Media Fix Review: You, the Living

Read Shane's brief review of one of the coolest looking movies of last year "You, The Living."

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Movies At Home: Once

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Gamebino Review: 'Splosion Man

Welcome to Issue #1 of Gamebino Review. This week: Does 'Splosion Man live up to the hype or does it go out without a bang? If you're hungry for some platforming action then read Adam's explosive 'Splosion Man review to find out what food 'Splosion Man would be, and it's not flamin' hot Cheetos.

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Gearing up for E3 2010.

Posted by Stuart Jun 13, 2010 0 comments

It's been a while since we've posted but I'd like to post a little about E3 this year. Last year Adam had pretty comprehensive coverage. This year hopefuly we can write about some of our favorite surprises from the floor. Stay tuned!

Media Fix Review: You, The Living

Posted by Shane Mar 23, 2010 2 comments













There are a lot of comedies out there. Most of them, I think, kinda sorta blow. But every once and a while I come across a few really really good ones (as a matter of fact, I think the best film of last year was Woody Allen's Whatever Works. Hilarious picture!). These kinds of comedies, "existential" comedies really, renew my faith in the genre and the medium of film itself.
You, the Living is a fantastic film, a visceral film, and somewhat tragic. But its tragedy with a funny outfit on. It covers a whole spectrum of human emotions and highlights all the potential absurdities of human existence: relationships, work, our hopes and dreams, and death. What good movie doesn't have at least a little something to do with mortality, right?
It presents itself in the form of shorts, stories within stories. There are a handful a recurring characters, ones that usually address, us, the audience, but for the most part you're only given a small glimpse into these peoples lives and then you never see them again.
The film itself also looks fantastic. It's very pale, very dreary. Much like some of the characters situations/lives. And each shot is a beautiful composition. The camera doesn't move that often, and there aren't a lot of editing cuts within a scene. Sometimes there are none whatsoever. A simple, but powerful, approach.
I don't wanna spoil it anymore than I already have, and I've exhausted my praise for this film, so now I leave you with only this command: SEE THIS MOVIE.

Avatar Finally Fails!

Posted by Shane Feb 7, 2010 0 comments











After eight weeks at the top of the box office Avatar has finally been supplanted.
Really, Avatar? Only eight weeks? All I can say is this: TOTAL FAILURE!
And what film was the supplanter? John Travolta's From Paris With Love. Just kidding, it was, of course, Dear John.
Congratulations, John.
Something tells me that Avatar probably won't shoot back to the top next Valentines Day weekend.

We're off to the races! Oscar Noms in.

Posted by Stuart Feb 2, 2010 0 comments










There are very few surprises this year. The biggest might be the exclusion of 500 Days of Summer from best pic category. Other notable omissions were Invictus and Star Trek. I knew Star Trek would be a long shot but I figured because of the expanded best pic category it might've had a chance. Also, what happened to Moon?

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
* George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
* Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)
* Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
* Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
* Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
* Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
* Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
* Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Penélope Cruz in "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
* Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
* Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
* Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year


*"Coraline" (Focus Features) Henry Selick
*"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Wes Anderson
*"The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) John Musker and Ron Clements
*"The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS) Tomm Moore
*"Up" (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
*"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics) Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro
Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
*"Nine" (The Weinstein Company) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
*"Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
*"The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore
*"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Warner Bros.) Bruno Delbonnel
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Robert Richardson
*"The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Christian Berger

Achievement in costume design

*"Bright Star" (Apparition) Janet Patterson
*"Coco before Chanel" (Sony Pictures Classics) Catherine Leterrier
*"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics) Monique Prudhomme
*"Nine" (The Weinstein Company) Colleen Atwood
*"The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing


*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
*"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels
*"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Jason Reitman

Best documentary feature


*"Burma VJ" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
A Magic Hour Films Production Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
*"The Cove" (Roadside Attractions)
An Oceanic Preservation Society Production Nominees to be determined
*"Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
A Robert Kenner Films Production Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
*"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
A Kovno Communications Production Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
*"Which Way Home"
A Mr. Mudd Production Rebecca Cammisa

