The Artist: Not A Best Picture, But A Charming Picture
• January 20, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: A Star Is Born, Academy Awards, Berenice Bejo, Best Picture, Busby Berkley, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Citizen Kane, Douglas Fairbanks, Film, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, James Cromwell, Jean DuJardin, John Goodman, Kim Novak, Malcolm MacDowell, Michel Hazanavicius, Missi Pyle, movies, Oscar buzz, silent film, silent movies, Singin in the Rain, The Artist, Vertigo
The Golden Globes: Who Will Win (And Who Should Win)
• January 15, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Awards Season, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 2012 Golden Globes, 50/50, A Separation, Albert Brooks, Alexander Payne, American Horror Story, Amy Poehler, Angelina Jolie, Beginners, Berenice Bejo, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Boardwalk Empire, Boss, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson, Bret MacKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Plummer, Claire Danes, Downton Abbey, Drive, Elton John, Episodes, Game of Thrones, George Clooney, Gnomeo and Juliet, Golden Globe nominations, Golden Globes, HFPA, Hollywood Foreign Press, Homeland, Hugo, Idris Elba, In The Land Of Blood and Honey, Jean DuJardin, Jessica Chastain, Jessica Lange, John Williams, Kate Winslet, Kelsey Grammer, Luther, Madonna, Maggie Smith, Martin Scorsese, Matt LeBlanc, Meryl Streep, Michael Shannon, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, Mildred Pierce, Modern Family, Moneyball, My Week With Marilyn, New Girl, Octavia Spencer, Oscar buzz, Peter Dinklage, Rooney, Rooney Mara, Shailene Woodley, The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Guard, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Muppets, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, W.E., War Horse, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Woody Allen, Zooey Deschanel
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
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
Why The Golden Globes Are A Sad Joke
• December 14, 2010 • 5 CommentsPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 127 Hours, 2010 nominations, 2010 nominees, Aaron Johnson, Academy Award nominations, Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Alice in Wonderland, Andrew Garfield, Angelina Jolie, Animated film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Animated Film, Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Picture, Black Swan, Breaking Bad, Burlesque, Cher, Chris Colfer, Christina Aguilera, Cyrus, Danny Boyle, Danny Elfman, Dinner For Shmucks, Eli Wallach, Ewan MacGregor, Four Lions, Glee, Golden Globe nominations, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2010, Golden Globes nominees, Gordon Gekko, Helen Mirren, HFPA, Hitchcock, Hollywood Foreign Press, How To Train Your Dragon, I Love You Phillip Morris, Inception, Iron Man 2, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, James Franco, Jane Lynch, Jim Carrey, John C. Reilly, John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, Kick-Ass, Knight and Day, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Michael Cera, Michael Douglas, Never Let Me Go, nominations, nominees, Olivia Williams, Oscar buzz, Oscars, Pierce Brosnan, RED, Riz Ahmed, Robert Downey Jr., Rotten Tomatoes, sad joke, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shutter Island, Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Carell, Tangled, The Fighter, The Ghost Writer, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Other Guy, The Other Guys, The Social Network, The Tourist, The Town, The Walking Dead, The Wire, Tim Burton, Tom Cruise, Toy Story 3, Ty Burrell, Wall Street 2, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Will Ferrell, Youth in Revolt, Zach Galifianakis
Miss LOST Already? Watch These 25 Movies
• May 24, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: 24, 300, A Perfect Getaway, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Air Force One, Alan Dale, Ana Lucia Cortez, Andrew Divoff, Antwone Fisher, Avatar, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Ben Linus, Bernard, Bernard Nadler, Best Picture, Blu Ray, Bolt, Brick, Caesar, Capote, Casey Affleck, Charles Widmore, Charlie Pace, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Claire Littleton, Clifton Collins Jr., Colonel Upham, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cynthia Watros, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Faraday, Daniel Roebuck, Death Proof, Dennis Lehane, Dennis Quaid, Desmond Hume, Dexter, Dharma Initiative, Dharma