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2009 Screening Log Movie Awards Winners!
1 hour ago | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
A week ago I posted the nominations for the 1st annual Screening Log Movie Awards, and here are the winners I picked for the year 2009. These are really the best of the best of the year.
The big winner for me is "Up in the Air," which received three awards, including best film, best screenplay and best supporting actress (Vera Farmiga). Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" won two prizes.
As you can see below, the best actor category ended in a tie. It's something I don't usually like to do, but Nicolas Cage and Jeff Bridges just equally surprised me this year. Enjoy all the winners below. »
- Franck Tabouring
Jeff Bridges Didn't Intend to Play in 'Crazy Heart'
6 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Jeff Bridges nearly turned down the movie role that is almost certain to net him an Oscar nomination in 2010, because he wanted to spend more time at home. The actor has won acclaim playing grizzled, alcoholic country star Bad Blake in "Crazy Heart", but he initially had no wish to take on the part.
He explains, "I always try my best to turn down movies, to not do them because it's very distracting. This movie was presented to me while I was in the middle of something else. It's like when you're in a great French restaurant and somebody says, 'Hey, there's a great Mexican restaurant right down the street. After this let's go over there.' "
"It takes me away from my wife or something just around the corner that I'm not aware of, so I do my best to pass on things unless they make me an offer I can't refuse. »
- AceShowbiz.com
Bridges Turned Down Crazy Heart Role
7 hours ago | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Jeff Bridges nearly turned down the movie role that is almost certain to net him an Oscar nomination next year - because he wanted to spend more time at home.
The actor has won acclaim playing grizzled, alcoholic country star Bad Blake in Crazy Heart - but he initially had no wish to take on the part.
He explains, "I always try my best to turn down movies, to not do them because it's very distracting.
"This movie was presented to me while I was in the middle of something else. It's like when you're in a great French restaurant and somebody says, 'Hey, there's a great Mexican restaurant right down the street. After this let's go over there.'
"It takes me away from my wife or something just around the corner that I'm not aware of, so I do my best to pass on things unless they make me an offer I can't refuse.
"So, at first, I turned it down because there was no music in it. It was all about music, so I thought, 'What's the sense of doing it if it's got crummy songs in the movie?' Plus I had done a music movie - The Fabulous Baker Boys - that I was so pleased with... so I didn't want to do a movie that didn't meet up to that.
"A year after I initially read it T-Bone (Burnett) fell into place to write the music and I was there... There was six months of jamming every night with these guys. I'm so glad I didn't pass up the experience." »
Box Office Beat Down: Avatar Captures #1 with Another $75 Million
20 hours ago | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Weekend Box Office 1) Avatar - $75 million 2) Sherlock Holmes - $65.3 million 3) Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel - $50.2 million 4) It's Complicated - $22.1 million 5) Up In The Air - $11.75 million 6) The Blind Side - $11.73 million 7) The Princess and the Frog - $8.6 million 8) Nine - $5.5 million 9) Did You Hear About The Morgans? - $5 million 10) Invictus - $4.3 million It was a very busy holiday weekend at the box office, perhaps one of the busiest of all-time, as James Cameron's 3D outer-space epic Avatar just barely beats out three highly-anticipated new holiday films to take the number one spot in the box office for a second week in a row. The film, which is now in approximately 3,456 theaters enjoyed some terrific word-of-mouth making $21,701 per theater for an additional $75 million in its second week of release. In two weeks the movie has now made an estimated $212 million, which is very close to recouping its »
The 15 Most Anticipated Films of 2010
21 hours ago | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
So you’ve unwrapped all of your Christmas presents, received three copies of District 9 from multiple uncommunicative family members, and the year of 2009 is about to be wrapped up. The debate is over: 2009 has been a great year for film. So what do you do now?
Why, start thinking about what’s around the corner, of course!
While there’s less in the way of interesting sci-fi, as 2009 will surely be remembered for, 2010 has plenty of interesting new films in store, as well as some remakes, reboots and sequels. Here’s a list of the 15 most anticipated films of 2010, in order of release, followed by a minefield of movies you might consider avoiding.
The Wolfman (February 12)
Originally scheduled for release this year and pushed back due to production delays, it seems that Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman is finally upon us. While news of reshoots and delays always send »
- John Cooper
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #23
27 December 2009 2:32 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Well, the lack of screenings last week allowed me to take in a lot more films at home, on top of being able to show my family some they had yet to see over the holiday weekend. So, without further delay let's dig in as I have nine films to talk about this week and I have spread them out over two pages.
