The Oscars

[thepaulo]

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced-659950



BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer) * Executive Producers are not listed.

12 YEARS A SLAVE
PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad

ALL IS LOST
PRODUCERS: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb

FRANCES HA
PRODUCERS: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
PRODUCERS: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

NEBRASKA
PRODUCERS: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa



BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)

BLUE CAPRICE
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alexandre Moors
PRODUCERS: Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi

CONCUSSION
DIRECTOR: Stacie Passon
PRODUCER: Rose Troche

FRUITVALE STATION
DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler
PRODUCERS: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker

UNA NOCHE
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Lucy Mulloy
PRODUCERS: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago

WADJDA
DIRECTOR: Haifaa Al Mansour
PRODUCERS: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul



JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.

COMPUTER CHESS
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Bujalski
PRODUCERS: Houston King, Alex Lipschultz

CRYSTAL FAIRY
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sebastián Silva
PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín

MUSEUM HOURS
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jem Cohen
PRODUCERS: Paolo Calamita, Gabriele Kranzelbinder

PIT STOP
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Yen Tan
WRITER: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, Kelly Williams

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan
PRODUCER: Cherie Saulter



BEST DIRECTOR

SHANE CARRUTH – Upstream Color

J.C. CHANDOR – All Is Lost

STEVE McQUEEN -12 Years A Slave

JEFF NICHOLS – Mud

ALEXANDER PAYNE – Nebraska



BEST SCREENPLAY

WOODY ALLEN – Blue Jasmine

JULIE DELPY, ETHAN HAWKE, RICHARD LINKLATER – Before Midnight

NICOLE HOLOFCENER –Enough Said

SCOTT NEUSTADTER & MICHAEL H. WEBER – The Spectacular Now

JOHN RIDLEY – 12 Years A Slave



BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

LAKE BELL – In A World

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – Don Jon

BOB NELSON – Nebraska

JILL SOLOWAY – Afternoon Delight

MICHAEL STARRBURY – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SEAN BOBBITT – 12 Years A Slave

BENOIT DEBIE – Spring Breakers

BRUNO DELBONNEL – Inside Llewyn Davis

FRANK G. DEMARCO – All Is Lost

MATTHIAS GRUNSKY – Computer Chess



BEST EDITING

SHANE CARRUTH, DAVID LOWERY -Upstream Color

JEM COHEN, MARC VIVES – Museum Hours

JENNIFER LAME – Frances Ha

CINDY LEE – Una Noche

NAT SANDERS – Short Term 12



BEST MALE LEAD

BRUCE DERN -Nebraska

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – 12 Years A Slave

OSCAR ISAAC – Inside Llewyn Davis

MICHAEL B. JORDAN –Fruitvale Station

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY – Dallas Buyers Club

ROBERT REDFORD – All Is Lost



BEST FEMALE LEAD

CATE BLANCHETT – Blue Jasmine

JULIE DELPY – Before Midnight

GABY HOFFMANN –Crystal Fairy

BRIE LARSON – Short Term 12

SHAILENE WOODLEY – The Spectacular Now



BEST SUPPORTING MALE

MICHAEL FASSBENDER – 12 Years A Slave

WILL FORTE –Nebraska

JAMES GANDOLFINI – Enough Said

JARED LETO – Dallas Buyers Club

KEITH STANFIELD – Short Term 12



BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

MELONIE DIAZ – Fruitvale Station

SALLY HAWKINS – Blue Jasmine

LUPITA NYONG'O –12 Years A Slave

YOLONDA ROSS – Go For Sisters

JUNE SQUIBB - Nebraska



BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

A TOUCH OF SIN (China)
DIRECTOR: Jia Zhang-Ke

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (France)
DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche

GLORIA (Chile)
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio

THE GREAT BEAUTY (Italy)
DIRECTOR: Paola Sorrentino

THE HUNT (Denmark)
DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg



BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)

20 FEET FROM STARDOM
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville
PRODUCERS: Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers

AFTER TILLER
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson

GIDEON'S ARMY
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dawn Porter
PRODUCER: Julie Goldman

THE ACT OF KILLING
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joshua Oppenheimer
PRODUCERS: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo

THE SQUARE
DIRECTOR: Jehane Noujaim
PRODUCER: Karim Amer

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

MUD
DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols
CASTING DIRECTOR: Francine Maisler
ENSEMBLE CAST: Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, Reese Witherspoon



17th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The 17th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

TOBY HALBROOKS & JAMES M. JOHNSTON

JACOB JAFFKE

ANDREA ROA

FREDERICK THORNTON




20th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The 20th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

AARON DOUGLAS JOHNSTON, director of MY SISTER'S QUINCEAÑERA

SHAKA KING, director of NEWLYWEEDS

MADELINE OLNEK, director of THE FOXY MERKINS




19th ANNUAL STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The 19th annual Truer Than Fiction Award, sponsored by Stella Artois, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

KALYANEE MAM, director of A RIVER CHANGES COURSE

JASON OSDER, director of LET THE FIRE BURN

STEPHANIE SPRAY & PACHO VALEZ, directors of MANAKAMANA

[Dirtbag]

I've never even heard of most of those movies.

[thepaulo]

I've never even heard of most of those movies.


Some of the players

Coen Brothers
Robert Redford
Matthew McCongaughey
Jared Leto
Alexander Payne
Bruce Dern
James Gandolfini
Michael Fassbender
The other Steve McQueen
Cate Blanchette
Alexander Payne

[Fugitive]

Paul,

I just saw THE CANYONS on DVD. It should be up for Best Picture and Lindsay Lohan should be up for Best Actress I ain't lying. Also Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. This is not an ironic statement. I mean it, I mean it, I mean it.

Fugitive

[thepaulo]

Paul,

I just saw THE CANYONS on DVD. It should be up for Best Picture and Lindsay Lohan should be up for Best Actress I ain't lying. Also Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. This is not an ironic statement. I mean it, I mean it, I mean it.

Fugitive

Hey, Paul Schrader is a lot of awesome.

[thepaulo]

BEST PICTURE: American Hustle

LEAD ACTOR: Robert Redford, All Is Lost

LEAD ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)

ANIMATED FILM: The Wind Rises

SCREENPLAY: Eric Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

FIRST FILM: Fruitvale Station

NON-FICTION FILM (DOCUMENTARY): Stories We Tell

SPECIAL AWARD: documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman




http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-12-04/ny-film-critics-name-american-hustle-best-film

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25212287

http://www.freep.com/article/20131204/ENT07/312040021/New-York-film-critics-pick-American-Hustle-

http://www.freep.com/article/20131204/ENT07/312040021/New-York-film-critics-pick-American-Hustle-

[CountryBob]

BEST PICTURE: American Hustle

LEAD ACTOR: Robert Redford, All Is Lost

LEAD ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)

ANIMATED FILM: The Wind Rises

SCREENPLAY: Eric Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

FIRST FILM: Fruitvale Station

NON-FICTION FILM (DOCUMENTARY): Stories We Tell

SPECIAL AWARD: documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman




http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-12-04/ny-film-critics-name-american-hustle-best-film

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25212287

http://www.freep.com/article/20131204/ENT07/312040021/New-York-film-critics-pick-American-Hustle-

http://www.freep.com/article/20131204/ENT07/312040021/New-York-film-critics-pick-American-Hustle-

Ive heard that Blue is the warmest color has some good nakedness in it - winner!

[thepaulo]

Ive heard that Blue is the warmest color has some good nakedness in it - winner!

Lots of lesbian sex.

[thepaulo]

Best Film: “Her”

Best Director: Spike Jonze, “Her”

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”

Best Actress: Emma Thompson, “Saving Mr. Banks”

Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, “Nebraska”

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, “Fruitvale Station”

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Animated Feature: “The Wind Rises”

Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, “Fruitvale Station”

Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos, “Blue Is The Warmest Color”

Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, “Fruitvale Station”

Best Foreign Language Film: “The Past”

Best Documentary: “Stories We Tell”

William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.

Best Ensemble: “Prisoners”

Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: “Wadjda”

Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: “Gravity”

Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order):

“12 Years a Slave,” “Fruitvale Station,” “Gravity” ”Inside Llewyn Davis,” ”Lone Survivor,” ”Nebraska,” ”Prisoners,” ”Saving Mr. Banks,” ”The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street”

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order):

“Beyond the Hills,” ”Gloria,” ”The Grandmaster,” ”A Hijacking,” ”The Hunt”

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):

“20 Feet from Stardom,” ”The Act of Killing,” ”After Tiller,” ”Casting By,” ”The Square”

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):

“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”In a World…,” ”Mother of George,” ”Much Ado About Nothing,” ”Mud,” ”The Place Beyond the Pines,” ”Short Term 12,” ”Sightseers,” ”The Spectacular Now

