“12 Years a Slave” was the top choice of the Las Vegas Film Critics’ Society, taking five awards, including Best Picture and Director. “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Gravity” each took multiple wins.
'12 Years a Slave,' McConaughey, Thompson get lucky with Las Vegas critics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:30 am · December 18th, 2013
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'12 Years a Slave' tops with Florida film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · December 18th, 2013
The Florida Film Critics Circle wasn’t looking to flip the script today as members of the group handed Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” the prize for Best Picture of 2013. The film’s star, Lupita Nyong’o, picked up two honors, for Best Supporting Actress and the year’s Breakout Award.
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Phoenix critics award '12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity,' 'Frozen'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 am · December 17th, 2013
After a some taste-testing elsewhere by some more regional critics, it’s back to the grind with another Best Picture win for “12 Years a Slave,” this time from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. The film won three awards, as did Disney’s “Frozen,” but Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” was a more dominant figure winning four, including Best Director.
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'12 Years a Slave' leads London critics' nods, Gary Oldman receives career honor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:59 am · December 17th, 2013
The London Film Critics’ Circle shares their US counterparts’ enthusiasm for “12 Years a Slave,” but almost mixed things up a bit, with the likes of “Frances Ha” and “The Great Beauty” up for the top prize. Meanwhile, Gary Oldman will receive the group’s annual Dilys Powell Award for contribution to cinema.
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Toronto critics go their own way, name 'Inside Llewyn Davis' the year's Best Picture
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 pm · December 16th, 2013
“Inside Llewyn Davis” won Best Picture and Best Actor from the Toronto Film Critics Association, splitting from the herd and handing the Coen Bros. musical its first top critics award in the process.
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'12 Years a Slave' dominates Chicago film critics awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:36 pm · December 16th, 2013
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” kept up its regional precursor dominance tonight winning the Best Picture prize from the Chicago Film Critics Association. The group’s acting winners filled out accordingly with nary a surprise to be found.
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Kristopher Tapley's top 10 films of 2013
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:30 am · December 16th, 2013
HitFix Editor-at-Large Kristopher Tapley runs down his top 10 films including “Out of the Furnace,” “Spring Breakers,” “The Place Beyond the Pines” and “Gravity.”
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'12 Years a Slave' rules Online critics awards, nabs three acting wins
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:00 am · December 16th, 2013
The Online Film Critics Society showed a lot of love to “12 Years a Slave” in their voting, as the film claimed Best Picture and three acting awards. “Gravity,” however, once more pipped it to Best Director.
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'12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' tops with Dallas-Fort Worth critics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:33 am · December 16th, 2013
“12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity” came out on top in the voting for the Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards — though “Dallas Buyers Club,” obviously enough, got some love too.
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'12 Years a Slave' leads Southeastern film critics winners
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:13 am · December 16th, 2013
The Southeastern Film Critics Association went for “12 Years a Slave” in a big way, handing it prizes for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay in addition to Best Picture.
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'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' lead Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · December 16th, 2013
“American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” led the way with this year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominations with 13 apiece. David O. Russell’s Abscam comedy had the added benefit of padding in the comedy categories, however, a luxury “12 Years a Slave” couldn’t boast.
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'12 Years a Slave' tops with San Francisco critics, but 'Gravity' wins four
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:12 pm · December 15th, 2013
Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” was a big favorite with the San Francisco Film Critics Circle this year, picking up four awards from the group including Best Director. But it was “12 Years a Slave” that the group named Best Picture of the year. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Cate Blanchet took top acting honors, while James Franco nabbed his second prize of the critics circuit. “American Hustle” won two awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) and Best Original Screenplay.
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'12 Years a Slave' wins four from Houston film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:10 pm · December 15th, 2013
Also handing out awards today was the Houston Film Critics Society. The group also went with “12 Years a Slave,” bringing the film’s Best Picture tally up to six, for those keeping score at home. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sandra Bullock picked up top acting honors, while Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o maintained their impressive dominance in the supporting ranks.
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'12 Years a Slave' wins big with Kansas City film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:34 pm · December 15th, 2013
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle has tapped Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” as the year’s best, falling in line with a number of regional critics as of late.
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Gregory Ellwood's top 10 films of 2013
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:18 am · December 15th, 2013
HitFix Editor-in-Chief Gregory Ellwood runs down his top 10 films including “Gravity,” “Under the Skin,” “Stories We Tell” and “12 Years A Slave.”
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Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:42 pm · December 13th, 2013
The Detroit Film Critics Society were big fans of Spike Jonze’s “Her,” handing it Best Picture, Screenplay and Supporting Actress for Scarlett Johansson’s voice-only performance.
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Oscar Talk: 'Hustle,' 'Wall Street,' precursors and the 10 best films of 2013
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:00 am · December 13th, 2013
In the latest installment of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne discuss the final films to screen of the season, the end-of-year precursor circuit that includes critics groups, the HFPA and SAG and their own kudos list: the top 10 films of 2013.
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'12 Years a Slave' leads with 11 Chicago Film Critics Association nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:49 am · December 13th, 2013
I was hit with a pang of sadness this morning when it occurred to me that the Chicago Film Critics Association’s list of nominees this year are the organization’s first since the passing of legendary Chicago critic Roger Ebert. What might he thought of this year’s crop of movies, and this group’s nominations, which were led by “12 Years a Slave?”
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