The award season was well and truly kicked off last night with the 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards.
I think most of it is pretty predictable. We will have to see how the Golden Globes go on Sunday night.
The winners are . . .
Best Films of the Decade 2000’s – 30-21
Third part of the countdown of my top 50 films of the decade . . .
BAFTA Awards 2010 – Long List
The long list of possible nominee’s for this year’s BAFTA awards has been released today. I was not going to blog about this, but as I got further down the long list and to the actor in a leading and supporting role, I was extremely happy to see both Michael Sheen and Timonthy Spall’s names down for their work in “The Damned United” which is a film I enjoyed a lot. So now we just have to hope that they both get into the last 5, who will then be up for the award. It is best of British so *fingers crossed*. Also the best adapted screenplay possibility for it too. 🙂
I am also pleased to see Gran Torino on the list too, as it missed the cut off point for last year, if I remember rightly someone didn’t send a copy of the film in time for it to be viewed? Clint Eastwood could indeed be up against himself as Invictus is in the best picture and director list. Interesting . . . I suppose it is rather silly talking about that now.
Have to wait until 21st January to find out the actual nominations.
Golden Globes 2010 – Nominations
The 67th Annual Golden Globes take place on 17th January 2010 and are the first major awards to be handed out in what will be another busy awards season. Because I had been slipping with the blog for the last few weeks I still had not posted this years nominations.
Closer to the ceremony I will post my predictions on who I think will walk away with the Golden Globe on the night.
Weekly Review 2
I accidently missed doing this last week 😦 so will do it for 2 weeks this time.
Reviews
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Mrs ‘Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Other
Bloggers
Dark of the Matinee posted top 5 Vegas films & top 5 films of 2007
Fandango posted Movie of the Month for October
M. Carter @ the Movies posted Big 10: cinema of scare
Katie from The Stories that really mattered posted top 5 movie fight scenes and her Up (2009) Review
Weekly Review 1
As from today, and every Monday after this I am going to to a weekly review of the blog and other blog posts which I found interesting and well worth the read.
Reviews
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Other
Nicholas Sparks Novels turned Movies
Bloggers
Cinematic Heaven & Hell posted Top 10 Romantic Comedies of the Decade
Fandango Groover’s Movie Blog posted Top 10 Movies of the Decade & Across the Universe Review
M.Carter at the Movies poster To Kill A Mockingbird Review
The mOvie Blog posted Growing Old in Hollywood
Blog to watch
The Imaginarium of Doctor Paranassus – A group of fans trying to ensure the film gets a big release in the US and latest news posted.
Up (2009) Review
Eventually the time came to see “Up” I have looked forward to this for way too long now, and lets start this review off by saying it certainly did not disappoint. From the trailer’s and reading about the plot, that still does not really give you much insight into the full story of the film. It has sad parts, funny parts, cute parts, nice parts which equals an overall very good film.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Up (2009) Pictures
As “Up” is released here in the UK on Friday, I am getting more and more excited to see it. Especially after seeing the trailer in 3D again, before “Toy Story”. So I decided to post the still pictures for the movie. It really does look like its going to be so good. I also want to buy an Up Cup which I spotted at the cinema last week, so will hopefully come away with one of those when I go to see the movie.
3D Movies
3D seems to very much be the in thing at the movies at the moment. 2010 is scheduled to be jam-packed with plenty of 3D action, and still a few more to come over the rest couple of months in 2009.
Just had “The Final Destination” which was the first 3D movie I have seen at the cinema. The only reason I went to see it was because it was in 3D to be completely honest. I wonder how many more people took this approach?
In the UK we still have a film I am very much looking forward to opening next month “Up”. A new Pixar/Disney film, so it is very much on my really want to see list.
Also this Friday we have the release of the original “Toy Story” in 3D which is going to be just fantastic. As I already love it and it can only get better in 3D. Toy Story 2 is also due for release.
Then as a special Christmas treat we have Disney’s Christmas Carol, which I think just looks fantastic. Got to love Jim Carrey even if it is just his voice.
Also around Christmas time we have “Avatar” which does look very cool, as I saw the trailer for it in 3D while seeing The Final Destination. So for the rest of this year we do have a few 3D movies to really look forward too.
2010
So far for next year we have seven 3D films to look forward too. Beauty and the Beast in 3D, Alice in Wonderland (which I have to admit that I had no idea would be in 3d, but I am now more excited for this film), Shrek Forever After, How To Train Your Dragon, Hubble, Tron Legacy and Toy Story 3.
I think for 2010, I am most looking forward to Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland.
What are everyone’s thoughts on 3D movies?
Up (2009) Poster
While I am in a movie poster blogging mode I am going to post one which I missed for recently released “Up” which has received very good reviews 🙂 I hope to get to see it soon.
Let's Go To The Movies 