Archive for the ‘LIONs for LAMB’ Category

  • REMINDER: LIONs for LAMBs Voting!

    by Shane Slater · Feb 2, 2013 at 14:01 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · 4 Comments
    REMINDER: LIONs for LAMBs Voting!

    The polls are still open  for the LIONs for LAMBs poll. You have until Feb 9th! If you haven’t voted yet, what are you waiting for? Please remember to specify the film when listing your acting and directing selections. Thank you for your participation. Here’s the poll:

     

    http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/574137…

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  • REMINDER: LIONs for LAMBs Poll

    by Shane Slater · Jan 27, 2013 at 13:27 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · No Comments
    REMINDER: LIONs for LAMBs Poll

    Don’t forget to submit your picks for the LIONs for LAMBs poll! We need to make sure the awards fully reflect our collective favourites of 2012. You can find the poll here:

    http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/574137…

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  • The 6th Annual LIONs for LAMBs

    by Shane Slater · Jan 21, 2013 at 12:48 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · 10 Comments
    The 6th Annual LIONs for LAMBs

    It’s that time again…the 6th Annual LIONs for LAMBs Awards! These are our version of the Academy Awards where LAMB members give their say on the best and worst films of 2012, including all the extras like actor, actress, director among others. As was the case last year, we have 10 categories for you to vote on.

    Please rank your lists 1 to 10 for Best Films and 1 to 5 for everything else, as the winners will be based...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Films of 2011

    by Rachel · Feb 26, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Films of 2011

    And for the grand finale, I give you the 5th Annual LIONs for LAMBs Best 10 Films of 2011:

    10. Take Shelter (58 points)

    9. The Descendants (61 points)

    8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (73 points)

    6. The Artist and Melancholia (84 points)

    5. A Separation (90 points)

    4. Hugo (110 points)

    3. Midnight in Paris (115...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Worst Films of 2011

    by Rachel · Feb 25, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 10 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Worst Films of 2011

    Before we can wrap up all the goodies from 2011, let us remember some of the crap, so we’re that much more thankful for the good stuff. This category was wide open, but there were enough votes for these five to be “awarded” the Worst Films of 2011.

    5. Green Lantern (17 points)

    4. Jack and Jill (19 points)

    3. Just Go with It (22 points)

    2. Sucker Punch (30...

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Director

    by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actor

    by Rachel · Feb 23, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

    by Rachel · Feb 22, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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)

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Screenplay

    by Rachel · Feb 21, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actress

    by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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)

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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actor

    by Rachel · Feb 19, 2012 at 23:30 CET · 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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  • The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Foreign Film

    by Rachel · Feb 18, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 2 Comments
    The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Foreign Film

    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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