Oscars - 265 Eligible Films this year!

Every year, there are usually somewhere between 250 & 325 or so films released that are eligible for the Academy Awards. The films released that AREN'T are few and far between. Either they didn't complete the necessary Los Angeles qualifying run, or they are foreign films that were eligible last year, or one of only a few other foreseeable circumstances.

Regardless, the list has been revealed by the Academy of the films eligible for this year's awards, and there are 265 films this year. How many have you seen? At the time of this post, I'm up to 84, almost a third of the way there.

Abduction

The Adjustment Bureau

The Adventures of Tintin

African Cats

Albert Nobbs

Alois Nebel

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Amigo

Anonymous

Another Earth

Another Happy Day

Answers To Nothing

Apollo 18

Arrugas (Wrinkles)

The Art of Getting By

Arthur

Arthur Christmas

The Artist

@URFRENZ

Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

Attack the Block

Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace

Bad Teacher 

Battle: Los Angeles

Beastly

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest

Beautiful Boy

The Beaver

Beginners

A Better Life

The Big Bang

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

The Big Year

Blackthorn

Bloodworth

The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan                       

Bridesmaids

Brighton Rock 

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Captain America: The First Avenger

Carancho

Carnage

Cars 2

A Cat in Paris

Cedar Rapids

Certified Copy

The Change-Up

Chico & Rita

Circumstance

Colombiana

Conan the Barbarian

The Conquest

The Conspirator

Contagion

Coriolanus

Courageous

Cowboys & Aliens

Cracks

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Dam999

A Dangerous Method

The Darkest Hour

Daydream Nation

The Debt

The Descendants

The Devil’s Double

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

The Dilemma

Dirty Girl

Dolphin Tale

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Dream House

Drive

Drive Angry

The Eagle

Elektra Luxx

Everything Must Go

Exporting Raymond

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Fast Five

50/50 

Final Destination 5

Finding Kind

The First Grader

The Flower of War

Fly Away

Footloose

Friends with Benefits

Fright Night

The Future

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

Gnomeo & Juliet

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

The Grace Card

The Greatest Miracle

The Green Hornet

Green Lantern

The Guard

Hall Pass

The Hangover Part II

Hanna

Happy Feet Two

Happythankyoumoreplease

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Hell and Back Again

The Help

Higher Ground

Hitler’s Grave

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil

Hop

Horrible Bosses

Hugo

I Am Number Four 

I Don’t know How She Does It

I Melt With You

The Ides of March

Immortals

In Darkness

In Search of God

In the Land of Blood and Honey

In Time

Insidious

The Iron Lady

J. Edgar

Jack and Jill

Jane Eyre

Johnny English Reborn

Jose and Pilar

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Jumping the Broom

Just Go With It

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Kill the Irishman

Kung Fu Panda 2

The Lady

Larry Crowne

The Last Ride

Le Havre

Life, Above All

Like Crazy

Limitless

The Lincoln Lawyer

Machine Gun Preacher

Margaret

Margin Call

Mars Needs Moms

Martha Marcy May Marlene

The Mechanic

Meek’s Cutoff

Meet Monica Velour

Melancholia

Midnight in Paris

The Mill & the Cross

Miral

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Moneyball

Monte Carlo

Mozart’s Sister

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Muppets

The Music Never Stopped

My Week with Marilyn

Mysteries of Lisbon

The Myth of the American Sleepover

The Names of Love

New Year’s Eve

No Strings Attached

Norman

Of Gods and Men

Olive

One Day

Our Idiot Brother

Paranormal Activity 3

Pariah

Passione

Paul

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Potiche

Priest

The Princess of Montpensier

Project Nim

Prom

Puncture

Puss in Boots

Rampart

Rango

Real Steel

Rebirth

Red Riding Hood

Red State

Restless

Rio

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The Rite

The Roommate

The Rum Diary

Salvation Boulevard

Sanctum

Sarah’s Key

Scream 4

Season of the Witch

Senna

A Separation

Shame 

Shark Night 3D

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The Sitter

The Skin I Live In

The Smell of Success

The Smurfs

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Something Borrowed

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Soul Surfer

Source Code

