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Oscars 2010

This is my one post per year (more or less) on this site that is not a review. And I get pretty excited about it.

First, my “movies of the year” list. These are the Top 10, plus 1 that was really close to Top 10 – all of which are the films I found to [...]

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Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts

Kavi (US, India)
This film is about an eponymous boy (named…Kavi) who lives in India, working as the modern day equivalent of a slave with his parents. He longs to play cricket and go to school, but his life’s circumstances, and those of his parents, have essentially proscribed it. His desire for freedom begins to effect his [...]

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Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films

French Roast
A man sits down for his morning cup of coffee at a diner in France.  A beggar enters holding up a change cup and coughing up his lungs, then leaves.  The man realizes he doesn’t have his wallet.  A series of events, some related, some fortuitous (or not), lead our coffee drinking gentlemen to [...]

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Golden Globes 2009

Here are the winners in the major categories:
(source: goldenglobes.org)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Animated: Wall-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best TV Series: Mad Men (AMC)

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