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-national-board-of-review-selects-her-as-best-picture-20131204,0,7977970.story#axzz2mXgfVl6Q

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-national-board-of-review-selects-her-as-best-picture-20131204,0,7977970.story#axzz2mXgfVl6Q

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/national-board-of-review-winners-2013-1200918383/

[thepaulo]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gravity-her-tie-for-la-critics-best-film-prize/


2013 LAFCA Winners:

Best Picture (tie): "Gravity" and "Her"

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Runner-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Actress (tie): Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"; and Adele Exarchopoulos, "Blue Is the Warmest Color"

Best Supporting Actor (tie) James Franco, "Spring Breakers," and Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Runner-up: June Squibb, "Nebraska."

Best Director: Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, "Her"

Best Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, "Before Midnight"
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, "Her"

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Gravity"
Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel, "Inside Llewyn Davis"

Best Foreign Film: "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
Runner-up: "The Great Beauty"

Best Documentary: "Stories We Tell"
Runner-up: "The Act of Killing"

Best Animation: "Ernest & Celestine"
Runner-up: "The Wind Rises"

Best Production Design: K.K. Barrett, "Her"
Runner-up: Jess Gonchor, "Inside Llewyn Davis"

Best Editing: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger, "Gravity"
Runner-up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, "Upstream Color"

Best Music Score: T Bone Burnett, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Runner-up: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, "Her"

Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: "Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce"

New Generation Prize: Megan Ellison

Legacy of Cinema: The Criterion Collection

Special Citation: The creative team of "12 Years a Slave"

[thepaulo]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sag-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,7835488.story#axzz2nGbGTZFg

Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Dallas Buyers Club
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – "12 Years a Slave"
Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – "Captain Phillips"
Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – "Dallas Buyers Club"
Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett / Jasmine – "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock / Ryan Stone – "Gravity"
Judi Dench / Philomena Lee – "Philomena"
Meryl Streep / Violet Weston – "August: Osage County"
Emma Thompson / P.L. Travers – "Saving Mr. Banks"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi / Muse – "Captain Phillips"
Daniel Brühl / Niki Lauda – "Rush"
Michael Fassbender / Edwin Epps – "12 Years a Slave"
James Gandolfini / Albert – "Enough Said"
Jared Leto / Rayon – "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o / Patsey – "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts / Barbara Weston – "August: Osage County"
June Squibb / Kate Grant – "Nebraska"
Oprah Winfrey / Gloria Gaines – "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2014
Primetime Television
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Matt Damon / Scott Thorson – "Behind the Candelabra"
Michael Douglas / Liberace – "Behind the Candelabra"
Jeremy Irons / King Henry IV – "The Hollow Crown"
Rob Lowe / John F. Kennedy – "Killing Kennedy"
Al Pacino / Phil Spector – "Phil Spector"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Angela Bassett / Coretta Scott King – "Betty & Coretta"
Helena Bonham Carter / Elizabeth Taylor – "Burton and Taylor"
Holly Hunter / G.J. – "Top of the Lake"
Helen Mirren / Linda Kenney Baden – "Phil Spector"
Elisabeth Moss / Robin Griffin – "Top of the Lake"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi / Enoch "Nucky" Thompson – "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston / Walter White – "Breaking Bad"
Jeff Daniels / Will McAvoy – "The Newsroom"
Peter Dinklage / Tyrion Lannister – "Game of Thrones"
Kevin Spacey / Francis Underwood – "House of Cards"
PHOTOS: SAG 2014 top nominees
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes / Carrie Mathison – "Homeland"
Anna Gunn / Skyler White – "Breaking Bad"
Jessica Lange / Fiona Goode – "American Horror Story: Coven"
Maggie Smith / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – "Downton Abbey"
Kerry Washington / Olivia Pope – "Scandal"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy – "30 Rock"
Jason Bateman / Michael Bluth – "Arrested Development"
Ty Burrell / Phil Dunphy – "Modern Family"
Don Cheadle / Martin "Marty" Kaan – "House of Lies"
Jim Parsons / Sheldon Cooper – "The Big Bang Theory"
TIMELINE: The Academy Awards through the years
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik / Amy Farrah Fowler – "The Big Bang Theory"
Julie Bowen / Claire Dunphy – "Modern Family"
Edie Falco / Jackie Peyton – "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey / Liz Lemon – "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Vice President Selina Meyer – "Veep"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Veep

[thepaulo]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/12-years-slave-american-hustle-lead-golden-globe-noms-article-1.1545372

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/wide-open-field-hopes-golden-globes-invites-21187931

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/showbiz/movies/golden-globe-nominations/

[fezident]

MUD is amazingly overrated.
It's good, but it's isn't "an instant American classic!" like Shawshank was... or Pulp Fiction... or Forrest Gump (which people now pretend to have always hated)... or any of those "this movie belongs in The Library Of Congress" type of films.
It's just a good little movie. It's a little boring, actually.


The praise that it's receiving now is undeserved.
I think it's all bandwagon bullshit.


That movie is a B- .... at best.

[thepaulo]

MUD is amazingly overrated.
It's good, but it's isn't "an instant American classic!" like Shawshank was... or Pulp Fiction... or Forrest Gump (which people now pretend to have always hated)... or any of those "this movie belongs in The Library Of Congress" type of films.
It's just a good little movie. It's a little boring, actually.


The praise that it's receiving now is undeserved.
I think it's all bandwagon bullshit.


That movie is a B- .... at best.

It reminds me of To Kill a Mockingbird

[Dell]

It reminds me of To Kill a Mockingbird

my wife's favorite book...even named our dog Harper Lee

[Dell]

MUD is amazingly overrated.
It's good, but it's isn't "an instant American classic!" like Shawshank was... or Pulp Fiction... or Forrest Gump (which people now pretend to have always hated)... or any of those "this movie belongs in The Library Of Congress" type of films.
It's just a good little movie. It's a little boring, actually.


The praise that it's receiving now is undeserved.
I think it's all bandwagon bullshit.


That movie is a B- .... at best.


TOTALLY agree with your Forest Gump statement...I absolutely hate when the hipsters tell me I was wrong for liking a movie

remember, it's okay to enjoy a movie the hipsters say you shouldn't enjoy...in fact, I like them more (same with music...LOVE the Eagles)

you were saying that weren't you...or did I stumble upon a real hipster

[fezident]

Dell,
You got it right.
I am bothered that, nowadays, you can't find even one single person that loves Forrest Gump. I honestly think that the general public doesn't know the difference between bad art, or being sick of good art.

This happens with music all the time. ("Hotel California sucks, man." "I never cared for Michael Jackson.")

TV shows ("Seinfeld blows!")

And films usually get KILLED a few years after they're loved. ("Jurassic Park is terrible." "Star Wars is so lame.")

I bet these revisionist hipsters tyat make these claims are also the same people who love to tell you that they "don't even OWN a television."

[fezident]

Hi Paulo. Your life's a movie.
this is a sincere question;
what is so great about MUD? What am I missing here??

Everybody heaps praise on it, and I simply do not understand why.
I've read reviews that call it "a perfect movie" and "an immediate classic". Can you enlighten me as to what these critics are seeing that I'm not seeing? They are enamored.... and I was rather bored.

When you have a moment, please expand on why you loved this movie so much.

[pennington]

what is so great about MUD? What am I missing here??

I didn't see this in the theater, I watched it at home and I couldn't wait for it to end. I kept turning it off, then watching 15 minutes, then pausing it again.

It's too long, a half hour could have easily been cut out of it. Get rid of the sub-plots of the kid's parents' marital problems and their losing their houseboat; get rid of that kid's love life with that older girl (never believable) and all the time spent discussing Mud's shirt. I get that it's a movie about love but they should have focused on Mud and his relationships with those around him (IMHO, of course).

I always had the feeling Matthew McConaughey was ACTING. Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, and Reese Witherspoon (Reese looks good) were believable. And, hey, it's always nice to see Joe Don Baker.

It's not one of those movies I'll watch again, even in a few years. Tighten it up and it would be an OK independent film.

[thepaulo]

Hi Paulo. Your life's a movie.
this is a sincere question;
what is so great about MUD? What am I missing here??

Everybody heaps praise on it, and I simply do not understand why.
I've read reviews that call it "a perfect movie" and "an immediate classic". Can you enlighten me as to what these critics are seeing that I'm not seeing? They are enamored.... and I was rather bored.

When you have a moment, please expand on why you loved this movie so much.

