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MovieWes wrote:Also, I'm fairly confident that The Lovely Bones will gross $100 million when it goes into wide release.

To paraphrase My Cousin Vinny...you're SERIOUS about that? Are you talking worldwide? Because, domestically, I think the film will miss that mark by a country mile.

The one exception seems to be my beloved An Education... I'm with Magilla in thinking this is mostly a Globes bump (as with Milk or Capote), and that Molina and the screenplay will rally back (as will the film, in a ten-wide field.) I'm with you till the last clause. I know everyone put the film on...

Big Magilla wrote:Roberts' film was a quickly forgotten piece of crap that must have bored even her and Clive Owen when they made it.

That may be your opinion, Magilla, but it's far from universally shared. The film was a box office disappointment, but the reviews were in glowing territory.

What I dread: when Precious gets best picture but not best director, and we have a two-pronged fight over whether he was left off because he's black or because he's gay. I think most people will be able to see that Daniels' fiddling with the film -- with some, at times, rather insulting directorial...

I was in transit, Sonic, and unable to comment before now. My reaction throughout the rushed reading was, Yeah, as expected. There were none of the pleasant surprises of years past -- like In Bruges, or Match Point. Maybe Julia Roberts, although she was the thing I liked least about Duplicity. Side...

It's hard for me to imagine people honoring Hurt Locker for screenplay, given its non-verbal-ness, but A Serious Man also has difficulties for voters. This might be the time Pixar wins. I'm thinking the ten-ness of the best picture category will make it easier to separate out Bigelow from her film ...

The voting: BEST ACTRESS First ballot: Meryl Streep, 5; Tilda Swinton, 5; Charlotte Gainsbourg, 4. Second ballot: Streep, 31; Swinton, 29; Carey Mulligan, 24 SUPPORTING ACTOR First ballot: Christophe Waltz 11, Christian McKay 5, Anthony Mackie 3, Peter Capaldi, 3 Second ballot: Waltz 39, McKay 31, ...

As many have said, there was alot of place-filling this year -- Collins, Adjani and Lange could as easily have been left out (though Lange isn't bad, in a generally uninteresting movie). I'd have accepted Turner in War or Ellen Barkin in Sea of Love as replacements...not from enthusiasm, but to hav...

There is one kernel of truth in your last post, Italiano. It is true that I only show up here to troll (and to read Mister Tee's posts). Being that I've obviously checked out of interacting with anyone here on the level, it's once again time to reassess my values. I can only presume Penelope's life...

Not related to LAFCA...but I just learned from another board that Kathryn Bigelow is James Cameron's ex-wife. Am I the only one who didn't know this? Could it be possible that, come Oscar time, Best Director will feature, for the first time, exes competing against each other!!! It's amazing this ha...

About a 12-hour window to guess at the NY Critics' results. I'm thinking they'll mix some things up further, but confirm others. NY, as discussed elsewhere, only releases winners, but we generally get the rundown on the top three, so that's how I've opted to project: a winner, and two runners-up. F...

Also: ANIMATION: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Runner-up: “Up" FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours" Runner-up: "The White Ribbon" Good for Summer Hours. And, finally, someone puts down the Pixar crack pipe. Moreau may well be wonderful, but when LA picks somone obscure lik...

They seem to be doing what New York does and announce them slowly as they are voted on. I don't think that's official policy of the NYFFC. In past years there has been a mole texting results to the outside world. I wouldn't expect it to happen again this year, as said mole no longer lives in New Yo...