Archive for January, 2011
Best of 2010 in Film: The Definitive List of Top Tens
• January 30, 2011 • 4 CommentsPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 127 Hours, A Prophet, A.R. Rahman, Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Sorkin, Adam Kimmel, Alexandre Desplat, Andrew Garfield, Angelina Jolie, Animal Kingdom, Anne Rosselini, Another Year, Anthony Dod Mantle, Anton Sanko, Armie Hammer, Ben Mendensohl, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Director, best films of 2010, best movies of 2010, best of 2010, Best Original Score, best performances of 2010, Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Black Swan, Blake Lively, Blue Valentine, Boon Jong-Ho, Carey Mulligan, Chloe Moretz, Chris Morris, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Cyrus, Daft Punk, Dale Dickey, Danny Boyle, David Seidler, Debra Granik, Edgar Wright, Enrique Chediak, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Four Lions, Freida Pinto, Geoffrey Rush, Glenn Ficarra, Greig Fraser, Hailee Steinfeld, Hans Zimmer, Helena Bonham Carter, Hong Kyung-Pyo, How To Train Your Dragon, I Love You Phillip Morris, Inception, Jacki Weaver, Jacques Audiard, James Franco, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Armstrong, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Carrey, Joel and Ethan Coen, John Hawkes, John Powell, John Requa, Kavyan Novak, Kim Hye-Ja, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lee Unkrich, Lesley Manville, Let Me In, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Marion Cotillard, Mark Romanek, Melissa Leo, Michael Arndt, Michael Bacall, Michael Giacchino, Michael McDonough, Michelle Williams, Mike Leigh, Morning Glory, Mother, Natalie Portman, Never Let Me Go, Niels Arestrup, Nigel Godrich, Olivia Williams, Pawel Edelman, Rabbit Hole, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Portman, Rebecca Hall, Richard Jenkins, Riz Ahmed, Robert Richardson, Roger Deakins, Roman Polanski, Ruth Sheen, Ryan Gosling, Salt, Sam Bain, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shutter Island, Simon Beaufoy, Simon Blackwell, Stephane Fontaine, Sweetgrass, Tahar Rahim, Tangled, Terribly Happy, The Coen Brothers, The Fighter, The Karate Kid, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3, Trent Reznor, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Tron: Legacy, True Grit, Un Prophete, Winter's Bone, Won Bin, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
DVD Releases: Let Me In, Un Prophete, Terribly Happy
• January 30, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: A Prophet, Blood Simple, Cara Buono, Chloe Moretz, Danish film, Dylan Minnette, Edgar Wright, French cinema, French film, gangster films, gangster movies, Goodfellas, Henrik Ruben Genz, Hitchcock, Jacques Audiard, Jakob Cedergren, Joel and Ethan Coen, Kim Bodnia, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lena Maria Christensen, Let Me In, Let the Right One In, Matt Reeves, Michael Giacchino, Niels Arestrup, Richard Jenkins, Tahar Rahim, Terribly Happy, The Coen Brothers, The Godfather, Twilight, Un Prophete, vampire films, vampire movies
Another Year: Mike Leigh’s Witty, Mournful Look at Middle Age
• January 28, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Another Year, David Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Michele Austin, Mike Leigh, Peter Wight, Ruth Sheen
The 2011 Oscar Nominations, And How The Academy Got It (Mostly) Right This Time
• January 25, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 127 Hours, 2011 Academy Award nominations, 2011 Oscar nominations, 83rd Academy Award nominations, 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, Animal Kingdom, Black Swan, Christopher Nolan snub, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Hailee Steinfeld, How To Train Your Dragon, Inception, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis snub, Oscar nominations, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit
My Predictions of the 2011 Oscar Nominations
• January 23, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 127 Hours, 82nd Academy Awards, A.R. Rahman, Academy Award nominations 2011, Academy Awards 2011, Alexandre Desplat, Alice in Wonderland, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Animal Kingdom, Annette Bening, Another Year, BAFTA, Barbara Hershey, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated Feature, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Feature-Length Documentary, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Visual Effects, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Burlesque, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Client 9, Colin Firth, Danny Elfman, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, David O. Russell, Despicable Me, Diane Warren, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Geoffrey Rush, Get Low, Hailee Steinfeld, Hans Zimmer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Helena Bonham Carter, How To Train Your Dragon, I See The Light, If I Rise, Inception, Inside Job, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Joel and Ethan Coen, John Hawkes, John Powell, Julianne Moore, Made in Dagenham, Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Oscar nominations 2011, Oscar Predictions, Oscar predictions 2011, Oscars 2011, Rabbit Hole, Restrepo, Robert Duvall, Roderick Jaynes, Ryan Gosling, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shine, Shutter Island, Tangled, The Coen Brothers, The Fighter, The Illusionist, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Tempest, The Tillman Story, The Town, The Wolfman, Tom Hooper, Toy Story 3, Trent Reznor, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Tron: Legacy, True Grit, Upset special, Vincent Cassel, Waiting For Superman, We Belong Together, Winter's Bone, You Haven't Seen The Last of Me Yet
R.I.P. Reynolds Price: To One Of The Last Great Professors
• January 21, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in RIP
Tags: Duke University, great professor, James Taylor, Pulitzer Prize, Reynolds Price, RIP
Season of the Witch/Green Hornet: 2011 Begins With a Thud
• January 20, 2011 • Leave a CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: 2011 films, Black Plague, Bloodnofsky, Britt Reid, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Lee, Claire Foy, David Harbour, Dominic Sena, fantasy, James Franco, Jay Chou, Kato, Michel Gondry, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Season of the Witch, Seth Rogen, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, superhero films, superhero movies, The Green Hornet, Tom Wilkinson, witches
DVD Releases: Animal Kingdom, Mother, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• January 19, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Academy Awards, Animal Kingdom, Australian cinema, Australian film, Ben Mendelsohn, Bin Won, Boon Jong-Ho, David Michod, documentaries, documentary, Guy Pearce, Hye-Ja Kim, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville, Joan Rivers, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Jong-Ho Boon, Kim Hye-Ja, Korean cinema, Korean film, Melissa Rivers, Mother, Oscar buzz, plastic surgery, stand-up comedy, The Coen Brothers, The Host, The Town, Won Bin
Winter’s Bone: A Gorgeous Nightmare in the Ozarks
• January 16, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Academy Awards, Dale Dickey, Debra Granik, film noir, Garret Dillahunt, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, meth cooking, Oscar buzz, Ozarks, Ronnie Hall, Winter's Bone
DVD Releases: Monsters, Valhalla Rising, Sweetgrass
• January 16, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Absaroka-Beartooth, documentary, Gareth Edwards, Gladiator, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Maarten Stevenson, Mads Mikkelsen, Monsters, Montana, Nicolas Winding Refn, science fiction, Scoot McNairy, sheep, sheep herding, sheepherders, Sweetgrass, Valhalla Rising, violent film, Whitney Able
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