tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751040154736917372024-02-19T18:34:18.560-08:00AwardtalkTalk of Movies.Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-52963826109961533862013-02-22T09:49:00.001-08:002013-02-22T09:49:41.753-08:00Fox will star in the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle<br />
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In other casting news this week tells us that Michael Bay will reboot <i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle</i> and it will star Megan Fox. Some years ago Fox made a statement regarding Michael Bay which lead to her being kicked out of Transformers 3, but the grudge seems to be over, something she must be very happy about since her movie career hasn't turned out so well.<br />
<br />Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-46226523306822415772013-02-21T18:13:00.002-08:002013-02-21T18:13:48.071-08:00A small noteAfter watching <i>Killer Joe, </i>one of the best and wackiest movies of 2012, I came to think of how great Gina Gershon is. Please some director, cast her. Quentin Tarantino? John Waters? Someone, use this great lady of <i>Showgirls</i> and <i>Bound</i> fame.<br />
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By the way, wouldn't it be just neat to see Sharon Stone and Gina Gershon in a What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? remake?Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-16872552658064704702013-02-21T14:56:00.000-08:002013-02-21T14:56:12.950-08:00Poster revamp<br />
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The Oscar-nominated starlet Anna Kendrick who impressed us in <i>Up in the Air, 50/50</i> and recently showcased her voice in <i>Pitch Perfect</i> will now star as Cathy in the film adaptation of the musical <i>The Last Five Years. </i>Similar in structure as <i>Blue Valentine,</i> it tells the relationship of Cathy and Jamie where Cathy tells the events in reversal order beginning from the breakup, while Jamie starts and tells from the beginning. My favorite song from the musical is <i>Still Hurting</i> sung by Cathy, and to be honest I am intrigued what Anna Kendrick can do to the role. She proved that she can act in several films, even being one of the bright spots in the otherwise cloudy <i>Twilight</i> saga.<br />
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Elizabeth Taylor - the woman, the legend, the actress.<br />
She embodied both the full-fledged diva and the divine actress. Whether it was for iconography in <i>Cleopatra</i> (1963) or deglam in <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i> (1966), she always shined, shined above it all. Sometimes her acting could be considered over-the-top and flamboyant, especially in the latter part of her career, but still her performances in <i>A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> and <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i> proves to us all that she was one hell of an actress who could play both vulnerable and strong. Unfortunately many people will probably remember her more for her stormy private life, her on-and-off relationship with Richard Burton, her friendship with Michael Jackson and that time she announced the Best Picture at the 2001 Golden Globe awards.<br />
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But even when her private life was at a low, her star still glowed, and up until her dying day she was a star, and still is a star shining above us all at the sky.Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-17145226549481196832013-02-21T05:06:00.000-08:002013-02-21T13:43:18.601-08:00The Sessions (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I viewed <i>The Sessions</i>, directed by Ben Lewin and strarring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt & William H. Macy.<br />
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The movie is about a man Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) who is forced to live in a iron lung because of complications with polo, this state of body means he never had the chance to have sex, something he wishes for. After an unsuccessful attempt to propose to one of his caretakers he gets the tips to seek the sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene (Helen Hunt), and then we get to see his journey to lose his virginity. Except his limitation because of his body, he also limit his thoughts because of his catholic belief, believing that he is not worthy of having sex. His spiritual quest to seeking fulfillment his helped by the priest Father Brendan (William H. Macy)<br />
