Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
1. Precious
2. Up in the Air
3. Invictus
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Nine
6. The Lovely Bones
7. Avatar
8. Up
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. An Education

Best Director
1. Lee Daniels, Precious
2. Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
3. Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
4. Clint Eastwood, Invictus
5. Rob Marshall, Nine

Best Actor
1. Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
2. Colin Firth, A Single Man
3. Morgan Freeman, Invictus
4. George Clooney, Up in the Air
5. Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine

Best Actress
1. Carey Mulligan, An Education
2. Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
3. Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
4. Helen Mirren, The Last Station
5. Abbie Cornish, Bright Star

Best Supporting Actor
1. Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
2. Matt Damon, Invictus
3. Alfred Molina, An Education
4. Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
5. Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

Best Supporting Actress
1. Mo’Nique, Precious
2. Julianne Moore, A Single Man
3. Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
4. Penelope Cruz, Nine
5. Susan Sarandon, The Lovely Bones

Best Animated Film
1. Up
2. Coraline
3. Ponyo
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Princess and the Frog

Most Horrible Punishment Imaginable

Upcoming

Here's a list of the movies that I'm looking forward to for the rest of this year. Let's hope that a few of them hit it out of the park, cause God knows 2009 could use some great films.

A Serious Man - Oct. 2
Where the Wild Things Are - Oct. 16
Amelia - Oct. 23
The Men Who Stare at Goats - Nov. 6
Precious - Nov. 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Nov. 13
The Princess and the Frog - Nov. 25
The Road - Nov. 25
Up in the Air - Dec. 4
Broken Embraces - Dec. 11
Invictus - Dec. 11
The Lovely Bones - Dec. 11
A Single Man - Dec. 11
Avatar - Dec. 18
Nine - Dec. 18
The White Ribbon - Dec. 30

Cross Country Timelapse

Perfect use of Michael Nyman's "An Eye for Optical Theory."

Kanye's Apology: The Musical Adaptation

2009 so far...

This has been a dismal year at the movies, and the rest of 2009 doesn't look too promising either. Still, there have been several films worth checking out. Here's my Top 10 for the year so far, and hopefully this list will look very different four months from now:

1. Sugar
2. District 9
3. The Cove
4. Up
5. Ponyo
6. Tulpan
7. We Live in Public
8. Goodbye Solo
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. The Hurt Locker

Sudden Ominous Music Heard Across U.S.

Meet Curtis

Give this kid his own show pronto!

New Spike Jonze commercials

And, yes, that is Brad Pitt...

Marshmallow Murder

Cat Earns Food

That's right, calicos are the best!