Golden Globe Award Winners

For those who can’t remember who was nominated for the Golden Globes or would like to know who was, here is my post that mentions all the nominations: https://seraphinabloodstone.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/golden-globe-award-nominees/

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:

WINNER: Argo

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:

WINNER: Les Miserables

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:

WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:

WINNER: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY :

WINNER: Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:

WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Lining Playbook

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Christoph Waltz in Django Unchanined

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Ben Affleck for Argo

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Adele and Paul Epworth for Skyfall “Skyfall”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE:

WINNER: Mychael Danna for Life of Pi

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

WINNER: Brave

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

WINNER: Amour

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:

WINNER: Homeland

Gotta say I’m not surprised considering the rave reviews it has gotten

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:

WINNER: Girls

I’m sad that Big Bang Theory didn’t win this one

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

WINNER: Game Changer

I’m so over political movies and mini-series

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:

WINNER: Damian Lewis in Homeland

I adore Damian Lewis and am so happy he won this

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:

WINNER: Claire Danes in Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:

WINNER: Don Cheadle in House of Lies

I really wanted Jim Parsons to win this because his role as Sheldon makes Big Bang Theory

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:

WINNER: Lena Dunham in Girls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

WINNER: Kevin Costner in Hatfields and McCoys

While I don’t think that Sherlock fits this category, I do feel like Benedict Cumberbatch should have won.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

WINNER: Julianne Moore in Game Changer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

WINNER: Ed Harris in Game Changer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

WINNER: Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey

She totally deserves this win because Lady Violet is so bad ass!!

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Critic Choice Award Winners

So in case anyone forgot who was nominated for the Critic Choice Awards here is my link to the nominees: https://seraphinabloodstone.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/critic-choice-award-nominees/

Now for the winners and my commentary on them.

BEST PICTURE:

WINNER: Argo

BEST ACTOR :

WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln.

I’m at all surprised that Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor because this man is an amazing actor. Not only is he an amazing actor but what he does with period pieces are incredible.

BEST ACTRESS:

WINNER: Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

I have to say that the past two years have been very good to Jessica Chastain and I can’t wait to see what she does next.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

WINNER: Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

WINNER: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:

WINNER: Silver Lining Playbook

Gotta say I’m surprised this won because both Les Miserables and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel have amazing ensembles that did amazing jobs.

BEST DIRECTOR:

WINNER: Ben Affleck for Argo

I also did think Ben Affleck was a better director than actor.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

WINNER: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

WINNER: Tony Kushner’s Lincoln

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

WINNER: Wreck-It Ralph

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS:

WINNER: Quvenzhane Wallis for The Beasts of the Southern Wild

This was a given considering she is also up for a Best Actress Nom as well

BEST ACTION MOVIE:

WINNER: Skyfall

I wish there was a way to see the tally of each film because I imagine this had to be a close call since all four movies are great

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE:

WINNER: Daniel Craig in Skyfall

Again this had to be a close race considering how amazing all the actors nominated in this category are

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE:

WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games

I seriously think that Judi Dench should have won this because M was way more badass than Katniss.

BEST COMEDY MOVIE:

WINNER: Silver Lining Playbook

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY MOVIE:

WINNER: Bradley Cooper for Silver Lining Playbook

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY MOVIE:

WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Lining Playbook

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE:

WINNER: Looper

As good as this movie is, I still think The Cabin in the Woods or Prometheus should have won.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

WINNER: Amour

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:

WINNER: Searching for the Sugar Man

BEST SONG:

WINNER: “Skyfall” by Adele, Paul Epworth

This is an amazing song, especially since its the James Bond theme song

BEST SCORE:

WINNER: John Williams for Lincoln

It’s John Williams, I’m not surprised at all.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

WINNER: Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi

BEST ART DIRECTION:

WINNER: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for Anna Karenina

BEST EDITING:

WINNER: William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor for Zero Dark Thirty

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

WINNER: Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina

BEST MAKEUP:

WINNER: Cloud Atlas

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

WINNER: Life of Pi

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85th Annual Academy Award Nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Amour
Argo: Grant Hesloy, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained: Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Les Miserables: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi: Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
Lincoln: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
Denzel Washington for Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva for AmourQuvenzhane Wallis for Beasts for the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts for The Impossible

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for ArgoRobert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Masters
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master
Sally Field for Lincoln
Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Helen Hunt for The Sessions
Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

NOMINEES:

Michael Haneke for AmourAng Lee for Life of Pi
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

NOMINEES:

Amour: Michael Haneke

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Flight: John Gatins

Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi: David Magee

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie: Tim Burton

ParaNorman: Sam Fell, Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph: Rich Moore

