And the oscar goes to(2011)

Oscar is to be held on 27 Feb(28th morning 6.00 AM in India) and I feel the need, need to predict and so here goes:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson
Black Swan (2010): Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
The Fighter (2010): David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Darla K. Anderson
True Grit (2010): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone (2010): Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan
WINNER -The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)
Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)
WINNER - Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)
WINNER - Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)*

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)
Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)
WINNER - Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)
WINNER - Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)*

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)
WINNER - David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)*

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh
The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
WINNER - The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
WINNER - The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
The Illusionist (2010): Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich
WINNER - Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich*

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)
Dogtooth (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)
In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
Outside the Law (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)
WINNER - In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique
Inception (2010): Wally Pfister
The King's Speech (2010): Danny Cohen
The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins
WINNER - True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris
Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin
The King's Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar
The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
WINNER - The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
The King's Speech (2010): Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
WINNER - True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres
WINNER - Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood*

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot
The Way Back (2010): Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
WINNER - Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell
Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
WINNER - Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer*

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido("If I Rise")
Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together")
WINNER - Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
The King's Speech (2010): Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Salt (2010): Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
The Social Network (2010): Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
WINNER - Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
Inception (2010): Richard King
Toy Story 3 (2010): Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy (2010): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger
WINNER - Inception (2010): Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (2010): Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell
Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick
WINNER - Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz
GasLand (2010): Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic
Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley
WINNER - Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
Killing in the Name (2010): Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl (2010): Sara Nesson, Mitchell Block
Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up (2010): Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
WINNER - Killing in the Name (2010): Jed Rothstein

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
Day & Night (2010): Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo (2009) (TV): Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Let's Pollute (2009): Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010): Bastien Dubois
WINNER - The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
The Confession (2010/IV): Tanel Toom
The Crush (2009): Michael Creagh
God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny
Na Wewe (2010): Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 (2009): Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite
WINNER - God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny

So here's my prediction, you can leave yours below in the comments :)
* - These are sure shot ones.

Until next time.
Regards,

Upcoming movies I’m looking forward to(2011)

Hi all, and yes, a lil’ late with this post since the year has already begun and a month has already passed. But, I’m sticking to “Better late then never” theory and posting my list of movies I’m looking forward to this year. There are pretty awesome movies lined up for this year(looks like HOLLYWOOD wants to make the moolah before apocalypse hits Dec. 2012) and the next.

Anyway without any more rambling, here are my picks:

Battle: Los Angeles
Release Date: 11 March 2011
A Marine platoon faces off against an alien invasion in Los Angeles.

Thor
Release Date: 6 May 2011
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

Fast Five
Release Date: 29 April 2011
Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Release Date: 20 May 2011
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

The Hangover 2
Release Date: 26 May 2011
Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to Bangkok for Stu's wedding.

Kung Fu Panda 2
Release Date: 26 May 2011
Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.

X-Men: First Class
Release Date: 3 June 2011
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.

Super 8
Release Date: 10 June 2011
Next Summer, It Arrives.

Cars 2
Release Date: 24 June 2011
Racing star Lightning McQueen teams up with his best friend Mater for an international adventure as they go up against the world's fastest cars.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Release Date: 1 July 2011
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.

Captain America: The First Avenger
Release Date: 22 July 2011
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.

Cowboys and Aliens
Release Date: 29 July 2011
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way.

And as mentioned these are my picks and there are many other awesome movies lined up.
For a detailed list check Movie Insider. And don't forget to mention your favourites in the comments. :)

Until next time.
Regards,

Wishlist - Transformers Characters I Want In The Next Movie

Warning: The below article may include SPOILERS and info that have served plot, twists etc in the Transformers Universe(Movies and Cartoons).

Note: Transformer Universe is one twisted universe when you take a deep look into it. A lot of individual(Transformers) have been an Autobot and later switched to Decepticon and vice-versa.

WheelJack:
As the name suggest a transformer who transforms into a car. He is an autobot for the most part and an skilled driver with slick moves.

Blurr:
Hailed as the fastest Autobot on land, he has attitude as cool as ice. His motto "Stand up, keep fighting!" explains it all.

Ultra Magnus:
An autobot and original partner of Optimus Prime,the leader of the autobots. In short if Optimus ever needs a best man, its Ultra Magnus.

Unicron:
The planet eating,universe consuming Transformer is neither Autobot nor Decepticon, he's pure evil. And you have absolutely no idea why I want to see him in the next Transformer movie. Its because of the fellow below.

Primus:
Primus is the "benevolent" godlike entity among the Transformers who is a rival of the the Unicron. Primus is the being, who created the Transformers to help him defeat Unicron. To put it bluntly, he's the Grand-Daddy of all Transformers.
A picture of him for more insight on him.


This article's idea came when Ashwin Saxena a.k.a. Quiz_Master tweeted that he would like to see Unicron in the next installment of Transformers.

Until next time.
Regards,

And The Oscar Goes To

Oscar is just a day away(Feb 22) and I just can't help predicting whose gonna win it. With movies like Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Night, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and others, all in line, here is My prediction of the winners. Also included are the hot favourites which have been making rounds(as OR).

In between I'm also rooting for "Smile Pinki" which is in the SHORT DOCUMENTARY category.

So here are my predictions:

BEST MOTION PICTURE:
Nominees-
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
My prediction-
Slumdog Millionaire
OR-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


ANIMATED FEATURE:
Nominees-
“Bolt”
“Kung-Fu Panda”
“WALL-E”
My prediction-
WALL-E


ACTRESS, LEADING:
Nominees-
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
My prediction-
Anne Hathaway


ACTOR, LEADING:
Nominees-
Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn in “Milk”
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”
My prediction-
Brad Pitt
OR-
Mickey Rourke


ACTRESS, SUPPORTING:
Nominees-
Amy Adams in “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis in “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”
My prediction-
Penélope Cruz

ACTOR, SUPPORTING:
Nominees-
Josh Brolin in “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”
My prediction-
Heath Ledger
OR-
You think..


VISUAL EFFECTS:
Nominees-
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”
My prediction-
The Dark Knight
OR-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


ORIGINAL SONG:
Nominees-
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”
My prediction-
Jai Ho
OR-
Down to Earth

You can also predict in the comment box.


Until next time.
Regards,