Announcement: Live-blogging the 2010 Academy Awards

I felt the Golden Globe live-blogging went so swimmingly I am doing it again, only this time with the Academy Awards. The Oscars start at 8pm EST this Sunday so look online for me around 7 dissing the fancy dresses and frou-frou hair. Richmond friends should feel free to join me at home for this; drinking and the Oscars go hand in hand. Be sure to check out my predictions so we can figure out how good I am at this game.

See you Sunday night!

2010 Oscar predictions

After this year’s Golden Globes I am terrified to try and predict the Oscars. The last hour of the show saw every award go to upsets and generally unimpressive nominees. With the Academy voters skewing even older and more conservative, I have no idea what to expect.

But I’m willing to take a shot anyway.

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2010 Golden Globes: The Live-Blog

11:02-I have never been happier to have my local news affiliate cut in with the local news.
11:01-Hey, its that guy whose famous for marrying a drama queen. Why do we care about what he has to say?
10:59-I don't mind that my predictions were so wrong, because these were some stupid upsets. Blah. Note to make this thing better, give Ricky Gervais a ton more screen time.
10:56-You've got to be kidding me. Avatar was aight, but all of those movies were way better from a storytelling, acting, and directing standpoint. They may not have been nearly as pretty, but I didn't realize that's apparently all it take to win the Best Movie.
10:55-Last award.
10:51-I wonder if his new statue will really tie the room together?
10:50-Colin Farrell's eyebrows make him look perpetually curious.

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2010 Golden Globe predictions

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. AVATAR
b. THE HURT LOCKER
c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
e. UP IN THE AIR
In my opinion it should definitely be The Hurt Locker, but I think Up In The Air has an equal chance. Precious will probably get the Oscar, but not the Golden Globe.

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Announcement: Live-blogging the 2010 Golden Globes

I will be live-blogging the 2010 Golden Globe Awards, this Sunday. The awards begin at 8pm EST on NBC, but I will have some initial thoughts up around 7:30/7:45. Expect opinions on the nominees, the winners, the fashion, the drunken acceptance speeches, and the glory that is this year's host, Ricky Gervais. I will even respond to any comments in somewhat real time. Expect the comments to get snarkier as I get drunker during the evening.

Any Richmond area friends that would like to to imbibe and watch the drinkiest awards show of the season with me are welcome. Your comments may even be immortalized for the 10 or so person blogosphere I encompass.

Are you ready for this?

Best of 2009, and then some

2009 was not the best year for movies in recent memory, but it did produce some movies I will definitely talk about for years to come, as well as re-watch repeatedly. Here is my top five, plus an honorable mention and a handful of superlatives. This is absolutely a list of personal favorites and by no means a list of “films” that I expect to top all time lists any time soon. However, they all spoke to me for reasons I will try to explain. Plus, it’s my blog so I can list anything I damn well please.

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