Posts Tagged ‘82nd Annual Academy Awards’
Oscar Winners
Overall, this years awards went down as expected and were kind of bland. I kept hoping for an upset, but the biggest one I got was Geoffrey Fletcher winning Best Adapated Screeplay for Precious over Jason Reitman’s script for Up in the Air. It was cool seeing Kathryn Bigelow become the first woman to win in the directing category. Dito, as for seeing “The Dude” himself, Jeff Bridges, win for Crazy Heart. The Hurt Locker had a big night sweeping all the major awards including Best Picture. For me though the best part of the entire show was the cutting of the Best Original Song performances from the telecast. Here’s hoping that change is here to stay. See all the winners below in bold.
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The Pack’s Oscar Picks
Here are some of the Pack’s Oscar picks. Each individual writer’s choices for who they think will win are indicated by their name in Bold to the right of a nominee. See how our staff’s picks stand up against our own and leave your thoughts below in the comments. Also follow the sites official twitter for live updates during the show. Read the rest of this entry »
Life’s a Bitch (And Then You Die): Oscar Review of “A Serious Man”
One of the most interesting film experiences I had in 2009, was brought to me by none other than Joel and Ethan Coen. Now, the Coens are no strangers to Oscar gold. In 1996 they won for best original screenplay for “Fargo“, and in 2007 they struck gold in a big way for their masterpiece “No Country For Old Men”. Well they are back in the running again with their most odd ball work of art since “Barton Fink”.
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“The Hurt Locker” playing dirty in the Oscar race?
You did What?
The Oscar race is getting dirty. According to the excellent film blog Deadline.com one of the producers of the Best Picture frontrunner “The Hurt Locker” (Nicolas Chartier) has been sending out dirty emails to Academy voters. The message: Don’t vote for “Avatar.” Now, the Oscars have always been about politics as much as filmmaking, just look to the Weinstein brothers for conformation. Yet, this form of cheating seems to take things to a new low. Read the email below. Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar Reviews: 2010 Animated Short Films
Which short will win this Golden Boy?
When I heard a local theater was playing the Oscar nominated animated shorts this morning I jumped at the chance to see these films. It’s nice to be able to have an opinion on this subject for once plus, I got to see a new Wallace and Gromit flick. Most of these movies play out as you would expect, yet the last film on the list is missed opportunity at greatness. Frustrating to say the least.
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School of Hard Knocks: Oscar Review “An Education”
There are only 19 days left until 82nd Annual Academy Awards, so to pass the time until the red carpet Filmdogs will be bringing you a review of every one of the ten best picture nominees. So without further adieu here’s our review of “An Education.” Read the rest of this entry »