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

Straw Dogs

Submarine

Sucker Punch

Super

Super 8

Take Me Home Tonight

Take Shelter

Terri

The Thing

30 Minutes or Less

Thor

3

The Three Musketeers

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tower Heist

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

The Tree of Life

Trust

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family

Tyrannosaur

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Undefeated

Unknown

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Viva Riva!

W.E.

War Horse

Warrior

Water for Elephants

The Way

We Bought a Zoo

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Weekend

What’s Your Number?

The Whistleblower

White Irish Drinkers

Win Win

Winnie the Pooh

Women Art Revolution

The Women on the 6^th Floor 

X-Men: First Class  

Young Adult

Young Goethe in Love

Your Highness

Zookeeper

Oscars -- 2011 Poster revealed

Here is the official poster for this year's Academy Awards. 8 films, 1 chosen from each decade, are represented. Can you name them? If not, here's some help. All but one of them are Best Picture winners.

Top left -- FORREST GUMP -- winner of 6 Oscars including Adapted Screenplay, Actor, Director & Best Picture (1994)

Top middle -- THE GODFATHER -- winner of 3 Oscars including Adapted Screenplay, Actor & Best Picture (1972)

Top right -- THE SOUND OF MUSIC -- winner of 5 Oscars including Director & Best Picture (1965)

Middle left -- GONE WITH THE WIND -- winner of 8 Oscars including Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Actress, Director & Best Picture (1939)

Middle right -- DRIVING MISS DAISY -- winner of 4 Oscars including Adapted Screenplay, Actress & Best Picture (1989)

Bottom left -- GIANT -- winner of Best Director (1956)  [only non-Picture winner on poster]

Bottom middle -- GLADIATOR -- winner of 5 Oscars including Actor & Best Picture (2000)

Bottom right -- CASABLANCA -- winner of 3 Oscars including Screenplay, Director & Best Picture (1943)

Awards - Online Film Critics

One of my favorite awards of every year, as you can imagine. Many times I find myself agreeing with their choices, if not at least with their nominees. Hopefully, in the near future, I can gain membership myself. There are a few films I'm surprised to not see represented but all in all, I think they are a solid group of choices. Here are the full nominees...and winners. The Tree of Life takes home 5 awards, including Supporting Actress, Director & Best Picture.

BEST PICTURE

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

Hugo

The Tree of Life

BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"

Terrence Malick - "The Tree of Life"

Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"

Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"

Lars Von Trier - "Melancholia"

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney - "The Descendants"

Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"

Michael Fassbender - "Shame"

Gary Oldman - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Michael Shannon - "Take Shelter"

BEST ACTRESS

Kirsten Dunst - "Melancholia"

Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"

Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Albert Brooks - "Drive"

John Hawkes - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

Nick Nolte - "Warrior"

Brad Pitt - "The Tree of Life"

Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"

BEST SUPPORTRING ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain - "The Tree of Life"

Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"

Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs"

Carey Mulligan - "Shame"

Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Midnight in Paris

A Separation

The Tree of Life

Win Win

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants

Drive

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

We Need to Talk About Kevin

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Adventures of Tintin

Arthur Christmas

Kung Fu Panda 2

Rango

Winnie the Pooh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Artist

Drive

Hugo

Melancholia

The Tree of Life

BEST FILM EDITING

Drive

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Tree of Life

We Need to Talk About Kevin

BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM

13 Assassins

Certified Copy

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

The Interrupters

Into the Abyss

Project Nim

Tabloid

SPECIAL AWARDS
To Jessica Chastain, the breakout performer of the year
To Martin Scorsese in honor of his work and dedication to the pursuit of film preservation

Oscars - There are 97 eligible original scores this year....

