Made In the Dark
01/30/2012
I want to make sweet love Jean Dujardin. I need people to stop throwing shade at him because The Artist was delightful and he was delightful in it. He is just the most adorable French man and super foxy and besides I love George Clooney and I thought The Descendants was great but as my bestie (she was a Clooney devotee for a long time) said George Clooney was really just being George Clooney in Hawaiian shirts. REALNESS. Let’s hope Dujardin takes home the Oscar which after tonight’s win is a sure thing.
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I know my excitement with Viola Davis winning the SAG awards which means she’ll probably get the Oscar totally contradicts how I feel about The Help and Hollywood obsession with giving African-Americans awards for roles that are essentially caricatures of the Black experience (Gone With Wind, Training Day, Precious, Monsters Ball even Jerry Maguire, Seriously, think about those characters and they all got Oscars) but I think Viola Davis is a phenom and deserves whatever awards she gets.
Also, I’m gonna say it. I love Meryl Streep but ENOUGH, people, ENOUGH. She doesn’t always deserve every award she is nominated for. Thanks.
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01/29/2012
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First, Judy Greer needs a new agent because she is magic. Second, I can’t be the only one that thought with the way they are giving out nominations she could have received some for her brief performance in The Descendants especially for that one scene . REALNESS.
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01/26/2012
I saw both of these movies over the holidays. I figured I would write one piece about them because they kind of fall into the same category. Both films were very entertaining and enjoyable to watch. Brad Bird did well with his first live action film and directed some great action sequences. I realized that even though Tom Cruise might be crazy he is still a fun megastar to watch. Guy Ritchie made a solid sequel but I am a little bias because I really enjoyed the last film and thought this was just as good and Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law actually make good pair on camera. Overall, they were both very fun films to experience and quite smart. Already looking forward to next films in both franchises.
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01/25/2012
The greatest image of the two best individual humans to ever exist in the history of existence. I’m having the equivalent of a twentysomething Teen Beat moment right now.
(via goincheap)
The text above pretty much sums how I am feeling. Also, Ira Glass can sooooooo GET. IT.
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NEW! Miike Snow ft. Lykke Li - “Black Tin Box”
Loving this. I was a big fan of Miike Snow’s debut album. It was pretty tight from start to finish and listened to it non-stop for a while so I am a fan. Lykke Li has had my heart since 2007 so the combination of the 2 artists is really nothing sort of amazing. If this track is any indication of what I should expect from Miike Snow this year I am totally in.
(via forwhenifeellikesharing)
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01/24/2012
Trailer - I Am Not A Hipster
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Dominic Bogart.
I am not sure how I am feeling about this yet. It’s has gotten some good buzz out of Sundance and is an official selection. There is no release date since I don’t think it has a distributor but will keep a look out for it once it has a release date.
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2012 Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Animated Feature Film
“A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
“Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
“Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
“Rango” Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
“The Artist” Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“Midnight in Paris” Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
“War Horse” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
“Anonymous” Lisy Christl
“The Artist” Mark Bridges
“Hugo” Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” Arianne Phillips
Directing
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” Alexander Payne
“Hugo” Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
Documentary (Feature)
“Hell and Back Again” Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Pina” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
“Undefeated” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
“God Is the Bigger Elvis” Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
“Incident in New Baghdad”James Spione
“Saving Face” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
“The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” Kevin Tent
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
“Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
“Bullhead” Belgium
“Footnote” Israel
“In Darkness” Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
“A Separation” Iran
Makeup
“Albert Nobbs” Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Iron Lady” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
“The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource
“Hugo” Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” John Williams
Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
“Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
“Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
“The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi
I am not sure how I am feeling about some of these nominations. Pleased to see some my favorites nominated like Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids and some some nods for Midnight In Paris also nods for Jim Rash in Best Screenplay and Bret McKenzie in Best Song. Disappointed that people like Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks and Michael Shannon got nothing for their performances even Shailene Woodley deserved a nod. O.G Gary Oldman finally got his first nomination for what was a great performance but of all the amazing performances he has under his belt it’s weird TTSS is his first nom. The phenomenal A Separation received a Best Screenplay nod in addition to Best Foreign Picture. Also, maybe I am alone with this one but as much as I enjoyed Hugo I don’t think it was worthy of all the awards love it’s getting. Realness. I don’t understand most of these awards and what ges into their thinking but we’ll see what happens Sunday, February 26th.
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01/23/2012
Sundance 2012
Just some of the films coming out of Sundance that I am looking forward to seeing this year. In no particular order.
- Bachelorette - on the heels of Bridesmaids another raunchy lady comedy.
- Sleepwalk With Me - Mike Birbiglia brings the touching and humorous story of his sleepwalking problems to film
- Safety Not Guaranteed - Mark Duplass decides to build a time machine. Aubrey Plaza and Jake Johnson investigate strange ad for travelling companions
- Hello, I Must Be Going - Melanie Lynsky is a 35 yrs old woman who moves back home and begins an affair with 19 year old boy in town.
- Red Hook Summer - new Spike Lee
- Celeste and Jesse Forever - Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg play a couple who divorce but try to remain friends
- For A Good Time Call - Ari Graynor starts a phone sex hotline with roomate. Another raunchy lady comedy
- The Surrogate - John Hawkes play a man in an iron lung who wants to lose his virginity.
- The Words - Bradley Cooper plays a man who discovers a manuscript in a gift given to him by his wife Zoe Saldana and goes to publish the book as his own. (no photo)
- The Queen of Versailles - Documentary about a couple to who try to the build the biggest mansion in America during economic crisis. (no photo)
- I Am Not A Hipster - Once - style indie rock musical (no photo)
- Red Lights - new film by Buried director Rodrigo Cortés. Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver and Robert DeNiro hunt the paranormal (no photo)
- 2 Days in New York - Julie Delpy’s follow up on her delightful 2 Days in Paris. (no photo)
- Wuthering Heights - Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank) take on the Bronte classic. (no photo)
- Your Sister’s Sister - Lynn Shelton’s fourth film. Sibling rivalry starring Emily Blunt and RoseMarie Dewitt. (no photo)
- Shut Up and Play The Hits - Documenting LCD Soundsystem’s final show (no photo)
- Liberal Arts - Josh Radnor’s follow-up to his debut Happythankyyoumoreplease
- Save the Date - The prerequisite Sundance indie romcom.
- Beasts Of The Southern Wild - magical tale of the people who cling to their home during Katrina.
- Nobody Walks - The prerequisite Sundance indie drama
You can read better synopsis for the film here and here and here.
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I don’t think Charlize is really getting what Viola <3 is saying but at least Charlize knows a pimp when she see one.
(via newsweek)
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“EyeonEye”
New Andrew Bird!!!!!!!!!!
I love this man so much. I am still so disappointed that I missed his documentary at the New York Film Festival last year. Always looking forward to anything he does.
His new album Break It Yourself is out March 6th.
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01/21/2012
First, Ewan McGregor and Eva Green naked and getting it on is really enough of a good reason for me to have seen this movie. In fact I wish that was all the movie was about but it wasn’t, oh well.
I have to be honest early on in viewing Perfect Sense I was slightly bored but then McGregor and Green started making out and the world started slowly losing their senses, literally. For me, that is what keep the movie interesting and slightly creepy imagining a world where epidemic is loss of the five senses. It’s an interesting premise for a story and an interesting one to have a love story centered around. I liked the film enough and some might just find the whole story ridiculous but I always like the blending of sci-fi and romance so for me the film was a little clever and absorbing and once again you got Ewan and Eva making out and if you at least like that you’ll like Perfect Sense.
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01/20/2012
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