David Morse

Born: October 11, 1953

Number of Roles: 83

Best Known for Playing: Gruff, cool, bad ass second in commands, military, SWAT

First Appearance: Jerry Maxwell in Inside Moves (1980)

Most Recent Appearance: Lt. Terry Colson on Treme (2011)

Notable Roles

• Jerry “Rainmaker” Raines on Lights Out
• Webster in Drive Angry 3D
• Colonel Reed in The Hurt Locker
• Michael Tritter on House
• Det. Frank Nugent in 16 Blocks
• Mike Olshansky on Hack
• Brutus “Brutal” Howell in The Green Mile
• Adam Beck in The Negotiator
• Ted Arroway in Contact
• Major Baxter in The Rock
• Dr. Peters in 12 Monkeys
• Captain Brian Engle in The Langoliers
• Mr. Turner in Disturbia

Fun Facts

• Has frequently appeared in Stephen King adaptations
• His four favorite movies that he’s done are The Green Mile, The Crossing Guard, The Indian Runner and The Rock.
• The only actor to have played both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
• Allergic to most forms of sugar

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 Hurt Locker

The Simpsons Season 20

Moon

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

In the Loop

Halloween 2

Fame

The Brothers Bloom

Cliffhanger (Blu Ray)

Last Action Hero (Blu Ray)

The latest movie from Kathryn Bigelow, who gave us our favorite surfing/bank robbing movie Point Break, is a thriller about bomb disposal experts in Iraq called The Hurt Locker.  It’s been getting a ton of great reviews and Hulu put up the first 8 minutes this week for our viewing pleasure. It’s in limited release right now and goes wide on the 26th.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Starring: Shia Labeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Peter Cullen

Directed by: Michael Bay

Plot: Sam Whitwicky reteams with the Autobots to figure out the meaning behind mysterious symbols scattered around the globe and deal with a revived Megatron and the Decepticons.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 22%

Critic Consensus: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch.”

My Sister’s Keeper

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Sofia Vassilevia

Directed by: Nick Cassevetes

Plot: Parents make an unorthodox choice when trying to save their daughter that eventually leads to a court case.

RT Freshness: 41%

Critic Consensus: “My Sister’s Keeper gets fine performances from its adult and child actors, but the director’s heavy-handed approach turns a worthy emotional subject into an overly melodramatic tearjerker.”

The Hurt Locker

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Bryan Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow

Plot: A war epic set during the current Iraq War following the lives of members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal squad.

RT Freshness: 98%

Critic Consensus: “A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War.”