Our Oscar coverage continues. Here we overview the best acting and best directing award nominees.
The Best Actor Nominees
Steve Carell - as John du Pont in Foxcatcher
Age: 52
Previously Best Known For:
The Office
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
None
Interesting Fact: Owns and operates the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts where he has a summer home.
Bradley Cooper - as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
The Hangover
Silver Linings Playbook
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2013- as Richie Dimaso in American Hustle
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2012 - as Pat in Silver Linings Playbook
Interesting Fact: Had to miss his graduation commencement at Georgetown University because he was filming Wet Hot American Summer.
Benedict Cumberbatch - as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game...
The Best Actor Nominees
Steve Carell - as John du Pont in Foxcatcher
Age: 52
Previously Best Known For:
The Office
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
None
Interesting Fact: Owns and operates the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts where he has a summer home.
Bradley Cooper - as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
The Hangover
Silver Linings Playbook
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2013- as Richie Dimaso in American Hustle
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2012 - as Pat in Silver Linings Playbook
Interesting Fact: Had to miss his graduation commencement at Georgetown University because he was filming Wet Hot American Summer.
Benedict Cumberbatch - as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game...
- 2/18/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
If you're betting on "Boyhood" to win big at the upcoming Academy Awards, think again! Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" was deemed to be the big Oscar frontrunner but a double-dose of guild awards over the weekend tamed those prospects down. First, the Producers Guild of America gave their top honor to Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman," and the Screen Actors Guild followed suit!
"Birdman" took home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award! But, since the movie is about acting, this award is just fitting.
My biggest surprise, and it'a welcome surprise indeed, was "The Theory of Everything's" Eddie Redmayne taking home the Outstanding Male Actor trophy. Sorry Michael Keaton! I think Redmayne truly gave the Performance of the Year award!
The usual suspects took home the movie acting awards with wins for Julianne Moore for Best Actress in "Still Alice," J.K. Simmons for Best Supporting Actor for "Whiplash,...
"Birdman" took home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award! But, since the movie is about acting, this award is just fitting.
My biggest surprise, and it'a welcome surprise indeed, was "The Theory of Everything's" Eddie Redmayne taking home the Outstanding Male Actor trophy. Sorry Michael Keaton! I think Redmayne truly gave the Performance of the Year award!
The usual suspects took home the movie acting awards with wins for Julianne Moore for Best Actress in "Still Alice," J.K. Simmons for Best Supporting Actor for "Whiplash,...
- 1/26/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Screen Actors Guild handed out the 21st annual SAG Awards Sunday night live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Here is a rundown of all the nominees and winners as they are announced. And be sure to re-live our live blog of the show here! Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carell / John du Pont – "Foxcatcher" (Sony Pictures Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – "The Imitation Game" (The Weinstein Company) Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – "Nightcrawler" (Open Road Films) Michael Keaton / Riggan – "Birdman" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) **Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features)** - Winner Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – "Cake" (Cinelou Films) Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) **Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – "Still Alice" (Sony Pictures Classics)** - Winner Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – "Gone Girl...
- 1/26/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Good Morning Oscar fans! Today is nomination day!
Wamg was in the thick of nomination morning fever at the home of the Oscars – the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Prior to the announcement, A.M.P.A.S. and the show’s producing team, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, gave the press assembled in the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre a first look at the new Oscar promo featuring host Neil Patrick Harris, titled “Anything Can Happen,” and given what went down this morning, that’s certainly the case.
Let’s get right to the big shockers – No Lego Movie for Best Animated Feature or Life Itself in Best Documentary Feature.
Also missing among the presumed nominees were Ava DuVernay (Selma, directing), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, directing), Jennifer Aniston (Cake, best actress), David Oyelowo (Selma, best actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, best actor), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, best actor), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl,...
Wamg was in the thick of nomination morning fever at the home of the Oscars – the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Prior to the announcement, A.M.P.A.S. and the show’s producing team, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, gave the press assembled in the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre a first look at the new Oscar promo featuring host Neil Patrick Harris, titled “Anything Can Happen,” and given what went down this morning, that’s certainly the case.
Let’s get right to the big shockers – No Lego Movie for Best Animated Feature or Life Itself in Best Documentary Feature.
Also missing among the presumed nominees were Ava DuVernay (Selma, directing), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, directing), Jennifer Aniston (Cake, best actress), David Oyelowo (Selma, best actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, best actor), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, best actor), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl,...
- 1/15/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Benedict Cumberbatch turned to cricket - and why not? - to express his excitement about receiving a Best Actor Oscar nomination on Thursday. "I am knocked for six by this," The Imitation Game star, nominated for his role as British computer scientist Alan Turing, said in a statement. (The phrase refers to the highest-scoring action in cricket.) "So excited and honored to receive this recognition," he continued. "It's wonderful to be included by the Academy in this exceptional year of performances. To ring my parents who are both actors and tell them that their only son has been nominated for...
- 1/15/2015
- by Michelle Tauber, @michelletauber
- PEOPLE.com
It takes more than a village to make an award-worthy performance--it takes a million tiny moments that together create a film or TV show more magical than its parts. This week, ETonline talks with Golden Globe nominees about all the big and small ways stars have to align for a great idea to make it to the screen.
For his most recent role as the stern Joseph Palmer in The Judge, veteran actor Robert Duvall was honored with the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Backstage, he spoke to ETonline about his Hollywood legacy -- which spans a half century -- and how his new movie compares to Apocalypse Now, for which he won his first Golden Globe.
News: Who's Generating Huge Buzz This Awards Season?
ETonline: What appealed to you about this part?
Robert Duvall: Initially, I might have done a dumb thing. I turned it down at first. With all of...
For his most recent role as the stern Joseph Palmer in The Judge, veteran actor Robert Duvall was honored with the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Backstage, he spoke to ETonline about his Hollywood legacy -- which spans a half century -- and how his new movie compares to Apocalypse Now, for which he won his first Golden Globe.
News: Who's Generating Huge Buzz This Awards Season?
ETonline: What appealed to you about this part?
Robert Duvall: Initially, I might have done a dumb thing. I turned it down at first. With all of...
- 1/9/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Robert Duvall, Alejandro González Iñárritu to Be Honored at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA (December 19, 2014) . The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival(Psiff) will present Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall with the Icon Award and Academy Award-nominated director Alejandro G. Iñárritu with the Director of the Year Award for Birdman at its annual Awards Gala. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Richard Linklater, Julianne Moore, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons, Reese Witherspoon and the cast of The Imitation Game. Presented by Cartier, and hosted by Mary Hart, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2-12.
.Robert Duvall gives an outstanding and amazingly realistic performance as Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .This is sure to be remembered in his long listof iconic character roles, including Tom Hagen in The Godfather films, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove, Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies,...
.Robert Duvall gives an outstanding and amazingly realistic performance as Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .This is sure to be remembered in his long listof iconic character roles, including Tom Hagen in The Godfather films, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove, Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies,...
- 12/19/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Robert Duvall will collect the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (Psiff) Icon Award while Alejandro G Iñárritu will receive the Director Of The Year Award for Birdman.
“Robert Duvall gives an outstanding and amazingly realistic performance as Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner.
“This is sure to be remembered in his long list of iconic character roles, including Tom Hagen in The Godfather films, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove, Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies, Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now, The Apostle and so many others.”
Duvall received the festival’s Career Achievement Award in 2011. Prior recipients of the Icon Award include Michael Douglas and Meryl Streep.
“By creating the illusion that the film was shot in one take and directing award-worthy performances by Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and a star-studded cast, Iñárritu has created a brilliant and original dark comedy in Birdman,” said Matzner...
“Robert Duvall gives an outstanding and amazingly realistic performance as Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner.
“This is sure to be remembered in his long list of iconic character roles, including Tom Hagen in The Godfather films, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove, Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies, Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now, The Apostle and so many others.”
Duvall received the festival’s Career Achievement Award in 2011. Prior recipients of the Icon Award include Michael Douglas and Meryl Streep.
“By creating the illusion that the film was shot in one take and directing award-worthy performances by Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and a star-studded cast, Iñárritu has created a brilliant and original dark comedy in Birdman,” said Matzner...
