The Hurt Locker News

12/25/09 When it was announced earlier this year that the Academy would expand the Best Picture category to ten nominees, my first thought was that the year's best film, The Hurt Locker , actually has a chance to get nominated.  |  Cinematical.com

12/22/09 Kathryn Bigelow 's Iraq war action-thriller, The Hurt Locker , has just banked a couple more big prizes in the run up to its inevitable Academy Award nomination, scoring top honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association and at the Satellite Awards.  |  E! Online

12/21/09 We entered 2009 with a new president who promised to bring our country hope.  |  Independent Film Channel (IFC)

12/21/09 With six nominations apiece going to Up In The Air and Where The Wild Things Are , it was Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker that pulled off a 5-for-5 sweep of The Chicago Film Critics Association 22nd Annual Awards.  |  Cinematical.com

12/17/09 "Up in the Air," "Precious" and "Inglourious Basterds" led the Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nominations each Thursday, among them honors for George Clooney, Diane Kruger and Mo'Nique.  |  New York Post - New York NY

12/17/09 Tilting from the template a bit, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has chosen to fill its drama category this year with one potential blockbuster (James Cameron's adventure-fantasy "Avatar"), one star-driven but small-scale vehicle (Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" with George Clooney), two war movies (Quentin Tarantino's WWII revenge-fantasy "Inglourious Basterds" and Kathryn Bigelow's taut, unpreachy Iraq War nail-biter "The Hurt Locker") and an intimate, harrowing inner-city tale of adolescent perseverance (Lee Daniels' "Precious").  |  Variety

12/17/09 If you were hoping the Screen Actors Guild Awards would bestow more respect upon a certain top-reviewed film than the Golden Globes did, your hopes were pretty much dashed.  |  E! Online

12/17/09 "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious" and "Up in the Air" led the list, with three nominations each, as the Screen Actors Guild unveiled noms for its 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Thursday morning.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

12/16/09 LONDON Dont expect a domestic disturbance at this years Oscars.  |  JAM! Showbiz

12/16/09 The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor "The Hurt Locker's" Kathryn Bigelow as Outstanding Director of the Year. The fest will offer a retrospective of her films and present an evening devoted to Bigelow on Feb. 8.  |  The Hollywood Reporter