The winners of he 2009 ACCA's are announced!

The preview page has been updated here with a little bit of information about this historic addition of the Awards Circuit Community Awards, but for those just hungry to find out the winners, go here and see!
-Thoughts on the ACCA results?

ACCA 2009 closes today, along with a whole host of updates today on the Main Page of The Awards Circuit!

Indeed, there's lots to see today on the site. First off, if you haven't voted in the Awards Circuit Community Awards, today is your last day to do so. Go here and support your favorites of the year!
We start the updates for today with the latest Oscar Circuit article, this one dealing with the hotly contested Best Actress category. Go here to read it and let us know how you're liking the series so far.
We've all also updated our Chart Predictions, so if you're curious how we all see the entire Oscar show playing out, go here and see what we think.
Fans of our interviews will rejoice, since we've got another one to share. This new interview is with The Young Victoria's Oscar nominated Costume Designer Sandy Powell. The interview can be found here, so be sure to check it out!
Finally, the American Idol page continues to be updated, so go here and keep track of all the goings on with the hit show of the same name.
-Thoughts on the potential ACCA results, Oscar Circuit article, Chart predix, interview, and possibilities with Idol?

The Oscar Circuit goes to the Documentary race today, along with new Historical Circuit reviews!

Indeed, The Awards Circuit has plenty of new stuff for everyone. First up we have a new Oscar Circuit article, this one on the Best Documentary Feature race. It can be found here, so check it out and brace yourself for more!
We also have some new Historical Circuit reviews for you to read. They're here, so take a gander and keep recommending more titles for us to tackle in the future.
Finally, ACCA 2009 voting closes this week, so this is your last chance to get those votes in. Be sure to go here and vote in order to make your voice heard!
-Thoughts on the Oscar Circuit article, Historical Circuit reviews, and ACCA?

Check out our interview with Geoffrey Fletcher, along with a new Oscar Circuit article and more!

Indeed, the writer of Precious was gracious enough to take some time and let us interview him. To listen to Geoffrey Fletcher, go here and let us know what you think!
We've got a new Oscar Circuit article for everyone, this one addressing the Cinematography category. It can be found here, so check it out and be prepared for more to come.
Of note is also an update to the Best Animated Feature predictions. That's here, so take a gander and leave us some feedback.
Last, but not least, we have the last days of ACCA 2009 voting. Go here to make sure your voice is heard!
-Thoughts on the interview, article, prediction, and ACCA voting?

What films just missed your top 10 lists this year?

It's always interesting see what films just missed the cut on the Best of the Year lists, and for 2009, it's no exception. I saw over 150 films this year, and ended up with a top 100 that is on the message board if anyone cares to read (found here, and I'll also list it in the comments), but this is your turn to chime in on your favorite films of 2009 that just missed your top 10.
-Have at it!

Was the expansion to 10 a good idea? Plus, Oscar predictions have begun again, and more at The Awards Circuit!

Indeed, the Main Page of The Awards Circuit has a lot going on today for everyone. We begin with an article focusing on if the expansion of Best Picture from 5 nominees to 10 was a successful endeavor or not. The article can be found here, so check it out and let us know what you think!
The site has also begun official predictions as to how the Oscars will go down. So far we've got Best Picture (found here) and Best Director (found here), but keep your eye out for more updates in the coming days.
We've also got another Music Review, this one on the soundtrack to Nine. It's found here, so check that out as well.
Finally, keep voting in the 2009 Awards Circuit Community Awards. You've seen the nominees you chose, now go here and pick who will win! Happy voting!
-Thoughts on the article, predictions, music review, and ACCA?

We're just hours away from the OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!

Can you feel the excitement? Just to do a sort of pre-show, the poll here on the blog revealed that 71% of voters feel that Avatar will lead the field in terms of nominations (Inglourious Basterds came in 2nd with 11%, then The Hurt Locker with 8%, and Up in the Air with 5%). It's also worth nothing that the supposedly "leaked nominations" are a hoax, so DON'T BELIEVE IT. Right now we're just counting down the hours, so use this as an open space for anything related to the Oscar nominations, which are imminent...