- 12/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nominees for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2014 in five film and eight television categories, as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard introduced Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars,” “Divergent”) and actress/director/producer and SAG Award recipient Eva Longoria, who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et) / 5 p.m. (Pt) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immediately following on TNT. The SAG Awards can...
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard introduced Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars,” “Divergent”) and actress/director/producer and SAG Award recipient Eva Longoria, who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et) / 5 p.m. (Pt) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immediately following on TNT. The SAG Awards can...
- 12/10/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations were revealed Wednesday morning, serving as yet another precursor on the long road to the Oscars.
In the film categories, Birdman was the big winner, scoring four nominations, including for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone, as well as the collective ensemble cast. Boyhood followed right in its footsteps with three nods for Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and another ensemble nomination.
The big surprises of the morning’s nominations started with Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler, a bubble contender in a crowded Best Actor race, Jennifer Aniston for Cake, a bubble contender in a disappointingly less crowded Best Actress race, Robert Duvall in the poorly reviewed The Judge and Naomi Watts for St. Vincent (Watts was in Birdman as well, but that must’ve slipped SAG’s minds).
Rounding out the prize for Outstanding Cast, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game,...
In the film categories, Birdman was the big winner, scoring four nominations, including for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone, as well as the collective ensemble cast. Boyhood followed right in its footsteps with three nods for Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and another ensemble nomination.
The big surprises of the morning’s nominations started with Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler, a bubble contender in a crowded Best Actor race, Jennifer Aniston for Cake, a bubble contender in a disappointingly less crowded Best Actress race, Robert Duvall in the poorly reviewed The Judge and Naomi Watts for St. Vincent (Watts was in Birdman as well, but that must’ve slipped SAG’s minds).
Rounding out the prize for Outstanding Cast, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Birdman garnered four Screen Actors Guild nominations on December 10 for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and ensemble, while Norton and Benedict Cumberbatch earned three apiece. Fox Searchlight led the studios on six nods.
There are career-first nods for Norton — who arrived in style with an individual nomination for Fox Searchlight/New Regency’s Birdman and ensemble recognition for Birdman and Fox Searchlight’s The Grand Budapest Hotel — as well as for Jones, Keira Knightley and TV’s Uzo Aduba, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany.
Focus Features’ The Theory of Everything earned three for Redmayne, Jones and ensemble; IFC Films’ Boyhood garnered three for Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and ensemble; and The Weinstein Company/Black Bear’s The Imitation Game earned three for Cumberbatch, Knightley and ensemble.
Cumberbatch is also in contention for his individual work in Sherlock: His Last Vow, broadcast in the Us by PBS.
Spc’s Foxcatcher generated nods for Steve Carell and Marc...
There are career-first nods for Norton — who arrived in style with an individual nomination for Fox Searchlight/New Regency’s Birdman and ensemble recognition for Birdman and Fox Searchlight’s The Grand Budapest Hotel — as well as for Jones, Keira Knightley and TV’s Uzo Aduba, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany.
Focus Features’ The Theory of Everything earned three for Redmayne, Jones and ensemble; IFC Films’ Boyhood garnered three for Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and ensemble; and The Weinstein Company/Black Bear’s The Imitation Game earned three for Cumberbatch, Knightley and ensemble.
Cumberbatch is also in contention for his individual work in Sherlock: His Last Vow, broadcast in the Us by PBS.
Spc’s Foxcatcher generated nods for Steve Carell and Marc...
- 12/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a jack(ass) of all trades. I follow the film industry for Lr, and critique films. But I'm also an actor, I front a rock band, I'm a DJ, film editor, and director as well. Basically, when it comes to entertainment, there's nothing I don't do. For some time now, I've been mulling over bringing some of my other interests to Lr, and I'll be starting with the SAG Awards. How? Well, I've been a member of SAG for 6 years now and I also am part of the voting process. That means every year I am sent screeners of all the films being considered for awards.
Here's where a new running feature comes into play:
As I start receiving these screeners, I will write special reviews for each one and publish them here. Then, as we near the voting deadline,...
