Oscar Nominations Out
 

That time of year again. I know they are political but I can't help still being interested.

This years list looks like this:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams for Doubt
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Best Achievement in Directing

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk

I have a lot of movies to watch because most of them haven't been out in the UK yet.

Saw a few clips of Slumdog Millionaire looks like a film l might go see.:)

Slumdog was good. More world cinema than I think the trailers slanted it. Luckily, I enjoy world cinema.

Slumdog Millionaire should win.
Too bad Gran Torino was not among the nominations

I wanna see this movie especially now I know Sarah enjoyed it :)

lol..I should copyright my version of the two thumbs up.

My tip about slumdog is that if you have food with you don't start eating it until after the opening few minutes of the film. Just trust me.

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel had the prescience to trademark the phrase "two thumbs up" themselves and licensed it to Disney. What is Disney doing on the review show now?

Looks like Warner Bros. got hosed on "Dark Knight" but they made it up on "Benjamin Button." I'm waiting for the Academy to post the breakdowns and fact sheets but they haven't done it yet and their new spiffy-do website is harder than hell to navigate anyway.

--t
who has the Academy Awards Database bookmarked because you never know when you're going to NEED it...

Taraji P. Henson is an amazing actress. She's also very hot.

Her most underrated performance was as Sharice, the hit lady in Smoking Aces. She was a total bad ass in that move. My favorite line from her in Smoking Aces: "Any of these niggas make one false move, these bitches taking dirt naps. I ain't trying to be up here all day. And I tell you what. That bitch-ass fed get in the way, RIP, nigga." :321GFY

I hate how they bring out these artsy films around Christmas time and they all get nominated, fucking stupid.