Thursday 12 December 2013

Golden Globes 2014: candidati e pronostici (sezione Film).

Tina Fey ed Amy Poehler, ossia le illustri presentatrici della settantunesima edizione dei Golden Globes, in diretta su SkyUno a partire dalle 1:00 del 13 gennaio 2014.

Trattandosi di un post in italiano, è da notare che "La Grande Bellezza" è riuscito ad ottenere la nomination per Miglior film straniero, anche se il favorito pare il già vincitore della Palma d'Oro a Cannes, "La Vie d'Adèle" (tradotto letteralmente in Italia), distribuito negli Stati Uniti con il titolo "Blue Is the Warmest Color".

Io qualche idea circa i vincitori ce l'ho già, al di là delle mie opinioni personali che si orientano in modo un po' discorde rispetto alle probabili scelte della Hollywood Foreign Press Association. E voi che ne pensate?

Se non potete o non volete seguire la cerimonia in diretta, sappiate che twitterò i vincitori in tempo reale su @LadyHotTinRoof


BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush

Probabile vincitore: Gravity

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN 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”

Probabile vincitore: Cate Blanchett 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Idris Elba, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Tom Hanks, “Saving Mr. Banks”
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Robert Redford, “All Is Lost”

Probabile vincitore: Matthew McConaughey

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
American Hustle
Her
Inside Lleywn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf Of Wall Street

Probabile vincitore: American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, “American Hustle”
Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
Julia Dreyfus, “Enough Said”
Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”

Probabile vincitore: Amy Adams 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christian Bale, “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”
Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Her”

Probabile vincitore: Bruce Dern

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen

Probabile vincitore: Frozen

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
The Wind Rises

Probabile vincitore: Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 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”

Probabile vincitore: Lupita Nyong'o

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”
Daniel Brühl, “Rush”
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”
Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

Probabile vincitore: Jared Leto

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”

Probabile vincitore: Alfonso Cuarón

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Her – Spike Jonze
Nebraska – Bob Nelson
Philomena – Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan
12 Years A Slave – John Ridley
American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Probabile vincitore: Her (Spike Jonze)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert, All Is Lost
Alex Heffes, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
John Williams, The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer, 12 Years A Slave
Steven Price, Gravity

Probabile vincitore: Gravity (Steven Price)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
Atlas, 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

Probabile vincitore: Ordinary Love (U2) da Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013: le candidature (Film)



Come ogni anno, ecco a voi i premi che, con poche eccezioni, hanno sempre rovinato la sorpresa alla cerimonia dei premi Oscar, dato che nella maggior parte dei casi gli attori che vincono il SAG vincono anche l'Oscar.

Intanto vi riporto le candidature, mentre questo fine settimana vi dirò chi, secondo me, rischia di vincere tutto.


20th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role BRUCE DERN / Woody Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures) CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) TOM HANKS / Capt. Richard Phillips – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures) MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features) FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role CATE BLANCHETT / Jasmine – “BLUE JASMINE” (Sony Pictures Classics) SANDRA BULLOCK / Ryan Stone – “GRAVITY” (Warner Bros. Pictures) JUDI DENCH / Philomena Lee – “PHILOMENA” (The Weinstein Company) MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company) EMMA THOMPSON / P.L. Travers – “SAVING MR. BANKS” (Walt Disney Pictures)

 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role BARKHAD ABDI / Muse – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures) DANIEL BRÜHL / Niki Lauda – “RUSH” (Universal Pictures) MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) JAMES GANDOLFINI / Albert – “ENOUGH SAID” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) JARED LETO / Rayon – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “AMERICAN HUSTLE” (Columbia Pictures) LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company) JUNE SQUIBB / Kate Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures) OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Ford PAUL DANO / Tibeats GARRET DILLAHUNT / Armsby CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps PAUL GIAMATTI / Freeman SCOOT McNAIRY / Brown LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey ADEPERO ODUYE / Eliza SARAH PAULSON / Mistress Epps BRAD PITT / Bass MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Robert ALFRE WOODARD / Mistress Shaw

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Columbia Pictures) AMY ADAMS / Sydney Prosser CHRISTIAN BALE / Irving Rosenfeld LOUIS C.K. / Stoddard Thorsen BRADLEY COOPER / Richie DiMaso PAUL HERMAN / Alfonse Simone JACK HUSTON / Pete Musane JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld ALESSANDRO NIVOLA / Federal Prosecutor MICHAEL PEÑA / Sheik (Agent Hernandez) JEREMY RENNER / Mayor Carmine Polito ELISABETH RÖHM / Dolly Polito SHEA WHIGHAM / Carl Elway

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (The Weinstein Company) ABIGAIL BRESLIN / Jean Fordham CHRIS COOPER / Charles Aiken BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / “Little” Charles Aiken JULIETTE LEWIS / Karen Weston MARGO MARTINDALE / Mattie Fae Aiken EWAN McGREGOR / Bill Fordham DERMOT MULRONEY / Steve JULIANNE NICHOLSON / Ivy Weston JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston SAM SHEPARD / Beverly Weston MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston MISTY UPHAM / Johnna

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features) JENNIFER GARNER / Dr. Eve Saks MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof JARED LETO / Rayon DENIS O’HARE / Dr. Sevard DALLAS ROBERTS / David Wayne STEVE ZAHN / Tucker

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Company) MARIAH CAREY / Hattie Pearl JOHN CUSACK / Richard Nixon JANE FONDA / Nancy Reagan CUBA GOODING, JR. / Carter Wilson TERRENCE HOWARD / Howard LENNY KRAVITZ / James Holloway JAMES MARSDEN / John F. Kennedy DAVID OYELOWO / Louis Gaines ALEX PETTYFER / Thomas Westfall VANESSA REDGRAVE / Annabeth Westfall ALAN RICKMAN / Ronald Reagan LIEV SCHREIBER / Lyndon B. Johnson FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines ROBIN WILLIAMS / Dwight D. Eisenhower OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines

Wednesday 4 December 2013

National Board of Review: i migliori del 2013

Questi vincitori potrebbero sembrare poco rilevanti, ma attenzione, è qui che i membri dell'Academy prendono definitivamente atto dei film di qualità usciti nel corso dell'anno... al via la stagione delle statuette!
Prevedo buone cose sia per Joaquin Phoenix che per Emma Thompson che per Alfonso Cuarón...

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 Films
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
Beyond the Hills

Gloria

The Grandmaster

A Hijacking

The Hunt

Top 5 Documentaries
20 Feet from Stardom

The Act of Killing

After Tiller

Casting By

The Square

Top 10 Independent Films
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