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Amour: Austria

War Witch: Canada

No: Chile

A Royal Affair: Denmark

Kon-Tiki: Norway

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained: Robert Richardson

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall: Roger Deakins

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

NOMINEES:

Argo: William Goldenberg

Life of Pi: Tim Squyres

Lincoln: Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright

Les Miserables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi: David Gropman, Anna Pinnock

Lincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran

Les Miserables: Paco Delgado

Lincoln: Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror: Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman: Colleen Atwood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES:

Hitchcock: Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane

Les Miserables: Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SCORE

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

Skyfall: Thomas Newman

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG

NOMINEES:

Chasing Ice: J. Ralph (“Before My Time”)

Les Miserables: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer (“Suddenly”)

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshreel (“Pi’s Lullaby”)

Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

Ted: Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane (“Everybody Needs A Best Friend”)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

NOMINEES:

Argo: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Jose Antonio Garcia,

Les Miserables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes

Life of Pi: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin

Lincoln: Andy Nelson, Gary Rudloff, Ron Judkins

Skyfall: Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

NOMINEES:

Argo: Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained: Wylie Stateman

Life of Pi: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton

Skyfall:Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker

Zero Dark Thirty: Paul N. J. Ottosson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES:

The Avengers: Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

Life of Pi: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott

Prometheus: Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES

NOMINEES:

5 Broken Cameras: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

The Gatekeepers: To Be Determined

How to Survive a Plague: To Be Determined

The Invisible War: To Be Determined

Searching for Sugar Man: To Be Determined

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS

NOMINEES:

Inocente: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Kings Point: Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider

Mondays at Racine: Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan

Open Heart: Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern

Redemption: Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

NOMINEES:

Adam and Dog: Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole: PES

Head over Heels: Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly

Paperman: John Kahrs

The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare: David Silverman

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION

NOMINEES:

Asad: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura

Buzkashi Boys: Sam French, Ariel Nasr

Curfew: Shawn Christensen

Death of a Shadow: Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele

Henry: Van England

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BAFTA Award Nominees

BEST FILM

NOMINEES:

Argo
Les MiserablesLife of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Anna KareninaThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

BEST ACTOR

NOMINEES:

Ben Affleck for Argo

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix for The Master

BEST ACTRESS

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Mirren for Hitchcock

Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Javier Bardem for Skyfall

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master

Judi Dench for Skyfall

Sally Field for Lincoln

Anne Hatthaway for Les Miserables

Helen Hunt for The Sessions

DAVID LEAN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION

NOMINEES:

Ben Affleck for Argo

Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty

Michael Haneke for Amour

Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)

NOMINEES:

Amour: Michael Haneke

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

The Master: Paul Thomas Anderson

Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi: David Magee

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey

Les Miserables: Danny Cohen

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall: Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING

NOMINEES:

Argo: Billy Goldenberg

Django Unchained: Fred Raskin

Life of Pi: Tim Squyres

Skyfall: Stuart Baird

Zero Dark Thirty: Dylan Tichenor, Billy Goldenberg

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Les Miserables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi: David Gropman, Anna Pinnock

Lincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

Skyfall: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran

Great Expectations: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

Les Miserables: Paco Delgado

Lincoln: Joanna Johnston

Snow White and the Huntsman: Colleen Atwood

ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD FOR FILM MUSIC

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

Skyfall: Thomas Newman

BEST MAKE UP/HAIR

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina

Hitchcock

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Lincoln

BEST SOUND

NOMINEES:

Django Unchained

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Skyfall

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES:

The Avengers

The Dark Knights Rises

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Prometheus

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

NOMINEES:

Amour

Headhunters

The Hunt

Rust and Bone

The Intouchables

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES:

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

BEST DOCUMENTARY

NOMINEES:

The Imposter

Marley

McCullin

Searching for Sugar Man

West of Memphis

EE RISING STAR AWARD

NOMINEES:

Elizabeth Olsen

Andrea Risseborough

Suraj Sharma

Juno Temple

Alicia Vikander

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

NOMINEES:

I Am Nasrine: Tina Gharavi

The Imposter: Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis

McCullin: David Manos Morris, Jacqui Morris

The Muppets: James Bobin

Wild Bill: Dexter Fletcher, Danny King

BEST SHORT ANIMATION

NOMINEES:

Here to Fall: Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath

I’m Fine Thanks: Eamonn O’Neill

The Making of Longbird: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson

BEST SHORT FILM

NOMINEES:

The Curse: Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries

Good Night: Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir

Swimmer: Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw

Tumult: Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews

The Voorman Problem: Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

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Producers Guild Award Nominees 2012

FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES:

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

ANIMATED FILM

NOMINEES:

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

DOCUMENTARY FILM

NOMINEES:

A People Uncounted
The Gatekeepers

The Island President

The Other Dream Team

Searching for Sugar Man

LONG FORM TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

American Horror Story: Asylum

The Dust Bowl

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Sherlock

EPISODIC TELEVISION – COMEDY

NOMINEES:

30 Rock

The Big Bang Theory

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Louie

Modern Family

EPISODIC TELEVISION – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones
Homeland

Mad Men

NON-FICTION TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

American Masters

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Deadliest Catch

Inside the Actors Studio

Shark Tank

COMPETITION TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

The Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

Project Runway

Top Chef

The Voice

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & TALK TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

The Colbert Report

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

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Golden Globe Award Nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

ArgoDjango Unchained
Life of Pie
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

I’m going to say that either Argo or Lincoln is going to win this category because of the subject matter of both. As interesting as Zero Dark Thirty might be, I’m tired of movies that have to do with the wars in Iraq and so forth.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Richard Gere for Arbitrage

John Hawkes for The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix for The Master

Denzel Washington for Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone

Helen Mirren for Hitchcock

Naomi Watts for The Impossible

Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Jack Black for Bernie

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Ewan McGregor for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Bill Murray for Hyde Park on Hudson

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Emily Blunt for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Judi Dench for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Maggie Smith for Quartet

Meryl Streep for Hope Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Christopher Waltz for Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master
Sally Field for Lincoln
Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Helen Hunt for The Sessions
Nicole Kidman for The Paperboy

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Ben Affleck for Argo

Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty

Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Act of Valor: Monty Powell, Keith Urban (“For You”)

The Hunger Games: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett (“Safe and Sound”)

Les Miserables: Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer (“Suddenly”)

Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

Stand up Guys: Jon Bon Jovi (“Not Running Anymore”)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

Cloud Atlas: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

BEST ANIMATED FILM

NOMINEES:

Brave

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transylvania

Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

NOMINEES:

Amour

The Intouchables

Kon-Tiki

A Royal Affair

Rust and Bone

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Homeland

The Newsroom

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

The Big Bang Theory

Episodes

Girls

Modern Family

Smash

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Game Change

The Girl

Hatfields & McCoys

The Hour

Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels for The Newsroom

Jon Hamm for Mad Men

Damian Lewis for Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Connie Britton for Nashville

Glenn Close for Damages

Claire Danes for Homeland

Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Don Cheadle for House of Lies

Louis C.K. for Louie

Matt LeBlanc for Episodes

Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Zooey Deschanel for New Girl

Lena Dunham for Girls

Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep

Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Kevin Costner for Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock

Woody Harrelson for Game Change

Toby Jones for The Girl

Clive Owen for Hemingway & Gellhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Nicole Kidman for Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange for American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller for The Girl

Julianna Moore for Game Change

Sigourney Weaver for Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Max Greenfield for New Girl

Ed Harris for Game Change

Danny Huston for Magic City

Mandy Patinkin for Homeland

Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Hayden Panettiere for Nashville

Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife

Sarah Paulson for Game Change

Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara for Modern Family

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Critic Choice Award Nominees

BEST PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

This is an interesting selection of movies and I’m very curious as to see how its gonna play out. You’ve got a variety of different films ranging from a musical to comedies to action adventure to dramatic to historical.  I have no idea which one will be declared the winner.

BEST ACTOR

NOMINEES:

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
John Hawkes for The Sessions
Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
Denzel Washington for Flight

BEST ACTRESS

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva for Love
Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts for the Southen Wild
Naomi Watts for The Impossible

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for Argo
Javier Bardem for Skyfall
Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey for Magic Mike

I can understand all of nominees except Matthew McConaughey because that just blows my mind. Granted his character in Magic Mike is quite evil but still I don’t think he was that amazing compared to others in this category.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master
Judi Dench for Skyfall
Ann Dowd for Compliance
Sally Field for Lincoln
Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Helen Hunt for The Sessions

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

NOMINEES:

Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR

NOMINEES:

Ben Affleck for Argo
Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper for Les Miserables
Ang Lee for Life of Pi
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

NOMINEES:

Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
Flight by John Gatins
Looper by Rian Johnson
The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty by Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio
Life of Pi: David Magee
Lincoln: Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Stephen Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

NOMINEES:

Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
ParaNoman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

NOMINEES:

Ella Fanning for Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward for Moonrise Kingdom

Tom Holland for The Impossible

Logan Lerman for The Perks of Beings a Wallflower

Suraj Sharma for Life of Pi/

Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST ACTION MOVIE

NOMINEES:

The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

NOMINEE:

Christian Bale for The Dark Knight Rises

Daniel Craig for Skyfall

Robert Downey Jr. for The Avengers

Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Looper

Jake Gyllenhaal for End of Watch

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

NOMINEE:

Emily Blunt for Looper

Gina Carano for Haywire

Judi Dench for Skyfall

Anne Hathaway for The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games

BEST COMEDY MOVIE

NOMINEE:

Bernie

Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This is 40
21 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

NOMINEE:

Jack Black for Bernie

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Paul Rudd for This is 40

Channing Tatum for 21 Jump Street

Mark Wahlberg for Ted

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

NOMINEE:

Mila Kunis for Ted

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Shirley MacLaine for Bernie

Leslie Mann for This is 40

Rebel Wilson for Pitch Perfect

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

NOMINEE:

The Cabin in the Woods

Looper

Prometheus

I’m torn on which film I would want to win this category because I love both Prometheus and The Cabin in the Woods but I may have to root more for The Cabin in the Woods for the sheer fact that Joss Whedon helped to direct it.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

NOMINEE:

Love

The Intouchables

A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

NOMINEE:

Bully
The Central Park Five

The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for the Sugar Man

West of Memphis

BEST SONG

NOMINEE:

Act of Valor: Monty Powell, Keith Urban(“For You”)

Brave: Mumford & Sons (“Learn Me Right”)
Les Miserables: Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer (“Suddenly”)

Paul Williams Still Alive” Paul Williams (“Still Alive”)

Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

BEST SCORE

NOMINEE:

Argo: Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

The Master: Jonny Greenwood

Moonrise Kingdom: Alexandre Desplat

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEE:

Les Miserables: Danny Cohen

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski

The Master: Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Skyfall: Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

NOMINEE:

Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright

Les Miserables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi: David Gropman, Anna Pinnock

Lincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

BEST EDITING

NOMINEE:

Argo: Billy Goldenberg

Les Miserables: Melanie Oliver, Chris Dickens

Life of Pi: Tom Squyres

Lincoln: Michael Kahn

Zero Dark Thirty: Billy Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEE:

Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran

Cloud Atlas: Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Bob Buck, Ann Maskrev, Richard Taylor

Les Miserables: Paco Delgado

Lincoln: Joanne Johnston

BEST MAKEUP

NOMINEE:

Cloud Atlas

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Lincoln

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEE:

The Avengers

Cloud Atlantis

The Dark Knight Rises

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

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Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

ARGO
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
LES MISERABLES
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

I’ve only seen two of the five movies in this category but I have a feeling that this is going to be to a tough decision since all five movies are filled with all star casts. Personally I wouldn’t mind seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or Les Miserables win because I loved both films so very much.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

John Hawkes for The Sessions

Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Denzel Washington for Flight

I have a feeling that Daniel Day-Lewis is going to win this just because he does an outstanding job as a period actor. I will be thoroughly surprised if he doesn’t win.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastine for Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Lining Playbook

Helen Mirren for Hitchcock

Naomi Watts for The Imposible

I have no idea who is going to win this one. It’s always hard to predict female winners especially when the category is filled with some amazing actors. I wouldn’t mind seeing Helen Mirren win though.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Javier Bardem for Skyfall

Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Its going to be between Javier Bardem or Tommy Lee Jones I think. Tommy Lee Jones because of Lincoln and Javier Bardem because his character in Skyfall was beyond creepy and evil. One of the things that made Skyfall so great was the performance that Bardem gave.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Sally Field for Lincoln

Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Helen Hunt for The Sessions

Nicole Kidman for The Paperboy

Maggie Smith for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

My bet is gonna be on Anne Hathaway because of her amazing performance as Fantine. Even though I adored Maggie Smith in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Anne Hathaway moved theaters to tears with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” and really you can’t beat that.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

NOMINEES:

“30 Rock”

“The Big Bang Theory”

“Glee”

“Modern Family”

“Nurse Jackie”

“The Office”

Even though this category is filled with extremely popular shows, my money is gonna be on The Big Bang Theory because that show is pure genius.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

NOMINEES:

“Boardwalk Empire”

“Breaking Bad”

“Downton Abbey”

“Homeland”

“Mad Men”

I really want Downton Abbey to win but I have a feeling it is gonna be something like Boardwalk Empire or Breaking Bad or Homeland.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

NOMINEES:

Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Ty Burrell for Modern Family

Louis C.K. for Louie

Jim Parson for The Big Bang Theory

Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family

My guess is gonna go for Jim Parsons because the reason so many people watch The Big Bang Theory is because of Sheldon Cooper and Jim Parson is fantastic.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

NOMINEES:

Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation

Sofia Vergara for Modern Family

Betty White for Hot in Cleveland

I have no idea who is gonna win this one….its gonna be interesting that’s for sure.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

NOMINEES:

Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels for The Newsroom

John Hamm for Mad Men

Damian Lewis for Homeland

Damian Lewis is my hope but again this category is filled with some amazing actors.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

NOMINEES:

Claire Danes for Homeland

Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey

Jessica Lang for American Horror Story: Asylum

Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife

Oooooo Michelle Dockery is amazing as Mary Crawley and Maggie Smith as the venerable Dame Crawley is a highlight of every episode but Jessica Lang just brings shivers to my spine when I see her in American Horror Story. Its gonna be interesting to see who does win this category but I would love it to be any of these three women.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES

NOMINEES:

Kevin Costner for Hatfields & McCoys

Woody Harrelson for Game Change

Ed Harris for Game Change

Clive Own for Hemingway & Gellhorn

Bill Paxton for Hatfields & McCoys

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES

NOMINEES:

Nicole Kidman for Hemingway & Gellhorn

Julianne Moore for Game Change

Charlotte Rampling for Restless

Sigourney Weaver for Political Animals

Alfre Woodard for Steel Magnolias

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Les Miserables

I was 18 years old the first time I was introduced to the play Les Miserables and honestly after that first listen through I feel in love with it.  It is so romantic and tragic and pretty much everything I love that I would have been extremely surprised if I hadn’t liked it. Of all the things my ex boyfriend introduced me to while we had dated, it would be the love for Les Miserables that I would thank him for the most.  It wouldn’t be til I was 21 that I would finally see a stage production of it and be horribly disappointed since it wasn’t the musical I had going on in my head when I listen to the soundtrack but then again, I was just in awe of being able to see it in person as well. When I was 23, after fucking my back up somehow and completely stoned on painkillers, I had gone to see the 25th anniversary show of Les Miserables, mostly because Ramin Karmiloo was in the show and again I was completely amazed by the performance and part of me wanted them to make a live film version.

When I heard not long after Tom Hooper won the Best Director Oscar, that he was planning on doing a big screen production of Les Miserables was both ecstatic and scared.  I knew it would be amazing visually and conceptually because Tom Hooper did amazing job with The King’s Speech but it doesn’t matter how good a script is, how beautiful the scenery is or anything else if the cast is terrible.  So like with all movies that I am obsessed with, I followed the casting announcements religiously and honestly I was so excited by the casting news for this movie I could barely contain my excitement except for one small detail.

Eponine hadn’t been cast yet and all of the women that were being mentioned as a possible Eponine were making my skin crawl and had me cringing internally. And it wasn’t that I didn’t like the actors but rather I felt like none of them felt that characteristics of Eponine. Eponine has always been one of my favorite characters because here is this girl who loves a boy and has loved him for years but he doesn’t see her at all and then one day he happens to see the girl that her family raised and *BAM* he’s in love and she is forced to help him find her. Listening to her sing ‘On My Own’ always touches a chord with me because I was always that girl, the one whom liked a boy who only saw her as a friend or little sister and instead wanted my help with a friend noticing him.  So when I heard that someone like Taylor Swift is in consideration for Eponine, I totally ranted and raged because she is too innocent and light and fluffy for someone like Eponine.  But finally there was a light at the end of a long tunnel of possible names with Samantha Barks being cast as Eponine, who had played the role for the 25th Anniversary production. Now I was excited, now I was at the edge of my seat in anticipation for this movie to finally come out.

As soon as I heard that the movie was going to have a 10 pm showing on Christmas Eve, I was there. I started to plan the rest of my day from the time I get home from work to actually getting there to the theater. I’m a planner if you can’t tell and I try to keep things as close to the plan as possible so of course things get thrown in or out like the fact that instead of just me going, my group grew by three.  At that point I should have preorderd tickets but I didn’t because I assumed it wouldn’t be that busy…well by the time we got there at 920-930 the theater was more than half full and it was full with so many young adult and teens I was shocked and kinda in awe. Especially how many of those young adults were men.

The movie was amazing. Tom Hooper did a fantastic job in putting this amazing play on the big screen. Visually the movie was stunning, the costumes really helped to bring the play to life and the music was beyond moving. I have to give props to Hooper and his crew for putting together an amazing adaptation of the musical that moved not only myself but many people in the theater to tears. The fact that Hooper decided that he wanted to do the all of the singing live made it even better because you really got to feel the emotions.

