What's the Best Song in "Frozen II"?

by Cláudio Alves

Back in 2013, when the first Frozen had just opened and "Let It Go" was on everyone's ear, Disney made an astute decision when it came to its Oscar campaign. Despite the movie having around 10 original songs, only one was submitted for awards consideration. It was, of course, Elsa's world-famous anthem. The decision paid off and the songwriting couple of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez took home their first well-deserved Academy Award.

With Elsa and Anna back in theatres for another musical adventure, Disney is trying to repeat the same scheme. The only problem is that this time around it's not clear what the best song is...

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Golden Globe Nominations!

by Nathaniel R

Hollywood was up bright and early today for the Golden Globe Nominations. How cute are Dakota Fanning's glasses? As per usual they began with randomness (Best Song, Best Screenplay, some TV categories) before saving some biggies until the Today Show at 8:15 AM. We'll have much more coverage later but for now just a few quick notes since it's an information avalanche.

FILM

Drama 

• 1917
• The Irishman
• Joker
• Marriage Story
• The Two Popes
  
  

Netflix really campaigned with the HFPA as you can see hogging 60% of Best Drama. This is a tough break for Ford V Ferrari and Little Women which both seemed like Globes-ready movies...

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"Dark Waters" flood in but everything is still "Frozen"

This weekend Frozen II easily stayed up top and will soon vault over Joker which has been out for a month and a half longer in the box office sweepstakes. We share that only so you can marvel at how quickly the royal family of Arendelle is collecting taxes from their subjects (aka everyone on planet Earth). In other news Dark Waters expanded into wide release. Murtada reviewed it for us and let's just say that I think he was very kind (as several reviews have been). It felt like it twice the length of The Irishman with no shaping, rhythm, visual style, or verve -- completely mystified that it's a Todd Haynes film shot by Ed Lachmann and acted by Ruffalo and Hathaway who are both fairly generic in it. What happened?

Weekend Box Office [Estimates] Dec 6th-8th 🔺 = New or Expanding / ★ = Recommended
W I D E	PLATFORM
1 FROZEN II $34.6 (cum. $337.5) REVIEW	1 PARASITE $700k on 333 screens (cum. $19.3) PODCAST, CLASS, BONG ★
2 KNIVES OUT $16 (cum. $57.9) REVIEW, WHODUNNITS?, ANA DE ARMAS ★	2 JOJO RABBIT $562k on 579 screens (cum. $19.2) CAPSULE, PODCAST
3  FORD V FERRARI  $6.5 (cum. $91.1)  REVIEW, PODCAST ★	3 🔺  HONEY BOY $452k on 460 screens (cum. $2.1)  REVIEW, PODCAST ★
4 QUEEN & SLIM $6.5 (cum. $26.8)	4 🔺  WAVES $421k on 570 screens (cum. $1.0) REVIEW, 2ND OPINION ★
5 A BEAUTIFUL DAY...  $5.2 (cum. $43.1) CAPSULE, PODCAST, TOM HANKS ★	5 NO SAFE SPACES $292k on 200 screens (cum. $749k)
5 🔺 DARK WATERS $4.1 (cum. $5.2) REVIEW	6 🔺 PANIPAT $282k on 172 screens *new*

WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND? 

Critics Awards Sunday Results!

So many prize announcements today: Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC), and Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA). Spoiler: It's been a very good day for Parasite.

LAFCA is always the most exciting critics group to watch when it comes to Best Actress because year after year they surprise and usually in good ways. This year is no exception as they've gotten behind Mary Kay Place's wonderful performance as Diane in Kent Jones underseen film of the same name. 

More winners after the jump...

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Critics Choice Award Nominations: "The Irishman and Little Women ... in Hollywood"

by Nathaniel R

The Critics Choice Association (previously known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association) has about 420 members. It's the largest critics organization in the US of which your host here is but 1 voice so dont blame him when the votes go all wrong and veer closer to Oscar prognostication than a reflection of the critical hive mind over the course of 2019. As with the industry voters who vote on Oscars, SAG, and Guild prizes, film critics tend to forget what they loved the first 9 months of the year and focus primarily on releases from October, November, and December. 

This year The Irishman leads the nominations with 14. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is close behind with 12 nods. Little Women takes position number three with 9 nominations. Herewith the nominees for 2019 in both film and television...

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