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As one of the breakthrough hits from Sundance it was expected to hit Oscar and critical glory hard, but ended up only being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Helen Hunt, even though John Hawkes was a regular at several award ceremonies prior to the Oscar. According to me the snub of John Hawkes is a mystery for me. Playing a man limited in many sense, he manage to portray the character believably by peeling of his numerous limitation that complicates the quest to lose his virginity. As Mark, John Hawkes proves once again he is one of the greatest American actors working today. Wowing the audience now three years-a-row with three totally different characters. But what makes this whole movie so believable is the warmth of the rest the ensemble, especially the performances of John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy. The film is a great testament for the human spirit and to be honest, I haven't seen a film with so many likable characters since forever.<br />
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With this years Oscar just some days ahead of us, and what's looking to be an Argo lovefest, let look forward. During the two months that has past in the new year there's been little less than an handful of movies that has earned good or above average critical notice. Those are <i>Mama</i>, <i>Warm Bodies</i> and <i>Side Effects</i>, but their chances for Oscar glory are abysmal. Other notable movies that have been released are the failed Schwarzenegger comeback <i>The Last Stand</i>, another installment of Die Hard <i>A Good Day to Die Hard</i>, the yearly Valentine's day-date movie <i>Safe Haven, </i>the Twilight wannabe <i>Beautiful Creatures</i> (what I've heard not in terms of story, but very much in terms of marketing) and last but not least last years Oscar Hopeful that got delayed <i>Gangster Squad</i>. Well I forgot about the Melissa McCarthy vehicle <i>Identity Thief</i>. But as you all can see, there's nothing that could gain Oscar traction.<br />
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I didn't follow the reports from Sundance Film Festival that much, but from what I noticed we could find serious Oscar contenders in <i>Fruitvale</i> and <i>The Spectacular Now</i>. Other films that could be Oscar contenders are <i>Lovelace</i>, <i>Kill Your Darlings</i>, <i>Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Before Midnight, Don Jon's Addiction, The Look of Love</i> and <i>The Way, Way Back</i>, but all depends on whether or not their studios wants to push them for your consideration. On paper the Steve Jobs biopicture <i>jOBS</i> starring Ashton Kutcher as the iconic Apple founder looks like Oscar-bait, but the reviews were middling and looks more to become this years Factory Girl.<br />
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On other news, there has been test screenings for two of my most anticipated movies this year <i>Malavita</i> and <i>Twelve Years a Slave</i>. The buzz on both seems to be great so far as the former was called "the funniest black comedy in 7 years" and the latter was said to be great, but would not be for everyone, singling out Fassbenders performance as best in show. Of course we can not completely rely on overall reaction to the movies based on one or two tweets/forum posts.<br />
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During the weekend my predictions who will win the Oscars will come, and then in March my Year-end award will arrive, must just catch up on some more films.<br />
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During the time <a href="http://www.eriklundegaard.com/ranking-best-picture-winners.php">go ahead and make your list out of the Best Picture winners.</a>Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-19417528177912345142013-01-01T17:25:00.002-08:002013-01-01T17:25:22.652-08:00Officially backHello everyone!<br />
I will now announce my comeback. Not been updating this blog since, forever, and I finally have the real passion and glow to write. Also my english is a lot better than before.<br />
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The beginning of a new era.<br />
<br />Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-65055563380355924442011-08-16T13:57:00.000-07:002011-08-16T14:02:51.155-07:00In Bed With MadonnaThe legendary tour <i>Blonde Ambition</i> by Madonna has been named the greatest tour of the 90s by Rolling Stones. Backstage Madonna let a filming crew capture the drama backstage and her feelings during the tours. In black and white we follow Madonna through emotional and happy times during the tour. We see her struggling coping with her tour and the press.
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<br />Madonna is as many noted before pretty much aware of the camera crew therefore she's not always that natural, especially not in the interviews. But at the same she's so fascinating because what we see is one of the most talked-about womens on earth, both then and now, a little bit more up close and personal than we use to and what we get is a confused lady that wants people interpret her in the way she wants to.<div>
