The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for best achievements in visual effects in 2009. The VES Awards will be presented on February 28 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Here are the nominations: VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN FEATURE MOTION PICTURE 2012 Volker Engel, visual effects supervisor [...]
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Best in film and television in 2009: Visual Effects Society nominations
Best in film in 2009: Films shortlisted for best makeup Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the list of seven films that have been shortlisted for the best makeup Oscar. The films are: The Road, Star Trek, District 9, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Il Divo, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and The Young Victoria. The final three [...]
Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Award nominees, long list
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the long list of the nominees for this year’s Orange British Film Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs. The short list will be announced on January 21. Here are the nominees: BEST FILM Avatar District 9 An Education Gran Torino The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus [...]
Best in film in 2009: editor’s picks
These are my picks for best achievements in film this year: BEST FILM The White Ribbon BEST DIRECTOR Lone Scherfig, An Education BEST ACTOR Viggo Mortensen, The Road BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alfred Molina, An Education BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bello, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee BEST ENSEMBLE [...]
Best in film in 2009: Utah Film Critics Awards
The Utah Film Critics released their top picks for 2009. Here they are: BEST PICTURE Up in the Air Runners-up The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds BEST DIRECTOR Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Runner-up John Hillcoat, The Road BEST ACTOR Viggo Mortensen, The Road Runner-up Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker BEST ACTRESS Carey Mulligan, An [...]
Best in film in 2009: San Diego Film Critics Society
Here is the list of this year’s top achievers in film from the San Diego Film Critics Society: BEST FILM Inglourious Basterds Runner-up A Single Man BEST DIRECTOR Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Runner-up James Cameron, Avatar BEST ACTRESS Michelle Monaghan, Trucker Runners-up Abbie Cornish, Bright Star Carey Mulligan, An Education BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, A [...]
Best in film in 2009: St. Louis Film Critics’ nominations
These are the nominations for the St. Louis Film Critics’ awards. The winners will be announced on December 20. BEST FILM (500) Days of Summer An Education The Hurt Locker Invictus Precious Up Up in the Air BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, for Crazy Heart George Clooney, for Up in the Air Ben Foster, for The [...]
Best in film in 2009: Broadcast Film Critics Association’s nominees
The Broadcast Film Critics have revealed their list of nominees for the 2009 BFCA Awards. Here it is: BEST PICTURE Avatar An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up [...]