Viola Davis

 I can't believe that Viola Davis didn't take home the gold for her roll in The Help. Truly I thought that she had that one in the bag.

Don't worry Viola you'll always be a winner to us.

And the Winner Is.....

2012 Oscar Winners List

Best Picture: "War Horse"
"The Artist" (WINNER)" Moneyball,"
" The Descendants"
"The Tree of Life"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
" Hugo"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close "

Best Actress: Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady" (WINNER)
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

Best Actor:
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist" (WINNER)
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, " Moneyball"

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist" (WINNER)
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

Short Film (Animated): "Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (WINNER)
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe;
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

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 (WINNER)
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Short Film (Live Action):
"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George (WINNER)
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

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 (WINNER)
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (WINNER)
"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

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

Music (Original Score):
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource (WINNER)
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Best Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners" (WINNER)
Max von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

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 (WINNER)"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

Animated Feature:
"A Cat in Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango" (WINNER)

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 (WINNER)

Sound Mixing:
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (WINNER)
"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

Sound Editing:
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty (WINNER)"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

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 (WINNER)
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Best Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help" (WINNER)
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"

Foreign Language Film:
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran (WINNER)

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 (WINNER)

Costume Design:"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges (WINNER)
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Cinematography:
"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson (WINNER)"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

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 (WINNER)
"Midnight in Paris," Production Design: Anne Seibel, Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse," Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

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Kim and Krickett Carpenter

Kim and Krickett Carpenter. The couple who's life story inspired The Vow.

The Vow

The Vow, what can I say except it was perfect. I'm a huge fan of movies that are full of Romance and a great love story.
The Vow is a romantic and at the very same time heartbreaking true story of a couple that was involved in a car crash and as you know the result is that Rachel McAdams character loses the memories she has of her husband and the love that they share.
It broke my heart to see Channing Tatums character lose the love of his life in a split second. I couldn't imagine having to go through something that heartbreaking.
Tatums character was great. I loved how much he loves his wife and all that he was willing to go through to get her back. And even though he had to let her go for a while, I loved that she came back to him. That's true romance.
The ending could have been a bit different, however they ended it on a good note and it was even nice to have a brief description of the real couple and how things turned out for them in the end.
The reason I love this movie so much is because it is a true story. That's what makes it amazing.
So often we have Hollywood shoving all sorts of Garbage down our throats that is so formulaic and full of cliche's that we forget what a true love story is.
This is a beautiful love story.
Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum have great chemistry.

And P.S. To all those who are comparing this movie to the notebook, this movie is way better.

A+

Running Time 1hr & 44mins

Rated PG-13 For An Accident Scene, Sexual Content, Partial Nudity and Some Language.

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Come on Meryl

So there was news that Meryl Streep had someone send an email to the Academy Awards Board saying she should win the nomination for Best Actress since she hasn't won the last 19 nominations she was up for.

I am a Big fan of Meryl Streep, however I find that a bit pathetic.

I was pleased to find that I'm not the only one who was annoyed by the cry me a river email.

We all know that if the right woman is picked it will be Viola Davis for her amazing role in The Help.

Meryl your better than this. We still like you even if you don't win this time.  

In Theaters Friday

 

Inspired by True Events

The Woman in Black

 

The Woman in Black is one of the Scariest movies you will see this year, and I Liked It.

This movie doesn't rely on Blood and Guts to give you a good scare, the woman in black herself  takes care of that.

There is a town that is cursed, but the house on the marsh is by far the worst. Our poor hero of the film played very well by Daniel Radcliff is sent to the house to settle the deeds of the prior tenant Mrs. Drablow. What he doesn't know is that the house (which when you see this house you think I wouldn't touch it with a one thousand foot pole) is haunted by the tenants sister who lost her son in a tragic accident on the marsh that surrounds the house. 

The Woman in Black haunts the grounds of the House and the village and is bent on taking revenge on the locals for the accident that took her sons life. And believe me she is everywhere in this movie! 

I don't want to give a lot away here, but I do want to say that this movie Had me jumping out of my seat. It was a fun scary flick that you'll think about long afterwards, Not in a gee I won't sleep without my light on kind of way, but you will be wanting to check behind every door and corner of your house after this one.

I loved that this movie was better that the previews let on. Consider those a warm up for what you will be seeing.

A+

Rated PG-13 For Thematic Material and Violence/Disturbing Images

Running Time 1hr & 35mins

Review To Come Soon.