I finally saw it. And what can I say? I thought it was awesome. I loved the graphic novel and I, like everyone else who read it, was very sceptical if ZACK SNYDER was the right man for the job. Can he do it? 300 was a nice flick, but it wasn't the most demanding piece of fiction to say the least. WATCHMEN on the other hand is a very complex graphic novel, with an almost insane amount of details and subplots and... well crazy shit going on. Can he do it? YES HE CAN!
WATCHMEN is one hell of a flick. SYNDER manages to stay true to the novel and still delivers a very entertaining blockbuster. Of course some things are missing, but it didn't harm the story at all.
As we could expect, the movie is visually stunning. And it's so violent and explicit, I still can't believe the amount of gore I've witnessed. But it's not like a BRUCKHEIMER-esque adaptation of good material, it's deep, it takes its time to tell the story and describe the characters (with the exception of Veidts character, which in my opinion should have gotten more attention) and embraces them properly. This movie is almost on par with THE DARK KNIGHT and I love how dark, explicit and badass Hollywood can be, if you let the right people do their job.
However, I can understand, that this movie isn't suited for everyone. It is not your average superhero flick. It's confusing at times (especially if you have not read the graphic novel), it's complex and it mixes sort of reality with very strange fiction and it calls on your imagination. You definitely have to let yourself go on this one.
When something as big as WATCHMEN gets adapted for the big screen, you alyways have those hardcore fans, that bitch about every little piece, that's missing from the original or they moan about changes, with no regard of how those changes work or fit for the movie. They bitch about LORD OF THE RINGS, they bitch about HARRY POTTER and of course they will bitch about WATCHMEN. Don't you believe em. This is a movie. It is not the graphic novel, it's an adaptation. And a great one, I might add. This movie comes as close to the original, as I can imagine a movie could get. If you read the graphic novel and expect that exact same feeling that you had when you first read it from the movie, than you're an idiot. Is it impossible to like or even worship a great novel like LOTR or WATCHMEN and STILL like the adaptations? No it's not, if it's done as good as this. All you hardcore geeks, should get your thumbs outta your ass and enjoy this motion picture version of one of the best graphic novels of all times. Let me tell you this: I even like the ending of the movie better than the version of the graphic novel! Yeah, I said it! I can imagine how ALAN MOORE sits at home thinking "damn, why didn't I come up with that twist?".
I tip my hat to all those involved in the making of this flick.
Can't wait to see the directos cut!
Check this out: KEVIN SMITH will direct a movie, which he didn't wrote! Isn't that incredible? Chances are he might not bomb at the Box Office for once in his career. The cast sounds promising so far - BRUCE WILLIS and TRACY MORGAN (you know him as the crazy black dude in NBCs hit sitcom 30 ROCK, and of course WHO DAT NINJA...).
The movie is penned by MARK and ROBB CULLEN and comes by the name of A COUPLE OF COPS.
IMDB describes the plot outline as follows:
A comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money.
Yeah, I know... the headline is kinda exaggerated but it's true. WATCHMEN scored the best opening for an R-rated movie EVER. Although it even scored the best opening for the year so far, it still came in lower than expected with "only" $56 million. Check it out:
source: variety
ZACK SNYDER topped the BOX OFFICE two years ago with 300. It took the first place with $70.9 million over the course of its first weekend. What's so interesting about those figures is, that 300 scored $2.5 million after the friday midnight screenings before the weekend and what's even more interesting is, that WATCHMEN grossed $4.6 million after the same time counting the early showings. So it's pretty save to say, that WATCHMEN will kick some serious box office ass this weekend! Yay!
source: EW
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM is one of my favourite shows of all times. In case you have lived under a huge rock -or in Europe, where this awesome show never got recognized- and you don't know what the fuck I'm talking about. Get a clue. CURB is created from and about LARRY DAVID, who is one of the creators of the most successfull sitcom on Earth called SEINFELD. It's about LDs life after he became uber rich with SEINFELD and basically has nothing to do, but living his life in Hollywood and pissing off everybody around him. Sounds great, right? Anyways, the show is heading for it's seventh season this Fall (yes, you've been missing out a great show for over six years now) and EW has exklusive news on the new season. Check it out:
"The Seinfeld cast is making another must-see appearance. EW has learned exclusively that the four stars of NBC's long-running comedy -- Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards -- will be featured in a multiple-episode story arc on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall. The cameos will mark the first time that all four actors have appeared together in a scripted TV show since Seinfeld went off the air nearly 11 years ago. [...]"
