Warner Brothers have just announced that the 3rd installment of the most recent Batman franchise is going to get a July 20, 2012 release date. Both Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale are confirmed for the project and I’m sure more of the other cast members will return as well.
Nolan will have to step it up a gear with this one as Batman 3 will be competing against films like The Avengers, Battleship, Star Trek 2, and the Spider-Man reboot, all opening around the same weekend. And he has just about 2 years to get the movie done and dusted. It’s going to be a monumental task to come up with a movie better than that of The Dark Knight. But Christopher Nolan is, after all, a monumental director.
Until 2012, I’m very excited for Nolan to wrap post-production on his latest project, Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Right after The Dark Knight, rumors were rife about Chris Nolan’s plans for Batman 3 and bla bla bla. But then it was announced he would first work on an entirely different project featuring Michael Caine (Alfred in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) along with my favorite leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard and genius actress Ellen Page of Juno. A few other names in the movie include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy. All that, and you get Inception, a movie that is said to play with minds and dreams. In other words, my kind of movie. =)
Simply put, out of all the movies coming out next year- Iron Man 2, bla bla bla, I am most excited for Inception. For me, this is the movie to look out for. If the names I mentioned above aren’t enough, check out the teaser trailer for yourself right here. And now, we have a poster.
There’s something brilliant about this poster, other than the fact that it is awesome on its own. Does it look familiar? Does it look like another very famous poster? Does it look like this poster down here?
How amazing is that right? The Dark KnightInception gets a July 15, 2010 release.
The film’s logline is “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.” The rumored plot claims “Inception is about entering peoples’ minds/dreams. A technology to do so has been developed and is done through an injection. DiCaprio and his team work to enter the minds of other characters in order to retrieve/plant information.”
The MTV Movie Awards must be one of the silliest and most pointless awards show there is, but as always, it’s fun to watch and fun to talk about. A show in which Twilight is nominated seven times and win five of those, cannot be taken seriously. But, again, it’s good fun.
So the awards show wasn’t shown live in Malaysia. How many of you caught it live on the Internet though? I couldn’t because I was in college. I guess I’ll just wait to watch the awards show on June 12 when they air it here in Malaysia on MTV. Here is the complete list of nominees and winners of the recent 2009 MTV Movie Awards. As I thought, Twilight pretty much swept the awards. Check it.
BEST MOVIE
Twilight
The Dark Knight
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Angelina Jolie - Wanted
Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Kristen Stewart - Twilight
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man
Shia LaBeouf - Eagle Eye
Vin Diesel - Fast & Furious
Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia!
Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Kat Dennings - Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Taylor Lautner - Twilight
Ben Barnes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Bobb’e J. Thompson - Role Models
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Amy Poehler - Baby Mama
Anna Faris - The House Bunny
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Jim Carrey - Yes Man
Steve Carell - Get Smart
BEST VILLAIN
Derek Mears - Friday The 13th
Dwayne Johnson - Get Smart
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Johnathon Schaech - Prom Night
Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST FIGHT
Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars
Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss - Hellboy II:The Golden Army
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight
Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride - Pineapple Express
BEST KISS
Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - Wanted
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
James Franco and Sean Penn - Milk
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon - I Love You, Man
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BEST WTF MOMENT
Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink
Angelina Jolie - Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed
Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head
Jason Segel and Kristen Bell - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE
“Jai Ho” - AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire
“The Wrestler” - Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
“The Climb” - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
“Decode” - Paramore, Twilight
So what do you think? Are you outraged by the fact that Twilight beat Slumdogfor Best Movie? Astonished that Zac Efron pipped Robert Downey Jr. for Best Male? Pissed that Kristen Stewart was thought to be better than Kate Winslet? Annoyed that Ashley Tisdale was more of a breakthrough female than Freida Pinto? Devastated that Robert Pattinson was voted as Breakthrough Male ahead of Dev Patel? Gobsmacked that the Twilight fight was better than The Dark Knight fight? Or even the Pineapple Express fight? Well if you are all of the above, tell me about it.
Wow. Most of the people who voted for these winners suck.
First off, what a brilliant, magnificent show! Didn't catch the name of the guy who directed the Oscars this year but he did a great job. And Hugh Jackman, whaaat?? He did an outstanding job hosting the show. I had no idea before this that he could sing no less perform a hilarious, exhausting number at the start of the show. I'm glad they went with him this year instead of the typical comic. It was good to see the first 10 minutes of the Oscars look more like the Tony Awards. Well done Hugh!
