Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Possible Oscar Movies - Trailers & Official Sites
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Precious
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
Nine
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Preparing for the Oscars 2010...what should I be watching??
Best PictureUp in the Air
Precious
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
Nine
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Best ActorGeorge Clooney - Up in the Air
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Best ActressCarey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Best Supporting ActorMatt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Alfred Molina - An Education
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Best Supporting ActressMo'Nique - Precious
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Samantha Morton - The Messenger
Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds
Best DirectorKathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious
LA Film Critics Association 2009 Winners
PICTURE: "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: "Up in the Air"
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon"
ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, "Séraphine"
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
ANIMATION: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Runner-up: “Up"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours"
Runner-up: "The White Ribbon"
NEW GENERATION: Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"
MUSIC/SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, "District 9"
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, "Avatar"
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, "The White Ribbon"
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, "The Hurt Locker"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, "In the Loop"
SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air"
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, "In the Loop"
DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: "The Beaches of Agnès" and "The Cove" (tie)
DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Anders Edstrom and C.W. Winter, "The Anchorage"
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Nominees
Critic's Choice Movie Awards will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9pm and will be broadcast on VH1
Best Picture
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Invictus”
“Nine”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”
Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen, “The Road”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Samantha Morton, “The Messenger”
Best Young Actor/Actress
Jae Head, “The Blind Side”
Bailee Madison, “Brothers”
Max Records, “Where the Wild Things Are”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Road”
Best Acting Ensemble
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Nine”
“Precious”
“Star Trek”
“Up in the Air”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“District 9”
“An Education”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Precious
“A Single Man”
“Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
Best Animated Feature
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”
Best Art Direction
“Avatar”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Lovely Bones”
“Nine”
“A Single Man”
Best Cinematography
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Lovely Bones”
“Nine”
Best Costume Design
“Bright Star”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Nine”
“Where the Wild Things Are”
“The Young Victoria”
Best Editing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Nine”
“Up in the Air”
Best Makeup
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“Nine”
“The Road”
“Star Trek”
Best Score
“The Informant!”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”
“Where the Wild Things Are”
Best Song
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
“(I Want To) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“All is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
Best Sound
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Nine”
“Star Trek”
Best Visual Effects
“2012″
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Lovely Bones”
“Star Trek”
Best Action Movie
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
Best Comedy
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“The Proposal”
“Zombieland”
Best Picture Made for Television
“Gifted Hands”
“Grey Gardens”
“Into the Storm”
“Taking Chance”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Broken Embraces”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“Red Cliff”
“Sin Nombre”
“The White Ribbon”
Best Documentary Feature
“Anvil!: The Story of Anvil”
“Capitalism: A Love Story”
“The Cove”
“Food, Inc.”
“Michael Jackson’s This Is It”
National Board of Review Awards
BEST FILM: "Up in the Air"
TEN BEST FILMS
(Alphabetical order)
"An Education"
"(500) Days of Summer"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Invictus"
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Star Trek"
"Up"
"Where the Wild Things Are"
BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"
BEST ACTOR (tie): George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "A Prophet"
BEST DOCUMENTARY: "The Cove"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: "Up"
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: "It's Complicated"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR: Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS: Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"
SPOTLIGHT AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Duncan Jones, "Moon"; Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"; Marc Webb, "(500) Days of Summer"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Joel and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"
SPECIAL FILMMAKING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Wes Anderson, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD: Jean Picker Firstenberg
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
"Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country"
"Invictus"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
FIVE BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS
(Alphabetical order)
"The Maid"
"Revanche"
"Song of Sparrows"
"Three Monkeys"
"The White Ribbon"
FIVE BEST DOCUMENTARIES
(Alphabetical order)
"Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country"
"Crude"
"Food, Inc."
"Good Hair"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
TOP 10 INDEPENDENT FILMS
(Alphabetical order)
"Amreeka"
"District 9"
"Goodbye Solo"
"Humpday"
"In the Loop"
"Julia"
"Me and Orson Welles"
"Moon"
"Sugar"
"Two Lovers"
Academy Awards 2010!!
So I'm getting ready...Oscars 2010!!! I've created my Facebook event page for my third annual Oscar party and I've started my spreadsheet of possible nominees!! Be ready for some updates over the next couple of months! First, here's the timeline...Monday, December 28, 2009 - Nomination ballots mailed to the Academy
Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Nomination polls close at 5pm PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - Nominations announced at 5:30am PT
Saturday, February 20, 2010 - Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards Presentation
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 82nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation!!!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES - "CRAZY HEART"
GEORGE CLOONEY - "UP IN THE AIR"
COLIN FIRTH - "A SINGLE MAN"
MORGAN FREEMAN - "INVICTUS"
JEREMY RENNER - "THE HURT LOCKER"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK - "THE BLIND SIDE"
HELEN MIRREN - "THE LAST STATION"
CAREY MULLIGAN - "AN EDUCATION"
GABOUREY SIDIBE - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE"
MERYL STREEP - "JULIE & JULIA"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MATT DAMON - "INVICTUS"
WOODY HARRELSON - "THE MESSENGER"
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - "THE LAST STATION"
STANLEY TUCCI - "THE LOVELY BONES"
CHRISTOPH WALTZ - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PENÉLOPE CRUZ - "NINE"
VERA FARMIGA - "UP IN THE AIR"
ANNA KENDRICK - "UP IN THE AIR"
DIANE KRUGER - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"
MO'NIQUE - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE"
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
NINE
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON - "TAKING CHANCE"
CUBA GOODING, JR. - "GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY"
JEREMY IRONS - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE"
KEVIN KLINE - "GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC"
TOM WILKINSON - "A NUMBER"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOAN ALLEN - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE"
DREW BARRYMORE - "GREY GARDENS"
RUBY DEE - "AMERICA"
JESSICA LANGE - "GREY GARDENS"
SIGOURNEY WEAVER - "PRAYERS FOR BOBBY"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
SIMON BAKER - "THE MENTALIST"
BRYAN CRANSTON - "BREAKING BAD"
MICHAEL C. HALL - "DEXTER"
JON HAMM - "MAD MEN"
HUGH LAURIE - "HOUSE"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
PATRICIA ARQUETTE - "MEDIUM"
GLENN CLOSE - "DAMAGES"
MARISKA HARGITAY - "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
HOLLY HUNTER - "SAVING GRACE"
JULIANNA MARGULIES - "THE GOOD WIFE"
KYRA SEDGWICK - "THE CLOSER"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN - "30 ROCK"
STEVE CARELL - "THE OFFICE"
LARRY DAVID - "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM"
TONY SHALHOUB - "MONK"
CHARLIE SHEEN - "TWO AND A HALF MEN"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE - "SAMANTHA WHO?"
TONI COLLETTE - "UNITED STATES OF TARA"
EDIE FALCO - "NURSE JACKIE"
TINA FEY - "30 ROCK"
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS - "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CLOSER
DEXTER
THE GOOD WIFE
MAD MEN
TRUE BLOOD
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
GLEE
MODERN FAMILY
THE OFFICE
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
PUBLIC ENEMIES
STAR TREK
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
24
THE CLOSER
DEXTER
HEROES
THE UNIT
Lifetime Achievement Award
BETTY WHITE
2010 Golden Globe Award Nominees
BEST DRAMA
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
ACTOR (DRAMA)
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sibide - Precious
BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Matt Damon - The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis - Nine
Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt - 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man
ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
A Prophet
Baarìa
Broken Embraces
The Maid
The White Ribbon
ANIMATED FILM
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anne Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
DIRECTOR
Katheryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
SCREENPLAY
District 9
The Hurt Locker
It's Complicated
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski - A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are
ORIGINAL SONG
"Cinema Italiano" - Nine
"I Want to Come Home" - Everybody's Fine
"I Will See You" - Avatar
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
"Winter" - Brothers
Big Love
Dexter
House
Mad Men
True Blood
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close - Damages
January Jones - Mad Men
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Simon Baker - The Mentalist
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love
MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Entourage
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Toni Collette - United States of Tara
Courteney Cox - Cougar Town
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Lea Michele - Glee
ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
David Duchovny - Californication
Thomas Jane - Hung
Matthew Morrison - Glee
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Georgia O'Keeffe
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
Taking Chance
ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe
Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart of Irena
Sigourney Weaver - Prayers for Bobby
ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: One Step Behind
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Endgame
Brendan Gleeson - Into the Storm
Jeremy Irons - Georgia O'Keeffe
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Jane Adams - Hung
Rose Byrne - Damages
Jane Lynch - Glee
Janet McTeer - Into the Storm
Chloe Sevigny - Big Love
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Michael Emerson - Lost
Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
William Hurt - Damages
John Lithgow - Dexter
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
New Alice in Wonderland Trailer!
Looks completely awesome. What else would you expect from Tim Burton?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Donald Miller at Southland!!!
Donald Miller is one of my & Lewis' favorite Christian authors! We are currently reading through one of his books together that is about fathers called To Own a Dragon. I've posted on him before. He absolutely blows me away! And I just found out that he is going to be speaking at my church on March 13 & 14! If you're interested at all in hearing someone speak who will speak at your level, no matter where you are - you need to come hear him.Southland Christian
Check out some posts I've written that mention him:
The Open Table
Blue Like Jazz: The Movie
Church...
- People who cuss should be welcome at church…
- So should those who smell like smoke…
- So should those who smell like alcohol…
- So should those who do whatever sin you do not do…
Read the full post here.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Up in the Air
So as I look forward to my Annual Oscar Party, I've been investigating the movies that are in contention for Best Picture! I'll be posting more about this later, but as of right now, the movie to really see is Up in the Air with George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick! Check out these reviews...Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Quote for the Day
- Margaret Young
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Quote for the Day
- Slim Chandra-Shekar
Friday, December 4, 2009
Quote for the Day
- Billy Joel
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Dear John
If you haven't read the book yet, read it before seeing the movie!!
Remember Me
What do you think??