Here's where a new running feature comes into play:
As I start receiving these screeners, I will write special reviews for each one and publish them here. Then, as we near the voting deadline,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virture of Ignorance" topped the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations with 4 nods including Outstanding Actor for Michael Keaton, Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, Supporting Actress for Emma Stone, and Outstanding Performance By A Cast.
"Boyhood," "The Imitation Game," and "The Theory of Everything" each received three nominations.
Winners will be announced on January 25, 2015.
Here's the full list of SAG Awards nominations including TV categories:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell / John du Pont . .Foxcatcher. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing . .The Imitation Game. (The Weinstein Company)
Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom . .Nightcrawler. (Open Road Films)
Michael Keaton / Riggan . .Birdman. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking . .The Theory Of Everything. (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett . .Cake. (Cinelou Films)
Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking . .The Theory Of...
"Boyhood," "The Imitation Game," and "The Theory of Everything" each received three nominations.
Winners will be announced on January 25, 2015.
Here's the full list of SAG Awards nominations including TV categories:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell / John du Pont . .Foxcatcher. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing . .The Imitation Game. (The Weinstein Company)
Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom . .Nightcrawler. (Open Road Films)
Michael Keaton / Riggan . .Birdman. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking . .The Theory Of Everything. (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett . .Cake. (Cinelou Films)
Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking . .The Theory Of...
- 12/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The nominations for the 21 annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have just been announced, with Birdman leading the way, earning all four of its possible nominations out of the five film categories. Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything followed right behind with three.
As usual, there were plenty of surprises to be had. In the supporting categories, it was a slight shock seeing Meryl Streep make the cut for Into the Woods after not having gotten very much buzz for the role thus far, but then again, awards groups have always loved Streep, so it wasn’t something that was entirely unexpected. The nominee that was completely unexpected, however, was Naomi Watts for St. Vincent, taking a spot that was thought to belong to Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year or perhaps Laura Dern for Wild.
Looking at the nominations in the lead categories, we find a few more somewhat unanticipated results,...
As usual, there were plenty of surprises to be had. In the supporting categories, it was a slight shock seeing Meryl Streep make the cut for Into the Woods after not having gotten very much buzz for the role thus far, but then again, awards groups have always loved Streep, so it wasn’t something that was entirely unexpected. The nominee that was completely unexpected, however, was Naomi Watts for St. Vincent, taking a spot that was thought to belong to Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year or perhaps Laura Dern for Wild.
Looking at the nominations in the lead categories, we find a few more somewhat unanticipated results,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Here is the full list of nominations for the 21st annual SAG Awards, which were announced this morning at La’s Pacific Design Center.
Fox Searchlight topped the film studios with six nominations, led by Alexander Gonzales Inarritu’s Birdman, which nabbed four total nominations: for Outstanding Cast, which is the closest thing the guild has to a Best Picture category; and for star Michael Keaton and supporting actors Edward Norton and Emma Stone. It was joined in the top cast category by IFC Films’ Boyhood, which also got nods for its co-stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette; Searchlight’s Wes Anderson pic The Grand Budapest Hotel; the Weinstein Co’s The Imitation Game; and Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything. The latter two biopics landed lead noms for Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
On The TV side, HBO led all networks with 14 noms, thanks to multiple acting...
Fox Searchlight topped the film studios with six nominations, led by Alexander Gonzales Inarritu’s Birdman, which nabbed four total nominations: for Outstanding Cast, which is the closest thing the guild has to a Best Picture category; and for star Michael Keaton and supporting actors Edward Norton and Emma Stone. It was joined in the top cast category by IFC Films’ Boyhood, which also got nods for its co-stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette; Searchlight’s Wes Anderson pic The Grand Budapest Hotel; the Weinstein Co’s The Imitation Game; and Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything. The latter two biopics landed lead noms for Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
On The TV side, HBO led all networks with 14 noms, thanks to multiple acting...
- 12/10/2014
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline
The Screen Actors Guild announced this year's nominees for the 2014 SAG Awards. The winners will be announced during a live telecast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 25. The nominees are as follows... Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carell / John du Pont – "Foxcatcher" (Sony Pictures Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – "The Imitation Game" (The Weinstein Company) Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – "Nightcrawler" (Open Road Films) Michael Keaton / Riggan – "Birdman" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – "Cake" (Cinelou Films) Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – "Still Alice" (Sony Pictures Classics) Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – "Gone Girl" (20th Century Fox) Reese Witherspoon / Cheryl Strayed – "Wild" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in...
- 12/10/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr. share the screen for the first time as father and son in “The Judge,” a riveting story of two men – Joseph Palmer (Duvall), a powerhouse judge in a small Indiana town, and his estranged son, Hank Palmer (Downey), a big city defense attorney. The two collide and reconnect […]
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- 10/10/2014
- by Sheila Roberts
- MoviesOnline.ca
The Judge is a film that is all about the pain and joy of family – mostly pain. Sure it is also about a prominent local judge in a small town who is accused of murder as well. It is also about how a hot-shot, big city lawyer rides into town to defend the judge (who also happened to be the lawyer’s father) in a backwater district. Mostly though, this film is about family; reconnecting and acceptance of who we all are as people that happen to find ourselves stuck with a group of “others” called family.
The film is directed by David Dobkin who is best known for directing Shanghai Knights (2003), Wedding Crashers (2005), and The Change-Up (2011). The Judge was primarily written by Nick Schenk who wrote Gran Torino (2008) and not too much else, with assistance from Dobkin and Bill Dubuque (this is Dubuque’s first credit).
The story opens...
The film is directed by David Dobkin who is best known for directing Shanghai Knights (2003), Wedding Crashers (2005), and The Change-Up (2011). The Judge was primarily written by Nick Schenk who wrote Gran Torino (2008) and not too much else, with assistance from Dobkin and Bill Dubuque (this is Dubuque’s first credit).
The story opens...
- 10/10/2014
- by Steven Gahm
- CinemaNerdz
It’s been 18 months since his last outing, so we’re overdue for a visit from a most unlikely king of the box office, Robert Downey, Jr. By unlikely, I’m not trying to dismiss his considerable talents. After all he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for the title role in the bio-pic Chaplin (hey, it takes a lot of guts just to tackle such a cinema icon). The unlikely tag refers to the whole expectation for a Bo champ, since it’s frequently been action muscle men like Arnold or Sly. In his early career, Robert was always playing the quirky wild-card with an oddball line delivery. Plus his tabloid turmoils just seemed to fuel his “out of left field” rep. And then came that big role which became his entry into the ‘A’ list of actors: Tony Stark. Those four films as the genius inside the armor suit,...
- 10/10/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I Never Served Time For My Father: Dobkins’ Middling Melodrama
Groaning beneath the weight of its desperate grandstanding for awards consideration, David Dobkins’ The Judge launches a continuous covey of clichés at you as it vacillates between middlebrow familial melodrama, murder mystery, and half-baked courtroom drama. Dobkins is indeed a curious name at the forefront of such material, having rested comfortably in mind numbing studio comedies for the last decade (to be fair, his Wedding Crashers seems to have a sizeable fan base, though the same can’t be said for his last feature, The Change Up, 2011). Not surprisingly, he’s not very adept at crafting this type of material effectively. At a horrendously bloated running time of nearly two hours and twenty minutes, the film could have felt more potentially rewarding sans less cutesy subplots, with a tighter focus on the volatile father/son relationship upon which the crux...
Groaning beneath the weight of its desperate grandstanding for awards consideration, David Dobkins’ The Judge launches a continuous covey of clichés at you as it vacillates between middlebrow familial melodrama, murder mystery, and half-baked courtroom drama. Dobkins is indeed a curious name at the forefront of such material, having rested comfortably in mind numbing studio comedies for the last decade (to be fair, his Wedding Crashers seems to have a sizeable fan base, though the same can’t be said for his last feature, The Change Up, 2011). Not surprisingly, he’s not very adept at crafting this type of material effectively. At a horrendously bloated running time of nearly two hours and twenty minutes, the film could have felt more potentially rewarding sans less cutesy subplots, with a tighter focus on the volatile father/son relationship upon which the crux...
