Oscar nominations: good ones and fantastic ones!!!
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
This years’ Oscar nominations were surprising; The Secret of Kells, UP, Princess and the Frog, Coraline, and the one I hope wins, Fantastic Mr. Fox are the animation nominations.
Some other good nominations are Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for best cinematography. Star Trek for makeup, sound editing, and visual effects. Meryl Streep was nominated for Julie and Julia for best actress in a leading role. George Clooney got a nomination for best actor in a leading role in Up in the Air. He was also Fantastic Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox. Up in the Air was also nominated for best picture, best director, two actresses in a supporting role, and adapted screen play. UP also got nominations in addition to best animated film for best original screnplay, original score, sound editing and most surprising best picture! Avatar got nominations for best picture, director, art direction, cinematography, film editing, original score, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. Sherlock Holmes got nominated for art direction and original score.
I wish I could see Julie & Julia, Up in the Air, Avatar, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and most of all Sherlock Holmes. I think they are appropriate for me except my parents do not agree.
George Lucas’s BLOCKBUSTING book
Posted on | January 11, 2010 | Add Comments
George Lucas has a new book called George Lucas’s Blockbusting. All about movies and their trivia. Listen to the podcast on Fresh Air NPR here with David Bianculli and George Lucas.
Looking forward to the Fox!
Posted on | November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
I can’t wait for the movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson. I think it is cool to know how they made the film using miniatures. Read the article in today’s New York Times Arts & Leisure section; Animal Wrangling in Miniature to learn more about how Wes Anderson adapted Roald Dahl’s book for the movie opening, November 13, 2009.
See trailers and learn more about Roald Dahl on the Apple website.
Spike Jonze Directs Mischief, ‘Wild Things’
Posted on | October 14, 2009 | Add Comments
We are getting really excited for the film version of one of our favorite books, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The movie opens Friday, October 16, 2009.
We listened to director Spike Jonze talk about the process of making the movie, creating the Wild Things characters and finding the boy to play Max with one of my mom’s favorite people, Terri Gross. My mom says she has a really cool talk show called Fresh Air on NPR.
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