•  T.L. Stanley ponders awards-caliber double-dippers cancelling each other out. [Gold Rush]

•  Tamara Jenkins writes up Phil Bosco for Landmark. [Landmark Theaters]

•  Pete Hammond looks at Academy screenings, actor campaigns and the overall pre-holiday chatter. [The Envelope]

•  Paramount releases video of Johnny Depp singing in "Sweeney," Tom O'Neil jumps. [Gold Derby]

•  Yours truly isn't impressed by "The Bucket List." [In Contention]

•  Gerard Kennedy, meanwhile, sizes up the Best Sound Editing race. [In Contention]

•  Noah Forrest is thankful for a lot of the year's Oscar contenders... [Movie City News]

•  ...and his editor calls him a "bug" for copping his style...while being thankful himself, of course. [The Hot Button]

•  Jeffrey Wells gets pissy over Anne Thompson reading the "Zodiac" tea leaves for what they are. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

•  He also holds Nate Parker's "Great Debaters" performance in high regard. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

•  Lou Lumenick calls "I'm Not There" "artsy-fartsy," "punshingly overlong" and "self-satisfied."  OUCH. [New York Post]

•  AND he debunks Amy Adams Best Actress talk. [New York Post]


Have a Happy Thanksgiving!