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Best Oscar Nominated Movies

I was happy to see that Sandra Bullock received the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for The Blind Side and that Christoph Waltz won the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Inglourious Basterds. I try to watch the Oscars as often as possible, and I routinely find that the movie that I liked best in a particular year is the winner for best picture. Let’s start with 2010, in which the best picture award went to The Hurt Locker. I thought that there were two movies that were better ...

The oscar winners

Heath Ledger, an Aussie, won best actor posthumously in 2009 for his phenomenal portrayal of the deranged Joker in The Dark Knight, a Batman movie unlike any other ever made. It was sad and ironic that after a short but brilliant career, Ledger would win the award but not live to receive it. It was a clean sweep that year for foreign Oscar winners as British born actress Kate Winslet won Best Actress for her role as a German woman who seduces a boy and is later found to have ties to the Nazis an...

The list of horror movies

The list of horror movies that are actually any good is not very long. Slasher movies tried to replace horror movies about twenty years ago but those are not real horror movies. On any list of horror movies that donít suck you will find some truly frightening films. The Exorcist of course is still at the pinnacle on anyone’s list of horror movies that don’t suck. If you have never seen it, then you need to drop anything and everything that you are doing and go buy it right now. It is extremely...

Remembering the Year 2005 in Movies

The Best of Youth by Marco Tullio Giordana was made in Italy and aired there as a television miniseries. You can now get the DVD on Amazon or Netflix and get ready to hunker down because each disc is over three hours long, but it is well worth the time to get to know one of the best 2005 movies made. King Kong by Peter Jackson is a flawed, overly long effort that is still one of the most incredible movies ever shot and all due to the characterization of the ape by the actor who portrayed him. S...

How To Watch TV On The Internet?

Watching Internet TV on your PC has become quite simple to do in some ways. However, their are many newbies of all ages who don’t know where or how to get started, let along find their favorite entertainment online. This article is dedicated to those wanting to know how to watch TV on the Internet in a safe, legal way. There are essentially four ways to watch TV on the Internet: PC to TV convertor box and video/audio connector cables - This is a very cheap approach to connect any computer ...

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin Host the Oscars 2010

The Oscars aka The Academy Awards Show on TV is a 3 hour festival of celebrity kissing and praising. Last year we had Hugh Jackman do a fabulous job of serving up the presenters plus some fantastic performing and singing in his own right! This year we have another great show to look forward to with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as the co-hosts of the 2010 82nd Annual Academy Awards show. Both of these guys are not only funny but they are great actors with tons of charisma. They can't be ba...

Film Score Composer – Music – Movies – Television – Video – Multimedia

Film Score Composer What's So Great About 'Avatar,' 'Titanic'? Four reasons James Cameron's epic films became epic hits. Redford Revives Sundance's Rebellious Roots No ball gowns or tuxedos here: Redford's bringing back the 'dance's indie roots. PHOTOS: Mischa Barton's Raciest Role Yet Barton will play pregnant prostitute on television show. PHOTOS: The Late 'Rainman's' Dad's Dust-up With Dustin The actor has been accused of exploiting the film's real-life inspirati...