P.S.- ACCA Voting is open, so kill time till the nominations by casting your vote here. Make your voice heard!

Behold the Razzie nominations!

Here they are:

Worst Picture
“All About Steve”
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“Land of the Lost”
“Old Dogs”"
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Worst Actor
Will Ferrell, “Land of the Lost”
Jonas Brothers, “Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience”
Steve Martin, “Pink Panther 2″
Eddie Murphy, “Imagine That”
John Travolta, “Old Dogs”

Worst Actress
Beyonce, “Obsessed”
Sandra Bullock, “All About Steve”
Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Sarah Jessica Parker, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?”

Worst Supporting Actor
Billy Ray Cyrus, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Hugh Hefner, “Miss March”
Robert Pattinson, “Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Jorma Taccone, “Land of the Lost”
Marlon Wayans, “G.I. Joe”

Worst Supporting Actress
Candice Bergen, “Bride Wars”
Ali Larter, “Obsessed”
Sienna Miller, “G.I. Joe”
Kelly Preston,”Old Dogs”
Julie White, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Worst Director
Michael Bay, “Trasformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Walt Becker, “Old Dogs”
Brad Silberling, “Land of the Lost”
Stephen Sommers, “G.I. Joe”
Phil Traill, “All About Steve”

Worst Screenplay
“All About Steve”
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“Land of the Lost”
“Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen”
“Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Worst Screen Couple
Jonas Brothers, “The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience”
Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, “All About Steve”
Will Ferrell and any co-star, Creature or “Comic Riff,” “Land of the Lost”
Shia Lebouf and Megan Fox or any Transformer, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner, “Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“Land of the Lost”
“Pink Panther 2″
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
“Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Worst Picture of the Decade
“Battlefield Earth”
“Freddy Got Fingered”
“Gigli”
“I Know Who Killed Me”
“Swept Away”

Worst Actor of the Decade
Ben Affleck
Eddie Murphy
Mike Myers
Rob Schneider
John Travolta

Worst Actress of the Decade
Mariah Carey
Paris Hilton
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Lopez
Madonna

-Anyone not deserve to be here (or anyone they missed)...thoughts?

The 2009 ACCA nominations are here, along with the Staff's Final Oscar Predictions, and more!

Yes, it's a busy Sunday here at The Awards Circuit. First off, the 2009 Awards Circuit Community Awards have come out with the official nominees and they may surprise some. The nomination announcement can be found here, so check them out and prepare to start voting again soon!
The staff has also finalized our Oscar predictions in terms of nominations, so go here and see who you agree with most leading up to Tuesday's announcement.
We also have an article from John Foote on how to go about disagreeing with a writer. It's a great read for anyone who publishes their work (myself included), so check it out here and leave some feedback.
Finally, our first Music review is up, and it's for the soundtrack to Up in the Air. Read it here and stay tuned for more of these types of reviews to pop up in 2010!
-Thoughts on the nominations, predictions, article, and review?

My grandfather returns with his top 10 of 2009!

Yes, he was popular last year with his thoughts on the Oscar race, and he's returning now to put out his top 10 of the year. In case anyone forgot, he's now 76 and used to work in the movie industry, so he sort of works as a stand-in for the average Academy member. Here's how 2009 looked for him:

1. Avatar

2. The Hurt Locker

3. Up in the Air

4. Inglourious Basterds

5. Up

6. Pirate Radio

7. (500) Days of Summer

8. The Hangover

9. The Blind Side

10. Whip It

-Thoughts?

The staff puts out our latest guess for who will win Oscars, and we wrap up the Scenario Series!

Yes, we've updated our Chart Predictions, so if you're curious who we all think will take home Oscars, go here and see! (note, these are a week or so old, so be prepared for updates to come)
We also have the last in our annual Scenario Series articles, focusing on the Animated Feature category. The article is found here, so check it out and let us know what you think.
Finally, today is the last day to vote in the Awards Circuit Community Awards for 2009, so go here and get those final votes in. They could be the difference makers!
-Thoughts on the chart predictions, article, and how ACCA will shake out?