A new trailer for the new HARRY POTTER flick is out. I couldn't care less, since I despise the whole Potter-Universe, but I respect the fact, that it has A LOT of fans around the world, who go nuts when this little headgeek swings his magic wand (which -actually- he rarley does...hm).
So here it is:
Despite the disappointing ratings (the show just hit an all-time low with "only" 7 million people watching. That's 2 million people less than last year), despite the rumors that the show is getting axed and despite the fact, that the show has gone downhill quality-wise and basically sucks donkey balls now (and I LOVED the first season!), HEROES will survive for another season reports THR.
NBC ordered another 18-20 episodes confirmes ANGELA BROMSTAD, entertainment president of NBC.
Another point in “Heroes” favor is the show performs well internationally. Bromstad said she experienced the drama's global popularity first-hand in her previous NBC post, heading the network’s international efforts based in London.
"Every single place you go has heard about 'Heroes' -- whether you’re in China or Japan or Russia," she said. "And to me, that is global content."
Boy oh boy, PUBLIC ENEMIES and WATCHMEN are two of my most anticipated movies for 2009. So I'm glad to announce that the official trailer for MICHAEL MANNS (COLLATERAL, MIAMI VICE, HEAT) crime thriller has just been released. The flick features an uber cast: JOHNNY DEPP as legendary bank robber John Dillinger, CHRISTIAN BALE as FBI agent Melvin Purvis and MARION COTILLARD (won the Oscar 2008 for best female lead in LA VIE EN ROSE) as Dillingers girlfriend Billie Frechette.
PE will hit the big screen in July in the U.S. and August in Europe!
Click here to watch the trailer.
If you happen to be a machine, than get ready to get you ass handed by John Connor! The new TERMINATOR SALVATION trailer kicks some serious butt and I am now officially hyped!
Ch-ch-check-it-out:
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT has acquired THE B-TEAM a ADAM MCKAY-directed action comedy that will team WILL FERRELL and MARK WAHLBERG as cops.
MCKAY and FERRELL who brought us the nothing but awesome ANCHORMAN, the decent STEP BROTHERS and the not-so-great TALLADEGA NIGHTS will also produce the flick. It's still uncertain, if the flick will be released as B-TEAM due to possible legal/name issues with 20th CENTURY FOX that is mobilizing a movie based on TV series THE A-TEAM.
I keep you posted on this one.
One of the greatest Stand-Up comediens of all-times RICHARD PRYOR will get a full feature biopic. Writer/director BILL CONDON (DREAMGIRLS) is likely to sell his script RICHARD PRYOR: IS IT SOMETHING I SAID? to FOX SEARCHLIGHT (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE).
EDDIE MURPHY is attached to the project to play the late RICHARD PRYOR who died in December 2005 due to a heart attack.
He was 65 years old.
source: EW
Another remake no one needs but who's counting, right?
TOTAL RECALL is coming back to the big screen. NEAL H. MORITZ, Hollywood producer and owner of a company called ORIGINAL FILMS who brought us movies like THE FAST & THE FURIOUS, S.W.A.T. or xXx (which sadly ain't porn but "triple x") is in final negotiations with COLUMBIA to direct and produce a new version of SCHWARZENEGGERS big hit TOTAL RECALL (1990).
No word on who's starring or what the script will be like...
HARRY POTTER has a date. Well not an actual date but a release date for THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 AND 2.
DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 1:
November 19th, 2010
DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2:
July 15th, 2011
And for those who are confused about the HALF-BLOOD PRINCE:
HALF-BLOOD PRINCE:
July 17th, 2009
So the 81st Annual Acadamy Awards are over. I have to admit, I was kinda sceptical beforehand and couldn't really get on the OSCAR-Hype-Train. There was just nothing that promised a spectacular or at least an interesting show. The nominated movies were quite unspectacular, boring or just wrong. With some exceptions of course. I loved FROST/NIXON, though I don't think this well crafted and well acted piece of work deserved a statue that says "this is one of the most important movies ever made". I was however disappointed, that THE DARK KNIGHT did not get a nomination for Best Picture. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fanboy and I'm not basing my opinion on Box Office sales, BUT I doubt a Blockbuster can get any better than this. If you hand out 11 statues to TITANIC and don't even "nominate" TDK for Best Picture, you should not wonder why people lose interest in the Acadamy Awards. If the OSCARS aren't believable and credibile, than what's the point? That being said, of course I watched the whole show and... I enjoyed it.
First of all, I thought HUGH JACKMAN did a terrific job. I was really really sceptical if he could pull this thing. I was like "Wolverine? Really?", but credit where credit is due, I have to cut the man some slack. He was very likeable and the good thing was he didn't force himself to the audience. He sang, he danced, he shook some hands and hosted very smoothly. I have to admit though, that I still prefer a comedian like Jon Stewart, Steve Martin or Chris Rock. JACKMANN was good, but he was too clean for my taste. And what's with all the singing and dancing and "Musicals are alive" shit? Come on...
However I LOVED the idea of presenting the awards for best Actor/Actress by former winners. It was beautiful to see so many great actors together on one stage talking directly and in front of the nominated actors/actresses.
Another thing that was very nicely done was the way how they announced the categories and explained and showed what it meant. Like when they talked about Best Screenplay, they showed actual excerpts of that particular script and the scene as it was in the finished movie. Great!
What else...loved the JAMES FRANCO , SETH ROGEN and JANUSZ KAMINSKI(!) skit (Rogen takes one of Kaminskis two Oscars and wonders "can you make a pipe out of this?"), loved BEN STILLER not wanting to be the funny guy anymore (very funny), loved BEYONCÉ...
Let's talk HEATH LEDGER. Is it just me, or was the Oscar for HEATH kinda boring... or unspectacular. I don't say it had to be particulary "special" in any kind of way, but it felt kinda cold from my perspective. The mother and sister of HEATH seemed to really enjoy the Oscars and judging from the hair of LEDGERs sister and the dress of his mom, they put quite some time and effort to look nice on stage, whereas their speech was pretty dull. I expected more emotions and feelings. Not "faked feelings" mind you. Don't get me wrong. No one has to burst out in tears, if they don't feel like it, but I thought he wasn't praised and honored enough. But maybe that's just me...
As for the winners, there was not really a big upset or surprise. I'm glad that BUTTON didn't get away with too many OSCARS, because it just didn't deserve them. The only thing that was, well at least a littlebit surprising, was SEAN PENNs OSCAR for best ACTOR. I haven't seen MILK yet, but I can imagine that it was an Oscar-worthy perfomance by PENN. I mean it's SEAN PENN ffs... BUT I would loved to see the award go to MICKEY ROURKE. I love that guy, loved the movie and I'm not sure if he will ever get a shot for an Oscar again. Well I guess I have to watch his kickass acceptance speech of the SPIRIT AWARD over and over again and imagine how it would have been, if had won an Oscar:
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production; Christian Colson, Producer
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner: Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner: Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Winner: Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner: Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner: Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: "Milk" (Focus Features); Written by Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Winner: "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Winner: "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production; Kunio Kato
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Winner: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Art
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathe; and BBC Films) Michael O'Connor
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Winner:"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Paramount and Warner Bros.) Greg Cannom
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Winner: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"A Mephisto Film Production; Jochen Alexander Freydank
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Winner: "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Winner: "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Richard King
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Chris Dickens
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
Winner: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Gulzar
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Winner: "Departures" (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production; Japan
Okay, as promised I keep the DARKO goons posted.
The "official" trailer for the DONNIE DARKO sequel S.DARKO has been released.
And actually... I kind of like it.
You can watch the trailer on www.sdarko.com.
The folks over at IGN report about a possible big screen version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. It's still a rumor as UNIVERSAL hasn't confirmed anything yet. The rumor though seems pretty detailed. Check it out. :“We were informed that the film will be based on the original BSG series from 1978-79 rather than the recent reboot from Sci Fi Channel. The story followed a band of humans who were the only survivors of a devastating attack on their colonial home world by the vicious cybernetic race known as the Cylons. The survivors, led by Commander Adama, embark on a journey through space aboard the military vessel Battlestar Galactica to find refuge on a distant planet called Earth.”
