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Stephen King’s top 10 films of 2010
Entertainment Weekly columnist (and a dabbler in fiction) Stephen King is the first out of the gate this year with a top 10 list, beating the usual early likes of Peter Travers et al to the punch.King’s lists are always, shall we say, unique. They generally lean toward the populist and make it rather obvious year in and year out that the author couldn’t possibly have seen everything there was to see in a film year. And as you might imagine, genre fare is usually dominant.
This year is no different. Of COURSE this is his top 10 list. Makes perfect sense. And while his #1 couldn’t have been more predictable (given what he likes and what he’s written about the film), I wonder — was the original even on his radar? (Answer: Nope.) Anyway, check back Friday for Oscar Talk and an announcement regarding this year’s top 10 list (mine and Anne’s). King’s full list (dug up courtesy of /Film) after the jump.
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WEEKLY WRAP: ‘Bone’ boost, category debate, LFF coverage
(A day later than usual — apologies. Friday night got in the way.)• The Gotham Awards served up the first nominations of the season, with indie darling “Winter’s Bone” sitting pretty.
• With “The Kids Are All Right” and “Another Year” prodding the discussion, this week’s Long Shot column ruminated on a perennial gripe of Oscar pundits: category fraud.
• News of a high-profile Scorsese-DiCaprio retrospective launching an Oscar campaign for the film re-opened the debate over the merits of “Shutter Island.”
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10/19 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Steinfeld’s ‘Grit,’ Zuckerberg on accuracy of ‘Social Network,’ Poland’s barbs for de Abreu
• Anthony Breznican chats briefly with “True Grit” star Hailee Steinfeld. [USA Today]• Sasha Stone on seat-seeking and saving in the grand theater of Oscar season. [Awards Daily]
• Mark Zuckberg says the framing device for “The Social Network” is inaccurate. He just likes building things, okay? [Thompson on Hollywood]
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10/18 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Buzz for Rudd, Ebert chats up ‘Secretariat’ author, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ push for Best Pic
• Jeffrey Wells posts a reader review of James L. Brooks’s “How Do You Know” that claims Paul Rudd is a sure-fire Best Supporting Actor nominee, but I’d expect a lead campaign for him and buzz for Jack Nicholson in support. [Hollywood Elsewhere]• Steve Rose on the secret of the Winkelvi from David Fincher’s “The Social Network.” [The Guardian]
• Roger Ebert still high on “Secretariat,” sits down with the source material’s author, Bill Nack. [Chicago Sun-Times]
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BOX OFFICE: ‘Jackass Forever After’ surely a go
I’ve been at a friend’s house watching the games all afternoon, so, slow to get this up this weekend. Anyway, we can bet on more poop shenanigans after this monster opening for “Jackass 3D.” I can’t remember what “Life As We Know It” is every time I look at the title, by the way.
[Courtesy: Exhibitor Relations]
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CINEJABBER: Drifting along in the same stale shoes
Catch up with the idea behind these weekend posts here.And speaking of the weekend, thank God it’s here. That’s all I can say. I’m still pushing through Peter Weir’s catalogue. Next up: “Dead Poets Society,” which I probably haven’t watched since I owned the VHS. But more and more, I’m finding that “The Way Back” is more reflective of his early work, and it perhaps has the most in common with “Gallipoli.”
After that I’m thinking about re-visiting Kurosawa’s work. Much of the early stuff I’ve never seen, actually, and it’ll be a nice reprieve from Oscar madness during the season. Boy is that absolutely necessary.
But I also need to hunker down and finish reading Charles Portis’s “True Grit.” I’m hoping to do something special list-wise around the release of the Coens’ new adaptation and as much as I loathe the first film, I never sat down and read the novel until recently. It’s a real charmer and easy to see why the Coens were drawn to it’s no-nonsense prose.
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OFF THE CARPET: King…for the moment
Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” is on top of the world right now. Telluride buzz was hot and it carried all the way through the Toronto International Film Festival to a coveted People’s Choice award. The race is already being boiled down in some quarters to this old school Academy play versus a Gen-Y instant classic opening in just under two weeks. You couldn’t ask for more if you were The Weinstein Company with this film as your prize pony……except maybe a season half as long as it actually is. Hooper’s film finds itself in a very precarious spot right now. Just ask awards consultants at Paramount Pictures.
After coming out strong with the of-the-moment “Up in the Air” last season, taking the same Telluride-Toronto crowd-pleasing path, their film slowly boiled down to an also ran and even came up short in the one category it seemed assured going into the Academy Awards.
It’s easy to peak early in an Oscar season. It takes tactical endurance to really come out on the other side with something to show for yourself and “The King’s Speech” is burning fuel fast and early. But I imagine if anyone understands this it’s Harvey Weinstein, who, if he does find himself in a battle with “The Social Network” for the big prize, will be going toe-to-toe with one of his former Miramax executives, Cynthia Swartz (who has overseen Best Picture marches for “Crash,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The Hurt Locker” in recent years).