FILM
The 82nd Academy Awards: We Predict the Winners:
Picture: The Hurt Locker
Possible Upset: Avatar
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Hurt Locker
Possible Upset: Jim Cameron, Avatar
Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Possible Upset: Forget it. It's Bridges or nobody
Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Possible Upset: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Supporting Actor: Chrisoph Waltz
Possible Upset: Christopher Plummer
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
Possible Upset: Forget it. It's Mo'Nique or nobody
Animated Feature: UP!
Possible Upset: Forget it. Some people think that UP! was the best film of the year, period.
Cinematography: Too close to call. Could be one of three. The look of Inglourious Basterds, the tough job of filming The Hurt Locker and the challenges of technology faced by Avatar. In the end we think Avatar has too many computers to count and Hurt Locker is pretty straight forward with the editing being the real star. So, that leaves Inglourious Basterds. It's a 'Work of Art'. And that's the great Robert Richardson, by the way.
Writing:
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
Possible Upset: Actually, any of them.
Adapted Screenplay: Precious
Possible Upset: Up in the Air
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TCM Classic Film Festival
Hollywood, CA
April 22 - 25, 2010
The TCM Classic Film Festival will be a landmark celebration of the history of Hollywood and its movies, presented in a way that only TCM can, with major events, celebrity appearances and screenings of classic films. The Festival will cover a wide range of programming themes, including the story of Hollywood. All screenings - more than 50 - will include special introductions and guest appearances to provide context about each film. Specific details about this unique fan experience will be announced in the weeks and months ahead, including guest appearances by actors, actresses, directors, producers and other key figures.
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Orson Welles 1960 Interview
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Interviewed in Paris in 1960, before he was reduced to talkshow visits, commercials and host or guest appearances on television, a medium for entertainment, as you will see, that he had little regard for. In these interviews he is honest, lucid, comfortable, intelligent, insightful, ready, it seems, to answer any question, and with an abundance of good humor. It is, simply, Orson at his best. He disavows his genius label, the importance of Art and even some of his contemporary counterparts within the directing profession. He also offers amazing insight about actors forming their own production companies as well as where television falls short as a medium for entertainment. Althugh he fails to take into account the invention of the "Sit-com": TV's greatest achievement in terms of entertainment.
Thank God for the creation of YouTube so that wonderful interviews, like this one, can be re-discovered. As I have written in the past, I beleive that YouTube will be the single most significant development in Communication, since the invention of the television. It's impact may surpass that of the Web, itself - although, of course, the web is still inquired for as the medium fo distribution for YouTube.
- Carter Lyman Hall
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30 Second Reviews
Invictus, Star Trek, Angels & Demon's, The Wrestler, Milk, Valkyrie, Get Smart
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