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Basically Every Movie Nominated In BFCA Critics Choice Awards Lineup; 'Lincoln' Leads Field

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 11, 2012 12:34 PM
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  • 3 Comments
Awards
Another day, another set of awards nominations, and while the rest of the week brings the SAG and Golden Globes announcements, today is the turn of the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (generally known as the Critics Choice Awards), a mainstream-leaning group now in their 18th year. A little more high-profile than some, thanks to having their ceremony televised of late, they've embraced stardom even more this year, with the introduction of various A-list-attracting categories like Best Actor/Actress in a Comedy.
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More: Lincoln, The Broadcast Film Critics Association, Awards, The Amazing Race, Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life Of Pi, Lincoln, The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, The Silver Linings Playbook

'Les Miserables' Soundtrack Features 20 Tracks Including New Song "Suddenly"

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 10, 2012 5:59 PM
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  • 6 Comments
News
Yes, it's that time of year again, when listmaking happens, and we're not talking about Santa Claus. The best of 2012 rundowns are emerging and we started today with our Best Movie Music Moments Of 2012. And yes, "Les Miserables" made the cut with Anne Hathaway's heart-shattering performance of "I Dreamed A Dream." And you'll be able to sob at home along with twenty other tunes from the upcoming musical sung by the cast.
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More: Les Miserables, Soundtrack

'The Dark Knight Rises' Makes AFI's Top 10 Of The Year, But No Sign Of 'The Master'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 10, 2012 3:36 PM
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  • 19 Comments
News
More rankings! As Oscar prognosticators puzzle, fret and worry over each top ten list that drops, a few patterns are becoming clear -- firstly, everyone loves "Zero Dark Thirty." And secondly, it looks like outside of a couple of categories, Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" won't be making much of a mark on the Oscar race. And indeed, the AFI shut it out entirely.
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More: Best Of 2012, 2012: The Year In Review, Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, The Dark Knight Rises, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life Of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, The Silver Linings Playbook, American Horror Story, Breaking Bad, Game Change, HBO's Game of Thrones, Girls, Homeland, Louie, Mad Men, Television, TV News, Awards

The Best Movie Music Moments Of 2012

  • By The Playlist Staff
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  • December 10, 2012 3:05 PM
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  • 29 Comments
Features
When it first began, many, many years ago, The Playlist covered film in general, but with a particular focus on the places where movies intersected with music -- scores, soundtracks, music videos et al. And while our remit has grown over time, it's still something we take a particular interest in. After all, it's hard to think of major movies in which music doesn't play a key part, from a piece of score elevating a key sequence to a pop song that becomes inextricably linked with a film until the end of time.
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More: Features, Soundtrack, 2012: The Year In Review, Alps, This Is 40, Django Unchained, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Tabu, Pitch Perfect, Les Miserables, Take This Waltz, Rust And Bone, Skyfall, Shut Up And Play The Hits, The Master, Magic Mike, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Holy Motors, Five-Year Engagement, Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best, The Comedy, Anna Karenina, Best Of 2012

Watch: Hugh Jackman & Russell Crowe Sing "The Confrontation" From 'Les Miserables' Live In A Pub

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 10, 2012 9:57 AM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Oh, so Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe got togther at Joe's Pub and belted out a tune from "Les Miserables"? It's just another Saturday night in New York City. And while the upcoming film has already screened for critics, for audiences awaiting the big screen musical, this is a nice tease to hold them over until Christmas Day.
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More: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Les Miserables

I Dreamed A Featurette: 4 Videos Take A Look At Production & Costume Design, Makeup & More Of 'Les Misérables'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 7, 2012 2:23 PM
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  • 0 Comments
News
Well, the first reviews for "Les Misérables" hit the web yesterday and they were mixed, with some calling it "stirring and striking" and others "a Sisyphean battle against musical diarrhea." As for us, we were somewhere in between saying, "the initial grandeur begins to curdle into something histrionic, bombastic and overly extravagant." But this is a musical with millions of fans and there's no doubt it's still one of the most anticipated movies of the holiday season, so until it arrives, you have a chance to go behind the scenes.
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More: Les Miserables

'Zero Dark Thirty' Continues Critical Stampede Topping Peter Travers, David Edelstein & Huffington Post Best Of 2012

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 7, 2012 11:03 AM
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  • 8 Comments
News
With each passing day, it's looking more and more like Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" is going to be the one to beat this awards season. As we cautioned earlier this week, this trajectory right now reminds us of David Fincher's "The Social Network," which got all kinds of critical and industry love, only to lose out to Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" in the end. Granted, "Les Miserables" is no longer looking like a slam dunk with early reviews decidedly mixed (read ours here) but all this to say, there is still a lot the game to be played.
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More: Best Of 2012, Zero Dark Thirty, The Master, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Argo, Lincoln, Les Miserables, The Silver Linings Playbook, Life Of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, The Dark Knight Rises, Amour, The Deep Blue Sea, Pitch Perfect, Oslo, August 31, Friends With Kids, Looper, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Review: Bloated ‘Les Miserables’ Still Falls Short Despite Strong Performances, Anne Hathaway & Cinematic Grandeur

  • By Rodrigo Perez
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  • December 6, 2012 6:29 PM
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  • 41 Comments
Reviews
This is why you can’t pay too much attention to the buzz and get all wrapped up in Twitter noise that all of sudden made everyone go, “Oscar frontrunner!” Early screenings of “Les Miserables” did provoke audiences to burst into applause after certain song performances and yes, many were in tears by the end of the film. And that’s because Tom Hooper’s “Les Miserables” has two incredible sequences (both of which audiences thundered over in our early screening), but the rest of the movie? Well, maybe not so much.
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More: Les Miserables, Tom Hooper, Reviews, Review, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne

'Zero Dark Thirty' Wins Best Picture, Director & Actress From National Board Of Review, Leonardo DiCaprio Takes Supporting Actor

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 5, 2012 2:34 PM
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  • 8 Comments
Awards
Awards season continues on apace, and if things keep on the way things have been going this week, Kathryn Bigelow may need to enlarge her trophy cabinet. Her follow-up to the awards-laden "The Hurt Locker," Bin Laden-hunt picture "Zero Dark Thirty" hasn't even opened in theaters yet, but it already won the Best Film (along with Director and Cinematography) prize from the New York Film Critics' Circle on Monday, and now the National Board of Review (the somewhat nebulous organization who traditionally kicked off awards season, before the NYFCC moved their dates up last year) have followed suit.
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More: Awards, The Amazing Race, Zero Dark Thirty, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Looper, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Best Of 2012, Kathryn Bigelow, Jessica Chastain, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rian Johnson, Django Unchained, Argo, Ben Affleck, Quvenzhané Wallis, Benh Zeitlin, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, The Impossible, Promised Land, Amour, Les Miserables, The Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell, John Goodman, Wreck-It Ralph

The 10 Films Worth Tracking Down In Theaters In December

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 4, 2012 11:13 AM
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  • 3 Comments
Features
With November done, there's only a few weeks left of 2012, and as ever, they're positively stacked with movies. The month is back-loaded with the usual mix of family fare, blockbusters and awards hopefuls, and no less than sixteen major movies will hit screens between the 19th and the 28th of December. To help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we've picked out ten of the key releases that, whether they work or not, will be dominating the conversation all the way into 2013. Check them out below, and let us know what you're most looking forward to in the comments section.
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More: Features, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Les Miserables, Promised Land, Amour, Django Unchained, This Is 40, Jack Reacher, Zero Dark Thirty, On The Road, The Impossible

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