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…
...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…
...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...
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...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...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...
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...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...
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...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....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...
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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