Category: Films

  • Juno Luv

    Ellen Page - Juno PreggersThe last time I remember writing a review, it was for Golden Compass. This time I must express my luv for Juno… I instantly fell in luvvvv with the film, and we luvvv Diablo Cody for that. Ellen Page was superb as pregnant teen, Juno, though I admit Juno might be a little too smart to end up in shenanigans like that, but that’s besides the point. Ellen Page = Junoness.

    Michael Cera is cute as Juno’s sperminator, while Simmons and Janney do great as the parents who don’t freak out… Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman appear as the couple adopting Juno’s unborn baby. Oh yeah! And I have to mention Valerie Tian as abortion protester/classmate Su-chin (who happens to be from Vancouver, woot woot).

    Juno is enjoyable, well acted, and has a rocking soundtrack. It’s a must-watch for people, and it’s a must-have for me! Oh yeah, and how much did all those cute doodling-doodle-dos rock?

    I leave you all with a kick-ass interview with Ellen Page from Curve online-mag.

  • BAFTA Nominations

    Okay, I admit it… I’m not as aware of BAFTA awards or nominations as I am of the Academy Award, or the GG… or lately, the SAG… but today we had a bunch of nominees~~

    No Country for Old Men, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, The Lives of Others (last year’s Foreign Film winner at the Oscar), The Bourne Ultimatum, Eastern Promises are some of the nominees for Best Film and Best British Film. While the Coen Bros are a shoo-in in the Best Director category~ lol’ Also, they are among the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Diablo Cody is in for a Best Original Screenplay. Oh yeah, and Ratatouille is a 99,9% winner in the Best Animated Film category.

    In the acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis, Viggo Mortensen, and Ulrich Mühe (RIP, for The Live of Others) are among the Best Actor category; while Julie Christie, Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard will battle the Best Actress one. In the supporting roles, Javier Bardem and Cate Blanchett are most likely to win!

    For a complete list of all the nominees, please click here!

    The BAFTA winners will be announced on Feb. 10th!

  • GG Winners Announced!

    The Golden Globe winners have just been announced.!

    Best Supporting Actress: (more…)

  • Films I Wanna See – Update

    Well, apparently I’m rubbish at watching the films I want to watch… the lack of films on Peruvian theaters also doesn’t help one bit. Follow up to this post.

    • Across the Universe (2007)
    • The Other Boleyn Girl (Hopefully 2007)
    • Goya’s Ghost (2007?)
    • My Blueberry Nights (2007?)
    • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    • I’m a Cyborg, but it’s OK (2007???)
    • Martian Child (Oct 26, 2007)
    • The Savages (Sept. 7, 2007)
    • Fido (Jun. 15th)
    • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Jun. 1st)
    • Becoming Jane (Aug. 3)
    • Rocket Science (Aug. 10)
    • Margot at the Wedding (Oct. 19)
    • Persepolis
    • Juno
    • Gone Baby Gone
    • Lars and the Real Girl
    • El Orfanato

    I’ve also seen the following that weren’t on my list…

    • The Kingdom
    • Eastern Promises
    • Eagle vs. Shark
    • I Am Legend
    • Den Osynlige
    • The Brave One
    • Backstage
    • All the King’s Men
    • Little Manhattan
    • The Water is Wide
    • Ballet Shoes 1975
    • Ballet Shoes 2007

  • Welcome to 2008! See Ya, Golden Globes!

    First week of 2008 is done! Been catching up on many films, and reading news. First things first, Julie Christie seems to be leading the award season, closely followed by Marion Cotillard, and Ellen Page!

    The big thing of this season is that Golden Globes will be reduced to just a press conference announcing the winners, meaning that if Marion wins the GG for Best Actress on a Comedy/Musical, she won’t be there to accept the award, and her moment in the spotlight will be shunned by this event.

    On other related news, the striking writers seem to be closer to reaching a deal… that would be good for Oscar season… because Oscar is important to Amy. If there’s no Academy Awards this year, it will be the first year in 10 years that she misses the broadcast~~ well, in this case, I wouldn’t miss it because there will be nothing to miss!

    I am mostly rubbish at Golden Globes predictions, but I’m pretty sure No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood will be among the winners… Daniel Day Lewis, or Viggo Mortensen, Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard or perhaps Ellen Page? And Could Johnny Depp be there?

  • Changing the World One Pie and a Cookie at a Time

    Just finished watching Stranger than Fiction. Fantastic film. I just thought I would share a couple of images with Maggie Gyllenhaal, as Ms. Pascal – the Cookie lady, the thoughts of warm cookies gave my stomach fuzzy feelings, reminded me of Waitress, starring Keri Russell.

    So here’s to fuzziness! And changing the world with cookies and pies!

    Waitress - I Make Pies
    Stranger than Fiction - Ms. Pascal

    This is my friend’s Cookie Recipes. Some are in Chinese, though.

  • SAG Awards 2008 Nominations!

    The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild are in! Marion got a nod, woohoo!

    Other nominations include, Ryan Gosling, Javier Bardem, Ellen Page, Julie Christie, etc.

    Having Gosling for a SAG nod and not Johnny ups his chances for a GG win, non?

    For a complete list of nominees, go here.

  • Jason Bourne Collection Already Out of Stock!!

    I just can’t believe Amazon doesn’t have any more of The Jason Bourne Collection, especially since they didn’t have it listed when Ultimatum appeared for pre-order~~~ damn u, amazon! I could’ve pre-ordered, duh!
    I. DONT. BELIEVE!

    **EDIT**
    Late edit, but I ended up buying from Amazon.ca, and Amazon.com re-stocked.

  • Golden Globe Nominations are in!

    GG nods were announced this morning, see complete list here.

    Marion Cotillard got a nod, WOOO for Best Actress Comedy/Musical – WOOOOOOO. Allez, allez, Marion! x’D Julie Chrisie for Away from Her got a nod for Best Actress Drama, so there won’t be any competition there, haha…

    Also nominated WOOO are Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd, Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl, Ellen Page for Juno, Amy Adams for Enchanted… Juno got a nod in the Screenplay category, and Best Picture… Sweeney Todd got a Best Picture (Comedy/Musical), and some Best Foreign nods go to Persepolis (!!), The Kite Runner and Lust, Caution…

  • Film Listing 2007 Update~

    Follow up to this post~

    This is the current list:

    • Across the Universe (2007)
    • The Other Boleyn Girl (Hopefully 2007)
    • Goya’s Ghost (2007?)
    • My Blueberry Nights (2007?)
    • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    • I’m a Cyborg, but it’s OK (2007???)
    • Martian Child (Oct 26, 2007)
    • The Savages (Sept. 7, 2007)
    • Fido (Jun. 15th)
    • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Jun. 1st)
    • Becoming Jane (Aug. 3)
    • Rocket Science (Aug. 10)
    • Margot at the Wedding (Oct. 19)
    • Paprika (out now)

    Adding these titles…

    • Persepolis
    • No Country for Old Men
    • Juno
    • Gone Baby Gone
    • Lars and the Real Girl
    • El Orfanato

    Been meaning to update my list for a long while…