December. It's a Wrap
Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 8:00PM No. No. We aren't wrapping 2015 yet. There's still prizes to hand out and a few more lists to finish writing. But we can and must wrap up December since it ends in a few hours when everyone will be kissing on everyone and screaming "Happpy New Year!"
Since the film year doesn't truly end until the last Oscar statue is handed out, it'd be more accurate to scream...
Happy New Calendar Year -- the Oscars Are Only 58 Days Away!"
But try convincing the drunk masses to scream that one out at midnight tonight!
December Highlights
• SAG Ensemble who got left out even though their film was nominated?
• Son of Saul Interview the director and star of Oscar's foreign film frontrunner (now playing)
• Star Wars Oscar History then but now?
• Critics Choice Shark Jump we embarrassed ourselves like never before over the new Star Wars
• Outstanding Achievement in Abs meet the new Tarzan, more eight-packy than the previous Tarzans
• Mildred Pierce Manuel looked back at Todd Haynes pre Carol, HBO miniseries
• Julianne Moore Acts for Tips in Times Square
• Brokeback Mountain, Mermaids, and Doctor Zhivago we celebrated the 10th, 25th & 50th anniversaries with our favorite scenes and memories
• Production Design: Room one of the year's most creatively boxed-in challenges
• "You Need Serious Hair" magical DIY makeovers
BEST OF 2015. PERIOD
We spent a lot of time obsessing over the year's best picture Carol, it's true. But mostly we've had a ton of fun sharing our "15 best of '15 lists". There's a few more coming but if you've missed any please do dive in. We've already covered:
• Scariest Moments BOO!
• Hardest Working Actors ubiquity for days
• Best Things on TV from Veep to Penny Dreadful
• Greatest Screen Hunks dino trainers, strippers, boxers, and farmhands ohmy
• Movie Animals Not all of which try to eat Leonardo DiCaprio!
• Co-Star Chemistry these pairs caught lightning in a bottle!
• Biggest Box Office Hits in 4 different categories
• Worst of the Year Hateful Eight and other things that aggravated
• Red Carpet Looks only one per lady allowed
• Delicious Music Videos Sia, Tame Impala, Madonna and more
• 15 Most Popular Tweets
COMING IN JANUARY
The Film Bitch Awards for 2015 (we stuck one toe in thus far), the BAFTA nominations, The Golden Globe and SAG Awards, various Guild Nominations, and much Oscar Mania. You should also expect lots more on the big Oscar titles including interviews and second looks. Plus we'll gaze at Sundance from afar (since we couldn't afford the trip this year - tight budget for 2016). ANY REQUESTS?
Reader Comments (3)
I've had to sort of avoid the blog because I haven't seen Carol yet. What is that god damn release schedule?! I feel it's even worse this year. By the time it actually goes wide it'll be Captain America time.
Is 100 Oldest Oscar Nominees/Winners going to be a regular Jan 1 (or any Jan date) fixture, or was it just last year?
Travis -- i update it periodically but not on January 1st (it was updated 2 weeks ago)