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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Director

    by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 2 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Director

    Today’s LION is for Best Director. Here are your picks for 2011:

    5. David Fincher for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (39 points)

    4. Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (52 points)

    3. Martin Scorsese for Hugo (57 points)

    2. Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life (84 points)

    1. Nicholas Winding Refn for Drive (109 points)

    Come back tomorrow for the worst of the...

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  • The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Visual Effects

    by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 19:00 CST · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments
    The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Visual Effects
    Editor’s note: Welcome to the thirty-first of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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  • LAMBScores: The Grey, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Man on a Ledge, Albert Nobbs and One for the Money

    by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 14:00 CST · LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: The Grey, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Man on a Ledge, Albert Nobbs and One for the Money


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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actor

    by Rachel · Feb 23, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actor

    Finishing the acting awards, the results for Best Actor follow this year’s trend of “the Academy got it wrong”:

    5. Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (47 points)

    4. Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (49 points)

    3. Jean Dujardin in The Artist (52 points)

    2. Michael Fassbender in Shame (80 points)

    1. Ryan Gosling in Drive (85 points) Looking for...

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  • The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – War Horse

    by Rachel · Feb 23, 2012 at 19:00 CST · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 2 Comments
    The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – War Horse
    Editor’s note: Welcome to the thirtieth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

    by Rachel · Feb 22, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 11 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

    It’s time for our 6th LION Award and again don’t expect the results to reflect the Oscar nods:

    5. Juliette Binoche in Certified Copy (40 points)

    4. Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin (50 points)

    3. Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia (64 points)

    2. Viola Davis in The Help (78 points)

    1. Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (83 points)

    Come...

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  • The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Animated Short Film

    by Rachel · Feb 22, 2012 at 19:00 CST · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 7 Comments
    The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Animated Short Film
    Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-ninth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Screenplay

    by Rachel · Feb 21, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 1 Comment
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Screenplay

    For the halfway-mark LION Award, it’s time to reveal our favorite writers for Best Screenplay.

    5. Will Reiser for 50/50 and Abbas Kiarostami for Certified Copy (28 points)

    4. Diablo Cody for Young Adult (30 points)

    3. Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (49 points)

    2. Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (53 points)

    1. Woody Allen for...

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  • The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

    by Rachel · Feb 21, 2012 at 19:00 CST · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments
    The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
    Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-eighth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actress

    by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 8 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actress

    The fourth LION Award is for Best Supporting Actress. This is the most intriguing category I’ve tallied (so far), because of the massive support for three separate Jessica Chastain roles.  How many made it or did she split the vote?

    5. Jessica Chastain in The Tree of Life (39 points)

    4. Shailene Woodley in The Descendants (46 points)

    3. Jessica Chastain in The Help (50 points)

    2....

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  • The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Director

    by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 19:00 CST · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 10 Comments
    The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Director
    Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-seventh of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actor

    by Rachel · Feb 19, 2012 at 23:30 CST · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actor

    The third LION Award is for Best Supporting Actor. No major surprises here:

    5. Nick Nolte in Warrior (33 points)

    4. John Hawkes in Martha Marcy May Marlene (37 points)

    3. Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life (57 points)

    2. Albert Brooks in Drive (75 points)

    1. Christopher Plummer in Beginners (92 points)

    Come back tomorrow for the results of Best Supporting...

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