When we think of the term classic, it tends to get lost in all that high school literature reading lists.
I mentioned To Kill a Mockingbird because I think there is a strong connection.
The two young boys are the heart of the story. It's like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, updated. They are on their own adventure and they meet this mythic character in the woods. He is someone they admire even though in their heart they know he is crazy.
Mud is on his own mythic journey that maybe only he will truely ever understand.
I can't overstate how much I loved the movie and how proud of Matthew for taking himself more seriously. Dallas Buyer's Club is awesome and I haven't even seen The Wolf of Wall Street yet.

[thepaulo]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/16/critics-choice-movie-nominations/4040035/


American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Best supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best supporting actress
Scarlett Johansson, Her
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler

Best acting ensemble
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze, Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

[thepaulo]

golden globes

FULL COVERAGE: Golden Globe nominations 2014 | Play-at-home ballot

Best motion picture, drama
"12 Years a Slave"
"Captain Phillips"
"Gravity"
"Philomena"
"Rush"
Best motion picture, musical or comedy
"American Hustle"
"Her"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Actress in a motion picture, drama
Cate Blanchett "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock - "Gravity"
Judi Dench - "Philomena
Emma Thompson - "Saving Mr. Banks"
Kate Winslet - "Labor Day"
Best Actor in a motion picture, drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years a Slave"
Idris Elba - "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom"
Tom Hanks - "Captain Phillips"
Matthew McConaughey - "Dallas Buyers Club"
Robert Redford - "All Is Lost"
PHOTOS: Golden Globe 2014 top nominees
Best Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Amy Adams - "American Hustle"
Julie Delpy - "Before Midnight"
Greta Gerwig - "Frances Ha"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Enough Said"
Meryl Streep - "August: Osage County"
Best Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Christian Bale - "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern - "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Wolf Of Wall Street"
Oscar Isaac - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Joaquin Phoenix - "Her"
Best supporting Actress in a motion picture
Sally Hawkins - "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence - "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts - "August: Osage County"
June Squibb - "Nebraska"
Best supporting Actor in a motion picture
Barkhad Abdi - "Captain Phillips"
Daniel Brühl - "Rush"
Bradley Cooper - "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender - "12 Years a Slave"
Jared Leto - "Dallas Buyers Club"
MORE: '12 Years a Slave,' 'American Hustle' dominate Golden Globe nominations
Best Director – motion picture
Alfonso Cuarón - "Gravity"
Paul Greengrass - "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen - "12 Years a Slave"
Alexander Payne - "Nebraska"
David O. Russell - "American Hustle"
Best Screenplay – motion picture
Spike Jonze - "Her"
Bob Nelson - "Nebraska"
Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan - "Philomena"
John Ridley - "12 Years a Slave"
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell - "American Hustle"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"The Great Beauty"
"The Hunt"
"The Past"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Animated Feature film
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Frozen"
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
"Atlas" - "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
"Let It Go" - "Frozen"
"Ordinary Love" - "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
"Please Mr. Kennedy" - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Sweeter Than Fiction" - "One Chance"
PHOTOS: Miss Golden Globe through the years
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alex Ebert - "All is Lost"
Alex Heffes - "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
Steven Price - "Gravity"
John Williams - "The Book Thief"
Hans Zimmer - "12 Years a Slave"
Best TV series, drama
"Breaking Bad"
"Downton Abbey"
"The Goodwife"
"House of Cards"
"Masters of Sex"
Best TV Series, Comedy
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
"Girls"
"Modern Family"
"Parks and Recreation"
Best TV movie or mini-series
"American Horror Story: Coven"
"Behind the Candelabra"
"Dancing on the Edge"
"Top of the Lake"
"The White Queen"
FULL COVERAGE: Golden Globe nominations 2014
Best Actress in a TV series, drama
Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Tatiana Maslany - "Orphan Black"
Taylor Schilling - "Orange is the New Black"
Kerry Washington - "Scandal"
Robin Wright - "House of Cards"
Best Actor in a TV series, drama
Bryan Cranston - "Breaking Bad"
Liev Schreiber - "Ray Donovan"
Michael Sheen - "Masters of Sex"
Kevin Spacey - "House of Cards"
James Spader - "The Blacklist"
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Zooey Deschanel - "New Girl"
Lena Dunham - "Girls"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Veep"
Amy Poehler - "Parks and Recreation"
Best Actor, TV Series Comedy
Jason Bateman - "Arrested Development"
Don Cheadle - "House of Lies"
Michael J. Fox - "The Michael J. Fox Show"
Jim Parsons - "The Big Bang Theory"
Andy Samberg - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
PHOTOS: Golden Globe 2014 top nominees
Best Actress in a mini-series or TV movie
Helena Bonham Carter - "Burton and Taylor"
Rebecca Ferguson - "White Queen"
Jessica Lange - "American Horror Story: Coven"
Helen Mirren - "Phil Spector"
Elisabeth Moss - "Top of the Lake"
Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie
Matt Damon - "Behind the Candelabra"
Michael Douglas - "Behind the Candelabra"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Dancing on the Edge"
Idris Elba - "Luther"
Al Pacino - "Phil Spector"
Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Jacqueline Bisset - "Dancing on the Edge"
Janet McTeer - "White Queen"
Hayden Panettiere - "Nashville"
Monica potter - "Parenthood"
Sofia Vergara - "Modern family"
Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie
Josh Charles - "The Good Wife"
Rob Lowe- "Behind the Candelabra"
Aaron Paul - "Breaking Bad"
Corey Stoll - "House of Cards"
Jon Voight -" Ray Donovan"


