Onelinereview: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Choose "Slumdog Millionaire"

Monday, January 5, 2009

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Choose "Slumdog Millionaire"

The Kansas Film Critics Circle (the oldest regional critics group outsie of the New York Film Critics Circle) have announced their 2008 winners.

The 42nd Annual KCFCC Awards

Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Siegel - The Wrestler
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film: The Dark Knight

Of note: Although the KCFCC has bestowed four previous acting awards to Meryl Streep, the last one was for Out of Africa (1985)!

Seems to me that with the exception of Best Director for Aronofsky, these are the people to beat for the Oscar.

Link to the KCFCC site.

No comments:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Recommended

15:17 to Paris. Modest, sincere.
Avengers: Infinity War. Gets all the characters in; Elizabeth Olsen a standout, providing some heart.
Black Panther. A rich narrative, which introduces several compelling characters.
Crazy Rich Asians. Production values and spirit go a long way in generally standard romcom plotting.
Deadpool 2. Just like the first, with some brilliant song choices.
Eighth Grade. One of the many in the "awkward adolescence" coming-of-age genre, but a place, awkward and all, that was worth visiting for 90 minutes.
Game Night. Screenwriter-y nonsense, with hit or miss laughs, but a fun cast and enough silliness to brighten your day.
I Feel Pretty. A bit of a mixed message, but much funnier than its reviews suggest.
Isle of Dogs. Yeah, mostly cutesy.
Ocean's 8. Follows the formula well, with great ensemble work.
Paddington 2. Another winner, with an enjoyable Hugh Grant performance.
RBG. Informationally great, but very standard execution.
Ready Player One. Harkens back to Spielberg of old.
Spy Who Dumped Me, The. A surprise, with some intense action and many laughs.
Star Is Born, A. Old-fashioned Oscar bait; Cooper's performance better than his direction that nonetheless has sparkle at times.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? You're a better man thn me, Fred Rogers.

Skippable

Action Point. Barely even tries.
Ant-Man and the Wasp. Disappointing follow-up to the brilliant original, is still a decent entertainment.
Incredibles 2. Better than the first, even after all these years.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Probably the best that could be done when locked into this formula.
Mission: Impossible: Fallout. Way overrated, and quite formula, has exciting moments in its finale and Cruise must be credited for going through the intense workout.
Skyscraper. The height stuff is exciting and Neve Campbell is both still cute and capable, but there was no way this was gonna be great.
Solo: A Star Wars Story. Patchwork, the least good SW movie, if it has its merits; lead Alden Ehrenreich, for all the rumors, was quite good.
Tag. Wishes it were "Game Night."
Tomb Raider. Vikander is certainly pretty enough, but it's just a tired formula film still reaping rewards from (1981s!) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Tully. Not a particularly compelling movie that might have been better as short fiction.