Thursday, March 11, 2010

Madhavan teases SRK and Saif in Tamil

Madhavan teases SRK and Saif in Tamil | Madhavan vs SRK and Saif Ali Khan | Madhavan teases Sharukh and Saif | Madhavan Scolds Sharukh and Saif Ali Khan | Madhavan teases SRK and Saif in Tamil | Great reply by Madhavan to SRK and Saif

The 55th film fare award took place recently and the host of this grand award function were none another than Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. At one part of the function SRK and Saif started a new exciting competition called as "Teaser Competition" by which both SRK and Said will tease a famous personality and in return they must tease them back.

i) First SRK and Saif started with Hrithik Roshan

ii) Then they teased Neil and Neil was very upset in the way the question was asked

iii) Here comes the more interesting part, SRK and Saif Ali Khan now going to tease R.Madhavan. This was very interesting. As usual, Madhavan was at the receiving end, but in return, Madhavan rocked and he gave the best ever answer to them, SUPERB TEASER. He scolded / teased them in Tamil and this was really funny. LOOK AT THE VIDEO and get entertained. You can directly start from 5:23 ( time line) and you can enjoy the maximum. Watch the great reply from Madhavan. Enjoy and leave a feedback for this post.


Monday, March 8, 2010

Avatar vs Hurt Locker| Hurt Locker Defeats Avatar| The Hurt Locker wins 6 Oscars| Avatar wins 3 Academy Awards| The Hurt Locker wins Best film, Best Director

Avatar vs Hurt Locker| Hurt Locker Defeats Avatar| The Hurt Locker wins 6 Oscars| Avatar wins 3 Academy Awards| The Hurt Locker wins Best film, Best Director

Both Avatar and Hurt Locker nominated in 9 categories.


Avatar vs Hurt Locker| Hurt Locker Defeats Avatar| The Hurt Locker wins 6 Oscars| Avatar wins 3 Academy Awards| The Hurt Locker wins Best film, Best Director

Hurt Locker wins  6 Awards
1) Writing (Original Screenplay)
 “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal

2) Sound Editing
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson

3) Sound Mixing
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

4) Best Editing
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

5) Best Director:
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow

6) Best Movie:
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers



Avatar vs Hurt Locker| Hurt Locker Defeats Avatar| The Hurt Locker wins 6 Oscars| Avatar wins 3 Academy Awards| The Hurt Locker wins Best film, Best Director
 
Avatar Wins 3 Awards

1) Art Direction
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

2) Cinematography
 “Avatar” Mauro Fiore

3) Visual effect
“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Avatar vs Hurt Locker| Hurt Locker Defeats Avatar| The Hurt Locker wins 6 Oscars| Avatar wins 3 Academy Awards| The Hurt Locker wins Best film, Best Director

Direct Competition: Avatar vs The Hurt Locker

  1. Sound Editing - The Hurt Locker Wins ( The Hurt Locker Leads Avatar by 1 - 0)
  2. Sound Mixing - The Hurt Locker Wins ( The Hurt Locker Leads Avatar by 2 - 0)
  3. Cinematography - Avatar wins ( The Hurt Locker Leads Avatar by 2 - 1)
  4. Best Editing  - The Hurt Locker Wins ( The Hurt Locker Leads Avatar by 3 - 1)
  5. Best Director - “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow( The Hurt Locker leads 4 - 1)
  6. Best Movie - “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers ( Hurt Locker wins 5 -1)

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Best Actor: "Actor in Leading Role"

Winner: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”

Nominees:

Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
  
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Best Actress: "Actress in Leading Role"

Winner: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”

Nominees:

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

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Best Supporting Actor : "Actor in a Supporting Role"

Winner: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Nominees:

Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

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Best Supporting Actress : "Actress in a Supporting Role"

Winner: Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Nominees:

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

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Animated Feature Film

Winner: “Up” directed by Pete Docter

Nominees:

“Coraline” directed by Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” directed by Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” directed by Tomm Moore
“Up” directed by Pete Docter

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Art Direction

Winner: “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Nominees:

“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

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Cinematography

Winner: “Avatar” Mauro Fiore

Nominees:

“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

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Costume Design

Winner: “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Nominees:

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

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Best Director: Directing

Winner:  “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow

Nominees:

“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

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Documentary (Feature)

Winner: “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Nominees:

“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

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Documentary (Short Subject)

Winner: “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Nominees:

“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

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Film Editing

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Nominees:

“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

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Foreign Language Film

Winner: “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina

Nominees:

“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

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Makeup

Winner: “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Nominees:

“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

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Music (Original Score)

