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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Director

  by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 2 Comments
  

  Today’s LION is for Best Director. Here are your picks for 2011:

  5. David Fincher for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (39 points)

  4. Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (52 points)

  3. Martin Scorsese for Hugo (57 points)

  2. Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life (84 points)

  1. Nicholas Winding Refn for Drive (109 points)

  Come back tomorrow for the worst of the...

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• The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Visual Effects

  by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments
  
  Editor’s note: Welcome to the thirty-first of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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• LAMBScores: The Grey, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Man on a Ledge, Albert Nobbs and One for the Money

  by Rachel · Feb 24, 2012 at 14:00 CET · LAMBscores · No Comments
  

  
  Can’t Stop the Movies

  
  Fr. Dennis at the Moives
  Sketchy Details
  Grind My Reels

  
  The Critical Movie Critics
  Lord of the Films
  Fogs’ Movie Reviews
  Desert of the Reel
  Multiplex Slut
  Andy Buckle’s Film Emporium
  Kirkham a Movie a Day

  
  Dan the Man’s Move Reviews
  Duke & the Movies

  
  Sobriety Test Movie Reviews

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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actor

  by Rachel · Feb 23, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments
  

  Finishing the acting awards, the results for Best Actor follow this year’s trend of “the Academy got it wrong”:

  5. Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (47 points)

  4. Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (49 points)

  3. Jean Dujardin in The Artist (52 points)

  2. Michael Fassbender in Shame (80 points)

  1. Ryan Gosling in Drive (85 points) Looking for...

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• The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – War Horse

  by Rachel · Feb 23, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 2 Comments
  
  Editor’s note: Welcome to the thirtieth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

  by Rachel · Feb 22, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 11 Comments
  

  It’s time for our 6th LION Award and again don’t expect the results to reflect the Oscar nods:

  5. Juliette Binoche in Certified Copy (40 points)

  4. Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin (50 points)

  3. Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia (64 points)

  2. Viola Davis in The Help (78 points)

  1. Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (83 points)

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• The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Animated Short Film

  by Rachel · Feb 22, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 7 Comments
  
  Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-ninth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Screenplay

  by Rachel · Feb 21, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 1 Comment
  

  For the halfway-mark LION Award, it’s time to reveal our favorite writers for Best Screenplay.

  5. Will Reiser for 50/50 and Abbas Kiarostami for Certified Copy (28 points)

  4. Diablo Cody for Young Adult (30 points)

  3. Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (49 points)

  2. Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (53 points)

  1. Woody Allen for...

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• The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

  by Rachel · Feb 21, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments
  
  Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-eighth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actress

  by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 8 Comments
  

  The fourth LION Award is for Best Supporting Actress. This is the most intriguing category I’ve tallied (so far), because of the massive support for three separate Jessica Chastain roles.  How many made it or did she split the vote?

  5. Jessica Chastain in The Tree of Life (39 points)

  4. Shailene Woodley in The Descendants (46 points)

  3. Jessica Chastain in The Help (50 points)

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• The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Director

  by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 10 Comments
  
  Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-seventh of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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• The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actor

  by Rachel · Feb 19, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments
  

  The third LION Award is for Best Supporting Actor. No major surprises here:

  5. Nick Nolte in Warrior (33 points)

  4. John Hawkes in Martha Marcy May Marlene (37 points)

  3. Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life (57 points)

  2. Albert Brooks in Drive (75 points)

  1. Christopher Plummer in Beginners (92 points)

  Come back tomorrow for the results of Best Supporting...

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