The 81st Academy Awards took place last night. As I always like to have some sort of party, my mom and I gathered at her house to celebrate. We filled out out ballots prior to … I had a couple hard categories that took me a little bit to make a decision, and then counted [...]
Archive for the ‘actress: angelina jolie’ Category
29 Jan
Animated Films – Shark Tale, Ant Bully & Ratatouille
Shark Tale Jack Black, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Renee Zellweger and Robert DeNiro lend voices for this fun animated film for everyone about a fish who works at the whale wash when he happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when the song of gangster shark is killed. When he takes [...]
22 Jan
Awards Part 6 – Academy Awards 2009
The nominations came in early this morning. Lots of differences from the Golden Globes, which usually sets the tone of what is expected. The Academy Awards will February 22, 2009, hosted by Hugh Jackman. BEST PICTURE* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire BEST ACTOR Richard Jenkins – The Visitor [...]
15 Jan
Awards Season – Part 6 – BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television announced their nominations today. My choices in RED. Winners will be announced February 8, 2009. BEST FILMTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán ChaffinFROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron HowardMILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce CohenTHE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney [...]
8 Jan
Awards Season – Part 1
UPDATED: Winners announced last night. See how I stacked up. Nominations are coming out all over the place. I’ve already missed the boat a couple times. The 2009 People’s Choice Awards has been accepting votes online for quite some time. When I checked today most of the voting was closed, but a few categories are [...]
23 Dec
New Release Update – December (2)
Australia Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman star in the Baz Luhrman epic film about a rich woman who comes to Australia before WWII in search of her wandering husband and to sell off their ranch. She meets the Drover (Jackman) who helps her foil a takeover plot by the largest cattle owner. An amazing film, [...]
11 Dec
Awards Season – Part 4 – 2008 Golden Globes
The nominations are in … you know the drill. 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA 1. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONWarner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures2. FROST/NIXONImagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures3. THE READERMirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company4. REVOLUTIONARY ROADAn Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street [...]
9 Dec
Awards Season – Part 3 – 2009 Critics Choice Awards
Airs: January 8, 2009 on VH1 This is the awards show to watch and learn from, as many of the Oscar winners mirror those of this show. It’s a very good indication of what to be watching for when going to the movies over the next couple months. Since I haven’t seen many of the [...]
8 Aug
Beowulf, The Ruins, City Lights, In the Valley of Elah
BeowulfRobert Zemeckis directs this artistically appealing film about the warrior Beowulf slaying the demon Grendel who has been terrorizing towns, only to come against Grendel’s mother. The large cast includes Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright-Penn, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Ray Winstone, and Alison Lohman. It has received 11 nominations and based on the book [...]
15 Jul
Wanted
Wanted – “Choose Your Destiny” Wesley Gibson is a nobody, until Fox finds him at a drug store and rescues him from being killed by a rogue Fraternity member, also known as Cross. James McAvoy (Gibson) joins a large cast including Angelina Jolie (Fox) and Morgan Freeman (Sloan) in the high action, gun fighting, blood [...]
