In The Reel World

The Detroit radio station 89X is having a contest to make a tv commercial.

Here’s my entry!

Enjoy.

In case you missed the oscars last night (shame on you!), here’s who won what:

Best picture: No Country for Old Men

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (”There Will Be Blood”)

Best actress: Marion Cotillard (”La Mome”)
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem (”No Country for Old Men”)

Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton (”Michael Clayton”)

Best director: The Coen Brothers (”No Country for Old Men”)

Best original screenplay: Juno

Best adapted screenplay: No Country for Old Men

Cinematography: There Will Be Blood

Editing: Bourne Ultimatum

Art Direction: Sweeney Todd

Costume Design: Elizabeth the Golden Age

Make-up: La Mome

Music score: Atonement

Song from a movie: “Falling Slowly” from Once

Sound: Bourne Ultimatum

Sound editing: Bourne Ultimatum

Visual effects: The Golden Compass

Animated feature: Ratatouille

Foreign language film: Falscher, Die

Doc. Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side

Doc. Short: Freeheld

Animated short: Peter & The Wolf

Live action short: Le Mozart de Pickpockets

“Dedication” with Mandy Moore just came out on DVD (EXCLUSIVELY with Blockbuster).  Since it was a limited release and I didn’t get to see it, I decided to rent it.

Now, usually, I think Mandy Moore is an ok actress…. in this movie, however.. she’s a GREAT actress!

The story is something we’ve seen before (Think “Alex & Emma“… but instead of the main guy having hitmen after him, he’s kinda nutso…).

The only thing about this movie that I REALLY DID NOT LIKE was the editing… everytime they’d show some crazy stuff that’s going on in the main guy’s head, they’d do a photoflash….. it got old fast!

You should definitely watch this though for a pretty good indie film with some excellent acting.

I haven’t watched the Ghostbusters movies since I was a kid!  Well, I happen to have the box set with both movies and I hadn’t even opened it.  So, last week, I felt the need to do so!

Ghostbusters: ok, so clearly this movie is a classic (I was surprised to discover it’s from 1984!!!!!  The special effects are actually really good considering how old it is!  The story is pretty good for the most part as well.  HOWEVER, not only is the acting pretty horrendous, near the end the dialogue and plot points get cornier and cornier.  I’m thinking particularly when Rick Moranis bursts in and yells “I am the key master!” to which Sigourney Weaver responds “I am the gate master”.  And while the Stay-Puffed Marshmallow Man is also a classic (I have a figure of him around somewhere…), how he comes into being is STUPID!  All-in-all, it’s a pretty good movie, and one that should be watched for Nostalgia purposes!

Ghostbusters II: Ok… they just RUINED Ghostbusters.. Now I know why I didn’t remember what this one was about.  The story was terrible!  I don’t even want to do a full review of this one, so let’s just leave it at don’t bother.

Worst movie: I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Actor: Eddie Murphy

Worst Actress: Lindsay Lohan

Worst Supporting Actress: Eddie Murphy

Worst Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy

Worst Screen Couple: Lidsay Lohan and…herself.

Worst remake or rip-off: I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Prequel or Sequal: Daddy Day Camp

Worst Director: Chris Siverston (”I Know Who Killed Me”)

Worst Screenplay: I Know Who Killed Me

(NEW CATEGORY) Worst Exscuse for a Horror Movie: I Know Who Killed Me

Wow…. “I Know Who Killed Me” set the record for the most Razzies to a single picture EVER (8 “wins”).

And Eddie Murphy “won” for worst actor, supporting actor, AND supporting actress for his many roles in Norbit.

For those who missed it, here’s who won what:

Best Feature: Juno

Best First Screenplay: Juno

Best Documentary: Crazy Love

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (”The Savages”)

Best Actress: Ellen Page (”Juno”)

Best Foreign Film: Once (made in Ireland)

Best Director: Julian Schnable (”The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”)

Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski (”The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”)

Best Screenplay:  Tamara Jenkins (”The Savages”)

Supporting Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (”Talk to Me”)

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (”I’m Not There”)

Best First Feature: The Lookout

John Cassavetes Award: August Evening

Robert Altman Award: I’m Not There

Acura Someone to Watch Award: Ramin Bahrani  (director of “Chop Shop”)

Piaget Producers Award: Neil Kopp (producer of “Paranoid Park” and “Old Joy”)

IFC Truer than Fiction Award: Laura Dunn ( Director of “The Unforseen”)

From the nominees, here are my picks:

Best Movie: No Country For Old Men
Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen
Best Actress: Ellen Page
Supporting ACtor: Javier Bardem
supporting actress: (I didn’t see any of the nominees)
Best Director: The Coen Brothers
Original Screenplay: Juno
adapted screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Art Direction: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
Costume design: Across the Universe
Make-up: Norbit
Score for a movie: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
song for a movie: “Falling Slowly” from the movie Once
Sound: Transformers
sound editing: Transformers
visual effects: Transformers
Animated movie: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
Foreign language film: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
Documentary: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
Documentary short: (didn’t see any of the nominees)
Animated short: Peter & The Wolf
Live action short: (didn’t see any of the nominees)

Vantage Point

Charlie Bartlett

Witless Protection

My Mom’s New Boyfriend

Cover (limited)

Be Kind Rewind (limited)

The Signal (limited)

I’m feeling a little too lazy to write up the whole list of nominees.  Instead, here’s some linkage!

American Gangster

30 Days of Night

Rendition

After Sex

Gabriel

Poor Boy’s Game

The Perfect Witness

Chaos

The Final Inquiry

Black Water

Catacombs

Spiral

Cover

Sharp as Marbles

Never Been Done

Eyes Front