Milk Takes The Big Prizes In San Francisco [Oscar Watch]

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle have announced their best of 2008. Winners below.

Best Picture - Milk
Best Director - Gus Van Sant, Milk
Best Actor - TIE Sean Penn & Mickey Rourke
Best Actress - Sally Hawkins
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei
Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Morgan, Frost Nixon
Best Foreign Language Film - Let The Right One In
Best Documentary - My Winnipeg

Sally Hawkins is really beginning to rack em up. Could this be a sign of what's to come? I personally would not complain :) See full post

NY Film Critics Frustrate Me [Oscar Watch]

NY Film Critics Circle has released their list of winners

Film: "Milk"

Director: Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"

Actress: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"

Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married"

First Film: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"

Foreign Film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"

Animated Film: "WALL-E

Documentary: "Man on Wire"

Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Today's lesson? DEFINITELY need to see Happy-Go-Lucky now. Normally I'm not a huge Mike Leigh fan, so I haven't made the effort yet. The part that frustrates me? New York Critics think they are too cool for The Dark Knight apparently. Pshh. Look, Josh Brolin was fantastic, but that's not an Oscar winning part. If anything, he is setting himself up for a win in the near future - but not this year. And things continue to look good for Penelope Cruz. Is it safe to say Man on Wire is a lock? Is Milk building momentum here for a Best Pic win? See full post