Monday, December 24, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

Golden Globes Nominees, from high-buzzed "Lincoln" to secret "Django Unchained"


While Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty have been gathering the most appraisal from critics, the absence of Django Unchained and Les Miserables from any major film festivals and their extended secrecy until the premieres both on December 25th swept them off sight of early Oscar projections - but what about this? I believe The Master will play differently to the Academy and I'm particularly happy with Moonrise Kingdom's surprise and Argo's confirmation. Where the hell is Mad Men and go Girls!
BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
Argo
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables,
Moonrise Kingdom,
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Tony Kushner ("Lincoln")
David O. Russel ("Silver Linings Playbook")
Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained")
Chris Terrio ("Argo")

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck ("Argo")
Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Ang Lee ("Life of Pi")
Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln")
Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained")

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln)
Richard Gere ("Arbitrage")
John Hawkes ("The Sessions")
Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master")
Denzel Washington ("Flight")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables")
Jack Black ("Bernie")
Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playboy")
Bil Murray ("Hyde Park on Hudson")
Ewan McGregor ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone")
Helen Mirren ("Hitchcock")
Naomi Watts ("The Impossible")
Rachel Weisz ("The Deep Blue Sea")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily Blunt ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen")
Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel")
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings PLaybook")
Maggie Smith ("Quartet")
Meryl Streep ("Hope Springs")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin ("Argo")
Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained")
Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master")
Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")
Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams ("The Master")
Sally Field ("Lincoln")
Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables)
Helen Hunt ("The Sessions")
Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy")

BEST FOREIGN FILME
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, "Cloud Atlas"
John Williams, "Lincoln."

BEST SERIES, DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Episodes"
"Girls"
"Modern Family"
"Smash"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire")
Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad")
Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom")
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
Damian Lewis ("Homeland")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Connie Britton ("Nashville")
Glenn Close ("Damages")
Claire Danes ("Homeland")
Michelle Dockery ("Downtown Abbey")
Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock")
Don Cheadle ("House of Lies")
Louis C. K. ("Louie")
Matt LeBlanc ("Episodes")
Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

BEST MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animal

BEST ACTTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Woody Harrelson (Game Change)
Toby Jones (The Girl)
Clive Owen (Hemingway & Gellhorn)

BEST ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Nicole Kidman (Hemingway & Gellhorn)
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Sienna Miller (The Girl)
Julianne Moore (Game Change)
Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Max Greenfield (New Girl)
Ed Harris (Game Change)
Danny Huston (Magic City)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Hayden Panettiere (Nashville)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Sarah Paulson (Game Change)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Regina Pessoa enters the most prestigious animation film festival in the world


The Portuguese filmmaker features in this year's nominations for the Annie Awards, the highest regarded film festival exclusively dedicated to animation. The nine-minute short film Kali, the Little Vampire (2012) goes for Best Short Film and has its English voice-over lend by British star Christopher Plummer.


Best Animated Featur

Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Frankenweenie - The Walt Disney Studios 
Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation 
ParaNorman - Focus Features 
Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation 
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Aardman Animations 
The Rabbi's Cat - GKIDS 
Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios


Best Animated Short Subject 

Brad and Gary - Illumination Entertainment
Bydlo - National Film Board of Canada
Eyes on the Stars - StoryCorps
Goodnight Mr. Foot - Sony Pictures Animation
Kali the Little Vampire - National Film Board of Canada
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare - Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV
Paperman - Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Simpsons - Bill Plympton Couch Gag' - Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV


Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Chris Butler - ParaNorman - Focus Features
Gideon Defoe - The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Aardman Animations
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick - From Up on Poppy Hill - GKIDS
John August - Frankenweenie - The Walt Disney Studios
Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi - Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee - Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios


Animated Effects in an Animated Production 

Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Laker - ParaNorman - Focus Features
Andrew Schneider Ice Age: Continental Drift - Blue Sky Studios
Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton - Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O'Brien Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Brett Albert - Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jihyun Yoon - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - DreamWorks Animation
Joel Aron - Star Wars: The Clone Wars' - Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.


Animated Effects in a Live Action Production 
Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway The Avengers - Industrial Light & Magic
Stephen Marshall, Joseph Pepper, Dustin Wicke The Amazing Spider-Man - Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation
Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge John Carter - Cinesite
Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar Battleship - Industrial Light & Magic


Character Animation in a Feature Production 
Dan Nguyen Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
David Pate Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Jaime Landes Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Phillppe LeBrun Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Pierre Perifel Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Travis Hathaway Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Travis Knight “ParaNorman - Focus Features
Will Becher The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Aardman Animations


Character Animation in a Live Action Production 
Erik de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey Life of Pi - Orangutan - Rhythm & Hues Studio
Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl Life of Pi - Tiger - Rhythm & Hues Studio
Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benzu, Steve King, Kiran Bhat The Avengers - Industrial Light & Magic
Mike Beaulieu, Roger Vizard, Atushi Sato, Jackie Kochler, Derek Esparza, Richard Smith, Mac Tyrie - Columbia Pictures - The Amazing Spider-Man - Sony Pictures Animation


Character Design in an Animated Feature Production 

Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Carlos Grangel Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Carter Goodrich Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Craig Kellman Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - DreamWorks Animation
Heidi Smith ParaNorman - Focus Features
Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon, Colin Stimpson Dr. Seuss' The Lorax - Illumination Entertainment


Directing in an Animated Feature Production 

Genndy Tartakovsky Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Johan Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux The Rabbi's Cat - GKIDS
Remi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie Zarafa - GKIDS
Rick Moore Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Sam Fell, Chris Butler ParaNorman - Focus Features


Music in an Animated Feature Production 

Alexandre Desplat Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Bruce Retief Adventures in Zambezia - Saltzman Communications
Henry Jackman Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda Secret of the Wings - DisneyToon Studios
John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean Ice Age: Continental Drift - Blue Sky Studios
John Powell, Cinco Paul Dr. Seuss' The Lorax - Illumination Entertainment
Mark Mothersbaugh Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel Brave - Pixar Animation Studios


Production Design in an Animated Feature Production 

Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Shannon Jeffries, Lindsey Olivares, Kenard Pak Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - DreamWorks Animation
Marcello Vignali Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Nash Dunnigan, Arden Chen, Jon Townley, Kyle McNaughton Ice Age: Continental Drift - Blue Sky Studios
Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer ParaNorman - Focus Features
Norman Garwood, Matt Berry The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Aardman Animation
Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee Borcar, Woonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter Maynez, Stan Seo, Felix Yoon Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Rick Heintzich Frankenweenie - The Walt Disney Studios
Steve Pilcher Brave - Pixar Animation Studios


Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production 

Emmanuela Cozzi ParaNorman - Focus Features
Johanne Matte Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
 Leo Matsuda Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Lissa Treiman Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Rob Koo Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - DreamWorks Animation


Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production 

Adam Sandler as Dracula Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Alan Tudyk as King Candy Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Atticus Shaffer as "E"Gore Frankenweenie - The Walt Disney Studios
Catherine O'Hara as Weird Girl Frankenweenie - The Walt Disney Studios
Imelda Staunton as Queen Victoria The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Aardman Animations
Jim Cummings as Budzo Adventures in Zambezia - Saltzman Communications
Jude Law as Pitch Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Kelly MacDonald as Merida Brave - Pixar Animation Studios


Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Catherine Apple Hotel Transylvania - Sony Pictures Animation
Joyce Arrastia Rise of the Guardians - DreamWorks Animation
Mark Rosenbaum Secret of the Wings - DisneyToon Studios
Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther Brave - Pixar Animation Studios
Tim Mertens Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios