THE AWARDS CIRCUIT BLOG

Who Should Have Won an Oscar in the 70's?

2011-02-25T18:57:00.003-05:00

There are a few names that come to light when thinking about the great films, performances, directorial achievements, and screenplays that did not win Oscars in the seventies, despite seminal work. The easy ones come to mind first, such as Robert Altman for any number of films including M*A*S*H (1970) or Nashville (1975), or Stanley Kubrick for A Clockwork Orange (1971). But digging deeper one

Sick of Oscars?? Me Too....

2011-02-25T18:45:00.002-05:00

Anyone sick of the Oscars this year? Me too, in a big way. In fact my wife thinks something is wrong with me in that I cannot get any interest worked up in this years' Academy Awards race. The nominations were a bore, the race is all but decided, with no room for any shocks or surprises, and I am bored out of my mind with the whole thing. Perhaps it is because I have been writing about the

Day 3 of John Foote's Toronto Film Festival Diary!

2010-09-12T14:57:00.003-04:00

A few years ago a film entitled Stranger Than Fiction (2006) was here at TIFF which displayed an entirely different side to Will Ferrell, best known as a comedic actor, here tackling a dramatic role for the first time. Ferrell was very good in the film, and impressed more than a few film critics (myself included) with his acting chops. Of course his recent performance as President George W.

Day 2 of John Foote's Toronto Film Festival Diary!

2010-09-11T09:08:00.000-04:00

Here you go:Oscar buzz swept through TIFF today.Several writers have already gone on the record as stating that “The King’s Speech” will win the Academy Award as Best Picture, and after seeing this mesmerizing work from Emmy Award winner (“John Adams”) director Tom Hooper, I am inclined to agree with them that the film will dominate the race with multiple nominations. Further I suspect Colin

Day 1 of John Foote's Toronto Film Festival Diary!

2010-09-11T09:04:00.001-04:00

Here's John's report:What a busy day to start off the Toronto Film Festival!!! Having covered the fest for fifteen years I have a set pattern, but damned if they haven’t moved everything on me and screwed me up!!! More on that later.Three films got me started with the TIFF, including the goofy night Opening Night Gala, Score: A Hockey Musical, which left me all but giddy. That said, I am not

Greetings from the Los Angeles Film Festival!

2010-06-17T02:45:00.003-04:00

To all readers and fans of the Awards Circuit, As Clay mentioned earlier in the week, this is now the Festival Blog, and for the remainder of the month will be our blog for the Los Angeles Film Festival, which is produced every year by Film Independent (yes the same group that hands out the Independent Spirit Awards before the Oscars). This section of the site will be

Visit the New Awards Circuit

2010-06-14T01:13:00.002-04:00

www.awardscircuit.com

This is now, The Festival Blog

2010-06-14T01:13:00.001-04:00

...more to come.

Here's the poster for Sofia Coppola's new film 'Somewhere'!

2010-06-13T17:04:00.002-04:00

Thoughts?

Jack-in-the-Box Office for the weekend of June 11th-13th

2010-06-13T16:15:00.001-04:00

After a series of films underperformed at the box office throughout the past month, shockingly it was “The Karate Kid” that shattered all expectations by taking in $56 million at the domestic box office this weekend. While global numbers were unavailable at this time, “The Karate Kid” had a $40 million production budget, and is looking at a profit margin that could be far

Less than 24 hours until the new Awards Circuit debuts...

2010-06-13T03:00:00.001-04:00

...so stay tuned and sit tight!

Behold some 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World' Posters highlighting the 7 evil exes!

2010-06-12T01:43:00.008-04:00

Thoughts?

The actors vying to play Spider-Man continues to grow...

2010-06-11T17:39:00.004-04:00

...with two excellent new options being added, according to The Los Angeles Times:Since it was announced back in the winter, some have hoped/worried that Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot will go in a "Kick-Ass" direction, a not unreasonable thought given multiple parallels between the two stories as well as the warm reception (if not exactly hot box office) that greeted "Kick-Ass." Could it

Which movie characters could clean up the oil spill?

2010-06-11T12:17:00.003-04:00

Well, Cinematical has an article here, but this is the 10 they came up with for the purposes of saving the world:1. Virgil from 'The Abyss'2. The survivors from 'Sphere'3. Mulder and Scully from 'The X-Files'4. Harry from 'Armageddon'5. Neo from 'The Matrix'6. The Wolf from 'Pulp Fiction'7. Daniel from 'There Will Be Blood'8. MacGruber from 'MacGruber'9. Spongebob from 'Spongebob Squarepants'10.

Prepare for a sequel to 'Clash of the Titans'...

2010-06-11T09:38:00.005-04:00

...in the near future too, according to The Los Angeles Times:"Clash of the Titans 2" is seemingly turning into a bigger priority by the day.Producers, along with executives at Warner Bros. and producer Legendary Pictures, have been busily meeting with directors, with an eye to shooting the sequel as early as January.A number of filmmakers are in contention for the job, but one name that's

Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte to join the cast of the 'Arthur' remake?

2010-06-11T06:27:00.005-04:00

Well, The Hollywood Reporter says that they're in talks:Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte are in talks to join the cast of "Arthur," Warner Bros.' remake of the 1981 comedy.Russell Brand and Helen Mirren are starring in the pic, which Jason Winer is directing.Closely hewing to the original, the new "Arthur" follows a very rich, happy drunk who is told by his mother that he must marry the wealthy

Disney's 'Tangled' gets a Trailer!

2010-06-11T00:03:00.002-04:00

Take a gander:-Do a dragon trainer and a bunch of toys have some competition for a gold statue?

Did Steven Spielberg settle on his leading man for 'War Horse'?

2010-06-10T16:06:00.003-04:00

According to Collider, yes he did:Steven Spielberg finally decided on his next project last month, an adaptation of the Michael Morpungo children’s novel War Horse. In a sign of forward motion, Eddie Redmayne (The Yellow Handkerchief) is reportedly “locked” for the lead role of Albert. The book tells the story of a boy, Albert, and his horse, Joey; the pair are separated when Joey is sold

'Green Lantern' may in fact be a year away, but 'Green Lantern 2' already has a writer!

2010-06-10T10:48:00.002-04:00

Here's the story from The Hollywood Reporter:“Green Lantern” is a year away from release, but Warner Bros. already is starting development on a sequel. The studio has hired Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, all of whom worked on the “Lantern” screenplay, to write a treatment for the second installment. The trio has also been tapped to pen the treatment for the silver-screen

Another film in the Bourne franchise appears to be on the horizon...

2010-06-10T09:07:00.003-04:00

...according to this in Deadline:Well, I'm excited by this breaking news. Universal is bringing back what it's calling "the key screenwriter" behind the Bourne franchise to write the treatment for the fourquel, whose working title is the The Bourne Legacy. And he's also writing what studio insiders are calling the "Bourne Bible". Tony Gilroy, of course, was the key writer on The Bourne

'Secretariat' gets a Poster

2010-06-10T00:00:00.003-04:00

Going by the poster, one of those actors is playing the horse...

Zooey Deschanel joins the cast of the new Paul Rudd movie...

2010-06-09T15:36:00.003-04:00

...and she's not alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter:Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer and Rashida Jones will star opposite Paul Rudd in "My Idiot Brother," a comedy being directed Jesse Peretz and produced by Anthony Bregman's Likely Story and Big Beach's Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub."Brother" centers on an idealist (Rudd) dealing with his over¬bearing mother who crashes

Behold some banner Posters for 'Inception'!

2010-06-09T13:54:00.005-04:00

Pretty cool, as usual...

The next film from James L. Brooks changes its title as well today!

2010-06-09T12:14:00.004-04:00

Must be something in the water...here's the story from The Playlist:James L. Brooks' romantic comedy starring Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon previously untitled and then known as "How Do You Know?" has once again undergone a name change.Brooks has revealed to Vulture the film is now going by the title "Everything You've Got" though quickly added that the revolving door hadn't stopped yet

Here's the 'Red Dead Redemption' short "film" that John Hillcoat directed...

2010-06-09T11:34:00.004-04:00

...for your viewing pleasure:-Thoughts?