once for Star Trek, and three times for Up (the two extras for Up are for best arrangement of a piece composed for media, and best individual composition).

-Erin V.

Winners in the 67th Annual Golden Globes

The 67th Annual Golden Globe awards start at 8:00 EST. We will be updating this post periodically throughout the night as the winners in the 14 film categories come in. For now, check out the complete list of nominees, here. The film categories will be added as they are announced, and the winners will be in bold.

1 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Penélope Cruz – Nine

Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air

Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

Mo'nique – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Julianne Moore – A Single Man

2 - Best Animated Feature Film

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess And The Frog

Up

3 - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"Cinema Italiano" – Nine

"I See You" – Avatar

"I Want To Come Home" – Everybody's Fine

"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" – Crazy Heart

"Winter" – Brothers

4 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Michael Giacchino - Up

Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!

James Horner - Avatar

Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man

Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are

5 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Sandra Bullock – The Proposal

Marion Cotillard – Nine

Julia Roberts – Duplicity

Meryl Streep – It's Complicated

Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

6 - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

7 - Best Foreign Language Film

Baaria (Italy)

Broken Embraces (Spain)

The Maid (La Nana) (Chile)

A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte) (Germany)

8 - Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Matt Damon – Invictus

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Martin Scorsese

9 - Best Director - Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

James Cameron – Avatar

Clint Eastwood – Invictus

Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

10 - Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

(500) Days Of Summer

The Hangover

It's Complicated

Julie & Julia

Nine

11 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

12 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Matt Damon – The Informant!

Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine

Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days Of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man

13 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

George Clooney – Up In The Air

Colin Firth – A Single Man

Morgan Freeman – Invictus

Tobey Maguire – Brothers

14 - Best Motion Picture - Drama

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Up In The Air

Predictions for the 67th Annual Golden Globes

EDIT: Those that took home awards are now in bold.

Here are my predictions for what will win at tomorrow night’s Golden Globe awards. Please note that these are mainly just my personal speculation. For Best Picture Drama it's literally between The Hurt Locker and Avatar. Who knows which one will win, but I'm predicting it will be Avatar. Should be interesting tonight to see how many I’ve gotten right.

A. 11/14 correct.

- John C.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Avatar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

The Hangover

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

Best Animated Feature Film

Up

Best Foreign Language Film

Broken Embraces (Spain)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Director - Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

James Horner - Avatar

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” - Crazy Heart

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Below, I have put my predictions for tonight's Golden Globe Awards. Most of them are what I think will win, although a few are slightly more what I would hope to see take home the title. Tonight, after the awards, those correctly guessed will be written in bold typeface. We will have live updates tonight in a new post.

A. 5/14 correct.

- Erin V.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Up In The Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

(500) Days of Summer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Meryl Streep - It’s Complicated

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Matt Damon - The Informant!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Matt Damon - Invictus

Best Animated Feature Film

Up

Best Foreign Language Film

Baaria (Italy)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Michael Giacchino - Up

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) - Crazy Heart

[Music and lyrics by: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett]

Toronto Film Critics Association 2009 Awards Winners

Today, the TFCA (Toronto Film Critics Association), has announced their picks for the best movies of the year. The 2009 TFCA Awards will be presented at a gala dinner on January 12, 2010, hosted by Cameron Bailey, co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival. Below are the 2009 winners in the TFCA’s annual awards:

BEST PICTURE (TIE)

Hunger (Maple Pictures)

Inglourious Basterds (Alliance Films)

Runner-up:

The Hurt Locker (Maple Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE

Nicolas Cage - The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Runners-up:

George Clooney - Up in the Air

Michael Fassbender - Hunger

Colin Firth - A Single Man

Viggo Mortensen - The Road

BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Carey Mulligan - An Education

Runners-up:

Arta Dobroshi - Le Silence de Lorna

Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Runners-up:

Christian McKay - Me & Orson Welles

Timothy Olyphant - A Perfect Getaway

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

Runners-up:

Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

Mo'nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

BEST DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Runners-up:

Steve McQueen - Hunger

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)

Inglourious Basterds - written by Quentin Tarantino

Up in the Air - written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the novel by Walter Kirn

Runner-up:

A Serious Man - written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Hunger - directed by Steve McQueen

Runners-up:

District 9 - directed by Neill Blomkamp

(500) Days of Summer - directed by Marc Webb

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight)

Runners-up:

Coraline (Alliance Films)

Up (Disney-Pixar)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

The White Ribbon (Mongrel Media)

Runners-up:

Police, adjective (filmswelike)

Summer Hours (E1 Entertainment)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Cove (Maple Pictures)

Runners-up:

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (filmswelike)

The Beaches of Agnes (E1 Entertainment)

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Steve McQueen - Hunger

ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FEATURE AWARD (Winner TBA, Jan. 12th)

The Necessities of Life - Benoît Pilon

Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve

Pontypool - Bruce McDonald

CLYDE GILMOUR AWARD FOR ADVANCING THE APPRECIATION OF FILM

Mark Peranson - editor and publisher of the internationally acclaimed Cinema Scope magazine, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

JAY SCOTT PRIZE FOR EMERGING TALENT

Winner TBA, Jan. 12th

Some interesting choices here, as these are the opinions of 34 Toronto film critics. Brian D. Johnson, president of the TFCA said in a statement: “Toronto is home to a diverse and astute community of film critics. This year’s lack of clear consensus reflects the spirited discourse that’s vital to our profession. Our awards represent a vote of confidence in cinema that breaks new ground with passionate performances and audacious vision.” Indeed so. Many interesting and unique choices here.

-John C.