- 10/9/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
God save us from old coots and the actors who play them. Is that a terrible thing to say? Actors, like the rest of us, grow old, and there aren’t a whole lot of good roles available to them. But do we really need to see Robert Duvall playing a withered grouch for the millionth time? There’s only so much squintin’ and grousin’ an audience can bear, and in David Dobkin’s The Judge — a Midwestern drama in which bits and pieces of John Grisham courtroom showmanship bump up against Alexander Payne–style family angst — Duvall reaches new, exhausting depths of cootery.
He plays crabby patriarch Joseph Palmer, a respected small-town Indiana judge who has raised three sons, two of whom he seems to not actually hate. Palmer tre...
He plays crabby patriarch Joseph Palmer, a respected small-town Indiana judge who has raised three sons, two of whom he seems to not actually hate. Palmer tre...
- 10/8/2014
- Village Voice
They say you can't go home again, but that's not the case for Robert Downey Jr.'s Hank Palmer. His hometown, Carlinville, Indiana, is the kind of place that has a Blueberry Festival banner festooned over its main street, and where everyone seems to be on a first name basis. For Hank, that means the memories, pain, friends and family he left behind for the big city await him unchanged when he returns for his mother's funeral. It's a reunion that he'd rather not have, as he's been long estranged from his siblings and parents, but he'll have to encounter them all when his father, the titular "The Judge" of the film, is accused of murder. With a script by"Gran Torino" screenwriter Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque, the film is concerned with grizzled and grumpy behavior similar to the Clint Eastwood film, as neither Hank nor Robert Duvall's...
- 10/7/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Robert Downey Jr. wrapped his arms around his pregnant wife Susan Downey at the premiere of The Judge in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
Robert Downey Jr. & Wife Susan
The Downeys coordinated in black ensembles for their red carpet appearance. Robert, rocking his signature shades, wore a simple black suit with a matching tie and a white shirt unbuttoned at the collar. Susan, meanwhile, wore a long-sleeved, tea-length black dress.
Robert stars in The Judge as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who is forced to return to his hometown to visit with his father Joseph Palmer, played by Robert Duvall. Joseph, who hasn’t seen his son in years, has been accused of murder and might be in need of his help. Susan produced the film alongside David Dobkin and David Gambino.
"Our feeling was, if we wanted to spend time together, have a life together, then we should just go ahead and make movies together,...
Robert Downey Jr. & Wife Susan
The Downeys coordinated in black ensembles for their red carpet appearance. Robert, rocking his signature shades, wore a simple black suit with a matching tie and a white shirt unbuttoned at the collar. Susan, meanwhile, wore a long-sleeved, tea-length black dress.
Robert stars in The Judge as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who is forced to return to his hometown to visit with his father Joseph Palmer, played by Robert Duvall. Joseph, who hasn’t seen his son in years, has been accused of murder and might be in need of his help. Susan produced the film alongside David Dobkin and David Gambino.
"Our feeling was, if we wanted to spend time together, have a life together, then we should just go ahead and make movies together,...
- 10/2/2014
- Uinterview
The latest trailer for The Judge takes the story out of the courtroom and focuses on the relationship between big city lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) and his small town father, Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall). The relationship between the estranged father and son is put to the test when the judge finds himself standing trial for the murder of a local man with his middle child Hank standing up for him in court.
David Dobkin’s film held its premiere this month as the opening night film of the Toronto International Film Festival where we had the chance to talk to the film’s stars about legacies and the all-encompassing power that is Rdj. Missed the film at Tiff? Don’t worry. The Judge is set to be released in theatres across Canada on October 10th, we’re getting a different look at the film with the brand new trailer.
David Dobkin’s film held its premiere this month as the opening night film of the Toronto International Film Festival where we had the chance to talk to the film’s stars about legacies and the all-encompassing power that is Rdj. Missed the film at Tiff? Don’t worry. The Judge is set to be released in theatres across Canada on October 10th, we’re getting a different look at the film with the brand new trailer.
- 9/17/2014
- by Rachel West
- Cineplex
An Ohio school bus driver is being hailed as a hero after tossing a child out of the way of a rolling bus Tuesday morning before the vehicle rolled over the driver herself and she was killed. "She sacrificed her own life to save the life of this 10-year-old girl," said Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards. The bus driver has been identified as 51-year-old Laura Zborowski of Akron. Edwards said the bus pulled up beside Middlebury Academy in Akron and Zborowski asked the students to perform routine evacuation drills. The students, about 40 children ranging from kindergartners to eighth-graders, first exited...
- 9/17/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
The Judge, a court room whodunnit spliced with a generational family drama, is the sort of straight down the middle-of-the-road, sentimental twaddle that Hollywood turns out effortlessly, cheerfully foregoing anything resembling originality or sincere emotional resonance.
Robert Downey Jr. is Chicago attorney Hank Palmer, who makes a tidy living successfully defending wealthy clients against all manner of charges from assault to fraud. Palmer was raised in a small town in Indiana, and after receiving news of his mother’s death he hurriedly returns home, where it’s clear that the relationship between Hank and his father Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall) is very strained. Hank intends to leave on the first flight back to Chicago the morning after his mother’s funeral.
On the cusp of Hank’s departure, the police question his father about the hit and run death of a man the judge sent to prison for 20 years.
Robert Downey Jr. is Chicago attorney Hank Palmer, who makes a tidy living successfully defending wealthy clients against all manner of charges from assault to fraud. Palmer was raised in a small town in Indiana, and after receiving news of his mother’s death he hurriedly returns home, where it’s clear that the relationship between Hank and his father Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall) is very strained. Hank intends to leave on the first flight back to Chicago the morning after his mother’s funeral.
On the cusp of Hank’s departure, the police question his father about the hit and run death of a man the judge sent to prison for 20 years.
- 9/15/2014
- by Ian Gilchrist
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
They say you can't go home again, but that's not the case for Robert Downey Jr.'s Hank Palmer. His hometown, Carlinville, Indiana, is the kind of place that has a Blueberry Festival banner festooned over its main street, and where everyone seems to be on a first name basis. For Hank, that means the memories, pain, friends and family he left behind for the big city await him unchanged when he returns for his mother's funeral. It's a reunion that he'd rather not have, as he's been long estranged from his siblings and parents, but he'll have to encounter them all when his father, the titular "The Judge" of the film, is accused of murder. With a script by"Gran Torino" screenwriter Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque, the film is concerned with grizzled and grumpy behavior similar to the Clint Eastwood film, as neither Hank nor Robert Duvall's...
- 9/5/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday, Sept. 4, with the premiere of Robert Downey Jr.’s new drama, The Judge.
Directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), The Judge is the first film to come out of Downey’s production company, Team Downey, and marks Downey’s first big return to Tiff since 2005’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Your #TIFF14 opening night Rt @robertdowneyjr: First look, as promised. #TheJudge pic.twitter.com/eedMlXKqzt
— Tiff (@TIFF_NET) August 27, 2014
“David Dobkin has delivered a moving, textured story about family, duty and the way we remember our past. We couldn’t have asked for a better start to this year’s event,” said Tiff CEO Piers Handling.
The Judge stars Downey as Hank Palmer, a ruthless attorney, who returns home to Indiana after his mother dies only to find that his estranged father, Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall), is accused of murder.
Dobkin,...
Directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), The Judge is the first film to come out of Downey’s production company, Team Downey, and marks Downey’s first big return to Tiff since 2005’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Your #TIFF14 opening night Rt @robertdowneyjr: First look, as promised. #TheJudge pic.twitter.com/eedMlXKqzt
— Tiff (@TIFF_NET) August 27, 2014
“David Dobkin has delivered a moving, textured story about family, duty and the way we remember our past. We couldn’t have asked for a better start to this year’s event,” said Tiff CEO Piers Handling.
The Judge stars Downey as Hank Palmer, a ruthless attorney, who returns home to Indiana after his mother dies only to find that his estranged father, Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall), is accused of murder.
Dobkin,...
- 9/2/2014
- Uinterview
Organizers of this September’s Toronto International Film Festival have picked The Judge, a legal drama starring two famous Roberts (Downey Jr. and Duvall), as the festival’s opening night movie.
The Warner Bros. film, slated for release on Oct. 10, was one of the many high-profile entries from the festival lineup that was announced on Tuesday. When the first list of titles was announced without any film selected as the festival opener, there was speculation that a different film was being primed for that pole position. Perhaps the festival committee needed an extra few days to make sure the opening film was a worthy one, especially since Tiff announced that they only wanted to screen world premieres during the festival’s opening weekend this year.
Previously announced as one of Tiff’s Gala presentations, The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr. as Hank Palmer, a successful attorney who returns to his...
The Warner Bros. film, slated for release on Oct. 10, was one of the many high-profile entries from the festival lineup that was announced on Tuesday. When the first list of titles was announced without any film selected as the festival opener, there was speculation that a different film was being primed for that pole position. Perhaps the festival committee needed an extra few days to make sure the opening film was a worthy one, especially since Tiff announced that they only wanted to screen world premieres during the festival’s opening weekend this year.
Previously announced as one of Tiff’s Gala presentations, The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr. as Hank Palmer, a successful attorney who returns to his...
- 7/25/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Robert Downey Jr. plays a shady lawyer whose estranged father is accused of murder in the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Judge. Photos The New A-List: 23 Salaries From Angelina Jolie to Robert Downey Jr. Revealed Hank Palmer (Downey) heads back to his hometown for his mother's funeral and shares heated scenes with his dad, Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall). He also butts heads with the aggressive prosecutor (Billy Bob Thornton) who wants to put his dad behind bars. In the process, Hank finds time to urinate on someone. Vera Farmiga, Dax Shepard and Vincent D'Onofrio round
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- 6/20/2014
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve seen complicated father-son relationships on the big screen before, but Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr. offer a new perspective on an old story in The Judge.
Downey plays fast-and-loose defense attorney Hank Palmer, who heads home when his mom dies only to stick around to defend his dad, small-town judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), in a murder case.
“His father is a pillar of the community. Everybody knows a dad like the judge,” Downey told EW’s Anthony Breznican earlier this month. “Every community has one, and every family has either heard of or been under that kind of patriarchy.
Downey plays fast-and-loose defense attorney Hank Palmer, who heads home when his mom dies only to stick around to defend his dad, small-town judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), in a murder case.
“His father is a pillar of the community. Everybody knows a dad like the judge,” Downey told EW’s Anthony Breznican earlier this month. “Every community has one, and every family has either heard of or been under that kind of patriarchy.
- 6/20/2014
- by Katie Atkinson
- EW - Inside Movies
When superheroes meet religious oppression, the results aren't pretty.
Ortho Comic's founder and writer Sean McGrath's new play, "Giants in Those Days", is headed for an August debut at Austin's Weird City Theatre. The play is set in an oppressive theocracy (is there any other kind?) where heroes (called "Interventionists") are considered affronts to God and are executed on sight. And yes, there are gay characters too :) The play is set in an oppressive theocracy (is there any other kind?) where heroes (called "Interventionists") are considered affronts to God and are executed on sight. And yes, there are gay characters too :)
The play itself will be done in a multi-media format, and will feature original comic art by Benjamin Ruth, Joe Palmer, Michael Troy, William Tyler, Ren Burke, and Julio Falkenhagen as part of story.
"Giants" will run July 8 - 25, and tickets are available now on the website.
Ortho Comic's founder and writer Sean McGrath's new play, "Giants in Those Days", is headed for an August debut at Austin's Weird City Theatre. The play is set in an oppressive theocracy (is there any other kind?) where heroes (called "Interventionists") are considered affronts to God and are executed on sight. And yes, there are gay characters too :) The play is set in an oppressive theocracy (is there any other kind?) where heroes (called "Interventionists") are considered affronts to God and are executed on sight. And yes, there are gay characters too :)
The play itself will be done in a multi-media format, and will feature original comic art by Benjamin Ruth, Joe Palmer, Michael Troy, William Tyler, Ren Burke, and Julio Falkenhagen as part of story.
"Giants" will run July 8 - 25, and tickets are available now on the website.
- 6/21/2010
- doorQ.com
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