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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... Basically, it was my humorous way of saying just how weak this year's field is." NEW YORK POST • Dave Karger has fun with the fact, "that good buddies George Clooney and Matt Damon are competing against each other in this season’s Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories. In the lead race, Clooney headlines 'Up in the Air' with a quintessential star turn, while Damon shows...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | yesterday
... seemed an odd choice for the financially strapped movies the Gothams celebrate." NEW YORK TIMES • Dave Karger highlights those names missing from the list of today's Indie Spirit noms: "A Serious Man's" Michael Stuhlbarg , "A Single Man's" Julianne Moore , and "That Evening Sun's" Hal Holbrook . And as Dave points out, "'An Education's' Carey Mulligan wasn’t eligible (her film...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... The Envelope), Pete Hammond (Notes on a Season, The Envelope), Peter Howell (Toronto Star), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Kevin Lewin (World Entertainment News Network), Lou Lumenick (New York Post), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Mark Olsen (Los Angeles Times), Steve Pond (The Wrap), Richard Rushfield (Gawker), Sasha Stone (AwardsDaily), Anne Thompson (IndieWire), Peter Travers...
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Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Dave Karger thinks she might be; see also how he sees odds for Penelope Cruz and ''Broken Embraces''
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... wish list. And the one film that is "definitely not their thing" -- "Avatar." AWARDS DAILY • And Dave Karger has an interesting angle on the odds of "Avatar" making it into the top 10 at the Oscars -- the reaction of voters watching at-home screeners of the big-screen fantasy. As Dave says, "When I watched a 30-minute preview of the film a few months ago, Cameron’s gorgeous...
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Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Dave Karger wonders if voters who prefer to screen contenders at home will get full impact of 3-D epic
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... released, which suggests that the committee is trying to help movies that still need a boost." Dave Karger ( ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ) observed, "For the most part, though, it’s a good group of films. After ignoring Bill Maher ’s 'Religulous' last year, the documentary branch has included several commercially successful entries." And Jeff Wells ( HOLLYWOOD ELSEWHERE ) bemoaned the exclusion...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... but reaped an impressive $337,000 after also scoring socko reviews (88 score at Metacritic ). EW's Dave Karger and I both believe it's now a strong contender for a nom, but that means it must dislodge one of these five current faves: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "Coraline," "Ponyo," "Princess and the Frog" or "Up." BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Oscarcast co-host Alec Baldwin has...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... supporting actor and actress, screenplay, and song for U2’s 'Winter.'" THE ODDS • Dave Karger thinks the just-opened " 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' stands a great chance of competing against the likes of 'Pixar'...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... knocked out by James Cameron | Mike Tyson delivers blow to Oscar hopes Disney nets nab 'Nine' | Dave Karger: Clooney vs. Damon twice? | Will another Disney flick down 'Up'? Kathy Griffin guests on 'SVU' | Is Meryl Streep playing favorites? | Denzel Washington returns to Broadway Busy week for Clint Eastwood | 'Twilight' dominates People's Choice noms | Identity crisis for 'A Single...
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92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Photo: Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman Last night at 92YTribeca—in a discussion moderated by Entertainment Weekly ‘s Dave Karger—92YTribeca, Borders, and Twentieth Century Fox presented an evening of conversation with director Wes Anderson ( The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums ) and actor Jason Schwartzman ( The Darjeeling Limited, Bored to Death ). In advance...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... "Chicago" (2002), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) and "The Departed" (2006). TIMES OF LONDON • Dave Karger regards this weekend's rave reviews and record-breaking opening numbers for "Precious" through the prism of the Oscar race. As he says, "Considering all of this was accomplished by a film by a relatively new director with no big movie stars in it, it’s an amazing achievement. It...
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... in four theaters, for a whopping average of $65,000 a cinema." I agree with the assessment of EW's Dave Karger , who says , "Wes Anderson’s whimsical take on Roald Dahl ’s 1970 book stands a great chance of competing against the likes of Pixar and 'Ponyo.'" "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is one of several films I caught up with late this derby season due to suffering a torn Achilles tendon in...
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Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Dave Karger IDs front-runners and contenders in the six major categories as we head into the homestretch
