Scripter Awards Nominees
The USC Scripter Award, which honors both the original script and adapted screenplays based on existing work has announced this year’s nominees, as follows: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - Eric Roth"Ir...
More Best Of 2008 – Fataculture’s Picks
Sometime Playlist contributor and pal Nick Plowman from the movies blog Fataculture has dropped his Top 10 list. We approve. Here's the entire thing in it's full glory. The truncated, Playlist version is below....
Leo And Kate Discuss Each Other On The Today Show
We're sort of posting this as excuse to say, has everyone noticed how absolutely radiant Kate Winslet has been on the press tour of "Revolutionary Road"? Maybe not so much in this video, but check any recent pr...
Award Season Watch: San Fran, Phoenix, San Diego And St. Louis Critics Laud Usual Suspects, Mostly ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Can there be any doubt that "Slumdog Millionaire" has gone from the little movie that could to sure-fire Best Picture Oscar nominee? The film has taken another slab of critical awards.
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The Oscar Race: How A Flawed ‘Benjamin Button’ Will Fare
Is the Best Picture Oscar race really between "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire"? We're kind of convinced it is, especially since finally seeing "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button." It's bound to appeal to an o...
‘Revolutionary Road’ Is An Oscar Caliber Film, In Case You Were Wondering…
No time for a full review, but quickly: You're probably not wondering about it now because this morning it received four Golden Globe nominations, but there was some tentative worry about the award merits of Sa...
The Oscar Watch: L.A Film Critics Give ‘Wall-E’ Best Picture
The year is almost done and let's face it, the late-game Oscar season isn't going to change the race much. "Gran Torino" and "Defiance" have screened for press (and us) and while decent, the Best Picture catego...
‘Revolutionary Road’ Soundtrack Due December 23 Via Nonesuch
Thomas Newman's soundtrack to Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road" starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio is due December 23, via Nonesuch records. The disc is mostly score by Newman (who also wrote the music ...
The Final 7-8 For Oscars Best Picture Race?
Everyone's talking about the how the Oscar Best Picture race is an eight-legged one. David Carr, the New York Time's "Carpetbagger" (a man who is the Oscar intelligence for the Gray Lady, yet has admitted that ...