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Natalie Portman gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as Nina Sawyers, the doomed ballerina whoms search for perfection ultimately destroys her. Natalie conveys all of her characters emotion, both as the "good" Nina and the "bad" Nina. Also we must applaud Portman for the preparing of her role.<br /><br />Mila Kunis is also great, and certainly is a rising star. Barbara Hershey gives also a great performance as the role of an overprotective mother (you can see the comparision with her role and Rapunzels fake mother in Tangled).<br /><br />This will be the film I will root for to win Best Picture and Best Actress during the Academy Awards!<br /><br />So for the rates.<br />The Red Shoes - A+<br />Black Swan - A/A+Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-76152339934752978782010-07-22T06:48:00.000-07:002010-07-22T06:56:48.234-07:00The French Goddess<a href="http://www.celebrity-mania.com/images/files/00014209.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" alt="" src="http://www.celebrity-mania.com/images/files/00014209.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>While <em>Inception</em> makes lots of money at the boxoffice this week, the reviews has almost all cited out two actors as standout first Joseph Gordon-Levitt and secondly the always divine Marion Cotillard.</div><div> </div><div>Marion Cotillard began her Hollywood invasion 2003 when she starred in <em>Big Fish</em>. But it would take 4 more years til she got her real breakthrough. In 2007 she briliantly portrayed Edith Piaf in such a way that it was impossible for the Academy to not give her the award. It was a landmark for several reson, first she managed to win the Oscar with a foreign-language performance and secondly we all know it was all about the performance. She wasn't famous in US before so there's no way anyone voted for her because she had paid-her-dues or anything like that. Since then her career has just gone up.</div><div> </div><div>In 2009 she doubled it with <em>Public Enemies</em> and <em>Nine</em>. Both movies flopped at the Box office and with critics. None of them was any major player at the Oscars as it first was predicted, but when the critics was to point out their favourite in the movies, it was almost always Marion Cotillard who the raved about. But there was no Oscar nomination for her, why?</div><div>Weinstein Company completely destroyed the campaign for <em>Nine</em> marketing her as lead actress, which lead to Penélope Cruz's inferior performance to get nominated.</div><div> </div><div>This year her only "real" Hollywood project is <em>Inception</em>, where she once again has recieved nothing but praise. If there is an Oscar nod coming up, I don't know. It's too early to tell, but if the film goes bigger at the box office it could very well be the film with most nominations this year and hopefully Marion Cotillard will also get one.</div><div> </div><div>So Juliette Binoche, you can dethrone yourself as the leading french actress cause Marion is here to stay!</div>Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-42075384400961961642010-07-19T06:21:00.000-07:002010-07-19T06:23:36.454-07:00I'm Back for GoodAfter an hectic spring where school has been #1 priority I will no be back for good and I promise. Though I noticed following Oscar took too much of my time, I will only do it during the Award season so I will not foresee anything right now, well maybe I give you one after Toronto Fesival or So.<br /><br />Also forgive me if I sometimes lack knowledge of the cinema of 2010 cause I really haven't had the time to search those movies out.<br /><br />So I hope you all will enjoy the blog again :)Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-33801237421410101342010-02-28T13:40:00.003-08:002010-02-28T13:42:09.531-08:0010 word reviewsAgora<br />Enjoyable if a bit dry, Weisz makes a compelling performance.<br />Best in Show: The Score<br /><br />Videocracy<br />Interesting view in the media world of Italy, lacks little narrative.<br />Best in Show: The segment about the Journalist.Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-20213446179486085192010-02-28T08:11:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:13:30.469-08:00Reopening AwardtakDuring the last couples of weeks I haven't been writing something on this blog, which I am very ashamed off, but shame on the one who gives up. I will probably update my site to something more modern and fresh so stay tuned for more movie news!<br /><br />PS. There is a late surge of support for Meryl Streep in Best Actress Race, wonder if it helps DS.Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-75475864466954048962010-02-04T11:29:00.000-08:002010-02-04T11:34:02.549-08:00My predictionsOK I may have excaggerated when I said that I wouldn't talk about the Oscars first.