Oscar News

• Awards season will kick off this week with the New York Film Critics announcing their awards on Tuesday. They pushed them back a day, from Monday, in order to screen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo for consideration.

Review Round-Up

• The Artist, the French silent film that was a smash at the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, is also a smash with American critics. Picking up an 87 on Metacritic, the film is being hailed as a masterpiece around the country and looks poised to play into critics awards in the next few weeks.
• Hugo, the first 3D picture from Oscar winner Martin Scorsese, is picking up all the raves that one comes to expect from a Scorsese film. The family feature has an 85 on Metacritic.
• David Croenenberg’s A Dangerous Method is getting a warm reception from critics, with a 74, but for every rave there are critics out there calling it cold and flat.

Oscar Box Office

No Oscar contenders were released last weekend.

Oscar Farewell

No members of the Oscar family passed away this week.