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84th Academy Awards (Oscars) Nominations
The 84th Oscar nominees were announced this morning. While there weren’t that many surprises (Hugo and The Artist have almost a billion nominations each), there were some shockers in the bunch (The Adventures of Tintin was not nominated for Best Animated Feature).
I’ll be offering some commentary on the nominations during the Weekly Movie Podcast tonight as well as looking at the Golden Globe winners from last week and the BAFTA nominations which also were announced a couple of days ago. There will also be an in-depth look into the Academy Awards nominations and the Golden Globes winners this Friday in the Weekly Movie Newsletter (along with reviews of many of the films nominated for both sets of awards).
Click more to see the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards.
69th Annual Golden Globes Live Blog
10:58 – YAY! It’s over! The Weekly Movie Newsletter will be up on Monday night and there will be a Movie Podcast up on Tuesday recapping the entire show.
10:57 – Music to tell people to get the hell off the stage count: Ten
10:55 – Keep in mind that I really liked The Descendants, I think this was junk. There were two films that were better.
WINNER: The Descendants Best Picture – Drama
10:49 – I see we’re rewarding mediocrity. I like George Clooney but I don’t think this was even close to his best work. However, considering how this night has been, I just have to shrug my shoulders.
WINNER: George Clooney (The Descendants) Best Actor – Drama
Weekly Movie Post–January 15, 2012
Weekly Movie Podcast – January 15th, 2012 <37 mins – 25.3MB>
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The 2012 Golden Globes page is now up.
Golden Globes talk and predictions…listen now and see how awesome my predictions are.
Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available).
The Descendants (Movie Review)
Movie Review
The Descendants
2011
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges
Directed by: Alexander Payne
George Clooney has the distinguishable quality of being able to make even bad film watchable. There are few actors who can pull this off (Julia Roberts comes to mind). The Descendants (directed by Alexander Payne) has a good story but some weak pacing and some awkward moments that prevent it from becoming a classic. However, Clooney and the rest of the cast take what would have otherwise been a better-than-mediocre movie and make it something that becomes necessary watching.
Up in the Air (Movie Review)
Movie Review
Up in the Air
2009
Starring: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Every so often you watch a film and afterwards you think to yourself “damn, that was good”. You know it’s not perfect and there could have been improvements made but you still really enjoy it nonetheless. You might like enough to be willing to pay to see it a second time. Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is one of those movies. Starring George Clooney, the story about a man whose only real home is aboard an airplane makes for an interesting story. Clooney plays the self-inflicting loaner perfectly with a mix of charm and sharpness. Everything meshes together so well and makes for a fantastic ride.