Best documentary short subject

*"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
A Downtown Community Television Center Production Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
*"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
A Just Media Production Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
*"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
A Community Media Production Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
*"Music by Prudence"
An iThemba Production Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
*"Rabbit à la Berlin" (Deckert Distribution)
An MS Films Production Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Achievement in film editing

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
*"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Sally Menke
*"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year


*"Ajami"(Kino International)
An Inosan Production Israel
*"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Haddock Films Production Argentina
*"The Milk of Sorrow"
A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru
*"Un Prophète" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production France
*"The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics)
An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany

Achievement in makeup

*"Il Divo" (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
*"Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
*"The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Horner
*"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
*"Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
*"Up" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

*"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
*"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
*"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Reinhardt Wagner
Lyric by Frank Thomas
*"Take It All" from "Nine" (The Weinstein Company) Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
*"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best motion picture of the year

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
A Lightstorm Entertainment Production James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
*"The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
An Alcon Entertainment Production Nominees to be determined
*"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
A Block/Hanson Production Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
*"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
A Voltage Pictures Production Nominees to be determined
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production Lawrence Bender, Producer
*"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
*"A Serious Man" (Focus Features)
A Working Title Films Production Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
*"Up" (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Production Jonas Rivera, Producer
*"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
A Montecito Picture Company Production Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Best animated short film

*"French Roast"
A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production Fabrice O. Joubert
*"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" (Brown Bag Films)
A Brown Bag Films Production Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
*"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"
A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production Javier Recio Gracia
*"Logorama" (Autour de Minuit)
An Autour de Minuit Production Nicolas Schmerkin
*"A Matter of Loaf and Death" (Aardman Animations)
An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park

Best live action short film

*"The Door" (Network Ireland Television)
An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
*"Instead of Abracadabra" (The Swedish Film Institute)
A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
*"Kavi"
A Gregg Helvey Production Gregg Helvey
*"Miracle Fish" (Premium Films)
A Druid Films Production Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
*"The New Tenants"
A Park Pictures and M & M Production Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing

*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Wylie Stateman
*"Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
*"Up" (Walt Disney) Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Achievement in sound mixing


*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
*"Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
*"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Achievement in visual effects


*"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
*"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
*"Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

*"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
*"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Nick Hornby
*"In the Loop" (IFC Films) Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
*"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
*"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay

*"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal
*"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino
*"The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
*"A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
*"Up" (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy










It's been a while since we've heard anything about Team ICO's latest creation the Last Guardian. As a big fan of their last two games I was delighted to find some new screen shots on the Japanese website. Anticipation is high for the mysterious sequel. Hopefully thes screens while tide you over till we get some new video.





Introducing iPad

Posted by Stuart Jan 27, 2010 0 comments










This morning Steve Jobs unleashed on the world his newest Apple product the IPad. It's almost exactly what people where expecting. It's not quite a laptop and it's not quite a smart phone.
Right off the bat it looks ugly to me.
The Icons are spaced to far apart and the casing looks like a ridiculously large iPhone. This is going to take some getting used to.








Pricing structure seems a little steep although a Kindle DX runs for $489 and has a lot less features. I'm interested to see if this thing will take off as an at home device or will its success be on the road. The latter seems less likely since it's gonna cost you to go 3g. It's great that it's portable, but why not carry an iPhone or a Mac Book.
From the apple.com:

Safari:
The large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one whole page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating through the web has never been easier, or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. You can scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen. Or pinch to zoom in or out on a photo. There’s also a thumbnail view that shows all your open pages in a grid, to let you quickly move from one page to the next.

Mail:
See and touch your email in ways you never could before. In landscape, you get a split-screen view, showing both an opened email and the messages in your Inbox. To see the opened email by itself, you just turn iPad to portrait, and the email automatically rotates and fills the screen. No matter which orientation you use, you can scroll through your mail, compose a new email using the large, on-screen keyboard, or delete messages, with nothing more than a tap and a flick. If someone emails you a photo, you can see it right in the message. You can also save the photos in an email directly to the built-in Photos app. And iPad will work with all the popular email providers, including MobileMe, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL.

