Saturday, January 16, 2010

Golden Globe Predictions (Movies)



As some of you guys might already know...tomorrow night is the
67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Although there are still plenty of great films nominated that I still haven't gotten a chance to see yet, I thought I would make an attempt to make a few predictions on who I think will win some of the major FILM categories. Keep in mind that this is not necessarily who I think should win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Up in the Air

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(500) Days of Summer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

George Clooney - Up in the Air

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Carey Mulligan - An Education

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Matt Damon - The Informant!


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire


BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

James Cameron - Avatar

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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Feel free to share your thoughts on the nominees / your own predictions on who is going to win. Check out a full list of all the nominees
here.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Favorite Movie Soundtracks of the Decade

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a fun and safe New Year's Eve! If you haven't checked out my end of the year lists (music & movies) or my favorite albums of the decade list yet, please check that out! As a nice little complement to my albums of the decade list, I thought I would share some of my favorite movie soundtracks of the past ten years since I decided to leave them out of my albums list. So here are 10 of my favorite movie soundtracks of the decade:

10.
I Am Sam (2002)

Listen to "Across the Universe" by Rufus Wainwright here.


9. Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

Listen to "Jai Ho" by A.R. Rahman here.


8. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Listen to "All is Love" by Karen O and the Kids here.


7. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Listen to "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by The Soggy Bottom Boys here.


6. Almost Famous (2000)

Listen to "Fever Dog" by Stillwater here.


5. Juno (2008)

Listen to "Anyone Else But You" by The Moldy Peaches here.


4. Walk the Line (2005)

Listen to "It Ain't Me Babe" by Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon here.


3. Garden State (2004)

Listen to "New Slang" by The Shins here.


2. Once (2007)

Listen to "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová here.


1. Across the Universe (2007)

Listen to "All My Loving" by Jim Sturgess here.


[HONORABLE MENTIONS]

School of Rock (2007)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)

What were some of YOUR favorite soundtracks of the decade? Feel free to share your thoughts!