New Late-September Predictions!!!

Best Motion Picture

1. Changeling
2. Doubt
3. The Road
4. The Wrestler
5. Revolutionary Road

Best Actor In A Leading
Role

1. Viggo Mortensen, The Road
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
3. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
4. Sean Penn, Milk
5. Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road

Best Actress In A Leading
Role

1. Meryl Streep, Doubt
2. Angelina Jolie, The Changeling
3. Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
4. Kristen Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
5. Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Actor In A Supporting
Role

1. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2. John Malkovich, Changeling
3. Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
4. Josh Brolin, Milk
5. Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road

Best Actress In A Supporting
Role

1. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Amy Adams, Doubt
3. Viola Davis, Doubt
4. Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Directorial Achievment

1. Clint Eastwood, Changeling
2. Darren Arkonofsky, The Wrestler
3. Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. John Hillcoat, The Road
5. Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

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Review: Mamma Mia!

Guest Reviewer: Efa Edwards


The Good
Okay, so it's not exactly Oscar material, but this is one of the most
enjoyable films I've ever seen. It's so feelgood, it makes me want to stand up
and sing Dancing Queen on the top of my lungs. And Meryl Streep 's voice wasn't
actually that bad. It has a strong well-known cast, that includes Amanda
Seyfried (the thick one off Mean Girls), Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan. Julie
Walters and Christine Baranski deliver good comedic performances as Streep's
back up singers. Baranski's solo song, Does Your Mother Know, was one of my
personal highlights. Also the young 'uns, Dominic Cooper (History Boys) and
Seyfried are two promising young actors who have chemistry as the young lovers.
As usual Streep was on top form.


The Bad
The story is so out-there, it's
quite hard to believe. And it's really cheesy so it might not be for everyone.
But that's why I love it!!


The Ugly
Don't get me started on Pierce
Brosnan's singing. He looks like he's constipated in his big solo, SOS.


Rating: A / 9.0/10

Review: Man On Wire

The Good
This is an enjoyable, entertaining and shocking documentary. Although
somewhat controversial, it is an extraordinarily fascinating delve into the
world of Phillipe Petit, the man who conducted and perfomed "The Artistic Crime
Of The Century" in 1974. The best documentary of the year so far, and in my top
10 of the year.

The Bad
For some, the very strong atmosphere and opinions expressed in the
film, could be too much. Although I thought it was wonderful, it wouldn't
please the NYPD.

The Ugly
n/a

Rating: A / 9/10

Review: Somers Town

Somers Town

The Good
What can I say? It's a beautiful, simplistic story, and is well-acted by
the entire cast. Turgoose is possibly even better here than he was in TiE, and,
despite being his first screen role, Piotr Jagiello is also extremely well-cast.
I would say this is even better than Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England. (and
the black-and-white adds a very nice touch as well)

The Bad
Although not perfect, there is little to fault with this film.

The Ugly
Well Thomas Turgoose is no child model, and the accents get pretty
annoying, but overall, it is very pretty to look at.

Rating: A / 9/10

Review: Young @ Heart

Young @ Heart

---The Good---
Where to start? It's touching, it's beautifully-made, shocking,
heart-breaking, ever-so-subtle, and the songs are great. Equally depressing and
uplifting, it is everything I look for in a movie. Ranks at my #11 of the year.
Unfortunately no wins, Man On Wire was slightly better documentary-wise, in my
humble opinion.

---The Bad---
Thougn far from perfect, I honestly can't really think of a bad thing to
say about this movie. highly reccomended - go see.

---The Ugly---
Well, it's a film about wrinklies covering pop classics, and wrinklies
aren't exactly known to be the most attractive species...

Rating: A / 9/10

Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

---The Good---
Woody Allen is finally back on tip-top form. The cast all deliver superb
performances, Hall and Cruz in particular, could be in the running for Oscars
come next February. The script is original, funny and light-hearted. It really
is very, very enjoyable.

---The Bad---
Although there wasn'y really anything "bad", I felt Johansson was strongly
overshadowed by the rest of the cast, but that was a very minor fault in an
otherwise brilliant city-study.

---The Ugly---
Have you SEEN the cast list???

Rating: A / 9/10

Review: The Duchess

The Duchess

---The Good---
The Costume Design is excellent, and it
delivers pretty well in most
technical aspects. Dominic Cooper is the film's
last hope for any sort of good;
he delivers a well-timed and thoughtful
performance.

---The Bad---
Keira Knightley once again
slipped into her all-present corset for this
movie. She delivers a
been-there-done-that performance that could've been done
by a baby
chimpanzee, and to be honest with you, she is quite bland. Ralph
Fiennes
isn't much better. I am certain that this is the worst performance of
his
so-far faultless career. The direction is lazy, the script cheesy, soap
opera-ish and unoriginal, and the whole thing really is quite boring.

---The Ugly---
see first sentence of "The Bad"

Rating: D+ / 3/10