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,6845028.story#ixzz2ng7KpSht

[thepaulo]

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00067203.html

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/writers-guild-nominations-oscar-academy-awards-1201016445/

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/American-Hustle-Wolf-Wall-Street-Snag-Writers-Guild-Nominations-40944.html

[thepaulo]

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00067229.html

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/inside-llewyn-davis-named-critics-best-film-of-2013-20140105

http://www.nation.com.pk/entertainment/06-Jan-2014/coen-brothers-win-us-critics-prize

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryhannon/2014/01/05/six-tips-to-deal-with-llewyn-davis-style-rejection/

[thepaulo]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/01/12/golden-globes-winners/4424169/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/golden-globes-2014-jennifer-lawrence-breaking-bad-early-winners/

[thepaulo]

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/fey-poehler-kick-off-globes-party-21504039

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globe-awards-2014-main,0,5157661.story#axzz2qFQyDlnv

[thepaulo]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2014-jennifer-lawrence-20140112,0,7733159.story#axzz2qFQyDlnv

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globe-film-awards-winners-670224

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/golden-globes-2014-show-highlights/

[thepaulo]

http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/2014-golden-globes-winners-so-far.html

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/biggest-snubs-and-surprises-at-the-golden-globes-1201050535/

[thepaulo]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-grownups-2-razzie-nominations-20140115,0,2094196.story#axzz2qUc2m8Na

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/15/julia-louis-dreyfus-e-cigarette-skit-sparks-fury-with-us-senators

http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/razzie-nominations-zap-2013s-worst-films/

[thepaulo]

Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards


Performance by an actor in a leading role

Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”


Performance by an actress in a leading role

Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”


Best animated feature film of the year

“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki


Achievement in cinematography

“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins


Achievement in costume design

“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris


Achievement in directing

“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese


Best documentary feature

“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined


Best documentary short subject

“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens


Achievement in film editing

“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker


Best foreign language film of the year

“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine


Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson


Best motion picture of the year

“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined


Achievement in production design

“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker


Best animated short film

“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer


Best live action short film

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li


Achievement in sound editing

“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman


Achievement in sound mixing

“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow


Achievement in visual effects

“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton


Adapted screenplay

“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter


Original screenplay

“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson

[thepaulo]

nominations
10- American Hustle, Gravity
9- 12 Years a Slave
6- Dallas Buyer's Club, Nebraska
5- Captain Phillips, The Wolf of Wall Street
4- Philomena, her
3- Blue Jasmine, The Desolation of Smaug
2- August: Osage County, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby, The Lone Ranger,
Frozen, Despicable Me 2,
1- Before Midnight, All Is Lost, Prisoners, The Grandmaster, The Book Thief, Saving Mr.
Banks, Jackass: Bad Grandpa, Iron Man 3, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Lone Survivor and etc.

[realmenhatelife]

Poor Llewyn.

[thepaulo]

Poor Llewyn.

That poor pathetic, sad bastard.

[jennysmurf]

Get off of .net and answer your phone!

[thepaulo]

http://www.eonline.com/news/500614/lupita-nyong-o-delivers-emotional-acceptance-speech-at-2014-critics-choice-movie-awards-watch

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/american-hustle-gravity-nominated-for-10-oscars-12-years-a-slave-gets-9-nods/2014/01/16/5d5a7090-7ed4-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html



http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/oscars-2014-snubs-and-surprises.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/bullock-drops-f-bomb-critic-choice-speech-article-1.1582849