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Oct182014

Links: Monty, Misty, Michael, More...

Gurus of Gold The new charts. Yes, I need to update the Oscar charts. I'll get started tomorrow!
The Black Maria for his 94th birthday - "Montgomery Clift: The Lost Poet of Omaha"
Serpentine Magazine Pretty Boys & Pathos: The Men of Classic Hollywood
To Be Continued Keith Uhlich on the single takes in American Horror Story, Birdman and Gone Girl
Guardian Scarlett Johansson to star in a live action remake of animated classic Ghost in the Shell 
In Contention let's give Michael Keaton the Oscar

LAFCA will honor Gena Rowlands with their career achievement award this January
CHUD has very mixed feelings on The Book of Life but h-a-t-e-s the soundtrack
The Wrap Actress Misty Upham (Frozen River, August: Osage County) found dead. Initial reports suggest suicide but...
Juliette Lewis (and others who knew her) don't fully believe it and are demanding an investigation
Words & Film thinks St. Vincent is being misrepresented with that dismissive "weepie" brush. But what's wrong with a weepie? 
Deadline Black and White with Kevin Costner & Octavia Spencer to get an Oscar qualifying run
Zap 2 It has a cool feature on three of the freak in American Horror Story: Freakshow 
NPR on Dear White People 

Just 4 Fun
Pointer Pointer another perfect internet time waster
Vulture Anne Rice, Amazon Reviewer 

 

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Ampas, take notes from the LAFCA. Gena is 84 and is not gonna live forever.

October 18, 2014 | Unregistered Commentercal roth

Nathaniel,

That Tyler Perry choice of yours is very interesting. Do you believe he has what it takes? Because honestly I'm not feeling Tim Roth either...

The Supporting Actor category is very hard to read besides Norton, Simmons and Ruffalo.

I'm entertaining Brolin and Waltz as the other two, just because I believe 'Vice' will grab votes from PTA lovers across the board + Brolin has character actor cred (and that helps) and Waltz can get in if Big Eyes is a major player (coattails). But I can easily see Gleeson/Ishihara grabbing a spot and Ethan Hawke the other.

How Ethan Hawke isn't out there campaigning like mad is beyond me. I feel his nomination is at arm's reach if he gets a little bit talked about. 'Boyhood' is becoming a bigger avalanche than previously anticipated. The festival season was really weak in surprises.

October 18, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterJay

Jay... yeah, i need to write about that category. I will try to do that by Monday. It is just wide wide open. for the final two slots. Anyone who isn't campaigning is insane.

October 18, 2014 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

I love that Anne Rice is a genuine kook. I remember when she would arrive to book signings in a casket via horse drawn carriage.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered Commenter3rtful

Nate - Emma stone for the win in BSA? I don't feel that happening ...

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterMark

That Vulture piece is timely, with a new Anne Rice novel coming out in about a week and a half, a return to the Vampire Chronicles and available via pre-order on (wait for it) Amazon.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Outlaw

I'm sure Gena will get some traction for Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterPeggy Sue

Mark - my rankings are never about winning but about nominations. after nominations I think about winning ;)

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterNATHANIEL R

I took a gander at the Best Actor chart and became horrified that the category has the potential to be populated by a biopic majority.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterTroy H.

Nat, you list Matthew McC in Interstellar twice in Other Leads; was one of those supposed to be Russell Crowe in Noah? ;-)

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Outlaw

I was pleasantly amazed by Tyler Perry, but I'm not sure there was an Oscar-clip moment; he was good because he was subtle and sardonic, and got the social meaning of his role. (I was disappointed by Fincher's other odd casting choice, Neil Patrick Harris, who seemed affected and self-conscious in a bad way.) I admire Ethan Hawke, but I don't think his character in Boyhood was sufficiently differentiated from his character in the Before movies or the persona he projects in interviews as himself, just too much of that smart, glib, near-endless talkiness. I look forward to reading Nathaniel's take on what could be either a very shallow or very strange Supporting Actor field. Is Channing Tatum too much of a lead to be campaigned there? I'm always rooting for the hunks to be great actors.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterOwen Walter

Owen I think Channing is way too much the lead, yes... since he has more screentime than the other guys and the story is essentially about him. Although stranger things have happened I supposed.

October 19, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Good grief, so many things I've read about Michael Keaton (including that In Contention piece) wildly over-estimate his career.

October 20, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterGlenn

Awww thanks for mentioned Pretty Boys and Pathos. The first full column is going to be about Tony Curtis and Sweet Smell of Success :)

October 21, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterAngelica Jade
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