Academy Awards 2!!

8:47 CST: Best Sound Mixing goes to Inception

8:49 CST: Best Sound Editing goes to Inception

8:55 CST: Great line Mr. Franco

8:57 CST: Best Makeup goes to The Wolfman

8:59 CST: Best Costume Design goes to Alice in Wonderland

9:13 CST: Best Documentary Short goes to Strangers No More

9:15 CST: Best Live Action Short goes to God of Love

9:19 CST: Oprah's presenting...stage builders are holding their breath

9:21 CST: Best Feature Documentary goes to Inside Job (editors note..did the Academy watch Restrepo?????)

9:33 CST: Best Visual Effects goes to Inception

9:35 CST: Best Editing goes to The Social Network

9:46 CST: Best Original Song goes to We Belong Together from Toy Story 3

10:03 CST: Best Director goes to Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

10:16 CST: Best Actress goes to Natalie Porman for Black Swan

10:25 CST: Best Actor goes to Colin Firth for The King's Speech

10:36 CST: Best Picture goes to The King's Speech

That's it for another year, and I want Hathaway and Franco back next year!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Academy Awards

Welcome to the World Famous, Ace38 Oscars blog! We announce the winners faster than anyone else, and usually have a snarky comment or two. As they're announced, my choices will appear in bold.

7:30 CST: And we're underway! A montage of Best Picture nominees now screening.

7:36 CST: A reasonably humorous intro so far, taking an Inception theme to fun heights.

7:41 CST: A surprisingly good host banter bit

7:45 CST: Best Art Direction goes to Alice in Wonderland

7:47 CST: Best Cinematography goes to Inception

7:52 CST: My heart aches to see Kirk Douglas looking anything less than spry

7:57 CST: Best Supporting Actress goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter

8:04 CST: Best Animated Short goes to The Lost Thing

8:06 CST: Best Animated Feature goes to Toy Story 3

8:14 CST: Best Adapted Screenplay goes to The Social Network

8:18 CST: Best Original Screenplay goes to The Kings Speech

8:24 CST: Anne Hathaway with an HYSTERICAL musical bit

8:28 CST: Best Foreign Film goes to In a Better World

8:32 CST: Best Supporting Actor goes to Christian Bale for The Fighter

8:43 CST: Best Original Score goes to The Social Network

2010 Razzies "Winners"

The last award you want to win in Hollywood, my choices were in bold.

31^st Annual Razzie® Awards

Worst Picture: The Last Airbender

Worst Actor: Ashton Kutcher (Killers/Valentines Day)

Worst Actress: The Four “Gal Pals” (Sex and the The City 2)

Worst Supporting Actor: Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender/Twilight: Eclipse)

Worst Supporting Actress: Jessica Alba (The Killer Inside Me/Little Fockers/Machete/Valentines Day)

Worst Misuse of 3D: The Last Airbender

Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble: The entire cast of Sex and the City 2

Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)

Worst Screenplay: The Last Airbender

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel: Sex and the City 2

Awards Season Begins!!

With the joblo.com Golden Schmoes awards, the only one of the big 3 I get a vote in! My choices are in bold as always.

1) FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Inception

2) WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR

The Last Airbender

3) BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Christopher Nolan - Inception

4) BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

The Social Network

5) MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Twilight: Eclipse

6) MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

7) TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Inception

8) BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

9) BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Black Swan

10) BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Toy Story 3

11) BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Inception

12) BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR

Inception

13) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR

Iron Man 2

14) BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

15) BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

16) BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

17) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale (The Fighter)

18) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass

19) BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass

20) FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR

James Franco

21) COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR

Hit-Girl - Kick-Ass

22) BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

23) FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR

Inception

24) BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR

Inception

25) BEST DVD OF THE YEAR

Back to the Future Trilogy

26) BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR

Inception - Rotating hallways

27) MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN A MOVIE

Inception - Zero gravity scene

28) BEST T&A OF THE YEAR

Kelly Brooke (Piranha 3D)

29) BEST LINE OF THE YEAR

Kick-Ass - "Okay, you cunts. Let's see what you can do now!"

Movie Review: "Paul"

(Editors note: This film will be released on 3-18 in the US.)

Paul. 2011 Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogan. Running time 104 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Greg Mottola.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost venture out from the usual cocoon of Edgar Wright's direction and head off in a funny but not quite there comedy. Some iffy casting choices make this feel so much more like a Hollywood production starring these two British comedy masters as opposed to a Pegg/Frost film.

Plotline is this: Graeme and Clive (Pegg and Frost) are two friends who head off to America to visit their nirvana...San Diego Comic Con. Once there, they decide to head off and visit the famous UFO hotspots and encounter the last thing they expected....Paul.

Paul is a wisecracking alien who wants to get back to his planet to avoid death at the hands of the US Government and leads the pair (along with some pickups along the way) on the adventure of a lifetime, and a great inter-galaxy friendship along the way.

Acting is mostly solid, save for Bill Hader's overly dry and deadpan FBI agent character. Kristen Wiig is just adorable as Graeme's love interest and Jason Bateman holds the whole FBI troop together. Theres a really fun cameo as well, but I wont spoil it for ya here.

