The Artist (DVD)
May 23, 2012 By Stephen Sclater Leave a Comment
Starring: Jean DuJardin, Berenice Bejo, James Crowell, John Goodman
Certificate: PG
In an era where cinema audiences are bombarded with romcoms, remakes and endless superhero franchises, along came a silent film that showed the industry that there was a market for the more concerning cinemagoer, who liked something a little different. The Artist became a worldwide phenomenon that swept every award ceremony across the globe, winning 5 Oscars, 7 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes, and Best actor at Cannes, as well as being lauded by the harshest of critics and filmgoers alike. The film cost $15 million to make, but has so far amassed over $130 million at the box office, and is only the second time a silent film has won best film Oscar, the first being at the very first Oscars – Wings. [Read more…]
The Lorax Break Box Office Records
Universal will be celebrating today after The Lorax didn't just beat expectations, it absolute annihilated them. Most had thought it was looking at a opening around the $30 million mark, but it ended up with a fantastic $70 million, which is one of the best starts ever for an animated movie. It's also amongst the best March openings and the top first three days for a film based on a book by Dr. Seuss.
Project X didn't do too badly either. With no big stars and a 'found footage' feel, many were uncertain whether the film would find an audience as there aren't many films to directly compare it to, but it made a more than respectable $20 million.
They were the only two new entries, although The Artist did get a bit of a post-Oscars bump, re-entering that box office top 10. Overall it was the best weekend of the year so far, which will have Hollywood being cautiously optimistic after a rocky few months.
Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of March 2nd-4th.
Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $70.7 $70.7
2 Project X $20.7 $20.7
3 Act Of Valor $13.7 $45.2
4 Safe House $7.2 $108.2
5 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds $7.0 $25.7
6 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $6.9 $85.6
7 The Vow $6.1 $111.7
8 This Means War $5.6 $41.4
9 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance $4.7 $44.8
10 The Artist $3.9 $37.0
FILMS: The Lorax, Project X, Act Of Valor, Safe House, Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, The Vow, This Means War, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, The Artist
The Artist Cleans Up At The Oscars
As expected, The Artist was the big winner at the Oscars, picking up Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor among its five awards. As it's a love letter to Hollywood, it's not surprising the Academy loved the movie.
Hugo also picked up five awards, although they were all in technical categories such as Visual Effects and Sound Mixing. It's been suggested that this reflects how if it weren't for The Artist, Hugo would have swept the board.
Other major awards included Meryl Streep picking up her third Oscar for The Iron Lady, while in the Supporting Actor and Actress Category, Christopher Plummer did the LGBT representation at the Oscars proud, winning for playing an elderly gay man in Beginners, while an emotional Octavia Spencer scored a much deserved award for The Help. Plummer becomes the oldest ever acting Oscar winner at 82, outdoing Jessica Tandy, who picked up her Best Actress Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy when she was 80.
Woody Allen won another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Midnight In Paris, while The Descendants picked up the best Adapted Screenplay award.
Take a look below for all the winners in all categories.
84th Annual Academy Awards Winners:
Winner: 'The Artist' Thomas Langmann, Producer
'The Descendants' Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' Scott Rudin, Producer
'The Help' Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
'Hugo' Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
'Midnight in Paris' Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
'Moneyball' Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
'The Tree of Life' Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
'War Horse' Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Winner: 'The Artist' Michel Hazanavicius
'The Descendants' Alexander Payne
'Hugo' Martin Scorsese
'Midnight in Paris' Woody Allen
'The Tree of Life' Terrence Malick
Demián Bichir in 'A Better Life'
George Clooney in 'The Descendants'
Winner: Jean Dujardin in 'The Artist'
Gary Oldman in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Brad Pitt in 'Moneyball'
Kenneth Branagh in 'My Week with Marilyn'
Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball'
Nick Nolte in 'Warrior'
Winner: Christopher Plummer in 'Beginners'
Max von Sydow in 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Glenn Close in 'Albert Nobbs'
Viola Davis in 'The Help'
Rooney Mara in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
Winner: Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady'
Michelle Williams in 'My Week with Marilyn'
Bérénice Bejo in 'The Artist'
Jessica Chastain in 'The Help'
Melissa McCarthy in 'Bridesmaids'
Janet McTeer in 'Albert Nobbs'
Winner: Octavia Spencer in 'The Help'
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner: 'The Descendants' Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
'Hugo' Screenplay by John Logan
'The Ides of March' Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
'Moneyball' Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
'The Artist' Written by Michel Hazanavicius
'Bridesmaids' Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
'Margin Call' Written by J.C. Chandor
Winner: 'Midnight in Paris' Written by Woody Allen
'A Separation' Written by Asghar Farhadi
'A Cat in Paris' Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
'Chico & Rita' Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
'Kung Fu Panda 2' Jennifer Yuh Nelson
'Puss in Boots' Chris Miller
Winner: 'Rango' Gore Verbinski
'The Artist' Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Winner: 'Hugo' Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
'Midnight in Paris' Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
'War Horse' Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
'The Artist' Guillaume Schiffman
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Jeff Cronenweth
Winner: 'Hugo' Robert Richardson
'The Tree of Life' Emmanuel Lubezki
'War Horse' Janusz Kaminski
'Anonymous' Lisy Christl
Winner: 'The Artist' Mark Bridges
'Hugo' Sandy Powell
'Jane Eyre' Michael O'Connor
'W.E.' Arianne Phillips
'Hell and Back Again' Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
'Pina' Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Winner: 'Undefeated' TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
'The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement' Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
'God Is the Bigger Elvis' Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
'Incident in New Baghdad' James Spione
Winner: 'Saving Face' Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
'The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom' Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
'The Artist' Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
'The Descendants' Kevin Tent
Winner: 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
'Hugo' Thelma Schoonmaker
'Moneyball' Christopher Tellefsen
'Bullhead' Belgium
'Footnote' Israel
'In Darkness' Poland
'Monsieur Lazhar' Canada
Winner: 'A Separation' Iran
'Albert Nobbs' Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
Winner: 'The Iron Lady' Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
'The Adventures of Tintin' John Williams
Winner: 'The Artist' Ludovic Bource
'Hugo' Howard Shore
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Alberto Iglesias
'War Horse' John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner: 'Man or Muppet' from 'The Muppets' Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
'Real in Rio' from 'Rio' Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
'Dimanche/Sunday' Patrick Doyon
Winner: 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
'La Luna' Enrico Casarosa
'A Morning Stroll' Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
'Wild Life' Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
'Pentecost' Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
'Raju' Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Winner: 'The Shore' Terry George and Oorlagh George
'Time Freak' Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
'Tuba Atlantic' Hallvar Witzø
'Drive' Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Ren Klyce
Winner: 'Hugo' Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
'War Horse' Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Winner: 'Hugo' Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
'Moneyball' Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
'War Horse' Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Winner: 'Hugo' Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
'Real Steel' Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
ACTORS: Jean DuJardin, Octavia Spencer, Christopher Plummer, Meryl Streep DIRECTORS: Michel Hazanavicius FILMS: The Artist, The Help, Hugo
The Artist Blooper Reel
The Artist has been charming audiences around the world and the bookies say that the smart money is on the movie to win big at the Oscars. Now a blooper reel has been released, which shows that the film is charming even when things don't quite go correctly. Although if you thought Uggie was the most talented dog in history, you may be upset to see that sometimes he made mistakes too!
ACTORS: Jean DuJardin, Berenice Bejo DIRECTORS: Michel Hazanavicius FILMS: The Artist
LGBT Characters Get A Few Nods In 2012 Oscar Nominations
Today Jennifer Lawrence and AMPAS President Tom Sherak got up extra early to announce the Oscar nominations (it was 5.30am LA time) so that we can pore over them for weeks in the run up to the ceremony on February 26th.
Early reaction has been largely favourable, with the sense that the Academy has done a pretty good job, barring some grumbling over the lack of Drive in any of the categories barring Sound Editing and Michael Fassbender missing out on a Best Actor nom for Shame.
Surprising many, it's Hugo that has the most nominations with 11, followed by the expected leader, The Artist, with 10.
On the LGBT front, Christopher Plummer has, as expected, picked up a Best Supporting Actor nomination for playing an aging gay man in Beginners. After his Golden Globe win he's now the favourite in that category.
What was less certain was whether Glenn Close would get a nom for Albert Nobbs, in which she plays a woman living as a man. Thankfully she got a Best Actress nomination, while Janet McTeer got a Best Supporting Actress nod for the same movie. Rooney Mara also got a Best Actress nod for playing bisexual Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Although the AIDS documentary We Were Here made the longlist for the Best Documentary Oscar, it sadly wasn't included among the final nominees. Other movies with LGBT themes that were shut out include J. Edgar and Weekend (although no one had expected the latter to be nominated, no matter how much critics love it).
Gay director Tate Taylor missed out on a Best Director nomination, but his film, The Help, picked up a Best Picture nomination, along with three nods for for its female stars in the acting categories. Likewise lesbian Iron Lady helmer Phylidda Lloyd didn't get a nomination herself, but Meryl Streep is the frontrunner for Best Actress for her performance in the movie.
So you can decide for yourself whether the Academy got it right, here's the full list of nominees in all categories. Let the bitching about Olivia Colman not being nominated for Tyrannosaur but Jonah Hill getting one for Moneyball commence:
"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski
"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips
"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
ACTORS: Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Rooney Mara FILMS: Beginners, Albert Nobbs, The Artist, Hugo, We Were Here
London Film Critics Circle Gives Breakthrough Award To Weekend's Andrew Haigh
Although BAFTA should be hanging its head in shame for not even including Weekend on the longlist for any of its awards, the movie can take some solace from the fact the London Film Critics Circle has better taste, giving the film's director, Andrew Haigh, the Breakthough British Film-maker award at its ceremony.
Weekend's star, Tom Cullen, was nominated for Actor Of The Year, but lost out to Jean Dujardin in the night's big winner, The Artist, which picked up three awards, getting Film Of The Year and Director Of The Year too. Weekend, about a one-night stand between two men that turns into something longer, may be getting shut out of the major awards, but those bodies with more discerning tastes are certainly giving the film its due.
Take a look below for all the 2012 London Film Critics Circle Awards winner.
32nd London Critics' Circle Film Awards winners in full:
The Artist (Entertainment)
CRITICS' CIRCLE TOP 10 FILMS of 2011
1. The Artist
2. A Separation
3. Drive
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. The Tree of Life
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. Melancholia
9. Margaret
10. The Descendants
The Attenborough Award: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Senna (Universal)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Entertainment)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Artificial Eye)
The Virgin Atlantic Award: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Andrew Haigh – Weekend (Peccadillo)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Entertainment)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (Tied)
Anna Paquin – Margaret (Fox)
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Fox/Pathé)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn (Entertainment)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Sareh Bayat – A Separation (Artificial Eye)
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method (Lionsgate), Shame (Momentum)
The Moët & Chandon Award: BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady (Fox/Pathé), Tyrannosaur (StudioCanal)
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Craig Roberts – Submarine (StudioCanal)
The Sky 3D Award: TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Maria Djurkovic, production design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
The Dilys Powell Award: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Nicolas Roeg
ACTORS: Tom Cullen, Jean DuJardin DIRECTORS: Andrew Haigh FILMS: Weekend, The Artist
Golden Globe Winners Announced – Christopher Plummer Wins For Beginners
If anyone was hoping that the Golden Globes would reveal a frontrunner for the Oscar, they'll be disappointed, as that awards went pretty much across the board when they were handed out last night. The big winners were The Descendants for Best Picture (Drama) and The Artist for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy).
Although The Descendants has been a bit of a quiet success, there are many who feel it could do well at the Oscars and may win George Clooney a Best Actor award (as he got at the Globes on the Drama side).
On the LGBT side, the only film winner was Christopher Plummer, who picked up the Best Supporting Actor awards for playing an elderly gay man in Beginners. While Glenn Close was nominated for playing a woman living as a man in Albert Nobbs, she was beaten out by Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady in the Best Actress (Drama) category. In the TV categories, gay-friendly Modern Family did well, winning Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
Interestingly, while Best Director normally goes to someone who helmed one of the Best Picture winning films, in this case Martin Scorsese won for Hugo, which was that movie's only award. It would be surprising if that patterns followed again at the Oscars. Other films to get at least one gong include Tintin, W.E., and A Separation. However overall it was The Artist that did best, with three awards, although it certainly didn't sweep the boards and while it puts it in a strong position for the Academy Awards, it is by no means a cert.
