Up in the Air

Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Old Dogs

Capitalism: A Love Story

Planet 51

Walker, Texas Ranger Season 7

UFC: Best of 2009

A huge night for Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker as she took home Best Director and the movie took home both Sound awards, Best Screenplay and Best Picture.  Avatar won most of the other technical awards like Visual Effects and Cinematography.  The acting categories were not really that surprising except for Sandra Bullock, who won Best Actress, but she’s also the Worst Actress as well so I guess they cancel each other out.  Check out all the winners below and definitely check out the transcript of our live blog for more thoughts.

Best Supporting Actor- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Film- Up

Best Original Song- “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

Best Original Screenplay- Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker

Best Animated Short- Logorama

Best Documentary Short- Music by Prudence

Best Live Action Short- The New Tenants

Best Make Up- Star Trek

Best Adapted Screenplay- Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious

Best Supporting Actress- Mo’Nique

Best Art Direction- Avatar

Best Costume Design- The Young Victoria

Best Sound Editing- The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing- The Hurt Locker

Best Cinematography- Avatar

Best Original Score- Michael Giacchino, Up

Best Visual Effects- Avatar

Best Documentary Feature- The Cove

Best Film Editing- The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film- El Secreto de sus Ojos

Best Actor- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Director- Kathryn Bigelow

Best Picture- The Hurt Locker

Earlier today the Oscar nominations were announced and it was pretty much what everyone was expecting.  Avatar and The Hurt Locker are the leading contenders and they’re going head to head in Best Picture and Best Director.  Inglourious Basterds and Precious also got a bunch of nominations and the expanded Best Picture category brought in fan favorite District 9 and the shoe in for Best Animated Picture Up.  Check out the complete list of nominees below and be sure to join us on March 8th for our live blog.

BEST PICTURE:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

DIRECTING:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Neill Blomkamp and – District 9
Nick Hornby – An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche – In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Oren Moverman and – The Messenger
Joel and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson – Up

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Ajami  – Israel
El Secreto de sus Ojos – Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow
Une Prophéte  – France
The White Ribbon – Germany

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of the Kells
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Maurio Fiore – Avatar
Bruno Delbonnel – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
Christian Berger – The White Ribbon

FILM EDITING:
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron – Avatar
Julian Clarke – District 9
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis – The Hurt Locker
Sally Menke – Inglourious Basterds
Joe Klotz – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

The weekend box office was drowned in estrogen as the insufferable Twilight series destroyed the box office gross with over $140 million.  New Moon had the highest midnight screening gross and highest opening day of all time and it also had the third highest 3 day weekend, coming in just behind The Dark Knight and Spider Man 3.  80% of the audience was female and most went during the Friday showings. 60% of the audience for The Blind Side was also female and the movie came in at second $34.5 million, making it the highest grossing sports drama, beating the previous top dog of Coach Carter. 2012 dropped down to third with a 60% drop off and took in $26.5 million.  The other new wide release, Planet 51, came in fourth with $12.6 million and the audience was pretty much parents and kids under 12.  Christmas Carol had a pretty drastic drop off as it went from second to the fifth with just over $12 million.  The only other bit of box office news is that Precious continues to gain theaters and money, came in sixth with just over $11 million, dropping three spots but doing well considering it’s competition and distribution.  Should be an interesting battle this weekend as us guys have Ninja Assassin and families have the comedy Old Dogs but can they make a dent in the terrible, sparkly hide of Twilight?

Apparently it wasn’t the end of the world for Roland Emmerich at the box office this weekend as his latest disaster epic, 2012, took home the top spot with $65 million, still $3 million behind The Day After Tomorrow but overall second compared to similar movies in the disaster genre. A Christmas Carol had a slight drop but pulled in $22 million for second place. The only other big bit of news is that Precious, boosted by a shout out by Oprah, took home the fourth place spot with just over $6 million in only 174 theaters. The other new wide release, Pirate Radio, might have a leak in it’s hull as it didn’t even make the top ten, pulling in just under $3 million. Hopefully everyone enjoys their spots as the box office is going to be steam rolled by the horror that is New Moon this weekend.