Award Season: Golden Globes

Golden Globes Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama:
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film:
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film:
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director - Motion Picture:
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire – Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire – Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture:
"The Wrestler" – The Wrestler – Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen

The Filmmakers

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

20 June 1968, San Antonio, Texas, USA

I give straight up give kudos to Rodriguez as a filmmaker. He knows it all, hint why he is call “the one-man film crew”. His studio, Troublemaker Publishing, is located in his own house. Seriously, his living room and garage make up Troublemaker Publishing. He also has a knack to make films cheep and fast a quality learned from his first film, El Mariachi.

"He calls his style of making movies "Mariachi-style" (in reference to his first feature film El Mariachi) in which (according to the back cover of his book Rebel Without a Crew) "Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems". Stu Maschwitz coined the term "Robert Rodriguez list", i.e. you make a list of things you have access to like cool cars, apartments, horses, samurai swords and so on you and people you know own or have access to and then write the script based on that." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez

Mix the "Mariachi-style” with the large number of collaborations with Quentin Tarantino and you have yourself a classic case of Robert Rodriguez.

Biography

Filmography

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?

Award Season Updates

As the Award Season has wined down and we draw closer to the Oscars, I have done my homework...As of late I have spending most of my time researching this topic at a few different sites but the one I spend the most time is at In Contention.

This is what i have found:

VFX Nominations Narrowed
Bold is the narrowed list

“Australia”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Cloverfield”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“The Day the Earth Stood Still”
“Hancock”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“Journey to the Center of the Earth”
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
“Quantum of Solace”
“The Spiderwick Chronicles”

Anticipated Films of 2009

Anticipated films of 2009 in order of release dated. The bold movies are my most anticipated films of 2009.

1. Inkheart (New Line Cinema) --- Jan 9
2. Defiance (Paramount Vantage) --- Jan 16
3. Watchmen (Warner Bros) --- Mar 6 (for now)
4. The Soloist (Paramount) --- Apr 24
5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox) --- May 1
6. Star Trek (Paramount) --- May 8
7. Angels & Demons (Columbia) --- May 15
8. Up (Pixar) --- May 29
9. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Warner Bros) --- July 17
10. 9 (Focus Features) --- Sept. 9

REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Synopsis

IMDb: "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918 to the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Other Reviews

Critics:

Roger Ebert: 2 1/2 Stars
Michael Phillips: 3 Stars
EW: Lisa Schwarzbaum: A-

Other Sites:

At The Movies: Ben Mankiewicz: See It, Ben Lyons: See It
Rotten Tomatoes: T-Meter: 73% (Fresh), Top Critics: 77% (Fresh), RT Community: 82% (Fresh)
Metacritic: Critics: 69 out of 100, Users: 7.0 out of 10
Yahoo Movies: Critics: B+ Users: A-

My Review

Source Material: Based on short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Action: Brilliant: Even with being a drama with little to no action sequences this movie draws you in, It is a pushing three hours but it sure don't feel like it.

Acting and Dialogue: Oscar Worthy: Brad Pitt could pull off a win at the Oscars this year with his performance. Cate Blanchett also did what she did best. I also thought it was a very good over all ensemble cast.

Cinematography: Oscar Worthy: Very Beautiful

Direction: Oscar Worthy: David Fincher at his best. He should get nominated if not win.

Sound: Brilliant: The score was magnificent.

Special and Visual FX: Amazing: I not only give props to the make-up crew on the aging proses of Brad Pitt but also the FX crew for pulling off an old four foot Brad Pitt.

Overall: A-, Very good movie, hope wins some Oscars.

The Filmmakers

JASON REITMAN

19 October 1977, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jason is one of the only directors that became an instant favorite. As soon as a saw Juno I looked up Jason to see what else of his I liked; quite frankly I never have heard of any of this film in his filmography except for Thank You for Smoking. Juno was great so I gave him props and he became one of my favorites. I hope he produce more great movies like Juno and stays in my favorites. Until he seen as a great from the world stand point I will cherish the moments he brings to us film fans. With how much he has already done; he made my top five indie filmmakers, falling somewhere behind Gus Van Sant and Wes Anderson.

Biography

Filmography

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?

Movie Recommendation

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The Best Movies for This Month

For the Month of December:

National: Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Indies: Doubt
Comedy: Yes Man
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy: No Recommendation
Family: Marley & Me
Animated: Tale of Despereaux
Christmas: Curious Case of Benjamin Button

January’s Movies I Recommend To See In 2009

National: Taken
Indies: Defiance
Comedy: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy: Inkheart
Family: Hotel for Dogs
Animated: No Recommendation
New Years: No Recommendation

THE FUTURE

2010

Alice in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Iron Man 2
The Last Airbender
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Thor

2011

The Avengers
The First Avenger: Captain America
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
The Hobbit
Spider-Man 4