Cecil B. DeMille Award - Robert De Niro
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network (WINNER)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
Red
The Kids Are All Right (WINNER)
The Tourist
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network (WINNER)
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David O' Russell - The Fighter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech (WINNER)
James Franco - 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
Mark Walhberg - The Fighter
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman - Black Swan (WINNER)
Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Johnny Depp - The Tourist
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Vision (WINNER)
Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack
Jake Gyllenhaal - Love & Other Drugs
Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Angelina Jolie - The Tourist
Anne Hathaway - Love & Other Drugs
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right (WINNER)
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone - Easy A
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale - The Fighter (WINNER)
Michael Douglas - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Melissa Leo - The Fighter (WINNER)
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Best Animated Film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3 (WINNER)
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Bound to You" from Burlesque
"You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" from Burlesque (WINNER)
"Coming Home" from Country Strong
"There's A Place for Us" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"I See The Light" from Tangled
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
In A Better World (WINNER)
I Am Love
The Concert
The Edge
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
The Social Network (WINNER)
Inception
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network (WINNER)
Alice in Wonderland
127 Hours
Best Television Series - Drama
Broadwalk Empire (WINNER)
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
Nurse Jackie
Modern Family
Glee (WINNER)
The Big C
The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Piper Perabo - Covert Affairs
Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy (WINNER)
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical
Toni Colette - United States of Tara
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Laura Linney - The Big C (WINNER)
Lea Michelle - Glee
Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi - Broadwalk Empire (WINNER)
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carrell - The Office
Thomas Jane - Hung
Matthew Morrison - Glee
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (WINNER)
Best TV Mini Series/Movie
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pacific
Temple Grandin
Carlos (WINNER)
You Don't Know Jack
Best Actress in a TV Mini Series/Movie
Haylet Atwell - The Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes - Temple Grandin (WINNER)
Judi Dench - Return to Cranford
Ramola Garai - Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt - The Client List
Best Actor in a TV Mini Series/Movie
Al Pacino - You Don't Know Jack (WINNER)
Idris Elba - Luther
Ian McShane - The Pillars of the Earth
Dennis Quaid - The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez - Carlos
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Mini Series/Movie
Hope Davies - The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch - Glee (WINNER)
Kelly MacDonald - Broadwalk Empire
Julia Stiles - Dexter
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Mini Series/Movie
Scott Caan - Hawaii Five-O
Chris Colfer - Glee (WINNER)
Chris Noth - The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet - The Good Wife
David Strathairn - Temple Grandin
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Movies in 2010
The Dark Knight earned to a billion in 2008, and who cannot forget about 2009 with everyone talking about Avatar, from the great 3D visuals to the great vision by James Cameron to the amazing world of Pandora (seriously, I still do not understand the Avatar 'fever'). However, the year of 2010 is a whole new different playground for Hollywood movies, superstars do not really have any more starpower, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie. Much-hyped movies do not necessarily generate as much in the box-office. But I do know that one thing has have not change, is that people still do want to watch Robert Pattinson, Bella-Bella and the shirtless Jacob. Here are the ten (10) movies that I saw and are the best movies of 2010 (The movies do not go accordingly to order or alphabetical order):
1. Inception
Whoever who has watched Inception would asked over and over again the same question, "What is the ending of the story?" Everything about this movie is just flawless, from the talented and astounding casts, to the wonderful yet original script by Christopher Nolan, to a mesmerizing and excellent score by Hans Zimmer, to the that wonderful zero-gravity fight scene involving Joseph Gordon-Levitt (anyway who cannot forget about that scene). This film is labelled as Hollywood blockbuster yet with an entertaining and original story. This movie is really highly contagious, resillient.
2. The Social Network
Comparing with The Social Network and Inception, I still prefer The Social Network due to its' dialogue throughout the movie, to me it felt like it was natural rather than acting. The five minutes opening of the movie already is able to draw audiences' attention towards Mark and Elica's conversation. Jerk, traitor, smart, geek, emotionless, you may describe anything about Jesse Eisenberg's potrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, but he manages to deliver the lines with humour, sarcasm, facts while being truthful and witty. Definitely my pick for Best Actor for Jesse Eisenberg.
3. Toy Story 3
Best Animation of 2010, without a doubt. Pixar really has all the magical touch to this movie by combining happiness, despair, disappointment, neglectance and sadness to an animation. Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys are back for the third and final time, and many has wonder whether Pixar are plain silly as it is a difficult task to upstage the two previous Toy Story films, but it did not disappoint any of us. The opening scene of Cowboy Woody chasing after One-Eye Bart and Dr. Evil Pork Chop, to being tortured by young kids in Sunnyside, to the Spanish Buzz, to the final touching scene where men dare to admit that they cried at the end of the movie ( I hereby admit that I cried twice after watching it twice). Brilliant and fantastic.
(Will continue soon)
1. Inception
Whoever who has watched Inception would asked over and over again the same question, "What is the ending of the story?" Everything about this movie is just flawless, from the talented and astounding casts, to the wonderful yet original script by Christopher Nolan, to a mesmerizing and excellent score by Hans Zimmer, to the that wonderful zero-gravity fight scene involving Joseph Gordon-Levitt (anyway who cannot forget about that scene). This film is labelled as Hollywood blockbuster yet with an entertaining and original story. This movie is really highly contagious, resillient.
2. The Social Network
Comparing with The Social Network and Inception, I still prefer The Social Network due to its' dialogue throughout the movie, to me it felt like it was natural rather than acting. The five minutes opening of the movie already is able to draw audiences' attention towards Mark and Elica's conversation. Jerk, traitor, smart, geek, emotionless, you may describe anything about Jesse Eisenberg's potrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, but he manages to deliver the lines with humour, sarcasm, facts while being truthful and witty. Definitely my pick for Best Actor for Jesse Eisenberg.
3. Toy Story 3
Best Animation of 2010, without a doubt. Pixar really has all the magical touch to this movie by combining happiness, despair, disappointment, neglectance and sadness to an animation. Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys are back for the third and final time, and many has wonder whether Pixar are plain silly as it is a difficult task to upstage the two previous Toy Story films, but it did not disappoint any of us. The opening scene of Cowboy Woody chasing after One-Eye Bart and Dr. Evil Pork Chop, to being tortured by young kids in Sunnyside, to the Spanish Buzz, to the final touching scene where men dare to admit that they cried at the end of the movie ( I hereby admit that I cried twice after watching it twice). Brilliant and fantastic.
(Will continue soon)
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The A-Team
The A-Team based on the same name as the series back in the series. Featuring four veteran soldiers in a team known as Alpha Team a.k.a A-Team, the team consists of Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith (Liam Neeson), B.A. Baracus (Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson), Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (Bradley Cooper), and James Murdock (Sharlto Copley). After 8 years passed and 80 missions, the A-Team are again to another action by getting back US Dollar plates, something like that. However, they were framed and they have to go out to reclaim their innonence and clean their names.
I did not watch the original A-Team series, so to me I will not to say that this movie is better or worse than the original series. For me, this movie is actually not bad for an action movie, with of course an unpredictable plot. You know 'bang! bang! bang', got frame, go out clear name, claim innonence, known as a hero or somewhat. That is A-Team with a lot of bang, action and PLAN. The four main casts do play their A-game in this movie along with two great supporting casts, Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel.
However, the problem with this movie is that some of the actions in this movie is just over-the-top at times especially almost at the end of the movie. Just imagine about five rows and estimated eight foot tall of cargos coming down at you, I guess you be fall flat like a pancake, but the man, B.A. Baracus is able to get out rather than falling flat. Trust me, even Jason Bourne or James Bond will not even get out from that.
But, as an overall, A-Team is one of the best action movies for 2010 with plentiful of action and loud bangs for action flick fans. A-Team has cinematography like the Bourne Ultimatium, action some sort like Taken (which also stars Liam Neeson) and an A-team some sort like the four casts in Zombieland.
My Review: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
I did not watch the original A-Team series, so to me I will not to say that this movie is better or worse than the original series. For me, this movie is actually not bad for an action movie, with of course an unpredictable plot. You know 'bang! bang! bang', got frame, go out clear name, claim innonence, known as a hero or somewhat. That is A-Team with a lot of bang, action and PLAN. The four main casts do play their A-game in this movie along with two great supporting casts, Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel.
However, the problem with this movie is that some of the actions in this movie is just over-the-top at times especially almost at the end of the movie. Just imagine about five rows and estimated eight foot tall of cargos coming down at you, I guess you be fall flat like a pancake, but the man, B.A. Baracus is able to get out rather than falling flat. Trust me, even Jason Bourne or James Bond will not even get out from that.
But, as an overall, A-Team is one of the best action movies for 2010 with plentiful of action and loud bangs for action flick fans. A-Team has cinematography like the Bourne Ultimatium, action some sort like Taken (which also stars Liam Neeson) and an A-team some sort like the four casts in Zombieland.
My Review: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Angels & Demons (2009)
Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks once again reprised his role as Robert Langdon in Angels & Demons. The biggest difference between this Angels & Demons and the New York Times best-selling book Angels & Demons is that the book is the prequel to Da Vinci Code whereas the movie is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Tom Hanks also once again reunited with Oscar-winning director Ron Howard.
One of the complaints of this movie is that once again the movie is just not as the same as the book itself. Therefore, if you like the book just like I do, try to avoid this movie, as it will greatly disapppoint you. Besides, this movie is just too fast or too rushy. It just runs from one scene then to another then to another without any full-stop. Another thing is that the way Robert Langdon solve those riddles or clues left by the Illuminati is even quicker than Batman or even Sherlock Holmes. This movie, Langdon is portrayed like a super human which did not make it believable for us.
Well, the supporting casts did not disappoint in terms of acting despite not giving enough understanding towards each of the characters. As I am a fan of Hans Zimmer, the score for this movie is just suitable for the fast-paced Angels & Demons. As usual, Hans do not disappoint in terms of music as he is one of the geniuses in music.
Overall, Angels & Demons is like a machine gun, the plot is just too speedy and audiences who cannot catch with the speedy plot would have to watch another time to understand this movie. Fans of action or adventure movie would be disappointed with this movie whereas fans of Angels & Demons or Dan Brown would be largely and highly disappointed with this movie.
My Review: 1.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 36%
One of the complaints of this movie is that once again the movie is just not as the same as the book itself. Therefore, if you like the book just like I do, try to avoid this movie, as it will greatly disapppoint you. Besides, this movie is just too fast or too rushy. It just runs from one scene then to another then to another without any full-stop. Another thing is that the way Robert Langdon solve those riddles or clues left by the Illuminati is even quicker than Batman or even Sherlock Holmes. This movie, Langdon is portrayed like a super human which did not make it believable for us.
Well, the supporting casts did not disappoint in terms of acting despite not giving enough understanding towards each of the characters. As I am a fan of Hans Zimmer, the score for this movie is just suitable for the fast-paced Angels & Demons. As usual, Hans do not disappoint in terms of music as he is one of the geniuses in music.
Overall, Angels & Demons is like a machine gun, the plot is just too speedy and audiences who cannot catch with the speedy plot would have to watch another time to understand this movie. Fans of action or adventure movie would be disappointed with this movie whereas fans of Angels & Demons or Dan Brown would be largely and highly disappointed with this movie.
My Review: 1.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 36%
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Old Dogs (2009)
Thank GOD I skipped this movie last year without wasting my RM9 watching this crap. Directed by Walt Becker who also directed Wild Hogs (2007) and reuniting with Wild Hogs star John Travolta, with their second collaboration, brings one of the most "EPIC" movie of 2009 (how sarcastic am I) This time around John Travolta teams up with the Genie himself, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston (John's wife) and Seth Green along with John's daughter Ella Bleu Travolta in this movie.
This movie revolves around Robin's character, Dan Rayburn trying to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and his two kids. The plot is too simple and of course tad predictable. Maybe two or three good laughs but the jokes is like "been there, see that before". I would feel sorry for the casts as I could see they were trying so hard to save this movie or just simply make this movie humurous but they just cannot be Tinkerbell by just sprinkle some magic dust and save the movie. I am sorry eventhough I am a John Travolta fan but his acting is just too stiff and terrible, as well as Kelly Preston who acts like a laughing queen in this movie, maybe you can compare her with Julia White in Transformers 2. Robin Williams and Seth Green did just fine for this movie, yet they even cannot save the movie. Watch cameos by the late Bernie Mac and Matt Dillon.
Overall, this movie is just TOO TOO TOO predictable and TOO TOO TOOO painful to watch. The jokes are just not funny, in fact the jokes make you look like a fool for watching this. A little piece of advice to John Travolta, stop acting in any Walt Becker movies, do act in movies like Broken Arrow or Face Off or even like Saturday Night Fever. Besides that John, please look at the mirror whether you hair suits your personality because SERIOUSLY that hair of yours in Old Dogs REALLY REALLY does not suit you at all.
My Review: 0.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 5%
This movie revolves around Robin's character, Dan Rayburn trying to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and his two kids. The plot is too simple and of course tad predictable. Maybe two or three good laughs but the jokes is like "been there, see that before". I would feel sorry for the casts as I could see they were trying so hard to save this movie or just simply make this movie humurous but they just cannot be Tinkerbell by just sprinkle some magic dust and save the movie. I am sorry eventhough I am a John Travolta fan but his acting is just too stiff and terrible, as well as Kelly Preston who acts like a laughing queen in this movie, maybe you can compare her with Julia White in Transformers 2. Robin Williams and Seth Green did just fine for this movie, yet they even cannot save the movie. Watch cameos by the late Bernie Mac and Matt Dillon.
Overall, this movie is just TOO TOO TOO predictable and TOO TOO TOOO painful to watch. The jokes are just not funny, in fact the jokes make you look like a fool for watching this. A little piece of advice to John Travolta, stop acting in any Walt Becker movies, do act in movies like Broken Arrow or Face Off or even like Saturday Night Fever. Besides that John, please look at the mirror whether you hair suits your personality because SERIOUSLY that hair of yours in Old Dogs REALLY REALLY does not suit you at all.
My Review: 0.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 5%
Monday, March 22, 2010
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
Mind you that Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland is not as same as Disney's Alice In Wonderland. Tim Burton who is famous for dark as the theme for most of his movies such as Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Bettlejuice and Corpse Bride. This Alice In Wonderland is no more the joyful, colourful and fantasy-liked world, it's n0w dark, sombre and moody. Even Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter is not that joyful at all.
Set 13 years after Alice went to Wonderland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a grown up and is forced to marry Hamish, which is the son of one of the Lord. Reluctant to marry him, Alice ran away and once again went down the hole to Wonderland. However, the place is now known as Underland as the land is now ruled by the so-called tyranny The Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). In order to bring wonder amd peace back to the land, Alice has slayed down a dragon known as Jabberwocky (voice by Christopher Lee) with the assistance of the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), Tweedledee & Tweedledum (voiced by Matt Lucas) and the White Queen (Anne Hathaway). Well. the ending is predictable as it is a straight-forward story.
Set 13 years after Alice went to Wonderland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a grown up and is forced to marry Hamish, which is the son of one of the Lord. Reluctant to marry him, Alice ran away and once again went down the hole to Wonderland. However, the place is now known as Underland as the land is now ruled by the so-called tyranny The Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). In order to bring wonder amd peace back to the land, Alice has slayed down a dragon known as Jabberwocky (voice by Christopher Lee) with the assistance of the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), Tweedledee & Tweedledum (voiced by Matt Lucas) and the White Queen (Anne Hathaway). Well. the ending is predictable as it is a straight-forward story.
The movie, somehow i felt it was too draggy and using dark as the theme for Alice In Wonderland. I also was kinda disappointed with Johnny Depp's performance as the Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter was supposed to be light and joyable character yet he was too moody and whiny. However, I do agree no other actor can do a better job in portraying weird and likable charcaters as Johnny does. Jack Sparrow, Sweeney Todd, Willy Wonka and Edward. In this movie, the person who shines is the notorious, hot-headed and head-chopping Red Queen - Mirana portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. Done it perfectly and convincingly without any doubt.
In my opinion, the settings may not be as delightful and coourful as Avatar but it do gives viewers a new perception on Alice's future after she went to Wonderland for the first time. Alice In Wonderland would not be favourable by movie critics but it does charm younger audiences or fans of Alice, Johnny Depp or Tim Burton's movies.
My Review: 2.9/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Transformers 2: The Revenge of The Fallen
Why do they need to make a sequel to Transformers, WHY MICHAEL BAY??? WHY???
Just recently grabbing three nods for the Razzies for worst film, worst screenplay and worst director, Transformers 2 is just plain boring for 2 and a half hours with every minute there is explosions and appearances of ridiculous Autobots or Decepticons. The problem with this film is that there is no emotional feelings from the human characters, in contrast Michael Bay wants to make explosion, destruction and fast-paced action as the theme of the second Transformers film.
And it may charm some audiences just like my pals and on the other hand it did not charm some audiences just like me.
The second problem is that the awful acting by Julia White as the most irritating mum in film history and Megan Fox. Look Megan, people just want to watch how sexy are you, not your acting or maybe you did not know that you had been nominated as one of the worst actrees in the Razzies. Well for Shia Labeouf, its just a waste of talent for him to act in Transformers, I feel sorry for him.
Well, there will be a sequel to Transformers 2 once again and lets just hope Michael Bay learns his lesson and do a great job to charm both critics and the viewers, plus do not take the Razzies.
Well I think I do know the title of Transformers 3
Transformers 3: The Third Revenge of Megatron and The Return of The Fallen.
My Review: 1.5./5
Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
Just recently grabbing three nods for the Razzies for worst film, worst screenplay and worst director, Transformers 2 is just plain boring for 2 and a half hours with every minute there is explosions and appearances of ridiculous Autobots or Decepticons. The problem with this film is that there is no emotional feelings from the human characters, in contrast Michael Bay wants to make explosion, destruction and fast-paced action as the theme of the second Transformers film.
And it may charm some audiences just like my pals and on the other hand it did not charm some audiences just like me.
The second problem is that the awful acting by Julia White as the most irritating mum in film history and Megan Fox. Look Megan, people just want to watch how sexy are you, not your acting or maybe you did not know that you had been nominated as one of the worst actrees in the Razzies. Well for Shia Labeouf, its just a waste of talent for him to act in Transformers, I feel sorry for him.
Well, there will be a sequel to Transformers 2 once again and lets just hope Michael Bay learns his lesson and do a great job to charm both critics and the viewers, plus do not take the Razzies.
Well I think I do know the title of Transformers 3
Transformers 3: The Third Revenge of Megatron and The Return of The Fallen.
My Review: 1.5./5
Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
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