No real surprises last night as genre films were pretty snubbed for the big awards at the nomination level. Here are few of “our kind” of movies that did walk home with some Oscar Gold.
Category Archives: Awards
2011 Razzie Awards
As per tradition, the day before Academy Awards, the Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies) are given to “honor” the lowest of the low in filmmaking for the year.
2011 Oscar Nominations
The 2011 Academy Award nominees are out today.
With the exception of Inception and Toy Story 3, genre films were pretty much relegated to the technical awards.
For the second year, we have 10 nominees for Best Picture and we get to speculate if genre films would even make the cut of five like there used to be.
One thing that did surprise me was Tron: Legacy not getting a nomination for Visual Effects. I was kind of hoping they could win one, just right the wrong of the first film being snubbed because “they used computers, and that’s cheating.”
So, what are your takes on the nominees and what genre films do you think will walk away with a statue?
Seiun Awards Results are in
Anime News Network has the results of this year’s Seiun Awards. For those who are unfamiliar with the awards, the Seiun Awards (Seiun being the Japanese word for Nebula) are handed out every year at the Nihon SF Taikai (or Japan Science Fiction Convention). Voting is done in a manner similar to the Hugo Awards – voting is open to attendees of the convention. Here’s a link to a Google Translated version of the results, and I’ll have my own list below the cut. The full list of Nominees can be found here. Continue reading →
Audio Versions of Hugo Short Story Nominees
I’ve sung their praises before, but I’ll do it again, Escape Pod has once again scored the permission to broadcast audio versions of all five Hugo Award Short Story nominees.
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Hugo Nominees Announced
The latest round of Hugo Award nominees have been revealed. The list is available on the official site.