Julia (2009) Quick Thoughts: There have been a few folks around the Internet cheering for Tilda Swinton's performance in Julia as the best lead female performance of 2009. After finally seeing the film I am willing to concede it is definitely a good performance, but I can't quite understand where the over-the-top adulation from some corners is all about. The film itself is also quite entertaining, especially considering it is too long. However, I realize now the best way to fill your film with Tons of cliches is »
- Brad Brevet
The Hot List 2010
26 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Now that 2009 is so last year - well, almost - it's time to look forward to the next 12 months and the start of a new decade. Here we present our guide to 2010: the most promising newcomers, how the old guard are staying ahead of the game, plus the latest creative thinking in the arts, technology, politics and culture
1 Pop Ellie Goulding Ellie Goulding's success in 2010 may be preordained by industry insiders, but don't hold that against her. "I'm a country girl – I couldn't be less sceney if I tried," she laughs. Blessed with sirenlike tones and a gift for cleverly skewed pop, the 22-year-old Welsh singer-songwriter (pictured below) has already been named the winner of next year's Critics Choice Brit Award, last year bestowed on Florence + The Machine, and is putting the finishing touches to her debut album, due out in February. Though weaned on folk and chart pop, »
Robert Duvall Video Interview Crazy Heart
25 December 2009 1:07 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
As I wrote when I posted my video interviews with Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, currently playing in limited release is Fox Searchlight’s Crazy Heart. Originally scheduled for release next year, Fox Searchlight has mounted an impressive last minute campaign to get the film into theaters as they’re trying to get Jeff Bridges his long deserved Oscar.
In Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges stars as the anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
While the story of a musician overcoming his demons has been told many times, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
The best films of 2009
25 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
Since Moses brought the tablets down from the mountain, lists have come in tens, not that we couldn't have done with several more commandments. Who says a year has Ten Best Films, anyway? Nobody but readers, editors, and most other movie critics. There was hell to pay last year when I published my list of Twenty Best. You'd have thought I belched at a funeral. So this year I have devoutly limited myself to exactly ten films.
On each of two lists.
The lists are divided into Mainstream Films and Independent Films. This neatly sidesteps two frequent complaints: (1) "You name all those little films most people have never heard of," and (2) "You pick all blockbusters and ignore the indie pictures." Which is is my official Top Ten? They both are equal, and every film here is entitled to name itself "One of the Year's 10 Best!"
Alphabetically:
¶ The Top 10 Mainstream Films
Bad Lieutenant. »
- Roger Ebert
Movie Review: Crazy Heart
25 December 2009 5:51 AM, PST | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »
Dec 25, 2009
Is it ever too late to do the right thing? Can you go so far over the hill that no amount of regret or attempts at reconciliation can ever bring you back to the other side? Does that mean you shouldn't even try? These are timeless human questions that have been a part of the fabric of country music since the first musician picked up a guitar and wailed about his sorrows. And they are just one part of the excellent Crazy Heart, an acting showcase for the great Jeff Bridges that gets ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »
Crazy Heart
25 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: December 18th (limited)
Plot: An old country singer (Bridges) with a drinking problem tries to pull himself together with the help of a young lover (Gyllenhaal) and the support of those who have always loved his music.
Who’S It For?: Country music fans who crave another film about an entertainer washed up by his inner demons. Fans of Jeff Bridges will be satisfied watching him take on some serious drama, but they won’t be blown away.
Expectations: From one glance at the trailer, it appeared that Crazy Heart was about a country music legend who tries to get back in the songwriting saddle one last time. I expected Bridges to be more grizzled than usual in this emotional underdog story that would probably echo »
- Nick Allen
Movie Review - 'Crazy Heart'
25 December 2009 1:34 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Directed by Scott Cooper
Rated R
Some actors put way too much effort into making you aware that they're really acting. It's more noticeable on TV than in films, because there's more space to fill in a year of television, and very often, TV represents a first shot (or perhaps a first best shot) for struggling performers. To stick in your minds, these actors will add obvious affectations that can actually work against them.
You never see that out of Jeff Bridges. Bridges often plays perceived versions of himself because the roles call for his lived-in approach, but even when he does, he's never bigger than the character.
It is too early to know whether Bridges will finally win the Oscar that has eluded him through four nominations in 35 years but it is never too early to throw his name in the discussion. »
- Colin Boyd
New Tron Legacy Image Released
24 December 2009 10:52 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Disney has released a new image from next winter’s tentpole mega-blockbuster Tron: Legacy, which, in and of itself, doesn’t call for much celebration – but issued alongside it is a laundry list of writers credited with the story and screenplay, which at this point numbers a whopping Seven. This is rarely a good sign.
Of course, alongside this information is the reassuring mention of Daft Punk providing the score for the film. We’ve seen Joseph Kosinski’s pitch video for this film, and I think we can all agree it’s far more impressive than such a thing has any right to be, so let’s approach the sure-to-be-blitzkrieg marketing campaign for the film with a sense of cautious optimism.
It helps that the original Tron has aged surprisingly well, and that Jeff Bridges is back on board for this sequel. And that Disney’s confident enough »
- Andrew Ford
SAG Awards 2010 Prediction: Sandra Bullock, Best Actress
23 December 2009 11:39 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
2010 SAG Award Predictions Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Say what? Sandra Bullock? I know I’m going a bit out on a limb here, but unlike Jeff Bridges‘ Crazy Heart, Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side is truly a career-capping flick — as in, more box-office cash registers ringing than, say, Miss Congeniality, Infamous, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, or The Proposal. Additionally, the heart-warming, family-friendly, holiday-cheering, greenhouse-gas-reducing The Blind Side proves that a) Bullock can be really successful in dramas, b) she can have two major box-office hits in a single year (that used to be Julia Roberts‘ exclusive province), c) she looks good as a blonde. Item c) is the most difficult to accomplish, something [...] »
- Andre Soares
Susan Sarandon And Tim Robbins' Split, 'Crazy Heart' And Stray Peacocks In Today's Twitter-Wood
23 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Jeff Bridges' performance in "Crazy Heart" was good enough for the Golden Globes, and it was good enough for Rob Zombie as well, judging by his tweets. Kevin Smith, meanwhile, had a positively-used expletive to describe his own experience watching Edgar Wright's unreleased "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."
Less giddy was producer Jeff Katz, who used a sports metaphor to express his reaction to news that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split. I'll let you parse and interpret that one, as his references to Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno went a little over my head. You can do so after the jump where you will also learn about Ice-t's recent "Modern Warfare 2" accomplishments, when Emmy Rossum will begin taking trapeze lessons and who found a stray peacock in their back yard. It's all retweeted in Twitter-Wood report for December 23, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Finallevel http://twitpic. »
- Brian Warmoth
Review: Crazy Heart
23 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A colleague of mine recently suggested that playing a boozy, washed-up country singer is the male equivalent of the hooker with a heart of gold. He may be right, but that doesn't mean that Jeff Bridges' performance in Crazy Heart is any less affecting. Writer-director Scott Cooper has effectively captured the essence of obsessive self-destruction, as well as the self-indulgent verisimilitude that drives artists to blur or obliterate the lines between life and art. Bolstered by galvanizing performances by Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal as the woman whose own self destruction comes in the form of love for the wrong kind of man, Crazy Heart tells a powerful if sometimes familiar story that ranks as one of the year's best films.
Bridges plays Bad Blake, a penniless 57-year-old country singer who hasn't recorded in years and spends months on the road performing at any venue that will pay him, no matter how small. »
- Todd Gilchrist
Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!
23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »
Movie Review: “Crazy Heart”
23 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Seen on: December 15, 2009
The players: Director: Scott Cooper, Writer: Scott Cooper, Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
Facts of interest: Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb.
The plot: Tells the story of Bad Blake, a struggling country singer who meets a journalist and tries to change his life for the better.
Our thoughts: Jeff Bridges delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart,” a heartfelt, energetic drama about a broke, alcoholic country singer looking for the road to redemption. “Heart” just now kicked off its limited theatrical run, but early buzz about Bridges’ superb acting should eventually give the film the attention it deserves. »
- Franck Tabouring
Oscar Update: 'Hurt Locker' and Streep Rise in the Latest Predictions
23 December 2009 3:13 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Well folks, the year is winding down, we are knee deep in the holiday season and I'm looking forward to taking it easy for a few days, but not before I deliver one more update to my Oscar predictions.
For those of you that keep an eye on my "The Contenders" section you probably already noticed I updated all six of the categories on December 18, so much of what I am about to cover you already know, but I made a couple of changes since then. A couple of changes, in fact, resulted in two new front-runners. I am sure many of you already know what one of them is (if not both), so let's get to that one first...
Best Actress (get the full chart here)
Yup, I can't ignore it any longer. Meryl Streep has moved into the top spot, dashing An Education breakout star Carey Mulligan's »
- Brad Brevet
Dane Cook, Jeff Bridges on Jay Leno Show (Videos)
22 December 2009 10:48 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
NBC fired over the wrap-up from tonight's Jay Leno show. Tonight we have Ten@Ten with Jeff Bridges and Michelle Rodriguez, a round of .Who Cares What They Think. with Gop blogette Meghan McCain, comics Adam Corolla, and Jim Norton discussing infamous and unforgettable moments of the past year and an interview with Boston comic Dane Cook. The Jay Leno Show: Monologue 12/22 Tanning booth tax funded by the cast of Jersey Shore. Dane Cook's Christmas Tree disaster! Green Car Challenge: How did Dane Cook crush Dr. Phil's ego? 10@10: Michelle Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez on stripper bars & sexiest pose. Who Cares What They Think?! Jay invites Adam Carolla, Meghan McCain & Jim Norton »
- April MacIntyre
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