Up In The Air

Awesome Thoughts On The 2010 Oscar Nominees

Submitted by phletch on Tue, 2010-02-02 11:46
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Way earlier than anyone on the west coast should be awake, Anne Hathaway and some academy dude announced the 2010 Oscar nominees this morning.  Set to take place Sunday March 7th, this year's telecast has the added bonus of featuring two hosts that might actually add some funny to the festivities, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.  Luckily Mosa already filled you in on the details.

As for the nominations there were not too many surprises in there but I had a few thoughts for your digesting, just make sure you are done before you remember The Blind Side was nominated for Best Picture.  What better way than to kill this tragedy than will bullet points.

  • Has there ever been an ex-husband vs. ex-wife showdown in any category ever at the Oscars?  Certainly not as amazing as King of the World Avatar director James Cameron and the woman, Kathryn Bigelow, that actually directed the best movie of the year, The Hurt Locker.
  • While on Avatar I have an honest question.  Is the judging supposed to be done based on the film or the experience?  More importantly is this specified in the rules?  Or do we have half of the voters basing their vote on the experience and the other half basing it on how well it holds up on a DVD at home?  Personally I think it should be based on the experience, and if it is, Avatar should win.
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Precious, Basterds Lead Screen Actors Guild Nominations

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-12-21 12:11
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I always have enjoyed the Screen Actor's Guild Awards for some weird reason.  Something something people applauding their own profession, blah blah blah.  Anyhoo, they recently announced this years nominees.

Based on the films I have seen so far and what I've read about the performances in the films I have yet to see this looks like a pretty good list.  You might be wondering why I'm not complaining about the inclusion of Precious in the SAG Awards version of Best Picture, but to be fair it is Outstanding Performance by a Cast, which works as both Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique deserve the accolades their performances have garnered, the movie just isn't Best Picture quality.  I'm talking to you Golden Globes.

The SAG Awards are set to air on TNT and TBS on January 23rd.  You can check out the complete list of nominees, which includes the television stuff, after the jump.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

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  (Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams)

The Hurt Locker (Christian Camargo, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner)

Inglourious Basterds (Daniel Bruhl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Menochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt , Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke)

Nine (Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren)

Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire (Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Mo’nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe)

 

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Up In The Air, Nine Lead Golden Globe Nominations

Submitted by phletch on Tue, 2009-12-15 21:27
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The nominees for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards were announced today.  Jason Reitman's George Clooney starring Up In The Air leads all films with 6 nominations while the Rob Marshall ensemble musical Nine clocks in with five nominations of its own, granted that probably has a lot to do with the Globe's separate category for comedy or musical. All the nominees for the film categories are listed below For the official news release including the television nominees, head over to the official Golden Globes site.

This year's broadcast will be hosted by Ricky Gervais and will take place January 17th on NBC.

BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR: DRAMA
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep Julie & Julia

BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
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

BEST 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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Prophet
Baaria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
The White Ribbon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST SCREENPLAY
Distrit 9
The Hurt Locker
It’s Complicated
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds

BEST 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

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want To Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers

Up In The Air

Submitted by phletch on Thu, 2009-09-10 08:11
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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly. Either way not very awesome. You should get that looked at.
Release Date: 
Dec 4 2009
Director: 
Jason Reitman
Cast: 
George Clooney
Cast: 
Vera Farmiga
Cast: 
Anna Kendrick
Synopsis: 
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar® nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

In general I think Thank You For Smoking and Juno are two extremely well made films.  The Jason Reitman experience is a fun one so far, and from the looks of this trailer it is only getting better.  While I am usually against the trailer being built around interior monologue, I have to admit it works for me here.  This role looks like a walk in the park for Clooney, but luckily he doesn't take many roles lightly.  What are your thoughts?

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