Box Office Battle Brews (Flack’s Report)
Posted on | March 14, 2012 | Add Comments
When 2011′s total box office total grosses were announced to be the lowest since 1995, high expectations were already being set for 2012. I was personally surprised about 2011, considering that the last Harry Potter installment, not one but four super hero films, Transformers 3, and two Steven Spielberg films were all released. But with Batman 3, a Spider-Man movie, the Avengers, and another Steven Spielberg movie all being released in 2012, excitement is starting to brew.
So far the box office is 24% higher at this than point last year. But not quite as high as 2009 and 2010 at this point. Coraline and Pink Panther 2 were released in early 2009 and Avatar was released in December 2009 and obviously carried over into early 2010. This year 3 movies have already passed the 100 million dollar mark. In order from least to greatest, they are: the action movie, Safe House ($116 million), the romance, The Vow ($118 million), and the family film, The Lorax ($129 million). Those movies also have the highest opening weekends, with $40 million, $41 million and $70 million. Also twenty movies have passed the 30 million mark. Still there have been a large number of commercial flops, such as, This Means War, The Woman in Black, The Grey, Red Tails, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and so far John Carter.
Now let’s take a look at what other March blockbusters are coming up.
March 16, 2012: The Big Opening: 21 Jump Street. Why it will be big? Starring comedian and Oscar nominee, Jonah Hill. And with a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 85%, it’s likely to become a semi-big commercial, crowd pleaser. Why it will not be big: It’s rated R, which means that younger audiences won’t go. Also others might not be old enough to remember the TV show. My box office predictions: Opening Weekend: $35 million, Domestic Total: $155 million, and International Total: $255 million. Other movies opening that week: Seeking Justice staring Nicolas Cage, Jeff who Lives at Home staring Jason Segel, and the Spanish film Casa de mi Padre starring Will Ferrel.
March 23, 2012: The Big Opening: The Hunger Games. Why: This is the biggest non-summer, non-holiday movie of the year. Comparisons to Twilight could give it a push…. or not. The first Twilight opened to 69 million dollars in it’s opening weekend, but this is likely to do better. It has a massive, massive, massive fan base and could get great reviews. Why not: It’s possible because not everyone is familiar with it, it might not do well. My box office predictions: Opening Weekend: $80 million, Domestic Total: $350 million, and International Total: $400 million. Other movies opening that week: The Raid: The Redemption, and Brake.
March 30, 2012: The Big Openings: Wrath of the Titans, and Mirror Mirror. Why? The first Titans movies was released to a $61 million weekend, suggesting this could very well possibly follow in its footsteps. The first Titans movie was badly reviewed, and got a 28% splat on Rotten Tomatoes. The 2 worst reviewed elements, however, are back: Sam Worthington and 3-D, but the first earned $300 million overseas, making this one a potential blockbuster. Also people now know that they didn’t like the first one so they might not return for a sequel. Meanwhile Mirror Mirror is the more family-friendly of the two Snow White movies, opening in 2012. It also stars Julia Roberts. But it’s not a summer movie, an action movie, or a Kristen Stewart movie, or even a movie with Thor in it, which the other one is all of those. My box office predictions for Wrath of the Titans: Opening Weekend: $40 million, Domestic Total: $200 million, International Total: $300 million. My Mirror Mirror box office predictions: Opening Weekend: $25 million, Domestic Total: $115 million, International Total: $170 million.
One last note, I wanted to point out is that all top 1o movies at the box office right now have a SPLAT on Rotten Tomatoes, which means they are badly reviewed. However I expect that to change for new movies coming out, particularly the first two ones I was just talking about Many people are saying that all this good box office will lead people into the Summer, however I hope that some of the Summer movies get good reviews. In December, I’m expecting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to be the big holiday movie and Lincoln (directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day Lewis) to be the big Oscar movie and a potential blockbuster. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will probably be first or second place along with The Dark Knight Rises for the whole, entire year. The Amazing Spider-Man, Skyfall, and The Avengers will round out the top 5 for the year (not in order). More Summer movies preview for 2012 are coming soon.
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2012 Pre-Oscar Speech (Flack’s Speech)
Posted on | March 11, 2012 | Add Comments
The 2012 Oscars
NOTE: I read this at my pre-Oscar party and although it is pretty out of date by now, I thought you might enjoy reading it.
At one time the 2011 Oscar race was extremely exciting and incredibly close. But once “The Artist” became popular it seemed as if nothing could stop it. The film started out at Cannes and then got picked up by The Weinstein Co. As of now with only one day till Hollywood’s biggest night it’s biggest competitor seems to be another movie about movies: “Hugo,” Martin Scorsese’s big-budget-based on a book, family friendly 3-D epic drama, which with 11 total nominations is the most nominated film of the year.
“The Descendants” and “The Help” are the other two most likely competitors. Why? Because “The Descendants” has been nominated for Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, and Leading Actor. “The Help,” meanwhile swept the SAGs and has a lot of overall acting sweep.
George Clooney (for The Descendants) will probably beat both Brad Pitt (for Moneyball) and Jean Dujardin (for The Artist). Viola Davis (for The Help) will likely beat Meryl Streep (for The Iron Lady) and Michelle Williams (for My Week with Marilyn). The Supporting Actor categories are way easier to predict. Octavia Spencer (for The Help, once again) will definitely win Best Supporting Actress. Meanwhile Christopher Plummer (for Beginners’ only nomination) will absolutely win Best Supporting Actor.
I think “The Artist” will beat “Midnight in Paris” for Best Original Screenplay and that “Hugo” will definitely beat “The Descendants” and “Moneyball” for Best Adapted Screenplay. Martin Scorsese (for “Hugo”) will definitely but still surprisingly beat Michael Hazanavicius (for “The Artist”).
Here are three fun facts about the three possible winners:
1. If “The Artist” wins Best Picture it will be the first silent film to win since “Wings” in 1927 at the first Oscars.
2. If Viola Davis wins Best Actress for “The Help,” she’ll be the first Rhode Islander to win an Oscar because she grew up in Central Falls.
3. If 82-year-old Christopher Plummer wins Best Supporting Actor for “Beginners” he’ll be the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar. The second oldest would be 79-year-old Jessica Tandy for “Driving Miss Daisy”.
Finally, here’s the order of my least favorite to most favorite of the Best Picture nominees. (By the way the only one I haven’t seen is “The Descendants.”)
8. Midnight in Paris
7. The Artist
6. The Tree of Live
5. Moneyball
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3. Hugo
2. The Help
1. War Horse
Here’s the order of what I think will win, from most likely to win to least likely to win.
9. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
8. The Tree of Life
7. War Horse
6. Moneyball
5. Midnight in Paris
4. The Descendants
3. The Help
2. Hugo
1. The Artist
And now we must wait till Hollywood’s biggest night. When Billy Crystal makes jokes and Martin Scorsese wins Best Director against Michael Hazanavicius, and The Artist beats Hugo for the big prize Best Picture.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 Recap (Flick)
Posted on | March 7, 2012 | 2 Comments
Meryl Streep won. (I didn’t want her to win, instead I wanted Viola Davis for her role in The Help in which she plays a black maid in the 60s). Jean Dujardin won (I wanted him to win, for his role in The Artist in which he plays George Valentin, a silent movie actor who falls in love with a soon to be talkie movie actress). I could go on and on and on but instead I’ll give you a rundown of the winners, the speeches, Billy Crystal, my incorrect predictions and no not the dresses.
Lets start with Billy Crystal. The Academy’s idea: to hire Billy Crystal as a host in order to hold old the older viewers attention instead of hire Anne Hatheway and James Franco type hosts to bring in younger viewers. Did I think it worked? Sure, he was funny, especially in the opening montage where he inserted himself into movies from this year. Although what I found even more funny was Crystal singing about all of the Best Picture nominees to the tunes of famous songs.
I predicted 20 out of 24 Academy Awards correctly, however, I almost wish I had predicted less correctly. Not because I didn’t agree with all of the winners, (I actually didn’t however) but because I wanted to be surprised. Here are the four Academy Award categories that I predicted incorrectly.
Best Visual Effects:
Winner: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning for Hugo
My prediction: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barret for Rise of the Planet of the Apes
My Thoughts: I really wished this went to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The Oscars haven’t been very nice to the Harry Potter franchise, so I think it would have been nice to see this go to Deathly Hallows Part 2. On top of that, was there anything that great about the effects in Hugo? I mean the dream sequence was just about it! Nowadays special effects have advanced so much that (I think) if all a film has effects wise is a CG train and an automaton’s head with CG I don’t think it should win an Academy Award.
Best Actress:
Winner: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
My Prediction: Viola Davis for The Help
My thoughts: This was probably the most heated category… up until the last minute. At first Streep seemed to be the frontrunner, then Davis took the lead and it remained that way. Then, the week before the two actresses were neck in neck and then Davis seemed to have taken the lead again. (If you think I’m dramatizing it ask yourself this question: who did you think would win?)
Best Editing:
Winner: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
My Prediction: Annie Sophie Bion and Michael Hazanavicius for The Artist
My Thoughts: First of all, I haven’t seen Dragon Tattoo. Second of all, I wanted Moneyball to win. Third of all, I admit this was a surprise.
Best Cinematography:
Winner: Robert Richardson for Hugo
My Prediction: Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
My Thoughts: I did actually want Hugo because of it’s wonderful tracking shot at the beginning, although Lubezki’s shaky almost handheld looking work for Tree of Life was a close runner up and my second favorite in the category. The Oscars love epic not new so I understand why this went to Hugo.
There weren’t a lot of great “moments,” but hey Crystal was funny and there were four surprises. My favorite speech would be Octavia Spencer’s and The Artist’s producer’s. “I would like to thank Billy Wilder, Billy Wilder and Billy Wilder.” That and when Michel Hazanivicius (also in the Best Picture speech) told his kids to go to bed soon, would, in my opinion sum up the night.
2012 Pre-Oscar Speech (Flick’s Speech)
Posted on | February 26, 2012 | Add Comments
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2012 Oscar Speech
From the silent film “The Artist”, to Woody Allen’s romantic comedy “Midnight in Paris”, 2011 was a great year for movies and I hope the Oscars are just as good. Here are my final predictions. (Note: I have not seen all of the films/performances/directors/screenwriters/shorts, etc. that I predict. Some of my predictions are based on what other predictors predict and or how well the films/performances/directors (you get the idea) have faired at previous award shows like the BAFTAs, or the DGAs, or the SAGs or the ISs or the PGAs, or Critics Choice, or the Golden Globes or the WGAs).
Hereeeeee we go:
- Best Picture: “The Artist”
- Best Actress: Viola Davis for “The Help”
- Best Actor: Jean Dujardin for “The Artist”
- Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for “The Artist”
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
- Best Director: Michael Hazanivicious for “The Artist”
- Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash for for “The Descendents”
- Best Original Screenplay: Wood Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
- Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for “The Tree of LIfe”
- Best Editing: Shina Sophie Bio and Michael Hazanivicious for “The Artist”
- Best Original Score: Ludovic Baurce for “The Artist”
Those are my predictions for the top categories.
Here are descriptions for the two films we showed at our Oscar Party.
We will be showing “Kung Fu Panda 2″. The film features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, and Gary Oldman, and more. The film is animated, was released in 3-D in theaters, the director Jennifer Yun Nelson was nominated for Best Woman Director at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The film grossed over $665,000,000 worldwide. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at this years Academy Awards. (My prediction is that the animated feature film “Rango” will win Best Animated Feature).
We will also be showing Woody Allen’s 41st directorial film, “Midnight in Paris”. The film has a star studded cast that includes Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates, Tom Hiddelston, Corey Stoll, and Michael Sheen, and more. The film was shown on opening night at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, features French music from the 20s and 30s, had a $17 million budget and grossed over $145,000,000 at the box office. It is nominated for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Art Direction, at this years Academy Awards. (The only Award I think it will win is Best Original Screenplay.) And now enjoy the show!
84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 Predictions Part 3
Posted on | February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments
Flick and Flack talk about their 2012 Oscar Predictions in Part 3 of a 3 part video series. In this video, Flick and Flack discuss the Best Picture category and give their predictions for this year’s Academy Awards.
Part 3 (28 minutes, 1 second)
Flack’s rankings of the Best Picture nominees from least likely to win to most likely to win.
9. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
8. The Tree of Life
7. War Horse
6. Moneyball
5. Midnight in Paris
4. The Descendants
3. The Help
2. Hugo
1. The Artist
Flack’s rankings of the Best Picture nominees from least favorite to most favorite of the ones I’ve seen.
8. Midnight in Paris
7. The Artist
6. The Tree of Life
5. Moneyball
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3. Hugo
2. The Help
1. War Horse
Flick’s rankings of the Best Picture nominees from least likely to win to most likely to win.
9. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
8. The Tree of Life
7. War Horse
6. Moneyball
5. Midnight in Paris
4. The Help
3. The Descendants
2. Hugo
1. The Artist
Flick’s rankings of the Best Picture nominees from least favorite to most favorite of the ones I’ve seen.
8. Moneyball
7. The Artist
6. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5. Midnight in Paris
4. The Help
3. The Tree of Life
2. War Horse
1. Hugo
84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 Predictions Part 2
Posted on | February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment
Flick and Flack talk about their 2012 Oscar Predictions in Part 2 of a 3 part video series. In this video, Flick and Flack discuss the acting, directing and screenplay categories and give their predictions in all of those categories for this year’s Academy Awards.
Part 2 (37 minutes, 56 seconds)
84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 Predictions: Part 1
Posted on | February 23, 2012 | Add Comments
Flick and Flack talk about their 2012 Oscar Predictions in Part 1 of a 3 part video series. In this video, Flick and Flack discuss the technical, short and foreign film categories and give their predictions in all of those categories for this year’s Academy Awards.
Part 1 (25 minutes, 5 seconds)
Flick and Flack on The Rhode Show
Posted on | February 18, 2012 | Add Comments
We were interviewed by Mary Larsen of The Rhode Show at The Providence Athenaeum. It was an honor to be interviewed about the 2012 Providence Children’s Film Festival and our intense passion for movies.
Itkin brothers show love for movies: wpri.com
A Great Year for Brad Pitt
Posted on | January 25, 2012 | Add Comments
This truly has been a great year for Brad Pitt in the world of film. He started the year off starring in and producing The Tree of Life, a truly cinematic film about the meaning of life, then in May he starred in and produced Moneyball, a film about Billy Beane who changed the way baseball players are traded and finally in November he voiced Will the Krill in Happy Feet Two (which I didn’t see). Now the awards season is in full swing (the Academy Award nominations were announced yesterday) and Pitt has garnered a nod for Best Actor. In this article I’ll review Pitt’s performances and discuss whether or not the Oscars were spot on. Read on.
Lets start with The Tree of Life. This is certainly Pitt’s best performance of the year. Pitt masterfully embodies Mr O’Brien a strict father of three kids married to a woman played by Jessica Chastain. However, what’s really amazing about Pitt’s performance in Tree of Life is the fierceness that Pitt resembles. The character of Mr. O’Bren is very interesting, especially his relationship with one of his sons Jack. Pitt also produced this film, but I think he made this decision for a couple million more bucks. Either way I’m glad Pitt decided to star in such a diverse film.
Bennet Miller’s film is also very interesting, but also very different from Tree of Life. Before I go any farther, I just want to say that I am not a baseball fan or even a sports fan, but for some reason Moneyball just did it for me. I was hooked and I sat very still in my seat. Pitt’s performance overall is very good and deserves much attention. Not only is Pitt good in this film, but the character of Billy Beane is complexly captivating onto its self. Beane wants to be independent, diverse, unlike the others.
Alright you’ve heard what I think of Pitt’s performances from last year, but did the Academy get it right? And the answer is… No! Pitt was great in both Tree of Life and Moneyball but if I had to pick one performance it would have to be Tree of Life. Although Pitt’s role was more secondary than front and center, ultimately this doesn’t matter. As long as the performance is good I’m hooked. Fortunately, I wouldn’t trade Pitt to another team if I was directing.
84th Oscars Predictions (Flack’s Predictions)
Posted on | January 22, 2012 | 2 Comments
84th Oscars (for movies that were released in 2011)
This year there will be 5 to 10 films nominated for Best Picture. A film must get 5% of the number 1 votes to qualify. Click here to read the rules announcement. This makes it more confusing to predict the nominees, but join Flack as he predicts the possibilities.
Since the nominations have not been announced yet, I’ll focus on the Best Picture predictions. I have not seen all the films I’ll be talking about, but based on predictions from such resources as Entertainment Weekly, Empire Magazine, the New York Times, my own movie knowledge, and help from other people, I will do my best.
So far I think there are 3 obvious front runners: The Descendants, War Horse, and The Artist. I cannot see the Descendants, but I did see War Horse and The Artist. War Horse is one of my favorite films of the year, but The Artist is pretty good too. Hugo and The Help also have good chances. Predicting the next batch of films is a bit trickier. The way you can tell which are the 5 front runners are for Best Picture when there are more than 5 movies nominated is by comparing them with the movies also nominated for Best Director. This a bit hard obviously because we don’t know which movies will be nominated for Best Direcor so I guess I’ll just have to get those as well. I’m guessing the nominees for Best Director will be Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Steven Spielberg (War Horse), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Martin Scorsese (Hugo), and Tate Taylor (The Help). If there are any more than 5 nominated for Best Picture, I’m guessing they will be The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, and Moneyball. If there are 10, the last 2 would probably be blockbusters, like Harry Potter or dramas that got mixed reviews, like The Ides of March.
The Golden Globes can sometimes make predicting the nominees a little easier but only one movie (Slumdog Millionare) in the last seven years has been both the Best Picture winner for the Globes and the Oscars. Also for the Globes there is Best Drama and Best Comedy or Musical instead of one Best Picture like the Oscars. This year it didn’t help much either but as many had predicted The Descendants won Best Drama and The Artist won Best Comedy or Musical. Although War Horse hasn’t fared so well in the awards season I am guessing that the Academy will find it hard to ignore the movie’s emotional epicness and Spielbergian story.
The Help is likely to have Viola Davis win Best Actress and Octvaia Spencer win Best Supporting Actress. Meryl Streep, however could beat Davis and for Best Actor George Clooney for The Descendants is likely to beat Brad Pitt for Moneyball and Jean Dujardin for The Artist. I think that War Horse will also win for Best Cinematography, Musical Score, Adapted Screenplay, and Director as well as Picture. It will probably not win or even be nominated for any of it’s actors but in the past Titanic and The Lord of the Ring: The Return of the King (2 of the 3 movies to win 11 Oscars, which is more than any other) didn’t win in any of the acting categories. The 3rd movie was Ben-Hur, which won Best Actor for Charlton Heston and Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Griffith.
I am expecting War Horse to win but things might change. Almost 8 months ago I thought War Horse and The Tree of Life would be the two frontrunners and then in September I thought it would be War Horse against J. Edgar. See, things change. But will The Descendants, with it’s acclaimed script and applauded acting beat War Horse. Or could it be The Artist with it’s unique premise and magical music?
I think Billy Crystal will be a good host because he’s good in Monster’s Inc (Mike) and The Princess Bride (Miracle Max). Many people thought last year’s show with Anne Hathaway and James Franco was horrible but I thought they were just okay. I hope that this year the show can mix funny jokes, silly spoofs, celebrity cameos, great guests, and terrific hosting to excellent effect. If they can they will have succeeded at creating an enjoyable show.
Now I will list 8 movies. I’ve seen all of them except The Descendants and I have put them in order from most likely to win to least likely to win.
And the nominees will probably be…
Here are the top 5 no doubt about it nominees:
1. War Horse: Chance: I think this is the frontrunner. Why: The Academy loves epics and this is just that. Steven Spielberg is likely to win his third Best director award and second Best Picture award for this war adventure film. Other Possible Nominations: Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Costumes, Editing, Art Direction, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 7
2. The Artist: Chance: I think is tied with The Descendants as the second most likely film to win. Why: Fantastic, fun, greatly acted, superbly directed, and sad. This movie is very entertaining and a good bet. Other Possible Nominations:Best Director (Micheal Hazanvicius), Actor (Jean Dujardin), Supporting Actress (Berenice Bejo),Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costumes, Editing, Art Direction, Editing, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 10
3. The Descendants: Chance: I think this is tied with The Artist as the second most likely film to win. Why: This George Clooney movie has been favored by many critics. The Academy usually prefers epic dramas rather than independent ones like this but the movie has gotten great reviews so I think it’s still a strong contender. Other Possible Nominations: Best Director (Alexander Payne), Actor (George Clooney), Supporting Actress (Shailene Woodley), Cinematogaphy, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 5
4. The Help: Chance: I think this movie probably won’t win but will definitely be nominated. Why: With a great cast and an inspiring story, the movie is a definite nomination. In terms of winning however it’s chances are rather slim. Other Possible Nominations: Best Director (Tate Taylor), Actress (Viola Davis), Supporting Actress(Octavia Spencer), Supporting Actress (Jessica Chaistan), Original Score, Original Song, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 7
5. Hugo: Chance: I think this movie will be nominated but not win. Why: Superbly directed and terrifically acted, the film has a good chance. Even though I highly doubt it will win it has gotten stronger buzz after Martin Scorsese won Best Director at the Golden Globes. Other Possible Nominations: Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Visual Effects, Original Score, Costume Design, Cinematography, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 6
I’m guessing this year there will be 3 more extra nominees:
6. Midnight in Paris: Chance: I think this movie will be nominated but not win. Why: Woody Allen’s “comeback” film has gotten strong reviews. I disagree with many others that is a frontrunner and I’m betting Tate Taylor (for The Help) will beat Allen for a Best Director nomination. But with a smart script and creative cast this movie will definitely get nominated. Other possible nominations: Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and possible a few others.
Possible Total:3
7. The Tree of Life: Chance: I think this movie will be nominated but not win. Why: The winner of the Cannes Palm D’Or Award, the film has slightly lost it’s momentum from a definite front runner to being a possible possibility. Still Terence Malick could be a possible Best Director nominee and the Visual Effects could get a nod. Other possible nominations: Best Visual Effects and possibly a few others. Possible Total: 2
8. Moneyball: Chance: I think this film will be nominated but not win. Why: Brad Pitt will be no doubt about it be nominated for Best Actor. And the director Bennett Miller could be a surprise nominee. The script and Jonah Hill are also likely. Other possible nominations: Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), Best Adapted Screenplay, and possibly a few others.
Possible Total: 4
I doubt there will be any other nominees for Best Picture, so I’m not going to list any more. If there are though I’m guessing they would probably be one of the following: Bridesmaids, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Ides of March, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, or the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The final verdict: So far the race has been narrowed down to 3 top movies, although Hugo and The Help are good options too. The top 3 are in my order: War Horse, The Artist, and The Descendants.
I’ll be back to talk about the nominees (possibly with Flick), after they are announced on Tuesday by Melissa Leo and Colin Firth. In the meantime go buy the amazing book, The Academy Awards®: The Complete Unofficial History — Revised and Up-to-date. It tells you all the winners from 1927 to 2010. Also I cannot wait to watch Wings, the first movie ever to win Best Picture at the Oscars. You can get it on Netflix. The book Oscar Fever is also good but it is different than the other one because it is more of behind the scenes history of the Oscars. I can’t wait until February 26 (the show) but January 24 comes first (nominations announcement.) If you’re impatient go to the website to watch the show’s hilarious trailer and don’t forget to catch up on watching all the actual movies.
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