Photos:
With its crisp, vibrant display, and its unique software features, iPad is an extraordinary way to enjoy and share your photos. For example, the new Photos app displays the photos in an album as though they were in a stack. Just tap or pinch to open the stack, and the whole album opens up. Then you can flip through your pictures, zoom in or out, or watch a slideshow. You can even use your iPad as a beautiful digital photo frame while your iPad is docked or charging. And there are lots of ways to import photos: you can sync them from your computer, download them from an email, or import them directly from your camera using the Apple Camera Connection Kit.

Video:
The large, high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching any kind of video: from HD movies and TV shows, to podcasts and music videos. You can also easily move between wide-screen and full-screen with a double-tap. And because it’s essentially one big screen, with no buttons or anything to distract you, the picture fills your line of sight. So you feel completely immersed in what you’re watching.

iBooks:
The iBooks app is a great, new way to read and buy books.1Just download the app for free from the App Store, and you’ll be able to buy everything from classics to bestsellers from the built-in iBookstore. Once you’ve bought a book, it’s displayed on your Bookshelf. To read it, all you have to do is tap on it and it opens up. The high-resolution, LED-backlit screen displays everything in sharp, rich, color, so it’s very easy to read, even in low light.

It'll be interesting to see how this thing takes off. At the moment it doesn't seem too enticing of a product. It's missing a few key features like a built in camera and Flash plugin. Sorry Skype users.

What I'm waiting to see is what developers can do with it. The sdk is out already. If some really cool innovative apps come out that really capitalize on the touch screen or fast OS it might be worth the buy. Think about a the possibility for games or even design programs.

But maybe the real power of this device is in its e-reading potential. It really filled a void in that niche. So perhaps the possibilities of its full color magazines and beautifully rendered page animations will be enough to drive sales. It is officially the best e-reader on the market. What has yet to be seen is whether or not its other functionality will make the grade.

Avatar Wins Best Picture at the Globes

Posted by Stuart Jan 18, 2010 0 comments













Well, there you have it folks. Avatar won best picture at the Golden Globes tonight. I was as surprised as anyone, especially when there's so much fanfare behind movies like the Hurt Locker or Up in the Air.

I wonder if the Globes will be any indication of the Academy's choices this year.

Here are the nominations/winners:


Winners are marked with asterisks.


Cecil B. DeMille Award

*Martin Scorsese

Best Motion Picture - Drama

*Avatar
Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox

The Hurt Locker
Voltage Pictures; Summit Entertainment

Inglourious Basterds
The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures

Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate

Up In The Air
Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

*Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama


*Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

George Clooney – Up In The Air

Colin Firth – A Single Man

Morgan Freeman – Invictus

Tobey Maguire – Brothers

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

(500) Days Of Summer
Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures

*The Hangover
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

It's Complicated
Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures

Julie & Julia
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

Nine
The Weinstein Company/Relativity Media/Lucamar Productions/Marc Platt Productions; The Weinstein Company

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Sandra Bullock – The Proposal

Marion Cotillard – Nine

Julia Roberts – Duplicity

Meryl Streep – It's Complicated

*Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Matt Damon – The Informant!

Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine

*Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days Of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Penélope Cruz – Nine

Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air

Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

*Mo'nique – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Julianne Moore – A Single Man

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Matt Damon – Invictus

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

*Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Feature Film

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing

Coraline
Laika, Inc.; Focus Features

Fantastic Mr. Fox
American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox

The Princess And The Frog
Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

*Up
Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Best Foreign Language Film


Baaria (Italy)
The Country of Italy
Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment

Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Country of Spain
El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics

The Maid (La Nana) (Chile)
The Country of Chile
Forastero; Elephant Eye Films

A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)
The Country of France
Chic Films/Page 114/Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics

*The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte) (Germany)
The Country of Germany
X Filme Creative Pool/Les Films Du Losange/Lucky Red/Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics

Best Director - Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

*James Cameron – Avatar

Clint Eastwood – Invictus

Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated

*Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

Best Original Score - Motion Picture


*Michael Giacchino - Up

Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!