<br /><br />Here's my prediction for every category (will be updated):<br />Best Picture - The Hurt Locker<br />Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br />Best Actor - Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />Best Actress - Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side<br />Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br />Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique - Precious<br />Best Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds<br />Best Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air<br />Best Cinematography - The Hurt Locker<br />Best Film Editing - Avatar<br />Best Art Direction - Avatar<br />Best Costume Design - The Young Victoria<br />Best Original Score - Up<br />Best Original Song - "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart<br />Best Visual Effects - Avatar<br />Best Make Up - Star Trek<br />Best Sound - Avatar<br />Best Sound Editing - Avatar<br />Best Foreign Language Film - The White Ribbon<br />Best Animated Feature Film - Up<br />Best Documentary Feature Film - The CoveHofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-31167856693684137692010-02-02T05:45:00.000-08:002010-02-02T05:46:56.228-08:00AnnouncmentI am happy for Invictus NOT nominated for Best Picture, but The Blind Side makes me sick, I am not going to buzz about the Oscar til next year again, I am so sad for the Blind side getting nominated in best picture!Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-21281113106405343152010-02-02T04:44:00.000-08:002010-02-02T04:46:12.241-08:00Cheat ListUse this list to keep track for the next hour to come which has the chance of being nominated!<br /><br />Supporting Actress<br />Cotillard<br />Cruz<br />Farmiga<br />Gyllenhaal<br />Kendrick<br />Krüger<br />Laurent<br />Mo'Nique<br />Moore<br />Morton<br /><br />Supporting Actor<br />Baldwin<br />Capaldi<br />Damon<br />Harrelson<br />Mackie<br />McKay<br />Molina<br />Plummer<br />Tucci<br />Waltz<br /><br />Actress<br />Blunt<br />Bullock<br />Cornish<br />Cotillard<br />Laurent<br />Mirren<br />Mulligan<br />Ronan<br />Sidibe<br />Streep<br />Bridges<br /><br />Actor<br />Clooney<br />Damon<br />Day-Lewis<br />Downey Jr.<br />Firth<br />Freeman<br />Maguire<br />Mortensen<br />Renner<br /><br />Director<br />Avatar<br />District 9<br />An Education<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Invictus<br />Precious<br />A Serious Man<br />Up in the Air<br />The White Ribbon<br /><br />Original Screenplay<br />(500) Days of Summer<br />Avatar<br />Broken Embraces<br />The Hangover<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />It's Comlicated<br />A Serious Man<br />Up<br />The White Ribbon<br /><br />Adapted Screenplay<br />Bright Star<br />Crazy Heart<br />An Education<br />Invictus<br />In the Loop<br />Julie & Julia<br />Precious<br />The Road<br />Star Trek<br />Up in the Air<br /><br />Picture<br />(500) Days of Summer<br />Avatar<br />The Blind Side<br />Bright Star<br />Cazy Heart<br />District 9<br />An Education<br />The Hangover<br />The Hurt Locker<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Invictus<br />The Messenger<br />Nine<br />Precious<br />A Serious Man<br />Star Trek<br />Up<br />Up in the Air<br />Where the Wild Things Are<br />The White RibbonHofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-85695616746204213532010-01-31T04:34:00.000-08:002010-01-31T04:43:30.573-08:00Jespers Movie Column #2Hello and welcome back to my movie column!<br /><br />Since last time you read this blog some major awards has been, the PGA, DGA and SAG. <em>The Hurt Locker</em> won both the PGA and DGA and is right now the frontrunner, while <em>Inglourious Basterds</em> won the SAG. Also IB and <em>Bright Star</em> were both snubbed by the CDG, but that guild has often snubbed major contenders for the costume design prize.<br /><br />The SAG further provided us that the Best Actress race is closer than we thought. Instead of rewarding the greatest of them all with one of the greatest performance of the year who is certainly overdue for a third Oscar! They gave it one of the most average actresses with the most average performance, BUT overdue for a NOMINATION not a win, also she's once of the NICEST in Hollywood STRETCHING herself with a DRAMATIC role. So please if somebody read this DON'T VOTE FOR SaBu only because she is nice!<br /><br />There has only been two movies out this week I'm interested too see, and that's <em>Off and Running</em> & maybe <em>Edge of Darkness</em>. BTW, Avatar surpassed Titanic worldwide in box office counting, and it has showed no sign to be slowing down drastically!<br /><br />The INOCA nominations was announced yesterday and gave a good bunch of nominees, but I'm quite disappointed that Bright Star wasn't nominated for Best Picture!<br /><br />While in Sundance the movies with the most buzz right now are <em>The Kids are All Right</em>,<em> Blue Valentine</em> & <em>The Runaways.</em> Of these I think TKAAR will be the one with most Oscar chances because of Moore and Bening starring.<br /><br />Bye bye for nowHofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-42695453423390914292010-01-30T02:01:00.000-08:002010-01-30T05:58:18.329-08:00Oscar nominee predictions!Best Picture<br />1. The Hurt Locker<br />2. Avatar<br />3. Inglourious Basterds<br />4. Up in the Air<br />5. Precious<br />6. An Education<br />7. Up<br />8. Invictus<br />9. Star Trek<br />10. District 9<br />Alt: A Serious Man<br />From the Outside looking in:<br />Nine, The Messenger, (500) Days of Summer, The Hangover<br /><br />Best Director:<br />1. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker<br />2. James Cameron - Avatar<br />3. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds<br />4. Jason Reitman - Up in the Air<br />5. Lee Daniels - Precious<br />Alt: Clint Eastwood<br /><br />Best Actor<br />1. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart<br />2. George Clooney - Up in the Air<br />3. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker<br />4. Colin Firth - A Single Man<br />5. Morgan Freeman - Invictus<br />Alt: Viggo Mortensen - The Road<br />From the Outside Looking in:<br />Tobey Maguire<br /><br />Best Actress<br />1. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side<br />2. Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia<br />3. Gabourey Sidibe - Precious<br />4. Carey Mulligan - An Education<br />5. Helen Mirren - The Last Station<br />Alt: Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones<br />From the Outside Looking In:<br />Emily Blunt, Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent<br /><br />Best Supporting Actor<br />1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds<br />2. Woody Harrelson - The Messenger<br />3. Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones<br />4. Christopher Plummer - The Last Station<br />5. Matt Damon - Invictus<br />Alt: Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles<br />From the Outside Looking In:Anthony Mackie, Alfred Molina<br /><br />Best Supporting Actress:<br />1. Mo'Nique - Precious<br />2. Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air<br />3. Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air<br />4. Penélope Cruz - Nine<br />5. Samantha Morton - The Messenger<br />Alt: Julianne Moore<br />From the Outside Looking In:<br />Diane Krüger, Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent<br /><br />Best Foreign Language Film:The Milk of Sorrow<br />A Prophet<br />The Secret in Her Eyes<br />Winter in Wartime<br />The White Ribbon<br />Alt: Samson and Delilah<br /><br />Best Animated Feature Film:<br />Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<br />Coraline<br />Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />The Princess and the Frog<br />Up<br />Alt: 9<br /><br />Best Documentary Feature Film:<br />1. The Cove2. Food, Inc.<br />3. Under Our Skin<br />4. The Beaches of Agnes<br />5. Burma VJ<br />Alt: Valentino: The Last Emperor<br /><br />Best Original Screenplay<br />1. Inglourious Basterds<br />2. The Hurt Locker<br />3. (500) Days of Summer<br />4. A Serious Man<br />5. Up<br />Alt: The Hangover<br /><br />Best Adapted Screenplay:<br />1. Up in the Air<br />2. Precious<br />3. An Education<br />4. District 9<br />5. Fantastic Mr. Fox<br />Alt: In the Loop<br /><br />Best Cinematography<br />1. The Hurt Locker<br />2. Nine<br />3. Inglourious Basterds<br />4. Avatar<br />5. The White Ribbon<br />Alt: Bright Star<br /><br />Best Film Editing<br />1. Avatar<br />2. The Hurt Locker<br />3. Inglourious Basterds<br />4. Up in the Air<br />5. District 9<br />Alt: Precious<br /><br />Best Art Direction<br />1. Avatar<br />2. Inglourious Basterds<br />3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<br />4. Sherlock Holmes<br />5. Where the Wild Things Are<br />Alt: Nine<br /><br />Best Costume Design:<br />1. Nine<br />2. The Young Victoria<br />3. Inglourious Basterds<br />4. Sherlock Holmes<br />5. Coco Before Chanel<br />Alt: Bright Star<br /><br />Best Make Up:<br />1. District 9<br />2. Star Trek<br />3. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus<br />Alt: The Road<br /><br />Best Visual Effects:<br />1. Avatar<br />2. Star Trek<br />3. District 9<br />Alt: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<br /><br />Best Original Score:<br />1. Avatar<br />2. Up<br />3. Sherlock Holmes<br />4. Star Trek<br />5. A Single Man<br />Alt: The Informant!<br /><br />Best Original Song:<br />1. "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart<br />2. "Cinema Italiano" - Nine<br />3. "I See You" - Avatar<br />4. "I Want To Come Home" - Everybody's Fine<br />5. "All Is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are<br />Alt: "Take It All" - Nine<br /><br />Best Sound Mixing<br />1. Avatar<br />2. District 9<br />3. The Hurt Locker<br />4. Star Trek<br />5. Up<br />Alt: Nine<br /><br />Best Sound Effects Editing:<br />1. Avatar<br />2. District 9<br />3. The Hurt Locker<br />4. Up<br />5. Star Trek<br />Alt: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<br /><br />Best Animated Short Film:<br />1. The Cat Piano<br />2. Partly Clody<br />3. A Matter of Loaf and Death<br />4. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty<br />5. French Roast<br />Alt: The Kinematograph<br /><br />Best Live-Short Film:<br />1. The Response<br />2. Kavi<br />3. The Door<br />4. The Ground Beneath<br />5. Instead of Abracadabra<br />Alt: Miracle Fish<br /><br />Best Documentary Short Film:<br />?????Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-44466672898039582452010-01-24T06:48:00.000-08:002010-01-24T06:49:08.317-08:00Most beautiful image of 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSeJdfk3v1c2e6rhWSAjBxNU9QRzq49JzWL5Xz2YcSpy-jeWPSAftmUFeY9ooKTdkqwltlI2T_BhUSyvm2jU2bhXDDWOz3k_WYQ1KSvZnd3JPZ32GSbjG7Ty2wYN5L4bT8iWX3MWL3gI/s1600-h/Namnl%C3%B6s.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430318451040622498" style="WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSeJdfk3v1c2e6rhWSAjBxNU9QRzq49JzWL5Xz2YcSpy-jeWPSAftmUFeY9ooKTdkqwltlI2T_BhUSyvm2jU2bhXDDWOz3k_WYQ1KSvZnd3JPZ32GSbjG7Ty2wYN5L4bT8iWX3MWL3gI/s200/Namnl%C3%B6s.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-20966135877168726792010-01-24T02:23:00.000-08:002010-01-24T06:56:11.474-08:00Best Actress 1934<a href="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqe816xwPN1qzoaqio1_400.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqe816xwPN1qzoaqio1_400.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">She may have digusted Leslie Howard, but for everyone else she was the bright spot in <em>Of Human Bondage</em></span><br /><br /><div>Here I am with another edition of Best actresses, this time I will take a look at the 1934 race</div><br /><div>There were three nominees this year and one write-in candidate cracking the top 3 after the nominees were announced. Also another write-in candidate took in a considerable amount of votes.</div><br /><div>The write-in candidates were Myrna Loy, with her comic and dazzling performance in <em>The Thin Man</em>, and Bette Davis who gave a performance we could compare with european actresses in <em>Of Human Bondage</em>. Loy was wonderful in her iconic role and gave it life with her witty dialogue and charming & mature voice, while Davis was magnificent as a lost woman starring opposite Leslie Howard. Davis was the one cracking the top 3.</div><br /><div>Now to the nominees!</div><br /><div>The worst of the bunch was Grace Moore as the opera singer in <em>One Night of Love.</em> The Movie and her were favorites to win the big awards in 1934 and got lots of noms, but ended up neither winning best actress or picture, which is lucky cause both she and the movie is quite stiff and oldfashioned with not much life in it... though she had a good voice.<br /><br />Then there's Norma Shearer in her prestige role in <em>The Barretts of Wimpole Street</em>. She gives the roles a great depth of warmth and strongness as the bedridden rich woman. This is like Moores performance very oldfashioned, but still the difference is that Shearer gives all her charm into her role while Moore just seems dull.</div><div><br />The best is still Colbert as the heiress on a trip with Clark Gable. Like Loy she gives one of the best comedic performances of all time and show that Colbert is best when she's funny. Also this year she had Cleopatra & Imitation of Life, neither of them tops her performance in <em>It Happened One Night</em>.<br /></div><div></div><a href="http://www.classicmoviefavorites.com/colbert/colbert266.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px" alt="" src="http://www.classicmoviefavorites.com/colbert/colbert266.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Everyone loves her, and she knows that!</span><br /><br /><div>The biggest omission was though Marlene Dietrich in <em>The Scarlett Empress</em>.</div>Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-45697675405370292662010-01-24T00:37:00.000-08:002010-01-24T02:10:57.516-08:00NightmaresLast night I watched the SAG red carpet, but was to tired to actually watch the ceremony so I went to sleep with the hopes that I would wake up and watch Meryl Streep winning a SAG, but in my dream SaBu won it and I woke up directly believing it was the right winner. Then I understood it was just a dream so I went to sleep again, this time SaBu was still the winners, but so was George Clooney, Mo'Nique, Christoph Waltz & INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. This time my nightmare didn't scare me.<br /><br />I woke up 09.00 and got my computer started and WHAT DID I SEE?! SABU WON!!! WTF? Well it isn't so much WTF?! since Meryl Streep won the SAG last year they maybe want to spread the wealth, but an exciting Oscar it will be with neither Best Actress or Best Picture clear yet. Also on the happy news Inglourious Basterds and Glee won awards. IB was for me a surprise since the nomination of Krüger pretty sealed their love for the movie.<br /><br />So now it's really:<br />Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker vs. Inglourious Basterds vs. Up in the Air<br /><br />Of these movies I think Up in the Air has the weakest chances of winning.<br /><br />The nominees will probably be:<br /><br />Avatar<br />The Hurt Locker<br />An Education<br />Inglourious Basterds<br />Invictus<br />Precious<br />Up<br />Up in the Air<br /><br />All these seems to be safe bets with Up and Invictus little bit shaky since they both have some things detracting them. Up is an animated film and Invictus no one really loves just respects.