I thought the casting for the film was excellent especially in the case of Mr and Mrs Thenardier (Helena Bonham Carter and Sascha Baron Cohen). Not to mention how Anna Hathaway as Fantine was so wonderfully and heart breakingly tragic. Her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” is so raw and gritty that your heart breaks for her every time, and of course I adored seeing Samantha Barks as Eponine again. I loved her performance in the 25th Anniversary of Les Miserables and seeing her on the screen as Eponine was just as great.  Eddie Redmayne as Marius  was also extremely good, especially considering the fact that he got me to actually like the character of Marius. I’m not normally a fan of Marius but Eddie Redmayne made the character less of a whiney Romeo and more of a young man torn between love and his duty to his friends and their cause. The one person that I’m still not sure how I feel about was Russell Crowe as Javert, especially when he was trying to hit some of his higher notes.  Maybe its because I’ve heard and seen some very good Javert’s but I wanted more from Crowe than he gave and really I would say he was the only one that really took me out of a scene.

On one last note I do have to say that not only were the students/boys of the barricade rather attractive but brava to Hooper and his crew for casting actors that have been in Les Miserables before. When I recognized Colm Wilkinson (the original Jean Val Jean) as the Bishop and Hadley Fraser as the Army Officer I squealed like a major fan girl. Then I re-watched the 25th Anniversary show and realized that I recognized even more of the actors from the movie.  It’s always kind of awesome to see people who have been in the show before, being in the film as well.

My opinion is that if you have any love for the musical then you should definitely go see the movie. The movie is a fantastic salute to the musical and both the cast and crew have done it justice.

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Movies I want to see July 2012 – June 2013

Here it is again, the list of movies I would like to see. Does this mean I’ll see them all? Doubtful. Would I like to? Yea, but as long as I see a good portion of them, that would be awesome. Anyways there are the films and my reactions to them.

 

• Dark Knight Rises Release Date: July 20, 2012

  Do I want to see this movie? Yes I do. Am I going to see it at midnight? Not unless my nephews want to go to it then because for some reason I’m not super gun-ho about this movie. Like it looks good, really good, but I’m not on the same level of excitement for it as I was for Avengers. I wonder if its because of the long wait between films (at least 4/5 years I think) or if the fact that it has caused a lot of fights between my brother and I?

• Total Recall. Release Date: August 3, 2012

  A remake of a 1990 film that I’m almost positive I saw when I was a child. It’s starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel.  As much as I can’t stand Jessica Biel, I do want to see this movie because it looks interesting and I’m a complete sucker for science fiction movies. And it looks good, really good, even if Biel is playing Farrell’s love interest.

• The Bourne Legacy Release Date: August 10, 2012

  I LOVED the Bourne series and was seriously sad that Matt Damon hadn’t wanted to do another one. When I heard Jeremy Renner was gonna be in this 4th Bourne film that is suppose to be connected to the other three without being a direct sequel, I was beyound excited. In case it hasn’t become obvious to those that read this blog, Jeremy Renner is up there with Fassbender and Chris Evans as one of my favorite actors that I adore. The more I see the trailers and hear about this movie, the more excited about it I become. I honestly think it’s gonna be as good if not better than the previous 3 movies.

• Expendables 2 Release Date: August 17, 2012

  How can you not be excited for this follow up to the first film? While the whole bringing back Dolph at the end of the 1st one bothered me some, I tried not to let it bother me a lot. Now here is a 2nd one coming out and while I’m kind of hesitant since they are including Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Dam, and Arnold Schwarzenegger to this cast of characters. The one addition to the cast that seriously gets me is Liam Hemsworth. I mean he isn’t an action star so why him? Is it for the youth factor? Cuz if so, there had to be better other picks.  But either way I’m super stoked to see this guys back in action.

• Gangster Squad Release Date: September 7, 2012

  First I hear about this movie is at the movie theaters for a different film and it looks interesting. I’m willing to go see it with an open mind, especially since its about the mob and gangsters of the 40’s and 50’s. I gotta say Sean Penn is looking his age in the trailer for this movie. The other thing that slightly bothers me is the image Ryan Gosling is putting forth doesn’t quite seem to match his verbal inflection.  Like when he talks, how he sounds just isn’t how you think he is suppose to sound, you know? Maybe its just the trailer where he sounds like that. Either way I’m kind of looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

• Resident Evil: Retribution Release Date: September 14, 2012

  I’ve been watching the Resident Evil movies since they first came out and I’ve pretty much enjoyed all of them except the third one. I’m always curious to see how each film is gonna end up and how many more twists and turns the writers ::cough cough Paul W.S. Anderson cough cough:: are gonna throw at the audience. From what I’ve been hearing about this film there are gonna be reappearances from several believed dead characters while other characters are gonna be m.i.a in this movie.  Not gonna lie I’m really excited that Ada Wong and Leon Kennedy are gonna be in this movie…not so thrilled with Jill being a bad guy and I kinda want Carlos to come back to life for reals. Guess I’m gonna have to wait to see how this goes.

• Dredd Release Date: September 21, 2012

  Sole reason I was first interested in this movie? Karl Urban. I adore him and he is an amazingly talented actor.  The trailer of the movie actually makes me want to see it for the purpose of seeing the movie and not Urban. I remember that a previous version of this movie had come out years ago with Stallon but there was a huge amount of outcry because Stallon took of the helmet. Apparently Judge Dredd never takes off his helmet and since Urban is a huge fan of Dredd, I have a feeling he is going to do the series justice.

• Looper Release Date: September 28, 2012

  So someone in the future wants someone taken care of? What do they do? Transport them 30 years in the past and have the person met by someone who then kills them. But one day one of the Loopers come face to face with their future self and lets their future self get away. Sounds a little weird right? So how are they gonna get people to want to come and see it? Well get Joseph Gordon Levitt to star and have Bruce Willis play his older self, add lots of action and BAM you have the possibility for a great movie.

• Taken 2 Release Date: October 5, 2012

  Liam Neeson is a bad ass. Period. Nothing anyone can say will change my mind, he can make shit ton of terrible movies and he will still be a bad ass. He was the Jedi who trained Obi Wan Kenobi, Aslan the Lion, trained Bruce Wayne, was an Admiral in the US Navy, Colonel John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, a Crusade fighter and helped his step son win the girl of his dreams while nursing his broken heart in London. But one of my favorite roles he has been was Bryan Mills, a former US spy, who fights a slew of men single handed to save his daughter who had been taken. Here it is 4 years later and Liam Neeson is back as Bryan Mills but this time he is fighting for his life and that of his ex wife and daughter. I can’t wait to see Neeson come back as Bryan Mills and kick even more ass this time around.

• Skyfall Release Date: November 9, 2012

  NEW JAMES BOND!!! Enough said….well you know how Whovian’s talk about who their Doctor is? Daniel Craig is my James Bond.

• The Hobbit Release Date: December 14, 2012

  Does this really need to be explained? I don’t know, maybe it does. I mean I read books like their candy, and if I couldn’t read them growing up, I heard them on tape. I was still in elementary school I believe when my mom checked this book out of the library on tape. My mom, brother and I heard the tale of The Hobbit in her car for days until it was complete and I was hooked. When I had heard Peter Jackson was doing Lord of the Rings…well I saw all three of them multiple times and own it on dvd and the extended blu-ray. But to find that he has now done the Hobbit, well my fangirl shouts of joy have probably made people deaf. Not to mention the excitement of the cast of this film; Martin Feeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm and Lee Pace just to name a few.

• Les Miserables Release Date: December 14, 2012

  The other movie I’m super excited to go see this December is Les Miserables. My ex boyfriend got me hooked on the show not long after we had started dating and I probably have heard the soundtrack to the show a million times. I’ve seen it on stage once and watched the 25th anniversary performance completely stoned out on pain killers and muscle relaxants.  Last summer when I first heard news about this movie I was all kinds of excitement though slightly worried since that last Les Miserables movie (Claire Danes and Liam Neeson) was utterly terrible but I was hoping with the right casting it would become amazing. I kept my eyes peeled for any kind of casting news in regards to this movie and when I heard that Hugh Jackman was cast as Valjean, I was beyond excited. The one role I was the most worried about was Eponine, the poor heart broken girl who is my favorite character. I wasn’t at all happy hearing some of the names (Lea Michelle, Scarlett Johannsen, Emma Watson, Taylor Swift) but then Samantha Barks got the role and I knew this movie is gonna be amazing.  Now if it isn’t I’m probably gonna be completely and utterly crushed.

• Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Release Date: January 11, 2013

  This is the movie that got postponed a year and boy was I pissed about that because I really want to this movie. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton play Hansel and Gretel 15 years after their adventures in the ginger bread house and the witch.  Now they are witch hunters. I just love that this movie tells a future to the traditional fairy tale instead of the normal retelling of the same story over and over again.  Plus Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton are AMAZING actors with tons of talent and I’m sure they will be able to pull this off….besides it has to be better than that horrible Van Helsing movie.

• A Good Day To Die Release Date: February 15, 2013

  The 5th installment in the Die Hard franchise and I’m kinda excited about this since Patrick Stewart is rumored to be in it as the villain.  Die Hard is another thing my ex introduced me to and I’m so glad he did. The first one has always been my favorite of the films and while the rest are good, none have lived up to that one and Hans Gruber’s villainy. So I have high hopes for this one, especially since John McClane’s son is suppose to be joining in on the fun.

• Oz The Great and Powerful Release Date: March 8, 2013

  The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie growing up, ask my brother and he will tell you how much he loathes it because I made him watch it a million times over. When I started to hear that there was talk of remaking the movie I was really really furious. But then that talk disappeared and I was kind of like ‘blah’ okay fine whatever. Now I hear of this movie that is suppose to be a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It is suppose to explain how the Wizard came to arrive in Oz and be his story. I’m kinda interested to see how it plays out and am going in with a completely open mind but part of me still is yelling about the whole thing.

• Jack the Giant Killer Release Date: March 22, 2013

  I’m not 100% sure why I want to this movie but I do. I think it has something to with NBC and their Jack and the Beanstalk movie they did ages ago. Every time I look at the information, I want to see it, but when I’m not looking at it I don’t want to. How weird right? Guess its all gonna depends on what the trailer looks like.

• G.I. Joe Retribution Release Date: March 29, 2013

  Another movie that was postponed a year. From what I’ve hear it was because of wanting to make it 3D.  I just want my G.I. Joe’s DAMN IT!!! I grew up watching the old school G. I. Joe cartoon and played Joes with my cousin and they were a big part of my childhood. While the first movie bloody sucked I still like it cuz people are seeing the Joes and Cobra Command and now I want the second to come out already damn it.

• Iron Man 3 Release Date: May 3, 2013

  I loved the first one, hated the second one, and now I have high hopes for this one. I’ve heard talk that they might replace Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark….if they do then I’m not going to watch anymore Iron Men movies because RDJ made the role of Tony Stark and Iron Man and no one could do a better job than him. He was exactly who I imaged should play Tony Stalk when I heard that there was going to be an Iron Man movie. The saddest thing about this movie is that Agent Coulson isn’t going to be in it and that breaks my heart because he was always one of my favorites. I can’t wait to see how this movie is going to turn out though.

• Unnamed Star Trek Sequel Release Date: May 17, 2013

  AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so excited about this movie. I was excited about this movie the minute the first one ended. I’ve been a Trek fan since birth and seen it all, the good and the bad.  And I gotta say that the 2009 Star Trek movie reboot was done amazing because they were able to reboot the franchise WITHOUT making everything that happened obsolete. Its a whole new universe which means a whole new ball game. The casting for the first film was amazingly done and from what I’ve heard about the second film I’m even more excited. For one Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock from Sherlock Holmes) is in it and he has been hinted at being the villain. Like I know people had issues with the first movie but seriously?!?! We FINALLY have the fucking technology to show this amazing future we’ve only been able to hint at before. Get over the fact that it looks like an Apple store and bask in the amazing visual effects and acting that is bringing a whole new generation of Trekies/Trekers (for who ever likes what title).

• Fast and Furious 6 Release Date: May 24, 2013

  I had honestly thought the franchise died after the third movie was a basic failure, then four came out and it helped to revive it but it was the fifth one that rally did it.  The fifth one had the cars, the speed, the characters and just about everything you could want in a movie.  Like I was seriously on the edge of my seat in joy with this movie, especially the car chases. Plus this movie did tons better than most people thought it would, so of course they are gonna do a 6th one. A 6th one that has Michelle Rodriguez in it and Luke Evans in it to add to the kick ass awesomeness.  Can’t wait to see what this is gonna be about either.

• Man of Steel Release Date: June 14, 2013
  
  Superman and I have an interesting relationship. I know I grew up watching the movies but it was the tv show  Lois and Clark The New Adventures of Superman that really made me fall in love with the man from Krypton. I mean of course I loved the cartoon and the comics and such but it was that show that really made me love him. When I first heard about Superman Returns I was excited but then I heard they cast Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane (one of my idols) and I refused to see it because that girl can’t act and definitely not as Lois Lane. And surprise surprise, the movie sucked. Then I hear Zack Snyder wants to do a Superman movie, and I’m a little hesitant.  Henry Cavill gets cast as the Man of Steel and while I love his Charles Brandon (Tudors), I’m not sure he can pull of Clark Kent/Superman.  Then I hear about Amy Adams being cast as Lois Lane, and I love Amy Adams but again I’m not sure how she will do as Lois Lane. I guess my opinion will get more solidified once I get to see a trailer for this movie. But to be honest I have high hopes for this movie.

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