The Scenario Series continues on with the Supporting categories, along with Podcast #10 and the Davis Awards on the Main Page of The Awards Circuit!

Yes, the Main Page of The Awards Circuit has 3 top notch things for you to take a glance at today. We start off with the third installment of our annual Scenario Series, this one tackling what could happen with Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Check it out here and let us know what you think!
There's also the long awaited Podcast #10 for everyone to listen to. It's on the Sundance Film Festival and can be heard here, so be sure to tune in and comment.
Finally, we have the winners of the annual Davis Awards. The honorees from our fearless editor can be found here, so take a look and let us know how you like this year's edition.
Last, but not least, keep voting in the Awards Circuit Community Awards, as voting is coming down to the wire. Go here to vote and get your votes in!
-Thoughts on the next Scenario article, Podcast, Davis Awards, and what will happen with ACCA?

New predictions for Best Director and Actor hightlight the Main Page of The Awards Circuit, along with an interview with Anthony Mackie, and more!

Yes, the Main Page of The Awards Circuit has something for everyone today. The main Predictions are continuing to get updated, with Best Director and Best Actor getting a face-lift. The predix can be found here and here, so check them out and let us know what you think!
We also have another new interview for your reading pleasure, this one with The Hurt Locker's Anthony Mackie. It can be found here, so read and enjoy!
Those interested in Clayton's reactions to the Golden Globes, along with how he did in predictions, would do well to go here and check that out.
Also on the front of our fearless leader, he's put out his annual Davis Awards, which are always interesting. Those are found here, so see how your top honors of the year match up with his.
Finally, remember to keep voting in the Awards Circuit Community Awards. Go here and support your favorites from 2009!
-Thoughts on the new predictions, interview, and articles?

Voting for ACCA 2009 has begun, along with an interview with Fred Melamed on the Main Page of The Awards Circuit!

Yes, take the role of voter and vote in the 2009 Awards Circuit Community Awards. Go here and let your voice be heard. Make use of the write in vote if we didn't cover your favorite film or performance!
We also have the first of many interviews for your listening pleasure. This is with A Serious Man's Fred Melamed, and is a must listen. The interview is found here, so listen and let us know what you think!
-Thoughts on what/whom you're supporting in the ACCA's and on the interview?

The controversial film critic Armond White puts out his Best of 2009 list...

...only he calls it his "Better-Than List". It's exactly what you'd expect from him. The full piece is here, but this is essentially what it boils down to:

Everlasting Moments > Every other movie of 2009
All else pales next to this marital memoir, a confirmation of Jan Troell’s mastery. Sweden’s nature poet also captures human nature through fundamental mysteries: love, family, politics, the personal creative urges that parents hide from their children. A mother’s discovery of photography explains the basis of our need for cinema. The family story Hollywood avoids turns out to be everyone’s story.

Revanche > An Education
Gotz Spielmann’s debut American import evokes the forgotten grandeur of European spiritual cinema from Dreyer and Bergman to Fassbinder while Anglophilia was never more hateful than Lone Scherfig’s anachronistic material-girl drama.

Of Time and the City > Crude
Terence Davies’ Liverpool memoir investigates nostalgia and uncovers the politics behind beauty and destruction, memory and art, while the green movement clichés of Crude missed every opportunity to make a distinguished documentary.

Coraline > Precious
Henry Selik made the year’s best stop-motion animation, a dazzling adolescent girl’s fantasy that explored psychological and cultural fears while Lee Daniels’ racist fantasy contradicted political reality with a laughably pornographic view of black female pathology.

This Is It > Me and Orson Welles
Kenny Ortega structured Michael Jackson’s rehearsal footage into a postmodern movie-musical that revealed facts of protean showbiz genius that Richard Linklater kept deflating in his humdrum quasi-bio-pic.

Anvil: The Story of Anvil > The Hangover
Sacha Gervasi doesn’t enable boys as men but delves deeply into how real-life boys become men through love and dedication, art and family. The Hangover offers boys-will-be-
pigs tautology.

Next Day Air > Up in the Air
Benny Boom disinfects The Wire’s pathology into an August Wilson-rich comedy about what greed does to the working class; it has truth and beauty where Jason Reitman told white-collar lies about labor, vocation and lack of community.

