By John C. District 9 is a gritty little sci-fi film from first-time director Neil Blomkamp. It serves as a harsh metaphor for South Africa during the Apartheid era, and that is surely what attracted voters to the film, despite the graphic violence. Though the film doesn’t really have a shot at winning Best Picture,… Read More Voters are Educated, but these Contenders are Relegated to the 9th District (Part 2 of 5)

By John C. Each day this week, Monday-Friday, I will be profiling two of the ten nominees for Best Picture. They are arranged in the official, alphabetical, order. If all goes as planned, we will be having capsule reviews of the ten titles following the same pattern next week. Avatar is so much more than… Read More Avatar so Popular that other Contenders are Blind Sided (Part 1 of 5)

There were some surprises tonight at the 37th Annual Annie Awards.   First off, as I had expected a posibility to happen, Bruno Coulais’ music for Coraline beat Michael Giacchino’s Up score in the feature music category.  The Music for Television award went to Guy Moon of The Fairly Odd Parents over Kevin Kiner’s score… Read More 37th Annual Annie Award Winners Announced!

Looks like the HFPA went with the obvious. The Hangover for Comedy/Musical, and Avatar for Best Picture – Drama. Shows how much these choices are influenced by the public. But I’m very glad that both Up and Crazy Heart won both of their awards. Very much deserved. Up in the Air was one of the best screenplays of 2009,… Read More Golden Globes Wrap up