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That Guy actually looks funny. I think the smirk is a permanent feature of his face. Cuz he's smirking virtually all the time.

I saw The Fighter and Due Date. They were both thoroughly enjoyable films. I was wondering what another boxing film could possibly offer but this was good enough. Not so much about the boxing per se but about the boxers. It unfortunately has a bit of similarity with WWE's Legendary.

Due Date also had the beginnings of a cliche but turned out pretty good. Talk about someone growing on you.

Action Congress. Booyah

The King's Speech. I'm speechless. No pun intended. Ok, maybe a little pun intended. If you didn't know Colin Firth before, you'd think he actually stammers. I just realised Helena Bonham looks a lot like Johnny Depp. She could easily be his mother. Maybe there's something Burton sees in them.

Cara, it's funny you should mention Pearce. I thought he was mis-cast in The King's Speech. While his smirk was annoying, it was good acting in The Count of Monte Cristo. In the end, there's no smirk like my best friend's, Bruce Willis.

Good thinking. Good product. What I'd really die for though is God's hotline.

I guess I'll sit this one out. The synopsis of The Tourist doesn't interest me.

The Count of Monte Cristo. Okay. Started out quite darkish and then became quite soppy. But it's a good enough adaptation of Dumas' book.

Spam artist, scram!

Obi, I think that's what iice meant. I think I'll do that anyways. If only it wasn't such hard work.

See PDP. Power for the powerful.

Oops I forgot last year was 2010. My bad. Will modify later.

I'll soon open a thread that you may revel in cara. It'll be like playing in mud.

lawyerchap:
Lawyer: Do you think i deserve your full attention?

Mark Zuckerberg: I had to swear an oath before we began this deposition and i don't want to perjure myself, so i have a legal obligation to say no.

Lawyer: Okay, No. You don't think i deserve your full attention?

Mark Zuckerberg: you have part of my attention. You have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook where my colleagues and i are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing. Did i adequately answer your condescending question?

'The Social Network.'

This is enough reason for me. Social network, oh Social Network, where art thou my Social Network?

What follows is a list of nominees and winners of the Academy awards I reckon with the most. Later, I'll sift and we'll see what's up. I already have a dark feeling I won't be vindicated. I forgot the minor thing about the Academy being what the Academy is. maybe I'll do this again with the Golden Globes maybe (already a cop out).

Bests of Year 2000

Actor:
RUSSELL CROWE in "Gladiator," Javier Bardem in "Before Night Falls," Tom Hanks in "Cast Away," Ed Harris in "Pollock," Geoffrey Rush in "Quills"

Actress:
JULIA ROBERTS in "Erin Brockovich," Joan Allen in "The Contender," Juliette Binoche in "Chocolat," Ellen Burstyn in "Requiem for a Dream," Laura Linney in "You Can Count On Me"

Supporting Actor:
BENICIO DEL TORO in "Traffic," Jeff Bridges in "The Contender," Willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire," Albert Finney in "Erin Brockovich," Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator"

Supporting Actress:
MARCIA GAY HARDEN in "Pollock," Judi Dench in "Chocolat," " Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous," Frances McDormand in "Almost Famous," Julie Walters in "Billy Elliot"

Director:
STEVEN SODERBERGH for "Traffic," Stephen Daldry for "Billy Elliot," Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Steven Soderbergh for "Erin Brockovich," Ridley Scott for "Gladiator"


Bests of Year 2001

Actor:
DENZEL WASHINGTON in "Training Day," Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind," Sean Penn in "I Am Sam," Will Smith in "Ali," Tom Wilkinson in "In the Bedroom"

Actress:
HALLE BERRY in "Monster's Ball," Judi Dench in "Iris," Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge," Sissy Spacek in "In the Bedroom," Renee Zellwegger in "Bridget Jones's Diary"

Supporting Actor:
JIM BROADBENT in "Iris," Ethan Hawke in "Training Day," Ben Kingsley in "Sexy Beast," Ian McKellen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Jon Voight in "Ali"

Supporting Actress:
JENNIFER CONNELLY in "A Beautiful Mind," Helen Mirren in "Gosford Park," Maggie Smith in "Gosford Park," Marisa Tomei in "In the Bedroom," Kate Winslet in "Iris"