Take a look below for all the winners in all the categories at this year's Golden Globes.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominees:
The Ides of March
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney for The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender for Shame
Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March
Brad Pitt for Moneyball
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Brendan Gleeson for The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50
Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
Jodie Foster for Carnage
Charlize Theron for Young Adult
Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet for Carnage
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks for Drive
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for The Help
Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants
Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
George Clooney for The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Ides of March: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
W.E.: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry(Masterpiece)
Albert Nobbs: Brian Byrne, Glenn Close(Lay Your Head Down)
Gnomeo & Juliet: Elton John, Bernie Taupin(Hello Hello)
The Help: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas(The Living Proof)
Machine Gun Preacher: Chris Cornell(The Keeper)
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Artist: Ludovic Bource
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo: Howard Shore
War Horse: John Williams
W.E.: Abel Korzeniowski
Best Animated Film
A Separation (Iran)
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Best Television Series – Drama
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cinema Verite
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer for Boss
Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad
Jeremy Irons for The Borgias
Damian Lewis for Homeland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Claire Danes for Homeland
Mireille Enos for The Killing
Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe for Revenge
Callie Thorne for Necessary Roughness
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Matt LeBlanc for Episodes
Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
David Duchovny for Californication
Johnny Galecki for The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane for Hung
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Laura Dern for Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel for New Girl
Tina Fey for 30 Rock
Laura Linney for The Big C
Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba for Luther
Hugh Bonneville for Downton Abbey
William Hurt for Too Big to Fail
Bill Nighy for Page Eight
Dominic West for The Hour
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce
Romola Garai for The Hour
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern for Downton Abbey
Emily Watson for Appropriate Adult
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce for Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange for American Horror Story
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey
Sofía Vergara for Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood for Mildred Pierce
ACTORS: George Clooney, Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer, Jean DuJardin, Michelle Williams DIRECTORS: Martin Scorsese FILMS: The Artist, The Descendants, W.E., The Iron Lady, My Week With Marilyn, Beginners, Alber Nobbs, The Help, Midnight In Paris, The Adventures Of Tintin, Modern Family
The Artist (Cinema)
December 29, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Jean DuJardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
Release Date: Dec 30th (London), Jan 6th (Nationwide)
I don't know why people are saying The Artist should win at the Oscars. It's obvious director Michel Hazanavicius doesn't know how to make a movie. For a start, he made the film in black and white. Doesn't he know the world got coloured in during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s? Plus, he's so incompetent he forgot to record the dialogue, so he just plays some music and occasionally has a caption card come up on screen, as if that's a sensible way of telling a story.
He doesn't even manage to make it in the right aspect ratio, as it's the same width-to-length as old style-TVs. Hell, it's not even in 3D! Hazanavicius needs to go back to square one, watch some Michael Bay movies and learn how to make real, proper films with explosions and stuff. This is the 21st Century! [Read more…]
Golden Globe Nominations Announced
December 15, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment
The Golden Globes may be a bit of a pointless dog & pony show (it's essentially about Hollywood trying to line up Oscar nominations, with the rest of us caught up in that), but they've certainly grown into a big deal in the public consciousness. The nominations for the 2012 ceremony have now been announced and there's a pretty good showing for LGBT-themed movies.
Overall, the most notable thing is how ecumenical the nominations list is, with a large amount of films getting a look in and nothing jumping forward as an obvious frontrunner. The Artist got the most noms though, with six, and so now has to be seen as having a good shot of picking up the big gong, although whether the silent movie can go on to Oscar success is less certain.
On the LGBT front, Christopher Plummer scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination as an elderly gay man in Beginners, continuing a march many believe could end with him picking up an Oscar. Also making a decent Golden Globe showing was Albert Nobbs, with Glenn Close nominated for Best Actress – Drama for playing the title character, who was born female but lives as a man in 19th Century Ireland. Janet McTeer was also nominated for the movie in the Best Supporting Actress category. And just to ensure an even stronger LGBT showing in the acting categories, Leo DiCaprio was nominated for playing the closeted J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's biopic of the FBI chief.
As for real-life LGBT actors, bisexual Tilda Swinton was nominated for Best Actress in We Need To Talk About Kevin, Jodie Foster scored a nomination for Carnage and Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In picked up a nod in the Best Foreign Language Film category,
Take a look at all the nominations in the film categories below:
Albert Nobbs("Lay Your Head Down")
The Help: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.("The Living Proof")
Machine Gun Preacher("The Keeper")
W.E.("Masterpiece")
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Skin I Live In
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
ACTORS: Jodie Foster, Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Janet McTeer DIRECTORS: Pedro Almodovar FILMS: Beginners, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Albert Nobbs, The Artist, Carnage, The Skin I Live In