FebruaryHere’s the latest trailer for the do-it-yourself comic-book movie Kick Ass. It’s a restricted trailer, because they say the word “ass” (GASSP!), but you can lie about your birthdate to log in (I know most of our readers are three and under).
If the trailer doesn’t immediately hook you, the tagline sure will: “This year, get ready to KICK ASS”. Way better than their original tagline, “This year, get ready to SPIDER-MAN”:
FebruaryIt’s been a while since we’ve seen a good old-fashioned internet movie mashup — I got really tired of them in 2007, like the internet’s version of Thai food — so I was actually kind of refreshed to see that someone did the very-thinkable and inserted James Gandolfini’s Sopranos dialogue into his scenes from Where The Wild Things Are.
By the way, I came up with that super not-forced mashup title — just call me Clever Name Comer Up Wither Man (Language NSFW):
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February
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
– We went 7-for-10 in our Best Picture predictions yesterday, erroneously including Invictus and Nine, two semi-flop dramas that I underestimatedly expected the Academy to just toss in there, and also mistakenly included Crazy Heart, which apparently only exists so Jeff Bridges can finally get his Acting Oscar.
In their places, the Academy, in a stunning display of open-mindedness and competency, actually included Up and District 9, two awesome and universally well-reviewed movies that I was rooting for, but which are precisely the type of films that never would’ve had a shot to crack the 5 nominees under the old system (maybe this 10 nominee thing is only slightly completely ridiculous?) They also threw in The Blind Side — a film that voters would’ve forgotten if it came out earlier in the year or didn’t perform as well at the box office — which I definitely didn’t see coming. Get it? Blind Side? Didn’t see it coming? Whoa, I just got nominated for an Oscar for COMEDY.
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julia And Julia
– Probably a toss-up between Mulligan and Bullock, depending on whether Hollywood wants to pull the “Make Younger Actress More Known To Boost Future Box Offices” or the “Reward Veteran Actress For Doing A Bunch Of Movies”. I think they’ll go with Bullock.
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
– Much as I’d love to see Renner snag this, it’s clearly Jeff Bridges’ to lose. Clooney will get some votes too, but ultimately his position will be weakened because he already has a Supporting Actor Award, whereas it’s probably a now-or-never year for the well-liked Bridges.
After the jump, the rest of your 2010 Academy Award Nominees — feel free to leave your own reactions / predictions in the comments:
FebruaryHere’s Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, the co-stars of the I guess this is a comedy based on the trailer but I thought it was a drama based on everything I read about it I Love You Phillip Morris, making out in front of cameras at a press gathering today:
Consider this the start of a publicity blitz in which Jim Carrey gets asked by Oprah, the View ladies, Letterman, Ellen, and everyone else on tv “What was it like kissing a man?” and Carrey going “Honestly, it turned me on a little” and the audience going “wooooo!!!!”
It’ll be like the Chuck and Larry publicity carousel, but with a chance of being watchable.
February
The 2010 Oscar Nominees get announced tomorrow morning, so today’s our last chance to underestimate Hollywood with our 10 Best Picture Nominee Predictions. Will the Academy end up just doubling the list from 5 epic dramas to 10 epic dramas, or will the extra 5 options loosen people up to select movies from non-traditional genres?
Here, in order of my confidence they’ll be selected (and in no way reflective of my own thoughts on the movies), are my predictions for the 10 Oscar Best Picture Nominees for 2010:
1. Avatar
2. Up In The Air
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Precious
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. An Education
7. Crazy Heart
8. A Serious Man
9. Invictus
10. Nine
Invictus and Nine were both semi-flops, but history tells us that the Academy is far more likely to lazily vote for epic stuff that came out late in the year versus wasting time thinking about more creative (“actually good”) options. In a sane world, Up would be a no-brainer, but I could foresee it splitting votes with Fantastic Mr. Fox from whichever voters begrudgingly acknowledge that animated films are actual films.
Because the 10 Nominees thing is so unprecedented, though, we don’t yet know if the voters will loosen up genre-wise, foregoing so-so epic dramas in favor of highly successful action/sci-fi/comedy movies. I wouldn’t be totally surprised to see the incredibly well-reviewed District 9 or Star Trek sneak in there; some people are even mentioning The Hangover too, but that ain’t happening, we’ll go baby steps with Hollywood’s thoughts towards non-dramas here. Until the Academy gives me reason to believe otherwise, though, I’m keeping my list to mostly epic, issue-ey dramas and pictures with invincible studio momentum behind them. But I’d be very happy to be wrong.
After the jump, my personal list:
January“Mommy, how did Daddy propose to you?”
“Well, honey, it’s actually a very romantic story. In 2010, there was this throwaway movie starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel and named after an expression…”
[The guy's a Navy SEAL, so that's pretty awesome, but no amount of troop-supporting can make me not wince at this clip. Just FYI.]
JanuaryHBO’s upcoming film Temple Grandin, starring Claire Danes as a person with autism who apparently accomplishes a bunch of great things, looks so frickin’ awardey, they’re just gonna tack on an Emmy acceptance speech overtop the end credits. Possibly the opening credits too.
We get it, Hollywood — autistic people are only worth telling stories about if they’re also secret geniuses. At least RDJ from Tropic Thunder should be happy that his rule isn’t being violated:
January
Much like an anorexic’s vanilla and chocolate frozen yogurt dinner, rumors have been swirling all weekend long that America — and the world’s — most beloved, untouchably attractive celebrity power couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, were in the process of separating. Yes. Proof that being drop dead gorgeous and having wild sexual chemistry a relationship does not make. You know what else might not make a long-term relaysh/family? Acquiring a new baby every 4.7 seconds. Also? Goat beards.
But whether or not there’s any truth to the rumors, we at BWE.tv are here to help you through perhaps gossip’s most trying time. So here, in case of dire emergency, we present to you:
Start with the first photo, and click through to learn exactly what you need to do in case of Hollywood’s Apocalypse. We’ve divided it up into a handful of easy steps with instructions below the photo. Trust us, you will need this.
JanuaryI spent all morning debating what to do with the Gary Coleman mugshot, and after scrapping any number of pointless Photoshop ideas, I finally decided that this poster would most benefit the world:
I’d like to again remind any members of my family that I do, in fact, get paid for this. Good question! I don’t know either.
Next question — is this the first time in history a celebrity might be too low to get on VH1?
JanuaryThis graffitied poster for Mel Gibson’s Edge Of Darkness in the Brooklyn subway is so simultaneously obvious and necessary, it’s almost poetic:
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