Cast: A rising star, a mother's worst nightmare, an untalented actress who probably continues to get work because she never ages, an Oscar winner, an Oscar nominee, several great character actors, that guy who looks like Matthew Morrison, Justin Long, that cute kid who played Young Neil in Scott Pilgrim, one of the greatest living actresses, and ( Read more... )

I saw True Grit today by myself. There was a commercial for "Justified." and at that point the theatre was empty save me and it was just Timothy Olyphant slowly walking up to the screen and coming into focus. It was terrifying. Anyway, the movie was less boring than No Country for Old Men and I definitely think the screenplay was good (and some of ( Read more... )

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BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
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Griff the Invisible

Cast: Ryan Kwanten a.k.a. Jason Stackhouse

Summary: Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.

Verdict: This movie looks so adorable I actually shed a tear and tried to hug my computer. ( Read more... )

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Cast: Jason Butler Harner, Cheyenne Jackson, Julia Ormond, Illeana Douglas

Summary: A gay high school teacher (Harner) is accused of molesting a student.

Verdict: Looks like Doubt meets Oleanna. I'm a big fan of Jason Butler Harner and who isn't a fan of Cheyenne shirtless? I'm excited for this one!

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
The Social Network

BEST PICTURE, COMEDY/MUSICAL
The Kids Are All Right

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Colin Firth, The King's Speech

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland

[He really deserves to win a Razzie for this performance, but there's a pretty embarrassing group of nominees this year ( Read more... )

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Cast: Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson

Summary: It's the story of the Kennedys "told in a manner similar to The Godfather: a manipulative, egocentric father determined to live out his own ambitions through his sons, who in turn spent their lives dancing to his tune while at the same time trying to stand on their own."

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Saw Blue Valentine tonight. I was expecting it to be depressing, but I didn't understand how it could be quite this hideously wrenching. The only movies I have seen that have been more upsetting than this movie involved brutal murder. I was able to get up from my seat, but there's just this dark cloud cast over the movie from the very beginning. I ( Read more... )

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Cast: Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Karen Young, Reed Birney, Halley Feiffer, Barbara Barrie

Summary: A drama about a dysfunctional family with adult children and a self-centered young man who, in the span of a week, becomes entangled in each of their lives, wreaking havoc in the process.

Verdict: This one really hits all of the indie movie ( Read more... )