I keep you posted on this one.
Beautiful AMY SMART. I think I fell in love with her when I first saw her on ROAD TRIP seducing BRECKIN MEYER. I fell in love again when I saw her in the great and underappreciated INTERSTATE 60. She did another roadtrip in the mediocre RAT RACE and it seems to me, that AMY is the kind of girl you just want to bunk and go on an adventure. She has the perfect mixture of sweetness and toughness. If you saw CRANK you'll know what I mean...
So where is AMY now?
Well besides of giving her voice to several ROBOT CHICKEN characters, we will see her in CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE. Also she just landed the lead in a new ABC pilot called "SEE CATE RUN", about a young attorney eventually running for President of the U.S.
EMPIRE released a set of pretty interesting INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS posters. Something tells me you won't see them like that in Germany...
The new teaser trailer for MICHAEL BAYS TRANSFORMERS sequel is out. Looks like a decent blockbuster. At least the blow up and crash a shitload of stuff. Like buildings, cars and bridges and buildings and cars and shit.
Check it out:
You can find in HD here.
Some lucky people in L.A. had the chance to watch a screening of the final cut of WATCHMEN yesterday. Lucky for us, some of them share their thoughts on Latinoreview.
Here is an excerpt:
2. The ending is different, no squid. I was one of the people who never really cared about squid/no squid, but I feel the ending will work better for mainstream audiences that have never read the book.
3. They do not imply a sequel anymore than the book does...
7. It was fantastically close to the book; even the framings of shots were lifted directly from the book.
8. Jackie Earl Halley is the shit in this. He IS Rorschach.
9. This movie is gory. I'm a gore hound and I was surprised at how graphic some scenes were. Really had people squirming.
10. NAKED Sally Jupiter. (CORRECTION NAKED Silk Spectre)
I have to say Snyder knocked this one out of the park. There is some gruesome, brutal stuff here that is hard to watch. The fight scenes are awesome, and, like in 300, Snyder continues the use of ramping the frame rate to accentuate the movements of the characters. I knew there was going to be some slo-mo, but I didn't think he overdid it. All in all, fans of the book are going to more than pleased with the film. For a book that was for years considered un-filmable, he certainly managed to hit almost every beat and did not compromise any of the material
I have to admit, that though the writer of the review sounds pretty amazed, I am kinda shocked, that ZACK SNYDER changed the ending... Let's just hope he didn't screw up!
Check the full review here.
EMPIRE MAGAZINE has a pretty interesting cover-story on their march issue that's on sale this friday. Here is a scoop:
Inside, we’ll tell you how the film finally became a reality after years languishing in tangled rights hell; why Peter Jackson stepped aside from directing; what might be contained in the mooted second movie; and just what director Guillermo del Toro has in store for the whole shebang.
Here’s a taster of our exclusive interview with del Toro:
“Whatever The Hobbit ends up being, it has to ultimately blend seamlessly into the first movie of the trilogy. We have to respect the cosmology and the canon established by the trilogy and follow it.”
Script is penned by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (WANTED) and the flick will be directed by no other than DAVID CRONENBERG (EASTERN PROMISES). The movie is an adaptation of ROBERT LUDLUMS (writer of the BOURNE TRILOGY) book by the same name. WASHINGTON and CRUISE are in talks not yet confirmed though.
Story is about two bitter enemy spies who, after spending two decades trying to kill each other, grudgingly team up against the Matarese, a powerful group at the root of a conspiracy.
This has blockbuster written all over it. More to come on this one...
This flick is a typical sort of "sequels no one needs". But since there are a lot of DONNIE DARKO fans out there, I guess it belongs here aswell. After all, there might be a small chance that it won't suck...
S. DARKO - A DONNIE DARKO TALE is basically the same story but now told through the eyes of Donnies sister Samantha. Of course no one that worked on DONNIE DARKO is involved in this straight to DVD release (meaning no JAKE GYLLENHAAL and no RICHARD KELLY). A real trailer is supposed to be shown at NYC ComicCon.
