LawrenceA Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 The Class (Entre les murs) is a French drama about a teacher and his pupils in an underprivileged neighborhood in Paris. It stays very close to reality. François Bégaudeau was a teacher in real life. He wrote a novel about it, adapted it for screen, and played the teacher himself. The actors play characters with the same first name. It gives an insight in the social problems of such a school, but it also has its funny moments, like when the pupils question how studying the subjunctive mood will be of any practical use to them. Cora, that movie titled The Class aka Entre les murs is a 2008 film. The movie from 2007 titled The Class aka Klass is an Estonian film. It stars Vallo Kirs, who you listed as your nominee. I was confused when you listed The Class, since I have a nominee from it on my 2008 list, but when I looked it up and saw that you had the guy from the Estonian 2007 movie listed, I assumed that that must have been the movie you meant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 **Announcement** We’re going to get a head start on 2008 by starting it tomorrow instead of Saturday. Plus it will be a shorter week for the year 2008 ending on Wednesday, Aug 9. The year 2009 will begin on Thursday, Aug 10 and run until the following Wednesday. This will then give us time to do a best of the decade review starting on that Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Cora, that movie titled The Class aka Entre les murs is a 2008 film. The movie from 2007 titled The Class aka Klass is an Estonian film. It stars Vallo Kirs, who you listed as your nominee. I was confused when you listed The Class, since I have a nominee from it on my 2008 list, but when I looked it up and saw that you had the guy from the Estonian 2007 movie listed, I assumed that that must have been the movie you meant. Wel spotted. They do it on purpose to confuse me. You'll never guess which French film is going to appear in my 2008 list. The Class (Klass) is the best Estonian film I have ever seen (and the only one). It's about bullying and being bullied, the kind of film that makes you wonder how you've managed to survive high school. Vallo Kirs plays a confused boy who's torn between the influence of different cliques, his girlfriend and his parents. Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) is a film by Ang Lee. It's set during World War II in China, during the Japanese occupation. Tang Wei plays a resistance member. She uses subtle facial expressions to show her dilemma between ideology and romance. She has to seduce a collaborator. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai plays this part as a cold and aloof person. The way the actors look towards or away from each other tells a lot. It's a Free World... is a social drama by Ken Loach. Kierston Wareing plays a single mother who recruits immigrant workers from Poland, a woman in a rough environment. As usual with Ken Loach you get to see real working-class people speaking with the appropriate accents. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Before we hit 2008 I would like to mention that I am going with that year for The Hurt Locker. Jeremy Renner was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2009 for The Hurt Locker and it won Best Picture that year but it was originally released at the Venice Film Festival in September 2008. It showed at at least five other film festivals in 2008 and may have actually gone into release in Italy in October after Venice. It was also up for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards which is another awards show held in Los Angeles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Here are the films from 2007 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Atonement with James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch and Vanessa Redgrave August Rush with Freddie Highmore Becoming Jane with Anne Hathaway Enchanted with Amy Adams, Rachel Covey, James Marsden and Timothy Spall Gone Baby Gone with Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman and Casey Affleck Hairspray with Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah and John Travolta Lars and the Real Girl with Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer Perspolis with Chiara Mastroianni, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes, Danielle Derioux and Catherine Deneuve Starting Out In the Evening with Frank Langella Waitress with Keri Russell, Andy Griffith and Adrienne Shelley We Own the Night with Robert Duvall You are in for some really good films! Anyway, though, I intensely disliked August Rush. Highmore was endearing, but the film was surprisingly meanspirited. We Own the Night is a bit fuzzy in my memory but I remember being very impressed by Robert Duvall's stalwart supporting turn. He outshone everyone else in the cast. Becoming Jane, I have not seen for 10 years, but it was very well cast and it looked great. I remember that Hathaway had a convincing British accent. Persepolis, an animated film for adults, was stylishly done in black and white and told the tale of a Moslem teenage girl growing up in the 70s and 80s. It's a drama, but the ads made it look like a comedy. Starting Out in the Evening was a great showcase for Frank Langella as an aging author. He captured the vulnerabilities and the complications of his character perfectly. I also admired the supporting turn by Lili Taylor as his daughter, wondering whether or not to have marriage and family or not, as middle age approaches her. Hairspray was a peppy musical based on the 1988 cult film, but this one had a higher charm quotient. Nikki Blonsky was endearing in the lead as a plump, teenage TV show dancer turned civil rights activist. John Travolta, playing a female role, was surprisingly good. At times, one actually forgot that he was playing the role, almost as though it was an entirely different person. Queen Latifah also came through with a mix of sassiness and soul. Enchanted was delightful and Amy Adams as an animated princess lost in New York. Its a lot of fun for Disney fans, and Adams seems like she was having a field day as the naive, upbeat princess. Waitress rested entirely on its cast which more than made it work. Keri Russell made a fine, convincing lead as a pregnant, unhappily married waitress, who for a time had an affair with her gynecologist. She nailed the frustration, perseverance, and vulnerability perfectly. Andy Griffith did well in the role of the diner's owner, a seemingly cynical yet warm-hearted man. Adrienne Shelley (the film's director who was murdered seven months before the film opened) poignantly played the sassy but mousy co-worker. Gone Baby Gone was a very provocative film that left one thinking for days afterwards. In this Boston set tale of crime, Casey Affleck, hot on the heels of his sterling work in Jesse Janes, made a fine compelling lead as a PI who finds himself in over his head involving a kidnapping case. As the victim's drug-addicted mother, Amy Ryan burnt through the screen. Lars and the Real Girl was a true balencing act. The story in the wrong hands could have been very questionable, but handled as it was it was endearing and charming, telling the tale of a lonely, awkward young man who bought a lifesize sex doll, then chastely passed it off as his girlfriend. The key here is chastely. There are no hints of sex here, only love. As such, in its warm belief in the goodness of people, it becomes a Capraesque film for the new century. Ryan Gosling was very touching in the main role, while Emily Mortimer also did very well in the role of his loving sister-in-law. Atonement was shattering. The tale of a romance torn asunder by a child's hideous lie, this was (despite a very obscene word shown typed across the screen several times) thrillingly old-fashioned, a modern classic. The ironic, pungent ending is a true twust, and one of the most heartbreaking put to film. The cast couldnot be bettered. Everyone is ideal. The tracking shot of the Dunkirk battlefield is jawdropping. The romantic chemestry is palpable. This was my favorite film of the entire decade (2000-2009) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Here are the films from 2007 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Flight of the Red Balloon with Simon Iteanu, Juliette Binoche and Fang Song The Romance of Astrea and Celdadon with Andy Gillet and Stephanie Cravencour Flight of the Red Balloon was made by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien as part of a program with the Musee D'Orsay. The movie, as the title suggests, alludes to the movie The Red Balloon. There are shots of a red balloon floating through Paris. But much of the movie deals with Juliette Binoche, who I choose as a nominee for best actress. Binoche, whose hair is blonde in this movie, plays the mother of the small Iteanu, and Fang Song serves as Iteanu's baby-sitter for much of the movie. Binoche works for much of the movie as a puppeteer, often on Chinese films, while having problems with a tenant she's dealing with and a much older child of her. The Romance of Astrea and Celadon was the last movie made by Eric Rohmer. It is based on one of the first French novels, an early 17th century novel, or arguably proto-novel, about a pastoral romance that takes place in fifth century Gaul. To quote the Guardian review: "There are absolutely no modern twists or inventions. The actors wear flowing robes and speak in earnest classical language. The movie is performed largely in the open air, and the wandering camera follows the players unobtrusively, keeping largely a stone's throw away. The action takes place on sunny, blowy days in an unspoilt rural landscape that could belong to any century, and filmed in such a way that it could have been made at any time in the past 30 years." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 2008 … IMO Philip Seymour Hoffman was the leading actor in Doubt. Oscar had him in supporting which is extraordinary because it is his story entirely. I can only think this was a case of a push on the producer’s part to increase his chances of a win and they did have Meryl Streep to put forward as the leading actress who was a bigger marquee name. I have Christian McKay as the co-lead with Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles. Some awards had him in support. Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell as co-leads in In Bruges with Ralph Fiennes in support. Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem as leads in Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Penelope Cruz in support. Jeremy Renner is the sole lead in The Hurt Locker. Marisa Tomei is supporting in The Wrestler. Peter O’Toole is supporting in Dean Stanley. Kate Winslet is the lead actress in The Reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 It’s now time for 2008. We will be on 2008 until next Wednesday. 2009 will start on the Thursday in order to fit in a best of the decade review afterward. Here are Oscar’s choices for 2008. Winners in bold. Best Actor Sean Penn, Milk* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (07) Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actress Kate Winslet, The Reader* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie, Changeling Melissa Leo, Frozen River Meryl Streep, Doubt Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Josh Brolin, Milk Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona* Amy Adams, Doubt Viola Davis, Doubt Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 My choice for the Juvenile Acting award for 2008 is… EDDIE ALDERSON (Sanford Clark), Changeling* Alderson plays the boy who escaped and not the title character. A Supporting performance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Here are my choices of the 69 films I've seen from 2008 for… Best Supporting Actress of 2008 1. AMY ADAMS (Sister James), Doubt 2. ROSEMARIE DEWITT (Rachel Buchman), Rachel Getting Married 3. PENELOPE CRUZ (Maria Elena), Vicky Cristina Barcelona 4. VIOLA DAVIS (Mrs. Miller), Doubt 5. TILDA SWINTON (Katie Cox), Burn After Reading 6. DEBRA WINGER (Abby Buchman), Rachel Getting Married 7. MARISA TOMEI (Pam/“Cassidy”), The Wrestler 8. KATHY BATES (Helen Givings), Revolutionary Road 9. ALICE KRIGE (Sannie Laing), Skin 10. IMELDA STAUNTON (Mary), A Bunch of Amateurs and ... TARAJI P. HENSON (Queenie), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button CECILE DE FRANCE (Jeanne Schneider), Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct AMY RYAN (Carol Dexter), Changeling KELLY REILLY (Muriel Brassler/”Portia”), Me & Orson Welles KATHY BAKER (Jean), Last Chance Harvey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Here are my choices of the 69 films I've seen from 2008 for… Best Supporting Actor of 2008 1. ANTHONY MACKIE (Sgt. J.T. Sanborn/“Sam One”), The Hurt Locker 2. ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. (Kirk Lazarus), Tropic Thunder 3. BRAD PITT (Chad Feldheimer), Burn After Reading 4. BRIAN GERAGHTY (Specialist Owen Eldridge), The Hurt Locker 5. MICHAEL SHANNON (John Givings), Revolutionary Road 6. SAM NEILL (Abraham Laing), Skin 7. JOSH BROLIN (Dan White), Milk 8. DEREK JACOBI (Nigel Dewberry), A Bunch of Amateurs 9. CLARK GREGG (‘Lord High’ Charlie), Choke 10. RALPH FIENNES (Harry Waters), In Bruges and ... WILLEM DAFOE (Charles Taylor), Fireflies in the Garden PETER O’TOOLE (Horatio Fisk, Senior), Dean Spanley DIEGO LUNA (Jack Lira), Milk JOHN MALKOVICH (Rev. Gustav Briegleb), Changeling LEO BILL (Norman Lloyd/”Cinna the Poet), Me & Orson Welles FENGYI ZHANG (Chancellor Cao Cao), Red Cliff BEN CHAPLIN (George Coulouris/”Mark Antony”), Me & Orson Welles OLIVER PLATT (Bob Zelnick), Frost/Nixon JAMES CROMWELL (George H.W. Bush), W EDDIE ALDERSON (Sanford Clark), Changeling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2008 Favorites I managed to come up with a few favorites for 2008. But far and away, I think the best movie of the year was Of Time and the City, Terence Davies' documentary about Liverpool. Best Actor Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) Sean Penn (Milk) Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon) Best Actress Meryl Streep (Doubt) Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin (Milk) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) Per Ragnar (Let the Right One In) Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis (Doubt) Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) Best Juvenile Kare Hedebrant (Let the Right One In) Lina Leandersson (Let the Right One In) Best Music Scene Franz Liszt: Consolation No.3 in D Flat Major (Of Time and the City) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2008 BEST ACTOR Mickey Rourke The Wrestler**** Tom Hardy Bronson Sean Penn Milk Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Jeff Goldblum Adam Resurrected Colin Ferrell In Bruges Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt Frank Langella Frost/Nixon Michael Fassbender Hunger Stephen McHattie Pontypool Ed Harris Appaloosa Joaquin Phoenix Two Lovers Ben Kingsley Elegy Souleymane Sy Savane Goodbye Solo Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire Kang-ho Song The Good the Bad the Weird Javier Bardem Vicky Christina Barcelona Thure Lindhart Flame and Citron BEST ACTRESS Kate Winslet The Reader**** Angelina Jolie Changeling Meryl Streep Doubt Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married Melissa Leo Frozen River Emma Thompson Last Chance Harvey BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger The Dark Knight**** Josh Brolin Milk Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder Per Ragnar Let the Right One In Mark Strong Body of Lies Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road Ralph Fiennes In Bruges Brad Pitt Burn After Reading Anthony Mackie The Hurt Locker Jason Butler Harner Changeling Anil Kapoor Slumdog Millionaire BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Marisa Tomei The Wrestler**** Viola Davis Doubt Penelope Cruz Vicky Christina Barcelona Jennifer Lawrence The Burning Plain Kathryn Hahn Step Brothers BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE Lina Leandersson Let the Right One In**** Kare Hedebrant Let the Right One In Esmeralda Ouertani The Class 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Marisa Tomei The Wrestler**** Viola Davis Doubt Penelope Cruz Vicky Christina Barcelona Jennifer Lawrence The Burning Plain Kathryn Hahn Step Brothers Lawrence, are you alright? I'm worried about you. You only have five names in your Supporting Actress list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) Actor Brad Pitt/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frank Langella/Frost/Nixon Joaquin Phoenix/Two Lovers Phillip Seymour Hoffman/Synecdoche, New York Phillip Seymour Hoffman/Doubt Brendan Gleeson/In Bruges Michael Sheen/Frost/Nixon Dustin Hoffman/Last Chance Harvey Colin Farrell/In Bruges Dev Patel/Slumdog Millionaire Leonardo DiCaprio/Revolutionary Road Jeremy Renner/The Hurt Locker Christian Bale/The Dark Knight Rob Brown/The Express Actress Melissa Leo/Frozen River Anne Hathaway/Rachel Getting Married Kate Winslet/Revolutionary Road Meryl Streep/Doubt Frances McDormand/Burn After Reading Misty Upham/Frozen River Amy Adams/Doubt Rebecca Hall/Vicky Cristina Barcelona Sally Hawkins/Happy-Go-Lucky Frances McDormand/Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Emma Thompson/Last Chance Harvey Cate Blanchett/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Queen Latifah/The Secret Life of Bees Gwyneth Paltrow/Two Lovers Amy Adams/Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Diane Lane/Nights in Rodanthe (outshines the film) Meryl Streep/Mamma Mia! (Ditto) Isla Fischer/Definitely, Maybe Supporting Actor Aaron Eckhart/The Dark Knight Brad Pitt/Burn After Reading Heath Ledger/The Dark Knight Bill Irwin/Rachel Getting Married Michael Caine/The Dark Knight Eddie Marsan/Happy-Go-Lucky Morgan Freeman/The Dark Knight Gary Oldman/The Dark Knight Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Viola Davis/Doubt Tilda Swinton/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Sophie Okonedo/The Secret Life of Bees Vinissa Shaw/Two Lovers Debra Winger/Rachel Getting Married Kathy Bates/Revolutionary Road Isabella Rossellini/Two Lovers Penelope Cruz/Vicky Cristina Barcelona Maggie Gyllenhaal/The Dark Knight Rebecca Hall/Frost/Nixon Patricia Clarkson/Vicky Cristina Barcelona Rosemarie DeWitt/Rachel Getting Married Frida Pinto/Slumdog Millionaire Emily Watson/Synecdoche, New York Christine Baranski/Mamma Mia! Julie Walters/Mamma Mia! Julia Ormond/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Amanda Seyfried/Mamma Mia! Juvenile Performance Dakota Fanning/The Secret Life of Bees Abigail Breslin/Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery Paulie Litt/Doubt Abigail Breslin/Nim's Island Abigail Breslin/Definitely, Maybe Edited August 4, 2017 by CinemaInternational 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 2008 were … Best Actor Sean Penn, Milk* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino Best Actress Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky* Melissa Leo, Frozen River Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin, Milk* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona* Viola Davis, Doubt Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2008 Best Picture Burn After Reading Cadillac Records Doubt Frost/Nixon In Bruges Milk The Other Boleyn Girl Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Martin McDonagh, In Bruges Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Gus Van Sant, Milk Best Actor Brendan Gleeson (Ken Daley), In Bruges* Frank Langella (President Richard Milhous Nixon), Frost/Nixon* Dev Patel (Jamal Malik), Slumdog Millionaire* Sean Penn (Harvey Milk), Milk Michael Sheen (David Frost), Frost/Nixon* Jack Black (Jerry Mclean), Be Kind Rewind Adrien Brody (Leonard Chess), Cadillac Records Rob Brown (Ernest “Ernie” Davis), The Express George Clooney (Harry Pfarrer), Burn After Reading Colin Farrell (Ray), In Bruges Mos Def (Mike Coolwell), Be Kind Rewind John Malkovich (Osbourne Cox), Burn After Reading Brad Pitt (Benjamin Button), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Actress Cate Blanchett (adult Daisy Fuller), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Angelina Jolie (Christine Collins), Changeling* Natalie Portman (Anne Boleyn), The Other Boleyn Girl* Meryl Streep (Sister Aloysius Beauvier), Doubt Kate Winslet (Hanna Schmitz), The Reader* Charlize Theron (Mary Embrey), Hancock Renee Zellweger (Lexie Littleton), Leatherheads Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin (Daniel James “Dan” White), Milk* Ralph Fiennes (Harry Waters), In Bruges* Philip Seymour Hoffman (Father Brendan Flynn), Doubt Heath Ledger (The Joker), The Dark Knight* Mos Def (Charles “Chuck” Berry), Cadillac Records* Kevin Bacon (Jack Brennan), Frost/Nixon Russell Brand (Aldous Snow), Forgetting Sarah Marshall James Cromwell (President George Herbert Walker Bush), W. Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent/Two-Face), The Dark Knight James Franco (Scott Smith), Milk Emile Hirsch (Cleve Jones), Milk Richard Jenkins (Ted Treffon), Burn After Reading Anil Kapoor (Prem Kumar), Slumdog Millionaire John Malkovich (Reverend Gustav Briegleb) Changeling Brad Pitt (Chad Feldheimer), Burn After Reading Columbus Short (Marion “Little” Walter Jacobs), Cadillac Records Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis (Mrs. Miller), Doubt Beyonce Knowles (Etta James), Cadillac Records* Frances McDormand (Linda Litzke), Burn After Reading* Alison Pill (Anne Kronenberg), Milk* Freda Pinto (Latika), Slumdog Millionaire* Amy Adams (Sister James), Doubt Elizabeth Berrington (Natalie Waters), In Bruges Sanchita Choudhary (Jamal’s mother), Slumdog Millionaire Vera Farmiga (Elsa), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes), The Dark Knight Taraji P. Henson (Queenie), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Clemence Poesy (Chloe Villette), In Bruges Best Juvenile Performance Joseph Foster (Donald Miller), Doubt Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (child Jamal), Slumdog Millionaire Jack Scanlon (Shmuel), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Best Vocal Performance Ben Burtt as Wall-E in Wall-E The Leonardo DiCaprio Holding Out for an Oscar Award Matthew McConaughey in Fool’s Gold Octavia Spencer in Seven Pounds Emma Stone in The House Bunny and The Rocker Best Original Song Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel from Wall-E Best Adapted Song I’d Rather Go Blind by Beyonce (originally sung by Etta James) from Cadillac Records I’m Your **** **** Man by Jeffrey Wright (originally sung by Muddy Waters) from Cadillac Records Nadine by Mos Def (originally sung by Chuck Berry) from Cadillac Records) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 ACTOR: 1. François Bégaudeau - The Class 2. Moritz Bleibtreu - The Baader Meinhof Complex 3. Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona 4. Colin Firth - Genova5. Dany Boon - Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 6. Eric Bana - The Other Boleyn Girl 7. Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess 8. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon 9. Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon 10. Pål Sverre Hagen - Troubled Water ACTRESS:1. Natalie Portman - The Other Boleyn Girl 2. Johanna Wokalek - The Baader Meinhof Complex 3. Scarlett Johansson - The Other Boleyn Girl4. Amy Adams - Sunshine Cleaning5. Mila Kunis - Boot Camp6. Keira Knightley - The Duchess 7. Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona 8. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married9. Veronica D'Agostino - The Sicilian Girl10. Sophie Okonedo - Skin SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. Colin Firth - Easy Virtue 2. Eddie Redmayne - The Other Boleyn Girl 3. Sam Neill - Skin4. Bruno Ganz - The Reader5. Dominic Cooper - The Duchess6. Kevin Bacon - Frost/Nixon 7. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Other Boleyn Girl8. Stipe Erceg - The Baader Meinhof Complex SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2. Hayley Atwell - The Duchess 3. Katherine Parkinson - Easy Virtue 4. Ana Torrent - The Other Boleyn Girl 5. Nadja Uhl - The Baader Meinhof Complex 6. Rebecca Hall - Frost/Nixon 7. Jennifer Ulrich - The Wave8. Zoé Felix - Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis JUVENILE: 1. Rachel Regulier - The Class2. Léora Barbara - Stella 3. Fredrik Grondahl - Troubled Water BEST EXTRA: Stephenie Meyer - Twilight BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: twenty-two Labrador retrievers in Marley & Me BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Paul Cantelon - The Other Boleyn Girl BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Decode (Paramore in Twilight) BEST NON-ORIGINAL SONG: Thank You for the Music (Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia!) BEST ORIGINAL QUOTE: "If you don't start undressing me soon, this is going to turn into a panel discussion!" (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) BEST NON-ORIGINAL QUOTE: "I'm saying that when the president does it, that means it's not illegal." (Frost/Nixon) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2008 were … Best Actor Sean Penn, Milk* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actress Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky* Melissa Leo, Frozen River Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristian Barcelona and Elegy* Viola Davis, Doubt ————————————————————————————— The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for 2008 were… Best Actor Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler* Best Actress Meryl Streep, Doubt* Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Best Supporting Actress Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Here are my choices of the 69 films I've seen from 2008 for… Best Actress of 2008 1. MERYL STREEP (Sister Aloysius Beauvier), Doubt 2. ANGELINA JOLIE (Christine Collins), Changeling 3. ANNE HATHAWAY (Kym Buchman), Rachel Getting Married 4. KATE WINSLET (April Wheeler), Revolutionary Road 5. REBECCA HALL (Vicky), Vicky Cristina Barcelona 6. SALLY HAWKINS (Pauline “Poppy” Cross), Happy-Go-Lucky 7. KATE WINSLET (Hanna Schmitz), The Reader 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Here are my choices of the 69 films I've seen from 2008 for… Best Actor of 2008 1. MICKEY ROURKE (‘Randy ‘The Ram” Robinson’/Robin Ramzinski), The Wrestler 2. FRANK LANGELLA (President Richard Milhous Nixon), Frost/Nixon 3. SEAN PENN (Harvey Milk), Milk 4. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Father Brendan Flynn), Doubt 5. VINCENT CASSEL (Jacques Mesrine), Mesrine Parts 1 & 2 6. GEORGE CLOONEY (Harry Pfarrer), Burn After Reading 7. LEONARDO DICAPRIO (Frank Wheeler), Revolutionary Road 8. CHRISTIAN MCKAY (Orson Welles), Me & Orson Welles 9. JEREMY RENNER (Staff Sgt. 1st Class William James), The Hurt Locker 10. BRENDAN GLEESON (Ken Daley), In Bruges and ... JAVIER BARDEM (Juan Antonio Gonzalo), Vicky Christina Barcelona MICHAEL SHEEN (David Frost), Frost/Nixon MIKAEL PERSBRANDT (Sigfrid “Sigge” Larsson), Everlasting Moments SAM ROCKWELL (Victor Mancini), Choke DUSTIN HOFFMAN (Harvey Shine), Last Chance Harvey JOSH BROLIN (President George Walker Bush), W. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 The Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for 2008 were… Best Actors Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler* Sean Penn, Milk* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (07) Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Best Actress Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona* Viola Davis, Doubt —————————————————————————————— The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for 2008 were … Best Actor Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler* Jean-Claude Van Damme, JCVD Sean Penn, Milk Best Actress Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Meryl Streep, Doubt Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Josh Brolin, Milk Best Supporting Actress Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married* Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis, Doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York Michael Fassbender, Hunger Sean Penn, MilkMathieu Amalric, A Christmas TaleAlex Descas, 35 Shots of RumRunner-ups: Hiroki Doi (Ponyo), Ben Burtt (WALL-E), Ari Foman (Waltz with Bashir), Benicio del Toro (Che), Michael J. Smith, Jr., (Ballast), Kare Hedebrant (Let the Right One In), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Joaquin Phoenix (Two Lovers), Jeremie Renier (Lorna's Silence), Tom Cruise (Valkyrie), Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Toni Servillo (Il Divo)ActressSally Hawkins, Happy-Go-LuckyCatherine Deneuve, A Christmas TaleMichelle Williams, Wendy and LucyAnne Hathaway, Rachel Getting MarriedYuria Nara, Ponyo*Runner-ups: Arta Dobroshi (Lorna's Silence), Mati Diop (35 Shots of Rum), Lina Leandersson (Let the Right One in), Maria Onetto (The Headless Woman), Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Elissa Knight (WALL-E), Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Tarra Riggs (Ballast), Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Zhao Tao (24 City), Kate Winslet (The Reader), Juliette Binoche (Summer Hours), Jennifer Aniston (Marley & Me)*Juvenile Performance of the YearSupporting ActorHeath Ledger, The Dark KnightLiam Cunningham, HungerJean-Paul Roussillon, A Christmas TaleEddie Marsan, Happy-Go-LuckyRalph Fiennes, In BrugesRunner-ups: Jeff Garlin (WALL-E), Madhur Mittal (Slumdog Millionaire), Bill Irwin (Rachel Getting Married), Peter Dinklage (In Bruges), Laurent Capelluto (A Christmas Tale), Jasper Christensen (Quantum of Solace), Tom Noonan (Synecdoche, New York), Melvin Poupaud (A Christmas Tale), Kenneth Branagh (Valkyrie), Terrence Stamp (Valkyrie), Marco Macor (Gomorrah), Ciro Petrone (Gomorrah), Josh Brolin (Milk), Jeremie Renier (Summer Hours),Supporting ActressEdith Scob, Summer HoursAnne Consigny, A Christmas TalePenelope Cruz, Vicky Christina BarcelonaChiara Mastroianni, A Christmas TaleSamantha Morton, Synecdoche, New YorkRunner-ups: Dianne Wiest (Synecdoche, New York), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler), Catherine Keener (Synecdoche, New York), Emmanuelle Devos (A Christmas Tale), Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married), Gwyneth Paltrow (Two Lovers), Michelle Williams (Synecdoche, New York), Viola Davis (Doubt), Alice de Lenquesaing (Summer Hours), Tomoko Yamaguchi (Ponyo), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Synecdoche, New York),Not seen: The Visitor, Changeling, Frozen River, Tropic Thunder, Revolutionary Road -------After five unsuccessful nominations, Hoffman finally wins an Oscar from me. -------It appears I've nominated three movies where mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni. In the first, Time Regained, Deneuve played the mother of Marcel's first love, and Mastroianni played Marcel's second love. In the third, Deneuve plays the strong matriarch of the family, and Mastroianni plays her daughter-in-law. In Persepolis, Deneuve actually plays Mastroianni's mother, but she has a stronger relationship with her grandmother, played by Danielle Darrieux. ------My three actors runner-ups are actually voices in animated movies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 The National Board of Review Awards for 2008 were… Best Actor Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino* Best Actress Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married* Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin, Milk* Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona* ————————————————————————————— The National Society of Film Critics Awards for 2008 were … Best Actor Sean Penn, Milk* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino Best Actress Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky* Melissa Leo, Frozen River Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy Best Supporting Actor Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Josh Brolin, Milk Best Supporting Actress Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven* (07) Viola Davis, Doubt Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 The Broadcast Film Critics or Critics’ Choice Awards for 2008 were … Best Actor Sean Penn, Milk* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (07) Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actresses Meryl Streep, Doubt* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married* Angelina Jolie, Changeling Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Melissa Leo, Frozen River Kate Beckinsale, Nothing But the Truth Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Josh Brolin, Milk James Franco, Milk Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet, The Reader* Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Viola Davis, Doubt Vera Farmiga, Nothing But the Truth Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler Best Juvenile Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire* Brandon Walters, Australia David Kross, The Reader Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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