Considering Up

Up really has a good shot this year at the Best Picture. In fact, it (along with Precious, Invictus, The Hurt Locker and Up In The Air) is a shoo-in for Best Picture. Now this ad came in today for Variety ,asking the Academy to consider the film for Best Picture and Director!! I dearly hope it gets those nominations, because animation needs this recognition.

SYS

Editorial: Traveling The Globe

I have been asked recently what I think of the Golden Globe nominations that have come out and gotten some bad press. I somewhat agree with the negativity though. Why?

Well, for starters, whoever thought Julia Roberts in Duplicity was worthy of some kind of award was crazy. I'm just glad Jamie Preesly didn't get a nod for Confessions of a Shopaholic! The nods in Best Comedy/Musical reallt stretch good taste. I highly doubt the Oscars are going to give (500) Days of Summer, The Hangover and It's Complicated Best Picture noms. Those slots will be replaced with the notable absent Invictus, Up & A Serious Man.

The male acting nods were much better. Matt Dammon actually deserved both of his noms & Robert Downy Jr. probably needed a nom for Sherlock Holmes. I'm surprised Sigourney Weaver dosen't get a Suporting Actress nom for Avatar, but maybe the Academy will scoop her up.

My bottom line is that these noms are ok, but defenitly not the REAL best ones. There are some awards coming around this blog, so maybe you can see who is really the best of the year!! I'll tune in to the Globes though. After all, Ricky will probably put on a show.

SYS

For Your Consideration: The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where The Wild Things Are

These two films relaly deserve Best Picture nominations at the Oscars. Each push boundaries in their kid film boundaries and bring fun and tears anyway. Below are what should be nominatted in the Best Picture category:

Up In the Air
Precious
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Serious Man
Avatar
Inglorious Basterds



Please Academy, Give all of those films the nominations. I beg you. Break the duldroms.

SYS

Editorial: The Oscar Race Is The Most Boring Thing On The Planet

Wow. I mean...wow. The Oscar Race this year is so drab, so predictable...well there's no two ways around it. The Lovely Bones is starting to become out of the race, which is leading a few lower films to catch up. Now, here are my predictions for this years Academy Awards. Below are my list of nominees in the big categories and who I predict to win.


Best Picture:
Up In The Air
Precious
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
Up
Avatar
Where The Wild Things Are
A Serious Man
Nine
Inglorious Basterds

Best Actor:
Geroge Clooney- Up in The Air
Colin Firth- A Single Man
Morgan Freeman- Invictus
Daniel Day-Lewis- Nine
Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart

Best Actress-
Carey Mulligan- An Education
Merryl Streep- Julia & Julia
Gabourey Sidibe- Precious
Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side
Saoirse Ronan- The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actor-
Alfred Molina- An Education
Stanley Tucci- The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz- Inglorious Basterds
Woody Harrelson- The Messanger
Zach Galifianakis- The Hangover

Best Supporting Actress-
Anna Kendrick- Up In The Air
Mo'Nique- Precious
Julian Moore- A Single Man
Judi Dench- Nine
Vera Farmiga- Up In The Air

Best Original Screenplay-
Up
Inglorious Basterds
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker
Avatar

Best Director-
Kathryn Bigelow- The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman- Up In The Air
Joel And Ethan Choen- A Serious Man
Clint Eastwood- Invictus
Lee Daniels- Precious

Best Animated Feature-
The Fnatastic Mr. Fox
Up
The Princess and The Frog
Coraline
Ponyo

I'll still watch the Oscars, but I'll be surprised if my guess's differ.

SYS

Hamishing It Up At The Oscars

Hamish Hamilton (the one doing the surfer pose) will direct the Oscars this year. Come March 2nd, we will see if he can do a good job.

By the way, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are hosting. Duo hosting hasen't been done in a while, so this should be something quite interesting. The OScars should be fun to watch. Now if Up could just get in the Best Picture category..

SYS