Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places

This is exciting. My first review of screener. Does this mean I'm selling out? Oh, who cares! I don't. I welcome it. Just think. I may soon be sent screeners of Oscar hopefuls and the biggest movies to come out. That probably won't happen for... ever, so, for now, I'll just stick with what I have. Beggars can't be choosers. For my first screener, I have to tackle the question of internet dating and all the qualms it brings. Clickin' For Love seeks to answer some of the questions that plague this hobby of some, and while it does shed some light on some aspects, it's too narrow minded about the whole thing, and, as such, all we are left with is a pretty biased documentary.

To the EXTREME!!!

Brace yourselves. I'm gonna be using the word EXTREME a lot in this review.

Over the years, I've deluded myself into thinking that I am a, as Mattie Ross would say, man of grit. I'd like to think that I would go to great lengths to preserve my well being, and even further lengths to preserve the well being of those I hold dear. But who am I kidding. I'm a pussy, and would no doubt fold at signs of trouble. Which makes the envy the living hell out of Aron Ralston, quite possibly the most EXTREMEly badass person to ever live. His story generated a lot of attention, and has now been immortalized, quite spectacularly, by Danny Boyle in 127 Hours. Boyle's follow up to his Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire is even better than that film, wildly inventive, full of heart and spirit, with a tour de force performance from James Franco. Getting pinned by unmovable rocks sucks... at least I think it does... but the movie about that is pretty friggin' EXTREME!

EXTREMELY EXTREME!!!

Other Sides to the Conversation: Week of January 28th

Well, with Oscar noms out, there's not a whole lot of varied content flying around the blogosphere as of now. It's all "nomination this" and "snub that", and "oh look, here's the first Anne Hathaway/James Franco promo."



Actually, that's pretty funny! I really hope Franco does that if there is a wardrobe malfunction. Anyway, here are some things upon which you can click which will take to you to new things which you can read.

Hatter looks back on 2010 in still frames, giving out his favorite still images of the year.

James saw The Way Back, and thought it was pretty swell.

I'd be remiss if I didn't have an Oscar thoughts post for this week, so here are Peter's thoughts.

Andrew's been going through his Encore Awards for 2010. Here are his nominations and winners for Best Opening.

Before I leave you, I just want to remind you that The 1st Annual Snubbies have commenced, and if you have not voted, you totally should. The winners will be announced on Feb. 28th, the day after the Oscars, so you have plenty of time. Come on! Plenty of underrepresented films are given their just deserves. What's not to like?

Cya around the Black Hole folks.

According to the Movies #22

If the movies say it, it must be true!

So, Scott Pilgrim has defeated most of Ramona's evil exes, using various techniques that will no doubt be turned into additions to this feature someday. On ex numbers 5 and 6, however, he must employ different methods. As he is unable to use his fists, since punch the competition in a Battle of the Bands is totally not cool, he must resort to pummeling his foes with the awesome power of music? His weapon of choice? Distortion. Take a look...



The Lesson: Distortion makes the world good... and it summons yetis... with which you can beat the crap out of people... \m/ \m/

FFTSBH Presents: The 1st Annual Snubbies

Lame title, I know. It's the best I could come up with. I'm open to suggestions.

Well, the Oscar noms are out, and they cannot be changed, much as we would like to. Ordinarily, I would just do the traditional thing, that is, write up a post detailing who I think should have been nominated for something, like I did last year. But a recent article from Univarn got me thinking. It's so boring to just do a post with your own opinions, because everyone who follows you probably already knows them already. I mean, I could go on and on about how Nolan should have been nominated for Best Director, Garfield should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, or how Let Me In should have been nominated for everything under the sun, but that's just not fun anymore! So, I thought I'd mix it up.

May I present the 1st Annual Snubbies. You heard it right, folks. This is the place where all the films snubbed by the Academy gets it just deserves! And, like the Academy, you will pick the winner. I've gone ahead and made up a list of nominees in each category that had chances (or I just really liked), but didn't make the cut, for whatever reason. Voting will remain open until February 28th, when the winners will be announced. That's right, the day after the Oscars are handed out, we're gonna swoop in and steal all their thunder with the help of the underrepresented. It's gonna be a trip!

Haha. Snub pistol. Get it?

37/45

Huh...

Well, 37 out of 45 ain't terrible. Rejoice peoples! The nominations are here! Oscar has named the films in contention for this year's Academy Awards. For the most part, they were pretty much in line with what I predicted. There were some pretty big surprises, though. But, enough banter. Let's get started.

Cinematic Captions #5

Alright folks! Cleverness caps on! Time to impress me!

But fist, the winner!

Honorable Mention: "WHERE ARE THE KIIIIIIIIIIIDS!?!" (Courtesy of Simon)

And the winner is...

...Castor, for the second week in a row!

The Leaderboard

Castor (2)
Simon (1)
Fletch (1)

Ok, here's this weeks...

Amuse me!