Director:
RON HOWARD for "A Beautiful Mind," Ridley Scott for "Black Hawk Down," Robert Altman for "Gosford Park," Peter Jackson for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," David Lynch for "Mulholland Drive"


Bests of Year 2002

Actor:
ADRIEN BRODY in "The Pianist," Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation," Michael Caine in "The Quiet American," Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York," Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt"

Actress:
NICOLE KIDMAN in "The Hours," Salma Hayek in "Frida," Diane Lane in "Unfaithful," Julianne Moore in "Far from Heaven," Renee Zellweger in "Chicago"

Supporting Actor:
CHRIS COOPER in "Adaptation," Ed Harris in "The Hours," Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition," John C. Reilly in "Chicago," Christopher Walken in "Catch Me If You Can"

Supporting Actress:
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES in "Chicago," "Kathy Bates in "About Schmidt," Julianne Moore in "The Hours," Queen Latifah for "Chicago," Meryl Streep in "Adaptation"

Director:
ROMAN POLANSKI for "The Pianist," Rob Marshall for "Chicago," Martin Scorsese for "Gangs of New York," Stephen Daldry for "The Hours," Pedro Almodovar for "Talk to Her"


Bests of Year 2003

Actor:
SEAN PENN in "Mystic River, "Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog," Jude Law in "Cold Mountain," Bill Murray in "Lost In Translation"

Actress:
CHARLIZE THERON in "Monster," Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider," Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give," Samantha Morton in "In America," Naomi Watts in "21 Grams"

Supporting Actor:
TIM ROBBINS in "Mystic River," Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler," Benicio Del Toro in "21 Grams," Djimon Hounsou in "In America," Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai"

Supporting Actress:
RENEE ZELLWEGER in "Cold Mountain," Shohreh Aghdashloo in "House of Sand and Fog," Patricia Clarkson in "Pieces of April," Marcia Gay Harden in "Mystic River," Holly Hunter in "Thirteen"

Director:
PETER JACKSON for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Fernando Meirelles for "City of God," Sofia Coppola for "Lost In Translation," Peter Weir for "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," Clint Eastwood for "Mystic River"


Bests of Year 2004

Actor:
JAMIE FOXX in "Ray," Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda," Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland," Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator," Clint Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby"

Actress:
HILARY SWANK in "Million Dollar Baby," Annette Bening in "Being Julia," Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Maria Full of Grace," Imelda Staunton in "Vera Drake," Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Supporting Actor:
MORGAN FREEMAN in "Million Dollar Baby," Alan Alda in "The Aviator," Thomas Haden Church in "Sideways," Jamie Foxx in "Collateral," Clive Owen in "Closer"

Supporting Actress:
CATE BLANCHETT in "The Aviator," Laura Linney in "Kinsey," Virginia Madsen in "Sideways," Sophie Okonedo in "Hotel Rwanda," Natalie Portman in "Closer"

Director:
CLINT EASTWOOD for "Million Dollar Baby," Taylor Hackford for "Ray," Mike Leigh for "Vera Drake," Alexander Payne for "Sideways," Martin Scorsese for "The Aviator"


Bests of Year 2005

Actor:
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN in "Capote," Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow," Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain," Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line," David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck"

Actress:
REESE WITHERSPOON in "Walk the Line," Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents," Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica," Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice," Charlize Theron in "North Country"

Supporting Actor:
GEORGE CLOONEY in "Syriana," Matt Dillon in "Crash," Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man," Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain," William Hurt in "A History of Violence"

Supporting Actress:
RACHEL WEISZ in "The Constant Gardener," Amy Adams in "Junebug," Catherine Keener in "Capote," Frances McDormand in "North Country," Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain"

Director:
ANG LEE for "Brokeback Mountain," George Clooney for "Good Night, and Good Luck," Paul Haggis for "Crash," Bennett Miller for "Capote," Steven Spielberg for "Munich"


Bests of Year 2006

Actor:
FOREST WHITAKER in "The Last King of Scotland," Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond," Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson," Peter O'Toole in "Venus," Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Actress:
HELEN MIRREN in "The Queen," Penelope Cruz in "Volver," Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal," Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada," Kate Winslet in "Little Children"

