HATS OFF TO THE ALSO-RANS; WEB SITE SALUTES UNHERALDED GEMS OF THE YEAR IN FILM.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer Before the buzz over Academy Award nominations dies down each year, critics and audience members inevitably begin pining for the movies and acting performances that didn't get an Oscar nod. They bemoan be·moan tr.v. be·moaned, be·moan·ing, be·moans 1. To express grief over; lament. 2. To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore: and analyze the exclusions, but they just as quickly turn their attention back to those who will have a chance to grace award ceremony stages during the season. Not so among the reviewers and editor of Audience Magazine, a Simi Valley-based online commentary on film. The writers, many of whom are film production insiders and self-proclaimed movie buffs, have come up with their own brand of awards - less prestigious than the Oscars, but with arguably much less industry pressure - to be released today online. ``We're like a gadfly gadfly, name for various biting flies, especially those that attack livestock, e.g., the botfly and the horsefly. , '' editor Bob Wilson Bob Wilson is the name of:
Dubbed the MUP MUP - Multiple Universal naming convention Provider and MUM Awards, for the Most Unappreciated Performances and Most Unappreciated Movies, the 27th annual list was compiled by a group of the magazine's 12 regular contributors as a way to honor those actors and production crews not recognized by mainstream organizations giving out awards. This year marks the first time the list is available on the Internet - the result of the 30-year-old magazine going completely online last year. It was expected to be available today at www.audiencemag.com. But this is no organized Top 10 list, not even a Top Five summation of Best Actors. And it has no trophy for a winner to take home. It's merely a pat on the back to a hodgepodge of actors and movies that individual writers felt had to be recognized somewhere - even in a small publication like theirs. MUP winners this year included Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician. Biography Personal life Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Dorothy Dean (Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges. and John Goodman Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, or John C. Goodman. John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series Roseanne in ``The Big Lebowski,'' the entire cast of ``The Negotiator,'' and James Urbaniak and Thomas Jay Ryan Jay Ryan can refer to:
MUMs included ``Primary Colors those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, - red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. See under Color. See also: Color Primary ,'' ``Mighty Joe Young'' and ``John Carpenter's Vampires.'' Also in the winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. was ``Bride of Chucky,'' with one reviewer comparing it favorably to the recent media darlings of the slasher film
This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. genre, calling them ``I Know How You Screamed About Urban Legends Last Summer MXCXVII.'' Audience Magazine also included awards for the Most Inimitable in·im·i·ta·ble adj. Defying imitation; matchless. [Middle English, from Latin inimit Movies, honoring films that were so creative - which sometimes also meant bad - that they could not be compared to any other. One winner was ``Fear and Loathing fear and loathing - (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000). in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. .'' ``Some movies just don't fit into our rating scale,'' Wilson said, indicating that the category is supposed to be a compliment. ``They are like an apple in a field of oranges.'' Other award categories are Most Overrated Overrated was a Horde World of Warcraft guild, based on the US Black Dragonflight Realm. On November 2 2006, the majority of the guild members were indefinitely banned from the game for use of (or directly benefiting from) a third-party "wall-hack", used to bypass content Movies, including a nod to ``The Truman Show,'' and Most Egregiously Extended Movies, those that could have been cut in half and no one would have objected, including ``Beloved.'' While the winners were largely the result of individual preferences among the writers, there was one that three of the five agreed did not get the recognition from the critics and the audience that it deserved - ``The Big Lebowski.'' Reviewer John Stackpole said that the movie by Joel and Ethan Coen was noteworthy for its plot, religious symbolism and humorous political commentary. ``Critics weren't happy because it wasn't `Fargo.' No, it was more like `Barton Fink,' '' he wrote of the brothers' critically acclaimed sleeper hit vs. their 1991 movie ignored by audiences. Wilson said there could be several reasons that good movies are ignored by those handing out awards: poor marketing, bad timing for premieres and just plain rotten luck. Wilson, a retired typesetter See imagesetter. who lives in Simi Valley, started his magazine in 1968 as a printed newsletter circulated among friends. The online version began as a supplement in 1996 before becoming the main magazine in October. Since then, he said, it has logged 11,714 hits, and he expects about 15 to 40 hits a day. Wilson said many of the reviewers have experience in film production - as actors or producers of independent films, or are film professors. Not all of them are professional writers. Therefore, the way they approach a film might be different than other critics. ``Our reviewers are more emotionally invested in what they're seeing,'' Wilson said. ``Having spent our lives doing nothing but going to the movies, we're a very receptive group. But at the same time, we can get the most disappointed.'' STRANGE CHOICES MUM's the word over at Audience Magazine, the Simi Valley-based 'zine that for the last 27 years has been compiling its list of the Most Unappreciated Movies. Following are some of year's movies and performances that Audience believes have been erroneously overlooked by the critics and awards shows. Most Unappreciated Movies ``The Big Lebowski'' ``Bride of Chucky'' ``John Carpenter's Vampires'' ``Mighty Joe Young'' ``The Negotiator'' ``Primary Colors'' Most Unappreciated Performances Dian Bachar in ``Orgazmo'' and ``Baseketball'' Jeff Bridges and John Goodman in ``The Big Lebowski'' Chevy Chase in ``Dirty Work'' Jeff Daniels in ``Pleasantville'' Johnny Depp in ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' Eldon Henson in ``The Mighty'' William H. Macy in ``A Civil Action'' Cast of ``The Negotiator'' Geoffrey Rush in ``Les Miserables'' Jason Schwartzman in ``Rushmore'' James Urbaniak and Thomas Jay Ryan in ``Henry Fool'' Catherine Zeta-Jones in ``The Mask of Zorro'' Most Overrated Movies'' ``Bulworth'' ``The Truman Show'' ``The Eel'' ``Pi'' Most Egregiously Extended Movies ``Beloved'' ``Meet Joe Black'' ``The Postman'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1--Color) no caption (Scene from Mighty Joe Young) (2) Bob Wilson began Audience Magazine in 1968 as a newsletter. It is now a Web site. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News BOX: STRANGE CHOICES (See text) |
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