Michael Fassbender's Penis Caused Oscar Snub?( Huffington Post)

First Posted: 01/26/2012 11:25 am Updated: 01/26/2012 11:25 am                                   


Lost in all the hysterics over Albert Brooks's unbelievable snub by the Academy Awards on Tuesday morning was the fact that Michael Fassbender got dinged too! After all, the breakout leading man -- who appeared in four movies in 2011, including "X-Men: First Class," "Jane Eyre" and "A Dangerous Method" -- was expected to earn Oscar plaudits for his bracing work in "Shame," the sex addiction drama from Steve McQueen.

Why was Fassbender left off the list, despite a performance that was well-loved by everyone and featured the type of risks (full-frontal nudity) that usually point to Oscar gold?

Well, he might have been a victim of his own endowment.


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Oscar's worst snubs (Chicago Sun Times)

And the nominees aren’t . . . ,

 Academy’s biggest snubs? Start with Albert Brooks and Michael Fassbender

By RICHARD ROEPER rroeper@suntimes.com January 24, 2012 10:32AM

Let’s start with the biggest snubs. After making nearly every other organization’s final five (and winning the Chicago Film Critics award), Albert Brooks wasn’t even get nominated for his brilliant work as a movie producer turned cold-blooded villain in “Drive.” Well, at least Brooks won’t have to sit there and smile grimly when Christopher Plummer’s name is announced.

Equally shocking was the absence of Michael Fassbender’s name for “Best Actor” for “Shame.” Not to demean Demian Bichir’s fine work in “A Better Life,” but raise your hand if you’ve seen Demian Bichir’s fine work in “A Better Life.” (Not that popularity should translate to awards, of course.)

I like Jonah Hill, but I’m not sure his work in “Moneyball” was more impressive than Ben Kingsley in “Hugo.” And how about that Melissa McCarthy getting a “Best Supporting Actress” nod for “Bridesmaids?” I’m thinking that’s the first time an actress was nominated for a performance that called for her to, um, relieve herself in a sink. But I’ll have to re-check Dame Judi Dench’s body of work.

Every half-decade or so, there’s a “Best Actress” performance that you know will resonate for generations. Meryl Streep in “Sophie’s Choice,” Kathy Bates in “Misery,” Hilary Swank in “Million Dollar Baby,” Halle Berry in “Monster’s Ball.”

Other “Best Actress” wins are more indicative of a performer’s overall popularity and a showcase role, e.g., Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich” or last year’s win for Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side.”

I thought the best performance by any actress in a lead role this year was Tilda Swinton in “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” As the mother of a son who seems destined to become a sociopath from the cradle, Swinton does searing, shattering work. It’s a difficult film to sit through as we anticipate the inevitable, but anyone who sees “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (opening this Friday in Chicago) won’t soon forget Swinton’s work.

Yet Swinton wasn’t even nominated. I have no idea how so many industry professionals could omit her name from the ballot.

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Tom Hardy: HUGO, Martin Scorsese, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain: Nevada Film Critics Winners (Alt Film Guide)

Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Warrior

Steve Montgomery | Jan 14, 2012

The Nevada Film Critics Society, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, has announced its Best of 2011 list. Martin Scorsese's period adventure fantasy Hugo was voted Best Picture. Scorsese was the Best Director and Asa Butterfield the Best Child Actor.

The Best Actor and Best Actress choices were the Nevada Critics' biggest surprises: the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy was selected as the Best Actor for his performance as a boxer in the little-seen Warrior. Jessica Chastain has been winning awards everywhere, but in the Best Supporting Actress category. The Nevada Critics chose her as the year's Best Actress "for her outstanding work in several films of 2011 including The Debt, The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter."

With Chastain out of the way, the Best Supporting Actress Award went to Janet McTeer for her butch lesbian in Albert Nobbs. Albert Brooks was cited for his work as a mean gangster in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive.

