Monday, February 28, 2011

2011 Academy Award Winners













Best Picture
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Directing
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper


Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” Denmark

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland” 
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood

Documentary (Feature)
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Film Editing
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Makeup
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)
“God of Love” Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King

Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Saturday, February 26, 2011

StarMovieReviews Oscar Predictions 2011




Picture: "The King's Speech

Actor: Colin Firth "The King's Speech"

Actress: Natalie Portman "Black Swan"

Supp. Actor: Christian Bale "The Fighter"

Supp. Actress: Melissa Leo "The Fighter"

Director: David Fincher "The Social Network"

Original Screenplay: David Seidler "The King's Speech"

Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin "The Social Network"

Art Direction: "The King's Speech"

Cinematography: "True Grit"

Costume Design: "The King's Speech"

Editing: "The Social Network"

Makeup: "The Wolfman"

Score: "The Social Network"

Song: "We Belong Together" ("Toy Story 3")

Sound Editing: "Inception"

Sound Mixing: "Inception"

Visual Effects: "Inception"

Foreign Language: "In a Better World"

Animated Feature: "Toy Story 3"

Animated Short: "The Gruffalo"

Documentary Feature: "Inside Job"

Documentary Short: "Strangers No More"

Live Action Short: "Wish 143"

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Unknown

☆☆☆

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In this “keep-you-guessing” thriller, Liam Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris…who finds upon awakening from a coma that another man (Aidan Quinn) has stolen his identity…even his wife (January Jones) doesn’t recognize him.
Dr. Martin forms an unlikely alliance with Gina (Diane Kruger) a Berlin taxi driver, who joins him in his fight to uncover the truth.
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Neeson seems a little off his game in this one…maybe miscast?
The answers to this mystery were almost disappointing.

Rated PG-13
1 hr. 49 min.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Just Go With It

☆☆☆

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In this fun romantic comedy, Danny (Adam Sandler) gets Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) to agree to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife and her kids to pretend to be his children…all in the hopes of winning the heart of Palmer (Brooklyn Decker).

Katherine’s daughter, Maggie (Bailee Madison), steals the show!
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Nicole Kidman (Devlin Adams) is entertaining as Katherine’s old sorority sister…but the performance is a little “over-done.”

Silly
Crude Sexual Content

Rated PG-13
1 hr. 50 min.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Biutiful

☆☆☆1/2

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“Biutiful” (Academy Award Nomination for best foreign film) is the powerful and heartbreaking story of Uxbal (Academy Award nominated performance by Javier Bardem)…a criminal, a father, and a man who is facing death and struggling to provide for the future of his children.
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Disturbing Images, Language, Drug Use
Spanish with English subtitles

2 hr. 28 min.
Rated R

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