Crank 2: High Voltage and Gamer > Avatar
Neveldine/Taylor, avant-garde filmmakers consigned to B-movie obscurity, are sharp stylists who satirize the responsibilities of the digital era that James Cameron turns into insipid escapism.

Gentlemen Broncos >Inglourious Basterds
Jared Hess goes to the roots of the sci-fi genre for its pathos. Removed from exhibition, its day will come. It is the 2001 of 2009. But Q.T. traipses through the war movie genre without touching on anything remotely personal or amusing.

Ricky > Drag Me to Hell
François Ozon’s original parable finds hope in family life and unorthodox sexuality. It turns the divine into real-life, Emily Dickinson poetry. But Sam Raimi’s horror pastiche is lowbrow, low-down and unedifying.

Brothers > The Hurt Locker
Jim Sheridan finds the emotional substance of our Iraq War years while Kathryn Bigelow hides behind genre skill. By avoiding a moral or political stand, Bigelow’s movie says nothing to anyone—especially liberals.

A Serious Man > The White Ribbon
The Coen Brothers redefine Jewish paranoia as existential anxiety. It beats Haneke’s art-house Nazi fetishism any day.

Tyson > Invictus
James Toback’s monologue doc, a fallen angel’s confession, challenges our capacity to comprehend Mike Tyson (and ourselves) while Eastwood merely deifies sports fan Nelson Mandela.

Bandslam > Nine
Todd Graff’s high school musical understands pop and showbiz better than Rob Marshall’s Fellini-botch. Too bad mainstream Hollywood doesn’t know the difference.

Cherry Blossoms > Up
Doris Dorrie’s strange, sweet tale of a widower challenging the sexual mores
he grew up with is exactly what
Pixar’s corporate-formula widower’s
tale evades.

Where the Wild Things Are > District 9
Spike Jonze realizes the liberating, introspective possibilities in pop while Neil Blomkamp reclaims apartheid for geeks who don’t know what that was, yet enjoy the comforts of pop idiocy.

-Thoughts on the pseudo list?

We at The Awards Circuit prepare to put a bow on 2009...

...while we look towards some exciting changes in 2010! Have a fun (and safe) night and we'll see you next year (or next decade, if you prefer).
-Happy New Year in advance from all of us at The Awards Circuit!

Moviefone presents the 50 best movies of 2009 and the 10 most overrated ones as well...

...the best of list can be found here, and the overrated list can be found here, but I must say that it's a bit weird that all of their overrated flicks show up on their best of list as well, but that's just me.
-Thoughts on the lists?

A whole bunch more Early Reviews highlight the Main Page of The Awards Circuit!

Indeed, we're early to the dance on a number of films, with new early reviews of Invictus, The Last Station, and Sherlock Holmes, along with additional early reviews of Up in the Air and Everybody's Fine. We also have some new reviews of Me and Orson Welles and Coco before Chanel. They can all be found here, so read and enjoy!
-Thoughts?

Up in the Air WINS NBR!

Best Film: Up In The Air

Ten Best Films
(in alphabetical order)
AN EDUCATION
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
A SERIOUS MAN
STAR TREK
UP
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

Best Foreign Film: A Prophet

Best Documentary: The Cove

Best Animated Feature: Up

Best Ensemble Cast: It’s Complicated

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: Duncan Jones, Moon, Oren Moverman, The Messenger and Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer (tie)

Best Original Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Film History Award: JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG

NBR Freedom of Expression:
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
INVICTUS
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Five Best Foreign-Language Films
(in alphabetical order)
THE MAID
REVANCHE
SONG OF SPARROWS
THREE MONKEYS
THE WHITE RIBBON

Five Best Documentaries
(in alphabetical order)
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
CRUDE
FOOD, INC.
GOOD HAIR
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Top Ten Independent Films:
(in alphabetical order)
AMREEKA
DISTRICT 9
GOODBYE SOLO
HUMPDAY
IN THE LOOP
JULIA
ME AND ORSON WELLES
MOON
SUGAR
TWO LOVERS