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Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead BAFTA nominations

2010-01-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead BAFTA nominations, Sandra Bullock left out
"Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" lead the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations with eight each.

Sci-Fi film "District 9" garnered seven nominations, including one for Best Director, which is something we are unlikely to see from the Academy Awards.

"District 9" may get a Best Picture nomination now that the field has been expanded to 10 films, but we would be surprised to see it get a Best Director nomination.

Notable omissions include Helen Mirren for "The Last Station," Emily Blunt for "The Young Victoria" and Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side," all of which have been lauded on this side of the pond. In fact, Bullock won both the Critics Choice Award (tied with Meryl Streep) and the Golden Globe, making her an Oscar favorite.

It's nice to see Jeremy Renner nominated for "The Hurt Locker." He was not nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor, though he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, and has everyone wondering if he'll be nominated for an Oscar.

The entire field of nominees is as follows:

Best Film
Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Precious, Up in the Air

Outstanding British Film
An Education, Fish Tank, In the Loop, Moon, Nowhere Boy

Director
James Cameron, Avatar; Neill Blomkamp, District 9; Lone Scherfig, An Education; Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Original Screenplay
The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up

Adapted Screenplay
District 9, An Education, In the Loop, Precious, Up in the Air

Film not in the English Language
Broken Embraces, Coco Before Chanel, Let the Right One In, A Prophet, The White Ribbon

Animated Film
Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Up

Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; George Clooney, Up in the Air; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker; Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Leading Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education; Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones; Gabouray Sidibe, Precious; Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia; Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, It's Complicated; Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles; Alfred Molina, An Education; Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones; Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy; Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air, Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air; Mo'Nique, Precious; Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson, directors/producers, Mugabe and the White African; Eran Creevy, writer/director; Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine, writer/director, Exam; Duncan Jones, director, Moon; Sam Taylor-Wood, director, Nowhere Boy

Music
Avatar, Crazy Heart, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Up

Cinematography
Avatar, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Road

Editing
Avatar, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air

Production Design
Avatar, District 9, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Inglourious Basterds

Costume Design
Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel, An Education, A Single Man, The Young Victoria

Sound
Avatar, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Star Trek, Up

Special Visual Effects
Avatar, District 9, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Hurt Locker, Star Trek

Make Up and Hair
Coco Before Chanel, An Education, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine, The Young Victoria

Short Animation
The Gruffalo, The Happy Duckling, Mother of Many

Short Film
14, I Do Air, Jade, Mixtape, Off Season

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted on by the public)
Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholas Hoult, Carey Mulligan, Tahar Rahim, Kristen Stewart

The Orange British Academy Film Awards take place on Feb. 21. The next U.S. awards show is the Screen Actors Guild awards, which airs on Jan. 23 on TBS and TNT.

67th Annual Golden Globes winners list

2010-01-18T06:59:00.000-08:00

FILM

BEST FEATURE - DRAMA
WINNER: "Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"

BEST FEATURE - COMEDY
"(500) Days of Summer"
WINNER: "The Hangover"
"It's Complicated"
"Julie & Julia"
"Nine"

ACTOR - DRAMA
WINNER: Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth - "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"
Tobey Maguire - "Brothers"

ACTRESS - DRAMA
Emily Blunt - "The Young Victoria"
WINNER: Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious"

ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon - "The Informant!"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Nine"
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. - "Sherlock Holmes"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - "500 Days of Summer"
Michael Stuhlbarg - "A Serious Man"

ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock - "The Proposal"
Marion Cotillard - "Nine"
Julia Roberts - "Duplicity"
Meryl Streep - "It's Complicated"
WINNER: Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"

DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
WINNER: James Cameron - "Avatar"
Clint Eastwood - "Invictus"
Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon - "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
WINNER: Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - "Nine"
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
WINNER: Mo'Nique - "Precious"
Julianne Moore - "A Single Man"

SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - "District 9"
Mark Boal - "The Hurt Locker"
Nancy Meyers - "It's Complicated"
WINNER: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Baaria" (Italy) - Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
"Broken Embraces" (Spain) - El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
"The Maid" (Chile) - Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
"A Prophet" (France) - Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics
WINNER: "The White Ribbon" (Germany) - Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
WINNER: "Up"

BEST SCORE
WINNER: Michael Giacchino - "Up"
Marvin Hamlisch - "The Informant!"
James Horner - "Avatar"
Abel Korzeniowski - "A Single Man"
Karen O, Carter Burwell - "Where The Wild Things Are"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Cinema Italiano" from "Nine" - Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
"I Want to Come Home" from "Everybody's Fine" - Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
"I Will See You" from "Avatar" - Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
WINNER: "The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" - Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
"Winter" from "Brothers" - Music by: U2; Lyrics by: Bono

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Big Love"
"Dexter"
"House"
WINNER: "Mad Men"
"True Blood"

TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock"
"Entourage"
WINNER: "Glee"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Simon Baker - "The Mentalist"
WINNER: Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
Bill Paxton - "Big Love"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Glenn Close - "Damages"
January Jones - "Mad Men"
WINNER: Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Toni Collette - "United States of Tara"
Courteney Cox - "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Lea Michele - "Glee"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Thomas Jane - "Hung"
Matthew Morrison - "Glee"

MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Georgia O'Keeffe"
WINNER: "Grey Gardens"
"Into the Storm"
"Little Dorrit"
"Taking Chance"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Kevin Bacon - "Taking Chance"
Kenneth Branagh - "Wallander: One Step Behind"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Endgame"
Brendan Gleeson - "Into The Storm"
Jeremy Irons - "Georgia O'Keeffe"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen - "Georgia O'Keeffe"
WINNER: Drew Barrymore - "Grey Gardens"
Jessica Lange - "Grey Gardens"
Anna Paquin - "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver - "Prayers for Bobby"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams - "Hung"
Rose Byrne - "Damages"
Jane Lynch - "Glee"
Janet McTeer - "Into The Storm"
WINNER: Chloe Sevigny - "Big Love"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson - "Lost"
Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"
William Hurt - "Damages"
WINNER: John Lithgow - "Dexter"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"

Open City 1945 Italian

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Suddenly (1954) - B&W - 77 min

2009-08-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

“Suddenly“ a 1954 thriller starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden. A hired gun and his merry band of thugs hold a family hostage as part of plot to kill the President.

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Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - B&W - 120 min

2009-08-13T20:14:00.000-07:00

Frank Sinatra is Frankie Machine - a recovering heroin addict, married to a crippled woman who encourages him to deal cards with his “golden“ arm. Meanwhile, he's in love with another woman (Kim Novak). Lots of really cool period jazz music - though old blues eyes doesn't sing, he does play some terrible drums, especially when he's jones-ing in a cold turkey spasm. Also of note is Elmer Bernstein's really cool jazzy music, which helps drive the film's emotional rollercoaster.

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100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds

2009-06-14T06:11:00.000-07:00

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Famous Hitchcock movie scenes

2008-02-26T12:09:00.000-08:00

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A Few Good Men A Few Good Men

2008-02-23T22:32:00.000-08:00

The Court Jester: Pellet With The Poison

2008-02-18T05:36:00.000-08:00

"The Court Jester" (1955) featuring Danny Kaye's classic tongue-twister routine, "The Pellet With The Poison".

The French Connection: The Chase

2008-02-13T06:40:00.000-08:00

After French hitman Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) tries to assasinate New York City detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman)and misses, they begin one of movie history's greatest chase scenes through the streets of New York and an elevated train. Hackman, who won an Academy Award for his performance wasn't director Friedkin's first choice. He wanted Jackie Gleason, and then Jimmy Breslin, who as a lifelong New Yorker, didn't drive and would never be able to do the chase scene.

Wrongfully Accused - Bus Scene (Extended)

2008-02-13T06:33:00.000-08:00

Wrongfully Accused - Bus Scene (Extended)
Parody of the classic train scene from "The Fugitive". Taken from the movie "Wrongfully Accused" starring Leslie Neilson.

Terminator 2: The Chase

2008-02-13T06:14:00.000-08:00

Heart-pounding sequence as the T-1000 seeks to destroy both John Connor and T-101.

The Usual Suspects: Lineup

2008-02-08T04:31:00.000-08:00

Scene from "The Usual Suspects" in which the five main characters first meet one another. Fact: the scene is actually one in a series of blown takes, as the actors could not stop making each other laugh. It was originally supposed to be performed seriously, but due to the antics, Bryan Singer decided to leave it in, resulting in a memorable movie moment.

From Soylent Green Going Home

2008-02-06T14:27:00.000-08:00

From Soylent Green (1973), directed by Richard Fleischer ... the last scene in which legendary actor Edward G. Robinson performed. He died nine days after the shooting of the film was completed; terminal cancer claimed his life. Of all the cast members, only Heston knew that Robinson was dying, and so his tears in this scene are real. The music is by Tchaikovsky (Symphony Nr. 6: Pathétique), Beethoven (Symphony Nr. 6: Pastoral), and Grieg (Morning Mood and Åse's Death from the Peer Gynt Suite).

We're in a lot of trouble - Howard Beale

2008-02-03T06:14:00.000-08:00

Peter Finch as Howard Beale, in an excerpt from "Network" 1976.

Finch won an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only performer ever to receive a posthumous award at the Oscars.

2008-02-01T20:39:00.000-08:00

Bullitt: Car Chase

2008-01-30T08:31:00.000-08:00

The famous car chase scene from Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen and that beautiul green 1968 Mustang GT 390 Fastback.

True Romance: Clarence and Drexl Fight

2008-01-30T08:21:00.000-08:00

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No Country For Old Men: Coin Toss Scene

2008-01-30T07:12:00.000-08:00

The villain plays ominous word games with a poor store clerk.

"Is that what you're askin' me? If there's something wrong with anything?"

Marathon Man: Drilling for Facts

2008-01-24T04:12:00.000-08:00

Marathon Man (directed by John Schlesinger) and starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Schneider, features what is arguably the most infamous of torture scenes in the history of film.