James Horner - Avatar

Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man

Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are
Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"Cinema Italiano" – Nine
Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston

"I See You" – Avatar
Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen
Lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell

"I Want To Come Home" – Everybody's Fine
Music & Lyrics By: Paul McCartney

*"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" – Crazy Heart
Music & Lyrics By: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

"Winter" – Brothers
Music By: U2
Lyrics By: Bono

Best Television Series - Drama


Big Love (HBO)
Anima Sola Productions and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment

Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions

House (FOX)
Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions

*Mad Men (AMC)
Lionsgate

True Blood (HBO)
Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Glenn Close – Damages (FX NETWORK)

January Jones – Mad Men (AMC)

*Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)

Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO)

Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Simon Baker – The Mentalist (CBS)

*Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)

Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)

Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)

Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical


30 Rock (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.

Entourage (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

*Glee (FOX)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

Modern Family (ABC)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

The Office (NBC)
Universal Television Studios, Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

*Toni Collette – United States Of Tara (SHOWTIME)

Courteney Cox – Cougar Town (ABC)

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)

Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)

Lea Michele – Glee (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

*Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)

Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)

David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)

Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)

Matthew Morrison – Glee (FOX)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television


Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Sony Pictures Television

*Grey Gardens (HBO)
Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO Films

Into The Storm (HBO)
Scott Free and Rainmark Films Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films

Little Dorrit (PBS)
Masterpiece/BBC Co-production

Taking Chance (HBO)
Motion Picture Corporation of America and Civil Dawn Pictures in association with HBO Films

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Joan Allen – Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)

*Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens (HBO)

Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens (HBO)

Anna Paquin – The Courageous Heart Of Irena (CBS)

Sigourney Weaver – Prayers For Bobby (LIFETIME)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

*Kevin Bacon – Taking Chance (HBO)

Kenneth Branagh – Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)

Chiwetel Ejiofor – Endgame (PBS)

Brendan Gleeson – Into The Storm (HBO)

Jeremy Irons – Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jane Adams – Hung (HBO)

Rose Byrne – Damages (FX NETWORK)

Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX)

Janet McTeer – Into The Storm (HBO)

*Chloë Sevigny – Big Love (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Michael Emerson – Lost (ABC)

Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

William Hurt – Damages (FX NETWORK)

*John Lithgow – Dexter (SHOWTIME)

Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)

The future is 3D.

Posted by Stuart Jan 14, 2010 0 comments

But should it happening so soon. I know closet Luddites everywhere are saying too soon and I might be inclined to agree. Remember though, it takes a bunch of junkie bad tech before we get to the good stuff. 3d tech was definitely the belle of the ball this year and I expect it to only get better. Don't get me wrong, I don't think home theaters will replace the cinema anytime soon, unless, of course, someone builds an IMAX addition onto their house. 3d tech might also have other applications at home, think video games, web, visual interfaces, etc. The future is exciting and although most of us recently dropped some serious cash on HD televisions but that's okay. The new tech probably won't maturate until next year or so. Still, I know most of us aren't ready for the jump. But, let's wait and see what happens.










Well, folks, "The Simpson's 20th Anniversary Special! In 3D! On Ice!", hosted by Mr. Morgan Spurlock, has just aired. What did I think? Well, I gotta be honest here, as interesting as much of it was I really wanted more. And I don't necessarily mean "more" as in quality or substance, I mean literally "MORE!"
Really, fellas, just one hour? You boast about it being the most successful television show ever and you thought one hour would suffice? Give me more interviews with actors,creators, or fans. Anything!
I want a Simpson celebration to get at least the same treatment that The Beatles got for their anthology in '95 on ABC. They got a six hour documentary, and they're not even that funny.
Also, if you are (or were, in light of the shows quality in these last few years) a Simpson's fan this special didn't really give you any information that you probably didn't already know. Nothing new under the Simpson sun, really.
The only novel contribution, at least for me, this special had to offer was a brief glimpse into the Simpson's fanbase in other parts of the world. I especially liked the citizens of Scotland feuding over Groundskeeper Willie's city of origin. It was also funny to see how many people, apparently, in Brazil couldn't take a joke.
So, overall, the special was decent, I'm always fascinated to hear fans/creators/actors talk about this phenomenon we call "The Simpsons", but its scope was too broad. Not enough details. Perhaps in another few decades a true and proper Simpson's retrospective will be made.
If I'm still alive I 'll definitely be checking it out, and hopefully, still, be quoting lines from the show everyday.

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