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Best in film and television in 2009: Visual Effects Society nominations

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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 Josh Jaggars, visual effects producer Marc Weigert, visual effects supervisor Avatar Richard Baneham, animation supervisor Joyce Cox, VFX [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Films shortlisted for best makeup Oscar

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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 nominees that will compete in the makeup category at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be announced with all the other Oscar nominees on February 2. This year, the [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Award nominees, long list

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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 Moon Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire The Road A Serious Man A Single Man Star Trek Up Up in the Air DIRECTOR Avatar Bright [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: editor’s picks

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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 CAST An Education Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Utah Film Critics Awards

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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 Education Runner-up Maya Rudolph, Away We Go BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles Runner-up Christoph Waltz, [Read more...]