Supporting Actor:
ALAN ARKIN in "Little Miss Sunshine," Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children," Djimon Honsou in "Blood Diamond," Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls," Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed"

Supporting Actress:
JENNIFER HUDSON in "Dreamgirls," Adriana Barraza in "Babel," Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal," Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine," Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel"

Director:
MARTIN SCORSESE for "The Departed," Clint Eastwood for "Letters From Iwo Jima," Stephen Frears for "The Queen," Paul Greengrass for "United 93," Alejandro González Iñárritu for "Babel"


Bests of Year 2007

Actor:
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in "There Will Be Blood," George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah," Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Actress:
MARION COTILLARD in "La Vie en Rose," Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Julie Christie in "Away From Her," Laura Linney in "The Savages," Ellen Page in "Juno"

Supporting Actor:
JAVIER BARDEM in "No Country for Old Men," Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild," Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War," Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Supporting Actress:
TILDA SWINTON in "Michael Clayton," Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There," Ruby Dee in "American Gangster," Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement," Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"

Director:
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN for "No Country for Old Men," Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Jason Reitman for "Juno," Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton," Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"


Bests of Year 2008

Actor:
SEAN PENN in "Milk," Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor," Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon," Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Actress:
KATE WINSLET in "The Reader," Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married," Angelina Jolie in "Changeling," Melissa Leo in "Frozen River," Meryl Streep in "Doubt"

Supporting Actor:
HEATH LEDGER in "The Dark Knight," Josh Brolin in "Milk," Robert Downey, Jr. in "Tropic Thunder," Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt," Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting Actress:
PENELOPE CRUZ in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Amy Adams in "Doubt," Viola Davis in "Doubt," Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"

Director:
DANNY BOYLE for "Slumdog Millionaire," Stephen Daldry for "The Reader," David Fincher for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Ron Howard for "Frost/Nixon," Gus Van Sant for "Milk”


Bests of Year 2009

Actor:
JEFF BRIDGES in "Crazy Heart," George Clooney in "Up in the Air," Colin Firth in "A Single Man," Morgan Freeman in "Invictus," Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"

Actress:
SANDRA BULLOCK in "The Blind Side," Helen Mirren in "The Last Station," Carey Mulligan in "An Education," Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious," Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

Supporting Actor:
CHRISTOPH WALTZ in "Inglourious Basterds," Matt Damon in "Invictus," Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger," Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station," Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"

Supporting Actress:
MO'NIQUE in "Precious," Penelope Cruz in "Nine," Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air," Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart," Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"

Director:
KATHRYN BIGELOW for "The Hurt Locker," James Cameron for "Avatar," Lee Daniels for "Precious," Jason Reitman for "Up in the Air," Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds”

You're lucky she'll have no idea what you're talking about.

v3 kun. Don't call me sama. I'm not that old. Call me Vescucci senpai

I vote for 127hours. Good material. Even if I get to see Love etc I doubt I'd wanna review it. I also vote for that on behalf of JK. He was just playing the first time. And the second time.

Judge Dredd, I mean JeSoul. If you wanna plot a coup, can I be one of your co-conspirators?

So, d13, how was Biutiful? Did you cry?

Lol, Cara

Er, movie. There's a series thread.

Saw Scent of a Woman. They don't make films like that anymore. No, it's not that. We don't have many actors like that anymore.

:-x

iice and JeSoul. Just the two people I expected to find here.

I heard good things about that film but I'm sure you're the only one who's seen it. Then there's the little matter of turns. It's not yours yet

Go and watch Biutiful

You know. I started The Town but lost my nerve. I didn't know Ben directed it till later. I might check it out still. And to the article, I say a big DUH to hollywood.

Fanatic

Wall-E. Doing a kinda memory freshening up of my favorite movies.

This yeye work I gave myself is hard o. But I must finish.

Look at the cast of Green Hornet na. Their buffoonery must be a geometric progression. I'll still watch it though. And even Yogi Bear. It's been hanging in the box office way too long.

Richard Gere is your favourite actor?

Does anyone know what's up with Edward Norton sef? Been a while o

Who misses Mudley?

We'll compare notes

flock

@op, gradually withdraw from her. You can be very good friends with married people of the opposite sex but there's a reason why exes are exes. They were confused then, you'll be confused now.