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No one likes a sell out. But selling out goes both ways. This time of year, directors sell out in a different way. I’m talking about all the major mainstream Hollywood directors who “sell out” to do the award film released at the end of the year.

Kevin and Neil are overwhelmed with the impending awards season, feverishly trying to watch all the films at press screenings and on studio-provided DVDs. They know this makes you jealous, but such is the life of illustrious film critics.

I currently have 28 different DVDs of award films that various studios have sent me. That’s about 50 or 60 hours of movies to get through in the next two weeks before the nomination window opens… in addition to the other seven mainstream movies I have to see in the next week.

The folks over at FunnyorDie have put together a little parody of what the Golden Globes Red Carpet should have been like…

We promised you commentary on the winners of this evening’s Golden Globe Awards, and here it is — so settle down already.

No Country for Old Men finds home atop 6th annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards.

It’s a surprising shortlist for the best visual effects Oscar this year, with some startling inclusions and some even more startling omissions.

Throughout the year, our own Kevin Carr has been dedicated to one thing: drunkenness. Here is to a year’s worth of drinking games!

Here you go Hollywood — when the awards are handed out, you will be making your acceptance speeches on the sidewalk.

For a moment there, you may have thought that you had seen the last of “The Oscar Beat”, our now annual feature that brings you the best (and worst) of Awards season.

2007 has been filled with movies that the studios whore out to critics in order to get awards. The worst ones are the films that take themselves too seriously or cover the “meaningful” issues. Occasionally, these films actually win awards, so each year we are guaranteed a steady stream of this crap in the late-fall and winter.