Natalie Portman

MOVIE Review: YOur Highness

April 6, 2011 By Thelma Leave a Comment

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McBride (left), Oscar-winner Portman

Us Rating: *

In this dreadfully unfunny stoner flick, two medieval princes (James Franco, Danny McBride) journey to rescue a virgin (Zooey Deschanel) from an evil wizard. En route, they confront — then befriend — a feisty archer (Natalie Portman) bent on vengeance. The cerebral Oscar winner (who filmed this before Black Swan) bungles the broad comedy, enunciating annoyingly in Shakespearean diction. And Franco sports his usual squinty-eyed smirk. Consistent with the title’s lame pun, the humor is painfully low: McBride spends the movie’s climax wearing a beast’s penis on a string around his neck. Groan

And the Oscar goes to….

February 28, 2011 By Thelma Leave a Comment

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Oscar the Grouch

Here’s the list of winners for the Academy Awards:

Best picture Winner:
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Performance by an actor in a leading role Winner:
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role Winner:
Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)

Performance by an actress in a leading role Winner:
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role Winner:
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)

Best animated feature film of the year Winner:
“Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich [Read more…]

Independent Spirit Award Winners

February 26, 2011 By Thelma Leave a Comment

The complete list of Spirit Award winners:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
Black Swan

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronfosky, “Black Swan”

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Get Low

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Daddy Longlegs

BEST SCREENPLAY
“The Kids Are All Right”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Tiny Furniture”

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

BEST MALE LEAD
James Franco, “127 Hours”

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Dale Dickey, “Winter’s Bone”

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
John Hawkes, “Winter’s Bone”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
Exit Through The Gift Shop

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
The King’s Speech

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
“Please Give”

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Anish Savjani (“Meek’s Cutoff”)

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Mike Ott (“Little Rock”)

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Jeff Malmberg (“Marwencol”)

New Racetrack Odds on who’ll win the oscars

February 24, 2011 By Thelma Leave a Comment

By Gold Derby News Desk

Jan 26 2011 | 18:57 pm

Here are the latest racetrack odds on the top Academy Academy contests based upon the Oscar predictions of our team of experts from leading media. Click HERE to see their forecasts in all 24 categories

BEST PICTURE
“The King’s Speech” – 2/5
“The Social Network” – 4/1
“The Fighter” – 20/1
“True Grit” – 25/1
“Black Swan” – 40/1
“Inception” – 50/1
“Toy Story 3” – 80/1
“The Kids Are All Right” – 85/1
“127 Hours” – 90/1
“Winter’s Bone” – 100/1 [Read more…]

Goldderby.com Oscar predictions from top experts

February 23, 2011 By Thelma Leave a Comment

Here are the latest Oscar predictions from these top experts: Thelma Adams (Us Weekly, Thelmadams.com), Brooke Anderson (CNN), Tim Appelo (Hollywood Reporter), Erik Davis (Cinematical), Scott Feinberg (ScottFeinberg.com), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Tariq Khan (Fox News), Joseph Kapsch (Zap2It), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Peter Knegt (Indiewire), Kevin Lewin (WENN), Guy Lodge (In Contention), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby, The Envelope), Kevin Polowy (NextMovie), Steve Pond (The Odds, The Wrap), Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDB), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Kris Tapley (In Contention), Anne Thompson (IndieWire) Bob Tourtellotte (Reuters), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Stu Van Airsdale (Movielie),Chuck Walton (Fandango), Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today).

Click HERE to see the racetrack odds based upon these predictions. Click HERE to see how our pundits fared predicting nominations. (Congrats to Steve Pond for leading the way!)

BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception” — Simanton
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech” — Adams, Anderson, Appelo, Feinberg, Hammond, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Van Airsdale, Walton, Wloszczyna
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network” — Davis, Kapsch, Polowy, Stone, Travers, Wells
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”
David O. Russell, “The Fighter”
Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” — Adams, Anderson, Ebert, Feinberg, Musto, Pond, Tapley, Van Airsdale, Walton, Wloszczyna
David Fincher, “The Social Network” — Appelo, Davis, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, O’Neil, Polowy, Simanton, Stone, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Wells
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “True Grit” [Read more…]

Busted!

Us Rating: *

Here’s the list of winners for the Academy Awards: