Rob’s Quick Review: Nerve

Nerve has gotten much more realistic since I walked out of the theater a few weeks ago. It seems scarily prescient in the wake of Pokemon Go’s release.  Millions of people walking

Rob’s Quick Review: John Wick

John Wick is a stylish, fast-paced take on the revenge action genre. It’s very well written, interlacing funny moments into the action sequences, reminding me of the best of Shane Black’s writing.

May Movie Preview: Part 1

We hope that many of you went to the movies this past weekend.  Maybe you saw the new Spider-Man, or maybe you caught up on something that you’ve been meaning to see.

From The Web: Supercut of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

If you’re not familiar with the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book, I really recommend it for movie lovers.  The book itself (in any of its many updated versions) is

April Movie Preview: Part 1

Now that we’re post awards season, we’re in that weird in between before the summer movie explosion.  That being said, there are several movies of note trying to get the jump on

 

Oscars

Academy Award nominations are announced January 10, 2013, and the awards will take place on February 24, 2013.

Final Draft Results!!! We Have a Winner!

Final point totals:

Felix 378
Dave 302
Seth 275
Rob 274
Jon 266
Jake 224
Jennie 166
Saxes 58

Felix is our winner!








Draft Standings after the Oscar Noms

Overall:

Felix 168
Rob 144
Jennie 131
Jon 126
Dave 122
Jake 119
Seth 104
Saxes 42

 

League 1:

Jake GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Hitchcock 2 1 2 5
Killing Them Softly 0
Life of Pi 7 1 1 1 34 44
Promised Land 0
Sparkle 0
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 6 6
Lincoln 15 1 4 1 1 42 64
Grand Total 24 2 5 2 2 84 119
Seth GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Cloud Atlas 0
Django Unchained 13 1 22 36
Les Misérables 10 1 4 1 28 44
Prometheus 2 2
Skyfall 1 1 2 10 14
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Impossible 2 1 4 7
 Grand Total 26 3 8 1 66 104
Dave GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Amour 1 24 25
Anna Karenina 8 8
Argo 11 1 2 1 1 26 42
Brave 1 1 2 4
The Avengers 2 2
Zero Dark Thirty 11 1 1 1 1 22 37
Rust & Bone 3 1 4
Grand Total 27 3 4 2 2 84 122
Jennie GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Beasts of the Southern Wild 1 22 23
Flight 2 1 1 8 12
Hyde Park on Hudson 2 2
Moonrise Kingdom 5 1 1 4 11
Silver Linings Playbook 11 1 4 1 36 53
The Master 6 1 1 12 20
The Sessions 4 2 4 10
Grand Total 30 3 8 4 86 131

 

League 2:

Felix GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Amour 1 24 25
Argo 11 1 2 1 1 26 42
Mirror Mirror 2 2
Moonrise Kingdom 5 1 1 4 11
Skyfall 1 1 2 10 14
The Sessions 4 2 4 10
Lincoln 15 1 4 1 1 42 64
Grand Total 37 4 10 2 3 112 168
Rob GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Anna Karenina 8 8
Beasts of the Southern Wild 1 22 23
Flight 2 1 1 8 12
Les Misérables 10 1 4 1 28 44
Silver Linings Playbook 11 1 4 1 36 53
This Is 40 0
Rust & Bone 3 1 4
Grand Total 26 3 10 1 2 102 144
Saxes GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Brave 1 1 2 4
Cloud Atlas 0
The Avengers 2 2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7 2 9
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 6 6
The Master 6 1 1 12 20
Grand Total 14 1 4 1 22 42
Jon GG Noms PGA Noms SAG Noms DGA Noms WGA Noms Oscar Noms Grand Total
Django Unchained 13 1 22 36
Hitchcock 2 1 2 5
Life of Pi 7 1 1 1 34 44
Trouble with the Curve 0
Wreck-It Ralph 1 1 2 4
Zero Dark Thirty 11 1 1 1 1 22 37
Bully 0
Grand Total 34 4 2 2 2 82 126







Oscar Noms!!!

Best picture

  • “Amour” Nominees to be determined
  • “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
  • “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
  • “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
  • “Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
  • “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
  • “Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
  • “Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Director

  • “Amour”Michael Haneke
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
  • “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
  • “Lincoln”Steven Spielberg
  • “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

Lead actor

  • Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
  • Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
  • Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
  • Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Lead actress

  • Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
  • Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
  • Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
  • Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Supporting actor

  • Alan Arkin in “Argo”
  • Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
  • Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
  • Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”
Supporting actress
  • Amy Adams in “The Master”
  • Sally Field in “Lincoln”
  • Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
  • Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
  • Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Animated feature film

  • “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
  • “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
  • “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
  • “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
  • “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Cinematography

  • “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
  • “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
  • “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
  • “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
  • “Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Costume design

  • “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
  • “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
  • “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
  • “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
  • “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Documentary feature

  • “5 Broken Cameras” 
    Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
  • “The Gatekeepers” 
    Nominees to be determined
  • “How to Survive a Plague” 
    Nominees to be determined
  • “The Invisible War” 
    Nominees to be determined
  • “Searching for Sugar Man” 
    Nominees to be determined

Documentary short subject

  • “Inocente” 
    Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
  • “Kings Point” 
    Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
  • “Mondays at Racine” 
    Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
  • “Open Heart” 
    Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
  • “Redemption” 
    Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Film editing

  • “Argo” William Goldenberg
  • “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
  • “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
  • “Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  • “Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign language film

  • “Amour” Austria
  • “Kon-Tiki” Norway
  • “No” Chile
  • “A Royal Affair” Denmark
  • “War Witch” Canada

Makeup and hairstyling

  • “Hitchcock”
    Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
    Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
  • “Les Misérables” 
    Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Original score

  • “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
  • “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
  • “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
  • “Lincoln” John Williams
  • “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Original song

  • “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
    Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
  • “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
    Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
  • “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
    Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
  • “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
    Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
  • “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
    Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Production design

  • “Anna Karenina”
    Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
    Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
  • “Les Misérables” 
    Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
  • “Life of Pi” 
    Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • “Lincoln” 
    Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Animated short film

  • “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
  • “Fresh Guacamole” PES
  • “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
  • “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”” David Silverman
  • “Paperman” John Kahrs

Live action short film

  • “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
  • “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
  • “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
  • “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
  • “Henry” Yan England

Sound editing

  • “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
  • “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
  • “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
  • “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
  • “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound mixing

  • “Argo”
    John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
  • “Les Misérables” 
    Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
  • “Life of Pi”
    Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
  • “Lincoln” 
    Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
  • “Skyfall” 
    Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” 
    Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
  • “Life of Pi” 
    Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
  • “Marvel’s The Avengers” 
    Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
  • “Prometheus” 
    Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
  • “Snow White and the Huntsman”
    Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Adapted screenplay

  • “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
  • “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
  • “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
  • “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell

Original screenplay

  • “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
  • “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • “Flight” Written by John Gatins
  • “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
  • “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal