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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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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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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 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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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 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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Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-sixth 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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Our second LION Award goes to Best Foreign Language Film:
4.
I Saw the Devil and
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (18 points)
3.
Certified Copy (24 points)
2.
The Skin I Live In (56 points)
1.
A Separation (86 points)
Come back tomorrow to find out who the Best Supporting Actor is.…
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fifth 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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Welcome to the LIONs! For the next ten days results for the following categories will be presented daily (one per day) with the LAMBs’ Top 10 Films arriving the day of the 84th Academy Awards:
Best Documentary
Best Foreign Film (non-English)
Best Screenplay
Best Performance by a Supporting Female
Best Performance by a Supporting Male
Best Performance by a Leading Female
Best Performance...
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It’s Blusterin’ Time!
If you’re new to this feature or need a refresher, click the label at the bottom of this post and see the previous posts. Otherwise, here are the basics:
What I do is list a site; you critique it. But here’s the catch: to induce the most honest reactions, don’t leave the comment using your normal alias/login – instead, go anonymous, and be as brutally honest (or...
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fourth 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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