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OSCARLAND: The Too Many Best Actors Problem

It’s been a relatively quiet week in Oscarland: 12 YEARS A SLAVE expanded well if not phenomenally, ALL IS LOST continued to struggle at the box office despite superb reviews, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB had a moderately...

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OSCARLAND: Xmas at Marty’s

The big news this week in Oscarland was the confirmation that Martin Scorsese’s WOLF OF WALL STREET (Paramount), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill and many more, which wasn’t finish...

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OSCARLAND: Does Anyone Have A Map?

Over the past 10 days or so, a multitude of groups have presented awards for 2013’s best, with prizes given to screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, animators, and production designers. FROZEN solidified its ...

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OSCARLAND: “Alone Yet Not Alone” Now Really Alone

The Oscars are not the Golden Globes. That appears to be the underlying message of today’s action by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, revoking the Best Original Song nomination of “Alone Y...

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OSCARLAND: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

Let’s face it: anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surp...

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OSCARLAND: The Golden Globes – Instant Analysis

Putting aside the question of whether the Golden Globes actually deserve to be considered important (hardly anyone not actively campaigning for their votes would know a Hollywood Foreign Press Association voter if they f...

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OSCARLAND: The Battle Between Good and Evil Begins

Over the weekend, this year’s Oscarland acquired its first helping of Conventional Wisdom, thanks to the initial release of 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight) in theatres and the unveiling of SAVING MR. BANKS (Disn...

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OSCARLAND: Rating the Studios

We’ll never know if this year’s Best Picture race is as close as we think it is, since the Academy has no intention of ever releasing its vote totals (something it did back at the very beginning of Oscar hist...

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OSCARLAND: LA and Boston Don’t Clear Anything Up

A messy awards season became even messier with the results of today’s critics group awards. The big prize of the day was the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which… tied. Full results are here, but Bes...

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OSCARLAND: Award Season Begins

The last two days have launched what will be a nearly non-stop parade of movie (and some television) accolades that won’t end until early March, when the final “and the Oscar goes to” is announced at LA...

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OscarLand: The Day Arrives

Provocative, almost existential questions have circled this year’s Oscars since seconds after the nominations were announced. Should the awards, and the Motion Picture Academy’s voting membership, mirror th...

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OSCARLAND: Producers Guild Produces a Tie

The Producers Guild of America didn’t clarify much of anything tonight by giving its Best Picture award to both 12 YEARS A SLAVE and GRAVITY. That provided all 3 of the presumed frontrunners with a prize for the ...

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OSCARLAND: The Foreign-Language Short List

What do Blue Is the Warmest Color and The Past have in common? Two things, actually: they’re both widely considered among the best foreign-language films shown in the US this year–and neither will be nomi...

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OSCARLAND: The Nominations and Instant Analysis

…and now it’s all real. AMERICAN HUSTLE and GRAVITY lead the Academy Award nominations with 10 each, with 12 YEARS A SLAVE right behind at 9, and those three are probably the leading candidates for Best Pic...

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OSCARLAND: “American Hustle” Takes Top Prize At the SAG Awards

AMERICAN HUSTLE walked away with the big prize at tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning the accolade for Best Ensemble Cast of a Motion Picture. Although the Ensemble Cast Award is commonly considered SAG...

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OSCARLAND: The Too Many Best Actors Problem

OSCARLAND: Xmas at Marty’s

OSCARLAND: Does Anyone Have A Map?

OSCARLAND: “Alone Yet Not Alone” Now Really Alone

OSCARLAND: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

OSCARLAND: The Golden Globes – Instant Analysis

OSCARLAND: The Battle Between Good and Evil Begins

OSCARLAND: Rating the Studios

OSCARLAND: LA and Boston Don’t Clear Anything Up

OSCARLAND: Award Season Begins

OscarLand: The Day Arrives

OSCARLAND: Producers Guild Produces a Tie

OSCARLAND: The Foreign-Language Short List

OSCARLAND: The Nominations and Instant Analysis

OSCARLAND: “American Hustle” Takes Top Prize At the SAG Awards

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