El secreto de sus ojos took the top honors in the Foreign Language Film category at the 82nd Academy Award ceremony. These were the other nominees: Ajami (2009)(Israel) Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany) Un prophète (2009)(France) La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)
Schmucks, are you surprised? Really, is any one at all surprised that Avatar won the Visual Effects Oscar. Except perhaps the Kollywood clowns who probably ‘think’ Aayirathil Oruvan should have been in the list. Describing Avatar as a visual tour de force, SearchIndia.com wrote in the review of the film: Avatar is the most visually […]
Avatar (Mauro Fiore) won the top honors in the Cinematography category at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards tonight. Here were the other films in the running: Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert […]
Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair) took the Best Art Direction award at the 82nd Oscars tonight. Avatar’s rivals for the top honor included: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice […]
At the 82nd Oscars tonight, Mo’Nique won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. We watched the trailer of Precious several times but never got around to watching the movie itself. Here were the other contenders: Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) Penélope […]
Mighty Disappointed that Inglourious Basterds failed to make it tonight. Hurt Locker won the Best Original Screenplay award tonight. Here’s an excerpt from SearchIndia.com’s review of Hurt Locker: Make no mistake, schmucks. The Hurt Locker is not a bad movie. Actually, it’s a fairly decent movie that has you in its grip for the better […]