Winner: “Up” Michael Giacchino

Nominees:

“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

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Music (Original Song)

Winner: “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Nominees:

“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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Best Picture

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers

Nominees:

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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Short Film (Animated)

Winner: “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin

Nominees:

“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

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Short Film (Live Action)

Winner: “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Nominees:

“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

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Sound Editing

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Nominees:

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

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Sound Mixing

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Nominees:

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

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Visual Effects

Winner: “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Nominees:

“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Winner: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Nominees:

“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

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Writing (Original Screenplay)

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal

Nominees:

“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

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Best Actor: "Actor in Leading Role"

Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”




Best Actress: "Actress in Leading Role"

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Best Supporting Actor : "Actor in a Supporting Role"

Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actor : "Actor in a Supporting Role"

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

“Coraline” directed by Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” directed by Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” directed by Tomm Moore
“Up” directed by Pete Docter

Art Direction

“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Directing

“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Makeup

“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Hurt Locker - A must watch movie: Deserves an Oscar

The term "Explosive Ordnance Disposal" was not known to many, till the film called "The Hurt Locker" was released.If we want to say about this movie in a sentence, we can describe it as,

"A war film , which depicts the true story of the bomb squad people, who risk their life for saving people"



Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the movie, has done a tremendous job, and the movie is all set to dominate the Oscars. This film has already swept the BAFTA awards and it has defeated themuch expected Avatar and now "The Hurt Locker" is all set to repeat its stupendous performance at the Oscars also.

This will be a very interesting competition because Kathryn Bigelow is none other than the ex- wife of James Cameroon, director of Avatar.To see the difference between these two films, click the link below,

Avatar vs The Hurt Locker


The Hurt Locker - A must watch film: Deserves an Oscar

Avatar vs The Hurt Locker will be top focus on the Oscar night.

Hurt Locker won 6 BAFTA awards,
        1.      Best Film
        2.      Best director
        3.      Best Original screenplay
        4.      Best editing
        5.      Best cinematography
6.           Best Sound

But Avatar Managed to win only 2 BAFTA Awards,
     1.   Best Editing
     2.   Best Special Visual Effects

Still more interesting is the nominations for Oscar, because both the films are nominated for 9 categories. So let us hope the competition is good and Hurt Locker wins many awards.

My Name is Khan ... Don't miss this movie

My Name is Khan, is such a wonderful movie, which clearly explains some of the real facts which occurred in this world. Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajoj, this film has come out with the right message and surely many would have cried after watching this movie.

SRK plays the role of Rizwan Khan, who is suffering from Asperger's syndrome. The story deals with his love towards Kajol(Mandira) , who was divorced and has a son.Rizwan marries Mandira and the family lives happily, until America was attacked by terrorist ( 9/11 incident). Then the people in USA, start to lose faith in innocent Muslims and watch them as suspects. Mandira's son Sameer's name was changed to Sameer Khan, after Mandira got married to Rizwan Khan. Sameer was also beaten to death by some of the American Students, as his last name was Khan.

Mandira was vary angry with Rizwan as she believed that the last name Khan has cost the life of his son.She then tells Rizwan that she no longer wants him in her life. When he asks her what he has to do to be a part of her life, she tells him that he has to tell the people of the United States, and the President that his name is Khan and that he is not a terrorist. The rest of the story explains the journey of Rizwan, who tries to meet the President of USA so as to explain that his name his Khan and he is not a terrorist.

A very touching movie.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Avatar vs The Hurt Locker - Race for the Oscar

Kathryn Bigelow, has done a marvelous job, with her film "The Hurt Locker" , which is now set, not only to compete with Avatar but also to win the race. The Hurt Locker is based on the Iraq war and this film has already defeated Avatar at the BAFTA awards. As a matter of fact, Kathryn Bigelow was ex- wife of James Cameroon and surely this will  be an interesting competition.

Avatar vs The Hurt Locker - Race for the Oscar


Content                                            
Avatar
 
The Hurt Locker
Director of the movie
James Cameron
Kathryn Bigelow
Release date
December 18, 2009
June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)
Budget
$237 million
$11 million
Revenue
$2,551,060,068 ($ 2.5 billion)
$18,608,890
BAFTA Awards
2 BAFTA Awards

1.   Best Editing
2.   Best Special Visual Effects

6 BAFTA Awards
1.       Best film
2.       Best director
3.       Best Original screenplay
4.       Best editing
5.       Best cinematography
6.       Best Sound
Nominations for Oscars
9 Nominations
9 Nominations

Avatar vs The Hurt Locker - Race for the Oscar

Avatar Trailer:



The Hurt Locker Trailer: