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The directors Guild of America have unveiled their five best director nominees. Ben Affleck, Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee and Tom Hooper were touted as the best directors of the year.
With only two days until the Academy Award nominations "Zero Dark Thirty" and Lincoln won best picture awards at Vancouver and North Texas. "Zero Dark Thirty" won its 13th accolade for Best Film at the prestigious Vancouver Film Critics. Lincoln picked up its second best film award at the North Texas Film critics.
The Best Director race at the Oscars is always among the more intriguing ones.
The Oscar Nominations are almost two weeks away and there are still a few categories that are up in the air. Usually awards precursors give prognosticators a good idea of which films or actors will receive nominations for their respective categories but some categories, such as the Best Supporting Actor race, are so full of contenders that limiting to just five is near impossible. Here is a breakdown of the supporting actor race up to this moment.
Awards season has started to get excitingly unpredictable as there seems to be no clear front runner any longer. Zero Dark Thirty was once being heavily predicted to win the Best Picture award in February, but the film seems to have lost steam in the precursor awards.
On Monday, the Oscar nomination votes will be due. With no major award associations announcing nominations or awards it is safe to say a major component of the race has already been finalized leading up to Monday's vote. After numerous precursors, the Golden Globe and SAG nominations, a few things have become increasingly clear.
The Golden Globes have announced their awards for 2012. Lincoln led the pack with 7 nominations putting it as the frontrunner. Argo and Django Unchained received five apiece while Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty received four nominations.
Zero Dark Thirty has won a plethora of critics' awards, but the race might start to level out a bit after Argo took the top prize at the San Diego Film Critics.
The Broadcast Critics announced their nominations for the best films of 2012 on Tuesday morning.
With the recent premieres of such films as Les Miserables, The Hobbit, and Zero Dark Thirty, the Best Picture Race seems to start shaping up. A number of websites have already posted their top contenders for award season's top prize.
Dreamworks Pictures and Dreamworks Animation have perhaps one of the smaller "For Your Consideration Slates" but also one of the best ones.
Lincoln is an honorable portrait of America's most venerated idol held together by its powerful performances. The film suffers from pacing problems early on and some awkward tonal shifts and gags, but for those willing to remain patient, Spielberg's latest effort offers a strong emotional reward.
November brings some of the most anticipated blockbuster films of the year as well as the many Oscar hopefuls.