Orientation, Dick Hickock, Dominic Monaghan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emilie de Ravin, Ethan Rom, Evangeline Lilly, Flash Forward, Flocke, For Love of the Game, Francois Chau, Frank Lapidus, Frequency, GI Joe, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Gone Baby Gone, Grindhouse, Harold Perrineau, Harrison Ford, Henry Ian Cusick, Hugo Reyes, Human Target, Hurley, Ian Somerhalder, Ilana, In Cold Blood, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jack Shephard, Jacob, James Cameron, James Ford, Jay Leno, Jeff Fahey, Jeremy Davies, Jeremy Renner, Jim Caviezel, Jin Kwon, John Locke, Jorge Garcia, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Holloway, Juliet Burke, Kate Austen, Ken Leung, Kevin Costner, Kevin Durand, Kiele Sanchez, Kurt Russell, L. Scott Caldwell, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Arzt, Link, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Locke, Lost, Lost Finale, Lost The End, Love Actually, Machete, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Man In Black, Mark Pellegrino, Martin Keamy, Matthew Fox, MC Gainey, Mercutio, Merry, Michael Dawson, Michael Emerson, Michelle Rodriguez, Mikhail, Miles Straume, Mission: Impossible 2, Mr. Eko, Mr. Friendly, Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonelli, Nikki, Oz, Paolo, Paul Giamatti, Pierre Chang, Planet Terror, Primal Fear, Quentin Tarantino, Racer X, Rescue Dawn, Rian Johnson, Richard Alpert, Robert Rodriguez, Robin Hood, Rodrigo Santoro, Romeo and Juliet, Rose, Rose Nadler, Saïd Taghmaoui, Saving Private Ryan, Saw, Sawyer, Sayid Jarrah, Seinfeld, Sideways, Smoke Monster, Smokey, Smokin Aces, Speed Racer, Terry O'Quinn, The Blob, The Brothers Bloom, The End, The Fugitive, The Hurt Locker, The Late Shift, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Mummy Returns, The Sopranos, Titus Welliver, Tom Cruise, Tom Friendly, Tombstone, Tommy Lee Jones, Truman Capote, V, Val Kilmer, Walt, Werner Herzog, William Mapother, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Xerxes
My Predictions of the 2010 Oscar Nominations
• February 2, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Listmania
Tags: 2010, 2010 Academy Award nominations, 2010 Academy Awards, 2010 Oscar nominations, 2010 Oscars, 500 Days of Summer, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Academy Award nominations, Academy Awards, An Education, Armando Iannucci, Avatar, Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Bob Peterson, Carey Mulligan, Christian McKay, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, District 9, Emily Blunt, Ethan Coen, Gabourney Sibide, Geoffrey Fletcher, George Clooney, Helen Mirren, In The Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Joel Coen, Jule & Julia, Julianne Moore, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matt Damon, Me and Orson Welles, Meryl Streep, Michael H. Weber, Mo'Nique, Morgan Freeman, Neill Blomkamp, Nick Hornby, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Penelope Cruz, Pete Docter, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, Sandra Bullock, Scott Cooper, Scott Neustadter, Sheldon Turner, Stanley Tucci, Terri Tatchell, The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, The Informant, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, The Messenger, The Young Victoria, Up, Up In The Air, Woody Harrelson
Best of 2008: The Definitive List of Top Tens
• February 18, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Listmania
Tags: Academy Awards, Andrew Stanton, Anne Hathaway, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best of 2008, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson, Cate Blanchett, Catinca Untaru, Charlie Kaufman, Colin Farrell, Columbus Short, Danai Guirira, David Wenham, Doubt, Eddie Izzard, Frank Langella, Freida Pinto, Frost/Nixon, Gabrielle Union, Guillermo Del Toro, Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Iron Man, James Franco, Jared Harris, Jason Segel, John Patrick Shanley, Jonathan Demme, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Man On Wire, Marisa Tomei, Martin McDonagh, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Sheen, Michelle Williams, Mickey Rourke, Mike Leigh, New York, Nicole Kidman, Oliver Stone, Oscars, Penelope Cruz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Getting Married, Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, Richard Jenkins, Robert Downey Jr., Ron Howard, Rosemarie Dewitt, Sally Hawkins, Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, Tarsem, Thandie Newton, The Fall, Top 10, Valentina Cervi, Viola Davis, Wall-E
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