However, the film feels rushed...the in-jokes aren't as clever, instead perferring the more blatant approach. It feels like they felt the need to dumb things down for the audience, but why? Everyone loved Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz because they didn't use that formula...

Odd but fun film, I'll take so-so Pegg/Frost over Sandler on his best day.

B-

Golden Schmoes Picks

Final awards of the season, and I get a vote in this one. As usual, my choices are in bold.

1) Favorite Movie of the Year:

Black Swan

Inception

The Social Network

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Toy Story 3

2) Worst Movie of the Year:

Alice in Wonderland

Cop Out

Jonah Hex

The Last Airbender

A Nightmare on Elm Street

3) Best Director of the Year:

Ben Affleck - The Town

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan

David Fincher - The Social Network

Christopher Nolan - Inception

Edgar Wright - Scott Pilgrim vs the World

4) Best Screenplay of the Year:

Black Swan

Inception

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

5) Most Overrated Movie of the Year:

Alice in Wonderland

The Expendables

Inception

The Kids are Alright

Twilight: Eclipse

6) Most Underrated Movie of the Year:

The A-Team

Buried

Kick-Ass

Let Me In

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

7) Trippiest Movie of the Year:

Black Swan

Inception

Shutter Island

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Tron: Legacy

8) Best Comedy of the Year:

Easy A

Get Him to the Greek

Hot Tub Time Machine

The Other Guys

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

9) Best Horror Movie of the Year:

Black Swan

The Crazies

Let Me In

Piranha 3D

Shutter Island

10) Best Animated Movie of the Year:

Despicable Me

How to Train Your Dragon

Megamind

Tangled

Toy Story 3

11) Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year:

Inception

Iron Man 2

Predators

Splice

Tron: Legacy

12) Best Special Effects of the Year:

Harry Potter...

Inception

Iron Man 2

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Tron: Legacy

13) Biggest Disappointment of the Year:

Alice in Wonderland

Clash of the Titans

Iron Man 2

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Wolfman

14) Biggest Surprise of the Year:

Easy A

How to Train Your Dragon

Kick-Ass

The Social Network

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

15) Best Actor of the Year:

Jeff Bridges - True Grit

Leonardo DiCaprio - Shutter Island

Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network

Colin Firth - The King's Speech

James Franco - 127 Hours

16) Best Actress of the Year:

Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

Emma Stone - Easy A

Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

17) Best Supporting Actor of the Year:

Christian Bale - The Fighter

Andrew Garfield - The Social Network

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Inception

Jeremy Renner - The Town

Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

18) Best Supporting Actress of the Year:

Amy Adams - The Fighter

Marion Cotillard - Inception

Mila Kunis - Black Swan

Melissa Leo - The Fighter

Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass

19) Breakthrough Performance of the Year:

Andrew Garfield - The Social Network

Tom Hardy - Inception

Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass

Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

Emma Stone - Easy A

20) Favorite Celebrity of the Year:

Jeff Bridges

Leonardo DiCaprio

James Franco

Conan O'Brien

Natalie Portman

21) Coolest Character of the Year:

Arthur - Inception

Eams - Inception

Hit-Girl - Kick-Ass

Machete - Machete

Rooster Cogburn - True Grit

22) Best Music in a Movie:

Black Swan

Inception

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

The Social Network

Tron: Legacy

23) Favorite Movie Poster of the Year:

Black Swan

Buried

Inception

The Social Network

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

24) Best Trailer of the Year (2010 releases only):

Black Swan

Inception

The Social Network

Tron: Legacy

True Grit

25) Best DVD of the Year:

Alien Anthology

Avatar 3-Disc Extended Edition

Back to the Future Trilogy

Inception

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

26) Best Action Sequence of the Year:

Inception - Rotating hallways

Kick-Ass - Hit-Girl vs Gangsters

Kick-Ass - Hit-Girl rescues Big Daddy

The Town - Final shootout

Tron: Legacy - Lightcycle race

27) Most Memorable Scene in a Movie:

127 Hours - Arm being cut off

Black Swan - Opening night of Swan Lake

Inception - Zero gravity scene

Toy Story 3 - Andy says goodbye

Toy Story 3 - The incinerator

28) Best T&A of the Year:

Kelly Brook - Piranha 3D

Scarlett Johansson - Iron Man 2

Mila Kunis - Black Swan

Olivia Wilde - Tron: Legacy

Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Scott Pilgrim vs the World

29) Best Line of the Year:

Inception - "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darlin"

Kick-Ass - "Okay, you cunts. Let's see what you can do now!"

Machete - "Machete don't text."

The Social Network - "I'm 6'5, 220 pounds and there are two of me."

The Social Network - "Did I adequately answer your condescending question?"

Mini Review: "Burlesque"

Ladies will love it for the choreography, the music and the costumes, men will love it for the AMPLE amount of exquisite female flesh displayed, but this critic just tolerated it (I admit, the flesh is nice and the music's pretty good) to just make sure it ended the way I figured it would.

It's Showgirls without the kitsch, its Coyote Ugly without the smart writing...its a below average film with a magnificent cast.

D

Mini Review: "Get Low"

I was so excited for this film, and ended up bored by its very slow pace and un engaging characters.

C-

Mini Review: "It's Kind of a Funny Story"

Is actually kind of a boring movie.

F