<br /><br />Now to the rest of the three.<br /><br />(500) Days of Summer<br />District 9<br />The Messenger<br />Nine<br />A Serious Man<br />Star Trek<br /><br />All have chances to be nominated, but for now I pick<br /><br />A Serious Man<br />Star TrekHofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-73382128185791626422010-01-23T15:21:00.000-08:002010-01-23T15:27:21.735-08:00Crossing my fingers<a href="http://freedomisland.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/melanie_laurent_in_inglourious_basterds_wallpaper_6_800.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://freedomisland.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/melanie_laurent_in_inglourious_basterds_wallpaper_6_800.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>The Oscar nominees are announced in a week or two and hopefully a surprise nod will go to the great Laurent. Damnd Weinstein who first campaigned her at the leading category then later the supporting causing confusion!</div>Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-50959366669401934782010-01-23T03:31:00.000-08:002010-01-23T06:31:32.773-08:00Jespers Movie Column #1: Sundance Starts, Award Season middlingHello everybody!<br /><br />I decided to start a column on my blog every saturday where I write about the past week that has been and anticipating the week to come.<br /><br />Of all the things that has happened this week the most talked about must be the Golden Globe awards in which Avatar went home with two awards for Best Picture and Director, this caused much stir (both good and bad) at many movie forums and blog since everyone was excepting The Hurt Locker or Up in the Air to sweep some awards (THL went totally unawarded), but for me it was only a good surprise since I totally love Avatar and want it to win the Oscar next! In the best supporting actor & actress categories the awards went as everyone expected to Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique, who certainly did cause every fashion police out there outrage for her cause she didn't shave her legs before the ceremony. Otherwise she gave the greatest speech of the evening even beating Streep for the Speech queen.<br /><br />The Best actress categories went as suspected to Streep and Bullock who now both is battling out for the Oscar. Best Actor was more surprising with Robert Downey Jr. winning one for <em>Sherlock Holmes</em>, and Jeff Bridges getting a standing ovation for his <em>Crazy Heart</em>.<br /><br />As said <em>Avatar</em> won Best Picture: Drama, but the most surprising and undeserving winner went to <em>The Hangover</em>, who further cemented this years Golden Globe to be all about money. Also the star-studded musical <em>Nine</em> went unawarded.<br /><br />In Iowa the Sundance Film Festival has opened and so far I've only heard about the film <em>Howl</em> that has been screened and starring James Franco. According to early reviews it seems that film is a bit mess, but lovable, while Franco is getting good notice. You will stay further noted about the Sundance.<br /><br />In UK the BAFTA announced their nominations, they said YES to An Education, but Nein to Inglourious Basterds. Also they nominated Audrey Tautou, a total undeserving nomination, she's very dull in the movie.<br /><br />At the Boxoffice all over the world <em>Avatar</em> still stands strong and will probably be sinking (god I hate to say that word it seems so cliché now) <em>Titanic</em> for the #1.<br /><br />One new that also came was that Kidman had hired Jolies manager for herself. Kidman is many times very private with her off-screen life, but even if the press and bloggers some times jokes bad things about her they should salute her for making the way of the most famous couple of our time Brangelina, since Kidman was first cast as Mrs. Smith but later dropped out which made Jolie getting the role.<br /><br />And now to the tragic news that hit me today was the death of the great Jean Simmons (80 years old). She starred in over 50 movies during her lifetime which included such classics as Black Narcissus, Great Expectations, Hamlet, Elmer Gantry, Spartacus and Guys & Dolls. She also gave good performances in Young Bess and The Happy Ending, and she even played the swedish queen Desirée opposite Marlon Brando.<br /><br />RIP Jean Simmons<br /><br />Also I want everyone to think some minutes about the victims in Haiti and praying to god or whatever you believe in that everything will be fine again in Haiti, maybe it won't happend today or tomorrow but someday it surely will.<br /><br /><strong>Next Week</strong><br />More fabulous movie news with SAG, More sundance and more box office extravaganza on the line.Hofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275104015473691737.post-88931727199689780022010-01-23T00:18:00.001-08:002010-01-23T00:18:58.278-08:00RIP Jean SimmonsHofverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13660306470939651611noreply@blogger.com0