Smile of the Week: A Flash Wedding
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Winners: Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:04 am
It’s looking good for “The Social Network,” Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Trent Reznor as the leading predictors of the Oscar race gave out their awards this weekend.
Golden Globe winners:
MOTION PICTURES:
— Picture, Drama: “The Social Network.”
— Picture, Musical or Comedy: “The Kids Are All Right.”
— Actor, Drama: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech.”
— Actress, Drama: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan.”
— Director: David Fincher, “The Social Network.”
— Actress, Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right.”
— Actor, Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti, “Barney’s Version.”
— Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, “The Fighter.”
— Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter.”
— Foreign Language: “In a Better World.”
— Animated Film: “Toy Story 3.”
— Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network.”
— Original Score: “The Social Network.”
— Original Song: “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” (written by Diane Warren), “Burlesque.”
TELEVISION:
— Series, Drama: “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO.
— Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire.”
— Actress, Drama: Katey Sagal, “Sons of Anarchy.”
— Series, Musical or Comedy: “Glee,” Fox.
— Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory.”
— Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Linney, “The Big C.”
— Miniseries or Movie: “Carlos,” Sundance Channel.
— Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, “Temple Grandin.”
— Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, “You Don’t Know Jack.”
— Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jane Lynch, “Glee.”
— Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Chris Colfer, “Glee.”
Critic’s Choice Awards
Best Picture: ‘The Social Network’
Best Actor: Colin Firth, ‘The King’s Speech’
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, ‘Black Swan’
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, ‘The Fighter’
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, ‘The Fighter’
Best Young Actor/Actress: Hailee Steinfeld, ‘True Grit’
Best Acting Ensemble: ‘The Fighter’
Best Director: David Fincher, ‘The Social Network’
Best Original Screenplay: ‘The King’s Speech,’ David Seidler
Best Adapted Screenplay: ‘The Social Network,’ Aaron Sorkin
Best Cinematography: ‘Inception,’ Wally Pfister
Best Art Direction: ‘Inception,’ Guy Hendrix Dyas and Larry Dias & Doug Mowat
Best Editing: ‘Inception,’ Lee Smith
Best Costume Design: ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Best Visual Effects: ‘Inception’
Best Sound: ‘Inception’
Best Animated Feature: ‘Toy Story 3’
Best Action Movie: ‘Inception’
Best Comedy: ‘Easy A’
Best Picture Made For Television: ‘The Pacific’
Best Foreign Language Film: ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Best Documentary Feature: ‘Waiting for ‘Superman” ‘
Best Song: ‘If I Rise,’ performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong; ‘127 Hours’
Best Score: ‘The Social Network,’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Film Your Favorite Newbery Award Winner!
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 3:45 pm
The Newberry Award is the highest honor awarded to the author of a children’s book and the list of winners includes some classics for every age. James Kennedy (The Order of Odd-Fish
This is a great opportunity to revisit old favorites and find some new ones from the Newbery list.
Rules:
1. Your video should be 90 seconds or less. (Some exceptions, but keep it short.)
2. Your video has to be about a Newbery award-winning (or Newbery honor-winning) book.
3. Your video must condense the plot of the book in 90 seconds or less. Again, exceptions will be made for something really ingeniously bonkers, but it has to be related to a Newbery winning book.
4. Upload your videos to YouTube or Vimeo or whatever and send the link to kennedyjames gmail com. Make the subject line be “90 SECOND NEWBERY” and please tell me your name, age, where you’re from, and whatever other comments you’d like to include, including whether you’d like me to link to your personal site. You can give an alias if you want; he understand privacy concerns.
5. Sending the link grants James Kennedy the right to post it on his blog and to other websites where he sometimes posts content (like Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and to share at public readings, school visits–and hopefully the “90-Second Newbery” Film Festival at the New York Public Library in the Fall of 2011.
6. Deadline is September 15, 2011.
I’d love to see what you create!
Trailer: ‘Born to be Wild’
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 8:00 am
“Born to be Wild” is a new 3D IMAX documentary about orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them – saving endangered species one life at a time. It opens April 8.
Roger Ebert’s List of the Best 2010 Documentaries
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:12 pm
For me, the big story of the movie of 2010 was the animated films and the documentaries — we had more great films in both categories than ever before. So I was delighted to see Roger Ebert’s list of the year’s best documentaries. The films he selected demonstrate the astonishing range of modes, moods, topics, and voices working in documentaries today. There is the devastating autopsy of the financial crisis (“Inside Job”) and the mind-bending examination of street art that explores art, commerce, and the gullibility of the celebrity culture in form and content. There is a movie about a serial killer and a movie about a literally colorful guy who waves his jacket at tourists on Chicago’s river boats (I loved that one). And I was delighted to see Roger’s comments on the new film from Errol Morris. It was the review of Errol Morris’ “Gates of Heaven” and “Vernon, Florida” on the Ebert and Siskel show that first got me interested in documentaries, and I have been very grateful to them ever since.
See also the list of top documentaries of 2010 from one of my favorite critic friends, Cynthia Fuchs.