Anyhow, here goes the (fanmade-) teaser trailer:
Ok, without further ado. Click here to go straight to the BASTERDS trailer.
It's a wrap guys! That's right, QUENTIN TARANTINOS Nazi hunt INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is in the can! Entertainment Tonight gave an exklusive first glimpse on the soon to be released BASTERDS trailer. (Check back soon, you'll find it here as soon as it hits the net!).
Check out the ET preview:
Update: The Trailer will be aired tonight! Check back soon...
JASON STATHAM back on track. Check out the new poster for CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE!
And here goes another comic adaption: BRETT RATNER (of RUSH HOUR fame) will direct ROB LIEFELDS YOUNGBLOOD comic book. It's about a fictional superhero team that made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 one-shot Megaton: Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for Image Comics (SPAWN). Through out their publishing history, they were originally published by Image Comics, and later by Awesome Entertainment. In 1998, LIEFELD hired ALAN MOORE (WATCHMEN) to relaunch and revamp Youngblood.
No word about the plot of the movie and whether it takes on LIEFELD oder MOORES vision of the comic.
RATNER to VARIETY: “Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and ‘Youngblood’ is one of the few comicbooks left with tentpole potential. It was a real personal passion project for me, and a lot of people wanted (‘Youngblood’), but the amazing thing about the guys at Reliance is the speed with which they’re able to move.”
I guess by now you all heard about the infamous BALE OUT on the set of TERMINATOR: SALVATION. Looks like CHRISTIAN BALE is kinda the new STAR WARS KID. Probably as I am writing this, someone on the planet is uploading an new remix of BALES rant on youtube. Though I think it's funny and he kinda deserves to be mocked for being a cock, I still think he is a great actor and probably not half as much of an asshole, as the leaked audio suggests. I mean come on... I know a lot of people that have gone ballistic (or should I say "baleistic"?) over some shit and regretted it immediately. It's just human to sometimes lose your shit (pun intended). That's not an excuse and it doesn't make it right, but people should stop pointing fingers. If BALE wouldn't be a rich celebrity, no one would make a big deal out of it. But being famous does not change the fact, that you're still a human. And sometimes even an asshole.
That being said, CHRISTIAN BALE apologized on L.A.'s Kevin & Bean morning radio show on KROQ. Though you may still think he is a prick, I say cut the dude some slack and let bygones be bygones.
Listen to the apology here.
And besides all that: TERMINATOR: SALVATION will kick ass!
Since a lot of you guys write me and ask me what I think about this movie and that movie, I figured I could aswell post a short list of movies, that I watched recently and what I thought of them.
Since I don't have the time to write detailed reviews and sum up the storylines, I just give a rating from one to ten. One being pretty shitty and ten being on of my all-time favourites (hardly ever given).
If you don't know the movie, click the link and do some research for your own. You lazy ass!
Recently Watched:
The Fall: 8/10
Taken: 8/10
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: 5/10
The Wrestler: 9/10
Frost/Nixon: 8/10
Let the right one in: 9/10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 7/10
Slumdog Millionaire: 8/10
RocknRolla: 7/10
Gran Torino: 7/10
Ondskan (Evil): 7/10
According to IESB Christopher and Jonathan NOLAN and DAVID GOYER have started writing the script for next BATMAN flick. Although it has yet to be confirmed officialy, IESB claims:
IESB was told by an extremely reliable source that the project has already gone into the writing stage with Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer all hard at work.Of course no details about the plot and possible villains are known so far. As soon as there are any new informations, you'll find the here.
[...]
We've double checked and we are definitely hearing the script is being written as we speak.
EMPIRE ONLINE has some pretty neat b/w style WATCHMEN PORTRAITS.
Check out Roarschach:
More of this can be founde here.
I'm not quite sure if this is supposed to be on the net already, but hell... who cares? I loved CRANK and I never thoght, they would make a sequel, because after all, the first one would be hard to top. But someone at LIONSGATE thought "fuck that, let's do another one" and obviously they did.
Check out the CRANK 2 trailer, that just leaked. But beware: "That kind of language is not gonna fly on tv"...
