Wednesday, December 5, 2007

December 9th is rapidly approaching

You know what's great about the shuffle funtion of itunes? Every once in awhile a song comes on that you never thought you wanted to hear but you did, in this case Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey. Whatever happened to Phillip Bailey? Was he anybody before the song? Did he do anything after it?

In case you haven't noticed I'm a bit bored today and don't feel like working on any of my movies, even the ones I actually like. I am also not so patiently waiting for the National Board of Review to announce their Best Films of the year - the first organization to do so each year. And while the group itself is a joke, somehow they still make a lot of noise every year and we all anxiously await for this corrupt organization to announce their results. so let's hope for some Warner love...

Anyway to get to the main subject at hand, I don't believe we have decided on a location for what may very well be the final SND of the year where everyone comes.

I know Sara threw out Madiba...

1 comment:

Peter said...

I'm sure you are all DYING to know how NBR awards went. So without further ado, here are the WB winners followed by the complete list:

Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actor: CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford


3 WB FILMS IN THE Top 10:
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
THE BUCKET LIST
MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director: TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary: BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature: RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: ELLEN PAGE, Juno
Best Directorial Debut: BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay: JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men


Top Ten Films:
(In alphabetical order)

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD

Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION

Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)

AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS

Career Achievement – MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award – ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography – ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression – THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS