Country Strong

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 (2010)

Genre: Drama

Director: Shana Feste

Writer: Shana Feste

Producers: George Flynn, Tobey Maguire, Valerie Bleth Sharp, Jenno Topping, Meredith Zamsky

 

Nominee

Synopsis: A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter (Hedlund) who sparks with a fallen star (Paltrow). Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester). (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Garrett Hedlund
• Tim McGraw
• Leighton Meester

IMDb - Country Strong

Biutiful

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(2010)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Drama

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writer: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo

Producers: Fernando Bovaira, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Sandra Hermida, Jon Kilik, David Linde, Ann Ruark, Guillermo del Toro

  

Nominee

Synopsis: This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Javier Bardem
• Maricel Álvarez
• Hanaa Bouchaib

IMDb - Biutiful

I Am Love

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(2009)

Language: Italian

Genre: Drama

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Writer: Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano

Producers: Carlo Antonelli, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Christopher Granier-Deferre, Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Marco Morabito, Viola Prestieri, Tilda Swinton, Alessandro Usai, Massimiliano Violante, Candice Zaccagnino

 Nominee

Synopsis: A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Tilda Swinton
• Flavio Parenti
• Edoardo Gabbriellini
• Alba Rohrwacher
• Maria Paiato
• Marisa Berenson

IMDb - I Am Love

Restrepo

 

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 (2010)

Genre: Documentary

Director: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

 Nominee

Synopsis:  Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan's most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban. (Written by Sundance Film Festival)

 

IMDb - Restrepo 

Inside Job

 

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 (2010)

Genre: Documentary

Director: Charles Ferguson

Writer: Chad Beck, Adam Bolt

 Nominee

Synopsis: Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China. (Written by Anonymous)

Narrated by Matt Damon 

 

IMDb - Inside Job 

The 83rd Annual Academy Award Winners

 

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards have come to and end. All of the award winners are listed below.

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, The Fighter

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman, The Black Swan 


Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 


Best Animated Short Film: The Lost Thing

Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland 


Best Cinematography: Inception 


Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland 


Best Director: Tom Hopper, The King's Speech

Best Documentary Feature: Inside Job 


Best Documentary Short: Strangers No More 


Best Film Editing: The Social Network 


Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World 


Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love 


Best Makeup: The Wolfman 


Best Original Score: The Social Network 

Best Original Song: Randy Newman “We Belong Together”, Toy Story 3 


Best Picture: The King's Speech 


Best Sound Editing: Inception 


Best Sound Mixing: Inception 


Best Visual Effects: Inception 


Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network 


Best Writing - Original Screenplay: The King's Speech 

jhunterfilmreviews' 83rd Annual Academy Awards Predictions

The time has come. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are on today, Monday February 28th at 12pm AEDT (Australia).

jhunterfilmreviews has managed to review 21 of the 41 nominated full feature length films. The 21 reviewed films are:

1. The King's Speech
2. True Grit
3. The Social Network
4. Winter's Bone (jhunterfilmreview)
5. Inception
6. Black Swan (jhunterfilmreview)
7. The Fighter
8. 127 Hours (jhunterfilmreview)
9. Toy Story 3
10. The Kids Are All Right
11. Alice in Wonderland
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
13. How To Train Your Dragon
14. The Town
15. Rabbit Hole
16. Blue Valentine
17. Animal Kingdom
18. Exit Through the Gift Shop
19. Tangled
20. Salt
21. Iron Man 2

Click on the '83rd Annual Academy Awards' tag or search for it in the search box, to see these reviews.

The following are jhunterfilmreviews' predictions for each motion picture award category:

Leading Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Supporting Actor:  Christian Bale, The Fighter

Leading Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

Animated Feature: Toy Story 3

Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland

Cinematography: True Grit

Costume Design: The King's Speech

Director: David Fincher, The Social Network

Documentary Feature: Inside Job

Film Editing: The Social Network

Foreign Language Film: In A Better World

Makeup: The Wolfman

Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech

Original Song: "If I Rise", 127 Hours

Sound Editing: Inception

Sound Mixing: Inception

Visual Effects: Inception

Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network

Original Screenplay: The King's Speech

Best Picture: The Social Network 

 

True Grit

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(2010)

Genre: Western/Adventure/Drama

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Charles Portis

 Nominee

Synopsis: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Written by Jim Beaver)

Cast:

• Hailee Steinfeld
• Jeff Bridges
• Matt Damon
• Josh Brolin
• Barry Pepper

 

IMDb - True Grit 

83rd Annual Academy Awards Promo

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have recently been released. The motion picture nominations are as follows:

Actor in a Leading Role

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
• Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
• James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
• John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
• Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
• Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
• Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

• “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
• “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

• “Alice in Wonderland”
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Inception”
  Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
• “The King's Speech”
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• “True Grit”
  Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  

Cinematography

• “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
• “Inception” Wally Pfister
• “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
• “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
• “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
• “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
• “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
• “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
• “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

• “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
• “The Fighter” David O. Russell
• “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
• “The Social Network” David Fincher
• “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

• “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
• “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
• “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
• “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
• “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
• “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
• “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

• “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
• “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
• “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
• “127 Hours” Jon Harris
• “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

• “Biutiful” Mexico
• “Dogtooth” Greece
• “In a Better World” Denmark
• “Incendies” Canada
• “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

• “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
• “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

• “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
• “Inception” Hans Zimmer
• “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
• “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
• “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

• “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

• “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
• “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers 

Short Film (Animated)

• “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
• “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
• “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Confession” Tanel Toom
• “The Crush” Michael Creagh
• “God of Love” Luke Matheny
• “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
• “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

• “Inception” Richard King
• “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

• “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

• “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
• “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
• “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
  Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
• “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

To view the nominations by film order, visit this link - 83rd Oscar Nominees by Picture

To view the nominations press release, watch the press release video below...

Some of these nominated films have already been reviewed - search for them using the 'tags' section or the search box. From now until the Awards ceremony on February 27th, jhunterfilmreviews will attempt at reviewing the rest of the 56 nominated films.

 

Closer to the ceremony, jhunterfilmreviews will post a ballot showing its predicted winners for each category.