Good news folks! It seems as if the feud between WARNER BROS and 20th CENTURY FOX came to an end. WATCHMEN will be released as scheduled in March (in the US that is...). Check this out:
"Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights to the upcoming motion picture Watchmen in a confidential settlement. Warner Bros acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography. Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith in defending against those claims Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film’s March 6 release in theatres."
More on this here.
Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Other Nominees:
Burn After Reading (2008)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)
Other Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Other Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)
Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Colin Farrell for In Bruges (2008)
Other Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
James Franco for Pineapple Express (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges (2008)
Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Other Nominees:
Rebecca Hall for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008)
Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia! (2008)
Emma Thompson for Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Other Nominees:
Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)
Other Nominees:
Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)
Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy
Other Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER
The Wrestler (2008)("The Wrestler")
Other Nominees:
Bolt (2008)("I Thought I Lost You")
Cadillac Records (2008)("Once in a Lifetime")
Gran Torino (2008)("Gran Torino")
WALL·E (2008)("Down to Earth")
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
Other Nominees:
Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon (2008): Hans Zimmer
Best Animated Film
WINNER
WALL·E (2008)
Other Nominees:
Bolt (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER
Vals Im Bashir (2008)
Other Nominees:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)
Gomorra (2008)
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER
"Mad Men" (2007)
Other Nominees:
"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"In Treatment" (2008)
"True Blood" (2007)
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
"30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:
"Californication" (2007)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005)
"Weeds" (2005)
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
"John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Bernard and Doris (2007)
"Cranford" (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)
Recount (2008) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for
Television
WINNER
Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)
Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)
Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Other Nominees:
Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)
Other Nominees:
Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)
Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)
Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)
In case you haven't noticed: There is an ongoing feud between WARNER BROS. and FOX about who owns the distribution rights for the upcoming blockbuster WATCHMEN. Without going into too much detail, the bottom line is: FOX SUCKS ELEPHANT BALLS!
Lloyd Levin, one of the producers of WATCHMEN now published 'an open letter' to give the world an insight on whats going on. Pretty interesting stuff. Here's a snippet:
[...]
From my point of view, the flashpoint of this dispute, came in late spring of 2005. Both Fox and Warner Brothers were offered the chance to make Watchmen. They were submitted the same package, at the same time. It included a cover letter describing the project and its history, budget information, a screenplay, the graphic novel, and it made mention that a top director was involved.And it's at this point, where the response from both parties could not have been more radically different.
The response we got from Fox was a flat "pass." That's it. An internal Fox email documents that executives there felt the script was one of the most unintelligible pieces of shit they had read in years. Conversely, Warner Brothers called us after having read the script and said they were interested in the movie- [...]
You can read the whole letter at Hitfix.com
MICKEY ROURKE (SIN CITY, THE WRESTLER) and SAM ROCKWELL (CHARLIES ANGELS, FROST/NIXON) are in talks for roles as villains in the IRON MAN sequel. ROURKE is supposed to play Crimson Dynamo a heavily tattooed Russian arms dealer who battles the superhero in a nuclear-powered suit of armor that can control electricity.
ROCKWELL is considered to play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire British businessman and a rival of industrialist Tony Stark. The flick will of course be directed by JOHN FAVREAU (again). Kickass!
In case you're not yet hyped, check out the new japanese trailer of WATCHMEN with a lot of new footage!
WATCH:
LIAM NEESON will hurt you. No he will hunt you down first. Than he will hurt you. He will shoot you right in the face and than feed you to a filthy dog. Than he will cut the dog open to get your leftovers and he will feed them to a living dinosaur that he held captured in his living room. He'll then kick the dinosaur in his nuts. That's how badass LIAM NEESON is!
TAKEN is the best action flick I've seen in years. This movie is so badass, that FOX is messing with its release date for over a year now. It's probably to dangerous to be shown to the public.
TAKEN will be the fastest 90 minutes of your life. Its so fucking great it makes flicks like CRANK and THE BOURNE TRILOGY look like a walk in the park. You know... like... boring? It makes them look boring... BECAUSE ITS SO GREAT! GET IT?!
Anyways check out the new badass poster, it's promoting the 31th January release of the flick. Let's just hope TAKEN get's the boxoffice it deserves!
And yeah... SMAC is BACK, like LIAM NEESONS FISTS!
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