Tate Taylor's sleeper hit The Help won for Best Ensemble (in addition to Chastain, the film's cast includes Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, and Cicely Tyson). Rooney Mara (for her Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Elizabeth Olsen (for her problematic character in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene) tied for the Best Breakthrough Performance of 2011. Chris Miller's Puss in Boots, featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, was the Best Animated Feature. Curiously, the Nevada Critics don't hand out award for Best Foreign Language Film.

If you hadn't heard of the Nevada Film Critics Society, don't despair. They're a brand new (and apparently quite small) group, founded last year. Below is the full list of the Nevada Critics' choices.

Best Film - Hugo
Best Director - Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Best Actor - Tom Hardy (Warrior)
Best Actress - Jessica Chastain (The Debt, The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter)
Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks (Drive)
Best Supporting Actress - Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Best Ensemble Cast - The Help
Best Child Actor - Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
Best Breakthrough Performance (tie) – Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy Mae Marlene) and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Best Animated Film - Puss in Boots

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Drive (Ryan Gosling, Carrie Mulligan) (Sky Movies top 20 movies of 2011)

 Drive

 

"Hey kid, you want a toothpick?" 

If only they gave awards for the best single scene in a film over the course of a year. Both the beauty and ultraviolence of that elevator scene stunned audiences in a way that Tarantino would be proud of.

Gosling is iconic as The Driver, as is his Scorpion jacket, now selling on American websites for $125 each. A highly original film that has achieved the near impossible feat of appealing both to mainstream audiences and the indie festival set, and a worthy winner of this year's top 20.

Gosling is also the only actor to appear three times in our top 20. Did you spot who was in twice?

http://movies.sky.com/top-20-films-of-2011

Meryl Streep as Magaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" wins Best Actress in New York City Critics Circle

The New York Film Critics Circle, which moved its awards announcement from mid-December to late November in a transparent attempt to have more clout in the awards conversation, has thrown that clout behind "The Artist," choosing Michel Hazanavicius's black-and-white silent movie as the best film of 2011.
The French director was also named Best Director, completing what had been a very good morning for the Weinstein Company film. Less than two hours before the NYFCC announcement, "The Artist" tied "Take Shelter" as the most-nominated film at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Also read: 'Take Shelter,' 'The Artist' Lead Indie Spirit Award Nominations

Other winners include two mainstream choices in the lead actor and actress categories. Brad Pitt was named Best Actor for his roles in both "Moneyball" and "The Tree of Life," while Meryl Streep was named Best Actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."

Supporting honors went to Albert Brooks as the villain in "Drive," and Jessica Chastain for three of her many films in 2011: "The Tree of Life," "Take Shelter" and "The Help."
The Iranian film "A Separation" was named Best Foreign Language Film, while Werner Herzog's 3D documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" was honored as Best Nonfiction Film.

Aaron Sorkin shared the Best Screenplay award with Steven Zaillian for "Moneyball" a year after surprisingly not winning it for "The Social Network," while Emmanuel Lubezki was given the prize for Best Cinematography for "The Tree of Life" in what was apparently a very fast vote. The NYFCC tweeted the results as they happened, and Lubezki's honor was announced on Twitter only three minutes after the previous award.

The NYFCC made its choices without having seen Stephen Daldry's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," which was not ready to screen for the group before it voted. Its members saw David Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" on Monday, one day prior to voting.

If the group was trying to send a message to the Academy with its timing and its selections, the principal beneficiaries were probably Albert Brooks and Brad Pitt, both of whose films were released earlier in the year. The Academy certainly does not need nudging to pay attention to, say, "The Artist" or Meryl Streep.

The results could be seen as something of a blow to "The Descendants" and "The Tree of Life," which were considered favorites to win the top NYFCC award -- though in a year unlikely to show much critical unanimity, the Oscar influence of any particular critics' group is limited.

Last year, three of the NYFCC's 12 selections went on to win Academy Awards: actor Colin Firth ("The King's Speech"), supporting actress Melissa Leo ("The Fighter") and documentary "Inside Job."


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