I'm kind of busy right now so I'll keep this post short. Maybe I'll do another Oscars post some time soon. But for now, here are the winners of the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture My prediction:Slumdog Millionaire Winner:Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director My prediction: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) Winner: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor My prediction: Sean Penn (Milk) Winner: Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress My prediction: Kate Winslet (The Reader) Winner: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Supporting Actor My prediction: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Winner: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress My prediction: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Winner: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Best Adapted Screenplay My prediction: Slumdog Millionaire Winner:Slumdog Millionaire Best Original Screenplay My prediction:Milk Winner:Milk
Best Cinematography My prediction:Slumdog Millionaire Winner:Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects My prediction:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Winner:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Animated Feature Film My prediction:WALL-EWinner:WALL-E
Best Art Direction Winner:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Costume Design Winner:The Duchess
Best Film Editing Winner:Slumdog Millionaire
Best Makeup Winner:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Score Winner:Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song Winner: “Jai Ho” (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Sound Editing Winner:The Dark Knight Best Sound Mixing Winner:Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film Winner:Departures
Best Documentary Feature Winner: Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short Winner:Smile Pinki
Best Animated Short Film Winner:La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short Film Winner:Toyland
Big Winners Slumdog Millionaire — 8 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — 3 The Dark Knight, Milk — 2 Departures, The Duchess, Man on Wire, The Reader, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, WALL-E — 1
Congratulations to Slumdog Millionaire on the impressive 8 wins out of 10 categories nominated. The film truly deserved this glorious recognition.
Having gone 11 for 11 for my predictions, I really should've predicted for more categories than 11. Hopefully next year I will. Are you happy with the results? Sound out in the comments.
Its finally that time again. Oscar time. And what better way to celebrate the Oscars than making predictions on who's going to win. Before reading my predictions, you can check out the list of nominations here.
The way I'll do it is who I think will win and who I would want to win. I hope you enjoy my list. Here we go!
BEST PICTURE Who will win: Slumdog Millionaire Who should win: Slumdog Millionaire Really? Are we doing this?Slumdog is undoubtedly the runaway favorite and deservedly so. A loss would be the biggest upset you could possibly imagine. Also, the runaway winner in the Best Picture poll in the sidebar. BEST ACTOR Who will win: Sean Penn (Milk) Who should win: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) This is a tough one. Sean Penn is more likely to win for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in California. But Mickey Rourke could definitely win this one after such an amazing, personal, committed performance as Randy the Ram, the title character in Darren Aronofsky's brilliant The Wrestler. Or you could look at it the other way- Penn taking it from under the nose of Rourke. In any case, only these two have a chance.
BEST ACTRESS Who will win: Kate Winslet (The Reader) Who should win: Kate Winslet (The Reader) This is another no-brainer. Winslet to take it for her role in Stephen Daldry's holocaust drama The Reader.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Who will win: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Who should win: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Once again, really? Is there any question? Not only should Ledger win this award just because he's dead, but also because of his out-of-this-world performance as the maniacal Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Anyone who's willing to get into a nurse costume before blowing up a hospital deserves an Oscar.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Who will win: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Who should win: Amy Adams(Doubt) Okay this one is a tricky one, trickiest so far. Penelope Cruz has generating tons of buzz as of late with her performance in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Having said that, underrated Amy Adams could easily take it away from Cruz as her depiction as a naive nun in John Patrick Shanley's highly-rated Doubt opposite Meryl Streep (nominated for Best Actress, stands no chance) and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (nominated for Best Supporting Actor, even less of a chance). And then theres always Taraji P. Henson. Who you say? Taraji played Queenie, adoptive mother to Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt, also no chance for Best Actor).
BEST DIRECTOR Who will win: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) Who should win: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) This year is Danny Boyle's year. Simple as that. Nobody's gonna break the stranglehold Boyle's got on that little golden statuette.
BEST ANIMATED FILM Who will win: WALL-E Who should win: WALL-E Kungfu Panda and Bolt never had a chance this whole year. WALL-E was simply in a league of its own.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Who will win: Slumdog Millionaire Who should win: The Dark Knight I can definitely see why Slumdog will win. But The Dark Knight should win just for its pure awesome-ness.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Who will win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Who should win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Strangely enough, the only thing I loved about Ben Button was how Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett's appearances were digitally altered. Amazing work.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Who will win: Milk Who should win: WALL-E Gus van Sant's Milk should have no problem taking this. But the just the possibility of WALL-E winning it makes me feel all fuzzy inside.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Who will win: Slumdog Millionaire Who should win: Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy gets all the credit for transforming the novel Q & A into such a wonderful story on the big screen.
Well that's all from me now. What did you think of my predictions? Agreed whole-heartedly? Or think I'm full of horse shit? Either way, sound out and comment. Do share these predictions too. Check back Monday night for all the winners from the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Taking 7 BAFTAs home including Best Film and Best Director, 'Slumdog Millionaire' continued their hot streak of sweeping Awards as the Oscars draw nearer.
Check out some of the winners from last the biggest film awards event on the British calendar after the jump.
Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire
Director
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
Leading Actor
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Leading Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Original Screenplay
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
Outstanding British Film
Man on Wire
Animated Film
WALL•E
Music
Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman
Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Sound
Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp
Special Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams
For the full list of winners, check my source out. And for more videos of the BAFTAs by the BBC, check out their YouTube channel.
Sorry to interrupt the ongoing '2009 Must-See Movies'. I still have Part 4 pending. Last part. Hopefully will be posted tomorrow. Latest by the weekend. Been quite busy today so real short post. Another 2009 Must-See list. Keeping up the spirit of that. So I hope you enjoy this list if it doesn't excite you first.
If you didn't know before, Warner are re-releasing the dark favorite of last year, The Dark Knight. If you caught it in regular cinemas last time and didn't get the IMAX experience of The Caped Crusader, seriously consider doing that this time round. Re-release happening on the 23rd of this month. Hope it reaches Malaysia on that day too. Not sure. Will keep you guys posted. Enough talk already. Here's the list in no particular order.
Well, its New Year's Eve today and people look back on what they've done over the past year. Maybe I'll do the same, just with movies. So here are the films that I thoroughly enjoyed this past year. Drum roll please....
#10 Forgetting Sarah Marshall
It was quirky, at times romantic but most of all, subtle.
6 out of 10 popcorns
#9 Quantum of Solace
Action-packed, kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time and I loved the Daniel Craig as Bond.
Check out my full review here.
7.5 out of 10 popcorns
#8 Tropic Thunder
A movie that had it all.
Humor, action and heartfelt moments.
Robert Downey Jr. was amazing!
And Tom Cruise, best cameo of the year I say.
7 out of 10
#7 Recount
The most intriguing, eye-opening film of the year for me.
Check out my review here.
7.5 out of 10 popcorns
#6 Burn After Reading
Very witty and clever.
As the tagline says "Intelligence Is Relative".
Only what you would expect from the Coen Brothers.
Check my review out when Burn After Reading opens in Malaysia (ETA Jan/Feb)
8 out of 10 popcorns
#5 Yes Man
I guess this wasn't my favorite comedy of the year after all.
Made me laugh all throughout the movie.
The great connection between Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel makes this hilarious comedy, a romantic one too.
Check out my review here.
7 out of 10 popcorns
#4 WALL-E
WALL-E was cute, sweet and very unexpected.
Very different.
Loved it.
8.5 out of 10 popcorns
#3 Iron Man
A comic book movie that didn't feel like the conventional comic book movie.
Loved Robert Downey Jr. again.
Set the bar high, only for the next movie to set it even higher.
And of course, LOVED the suit Audi R8!
7.5 out of 10 popcorns
#2 The Dark Knight
A lot of people would be going nuts at me putting this at #2.
Breakthrough movie in its genre with breakthrough acting from Heath Ledger (R.I.P).
Definitely set to be a classic that will stand the test of time.
9 out of 10 popcorns
#1 Pineapple Express
I guess this was my favorite comedy of the year.
And film.
Different kind of funny from Yes Man.
Superb acting from James Franco.
Classic Judd Apatow.
9 out of 10 popcorns
Did you agree with my list? Completely disagree? Drop me a comment. And share your own list of personal favorites for this year.
Thank you to the people who check my blog out all the time. I'll try to spice it up a bit in 2009 and try to add good content.
To close the year out, here's a stupid The Dark Knight spoof of the interrogation scene.
Its nearing that time again when we look back on the year that was in movies. Let's start of with the most ridiculous plots of 2008. The Guardian recently released their list of the 8 most outrageous of 08.
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What a stunner! 3 out of 8 were superhero movies. The Guardian's list is truly funny. You should really check it out. Here's what they said about The Joker.
"Wait, so the Joker really orchestrated that big truck chase just so that he could get caught and go to prison, then he could kidnap that guard and grab his phone to make the call to set off the bomb he'd previously sewn inside the henchman in the next cell? That would kill the guy who stole the mobsters' money, thus enabling him to … er, what? Heath Ledger's Joker may have been a psychopath, but he had a nerdish capacity for forward planning."
Its started. The race to the Oscars. A few days ago, Warner Bros. released for your consideration posters for The Dark Knight for Best Picture and Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor. Here are the awesome awesome posters.
The Academy Award ballots willed be mailed on December 26th, polls close on January 12th, nominees announced January 22nd and the Oscars will be on February 22nd.
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