Óscares | "Dreamgirls" é favorito mas não concorre como melhor filme

Apesar de reunir oito nomeações, "Dreamgirls" não foi um dos eleitos para a categoria de melhor filme. Aí, os escolhidos foram "Babel" (7 nomeações), "The Departed" (5), "Letters from Iwo Jima" (4), "Little Miss Sunshine (4) e "The Queen" (6).

'Dreamgirls' tops Oscar nominations
Film not named in picture category
By TIMOTHY M. GRAY

Oscar took a world view in nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards, with foreign-language work strongly represented in a roster that was filled with surprises. No. 1 on that list of shocks is "Dreamgirls," which was the nom leader with eight bids, but failed to make it into the best picture race.

Para ler em Variety.com - Award Central

Os 10 filmes do ano segundo a crítica Dana Stevens

A crítica de cinema da Slate, Dana Stevens, elegeu "Babel", "Children of Men", "Little Miss Sunshine", "A Prairie Home Companion" e "The Queen", entre outros, como os melhores filmes de 2006.

The Top 10 Movies of 2006
A family road trip; a world without babies; and, yes, Babel.
By Dana Stevens
Posted Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at 12:48 PM ET

First, a disclaimer: No critic who gave birth to her first child last Feb. 14 can reasonably lay claim to an exhaustive knowledge of the movie year that followed. There were at least four months there during which the only movies I managed to catch were the fatigue-induced hallucinations on the inside of my own eyelids. But in mid-June, I started as Slate's film critic, a job that, along with the aforementioned child, has made 2006 my personal best year ever. It was a pretty terrific year for movies, too, despite Fur and Apocalypto and My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Para ler em Slate.com - Movies

As estrelas dos filmes de 2006

Apesar de este ano não ter tido oportunidade de acompanhar o mundo do cinema com a frequência que gostaria, aqui ficam os melhores filmes exibidos em Portugal em 2006 na opinião do blogue Um Jornal Virtual:

• "Brokeback Mountain"/"O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain", de Ang Lee ****1/2
• "Match Point", de Woody Allen ****
• "Babel", de Alejandro González Iñarritu ****
• "Munich"/"Munique", de Steven Spielberg ****
• "Syriana", de Stephen Gaghan ****
• "Ice Age: The Meltdown"/"Ice Age: Descongelados", de Carlos Saldanha ****
• "La Tigre e la Neve"/"O Tigre e a Neve", de Roberto Benigni ****
• "Marie Antoinette", de Sofia Coppola ****
• "Vinicius", de Miguel Faria Jr. ****
• "The Queen"/"A Rainha", de Stephen Frears ****
• "United 93"/"Voo 93", de Paul Greengrass ****
• "World Trade Center", de Oliver Stone ****
• "Lady in the Water"/"Senhora da Água", de M. Night Shyamalan ***1/2
• "Little Miss Sunshine", de Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris ***1/2
• "Volver"/"Voltar", de Pedro Almodóvar ***1/2
• "The Devil Wears Prada"/"O Diabo Veste Prada", de David Frankel ***1/2
• "Tristan + Isolde"/"Tristão e Isolda", de Kevin Reynolds ***1/2

Os filmes do ano segundo o AFI

O American Film Institute anunciou quais foram, na opinião da influente instituição, os filmes de 2006: "Babel," "Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Half Nelson," "Happy Feet," "Inside Man," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine" e "United 93."

AFI names top films of the year
'Borat,' 'Dreamgirls,' 'Little Miss Sunshine' named as best
By VARIETY STAFF, PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

Comedy was well represented on the American Film Institute's seventh annual top 10 list, a sharp contrast to last year's emphasis on high-minded and downbeat films.
Among the feel-good items were "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears Prada," musical "Dreamgirls," toon "Happy Feet" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

Para ler em Variety.com - News