.......and unfortunately, DRIVE, A DANGEROUS METHOD, THE TREE OF LIFE are not part of that list. This particular race just got a tad-bit (but not hugely) narrower in here. The submitted and eligible scores are..


“The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer
“The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer
“African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer
“Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
“Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
“Another Earth,” Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers
“Answers to Nothing,” Craig Richey, composer
“Arthur Christmas,” Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
“The Artist,” Ludovic Bource, composer

“@urFRENZ,” Lisbeth Scott, composer
“Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” Elia Cmiral, composer
“Battle: Los Angeles,” Brian Tyler, composer
“Beastly,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
“The Big Year,” Theodore Shapiro, composer
“Captain America: The First Avenger,” Alan Silvestri, composer
“Cars 2,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“Cedar Rapids,” Christophe Beck, composer
“Conan the Barbarian,” Tyler Bates, composer
“The Conspirator,” Mark Isham, composer
“Contagion,” Cliff Martinez, composer
“Coriolanus,” Ilan Eshkeri, composer
“DAM999,” Ousepachan, composer
“The Darkest Hour,” Tyler Bates, composer
“The Debt,” Thomas Newman, composer
“Dolphin Tale,” Mark Isham, composer
“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers
“Dream House,” John Debney, composer
“The Eagle,” Atli Orvarsson, composer
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
“Fast Five,” Brian Tyler, composer
“The First Grader,” Alex Heffes, composer
“The Flowers of War,” Qigang Chen, composer
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
“The Greatest Miracle,” Mark McKenzie, composer
“Green Lantern,” James Newton Howard, composer
“Hanna,” Tom Rowlands, composer
“Happy Feet Two,” John Powell, composer
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
“The Help,” Thomas Newman, composer
“Hop,” Christopher Lennertz, composer
“Hugo,” Howard Shore, composer
“I Don’t Know How She Does It,” Aaron Zigman, composer
“The Ides of March,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
“Immortals,” Trevor Morris, composer
“In Search of God,” Rupam Sarmah, composer
“In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Gabriel Yared, composer
“In Time,” Craig Armstrong, composer
“Insidious,” Joseph Bishara, composer
“The Iron Lady,” Thomas Newman, composer
“J. Edgar,” Clint Eastwood, composer
“Jane Eyre,” Dario Marianelli, composer
“The Lady,” Eric Serra, composer
“Like Crazy,” Dustin O’Halloran, composer
“Margaret,” Nico Muhly, composer
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” Rolfe Kent, composer
“Moneyball,” Mychael Danna, composer
“Monte Carlo,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“New Year’s Eve,” John Debney, composer
“Norman,” Andrew Bird, composer
“One Day,” Rachel Portman, composer
“Puss in Boots,” Henry Jackman, composer
“Rampart,” Dickon Hinchliffe, composer
“Real Steel,” Danny Elfman, composer
“Rebirth,” Philip Glass, composer
“Red Riding Hood,” Alex Heffes and Brian Reitzell, composers
“Restless,” Danny Elfman, composer
“Rio,” John Powell, composer
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Patrick Doyle, composer
“The Rite,” Alex Heffes, composer
“The Rum Diary,” Christopher Young, composer
“Sanctum,” David Hirschfelder, composer
“Sarah’s Key,” Max Richter, composer
“Senna,” Antonio Pinto, composer
“Shame,” Harry Escott, composer
“The Skin I Live In,” Alberto Iglesias, composer
“The Smurfs,” Heitor Pereira, composer
“Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,” Rachel Portman, composer
“Super 8,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“Take Shelter,” David Wingo, composer
“The Thing,” Marco Beltrami, composer
“Thor,” Patrick Doyle, composer
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Alberto Iglesias, composer
“Tower Heist,” Christophe Beck, composer
“W.E.,” Abel Korzeniowski, composer
“War Horse,” John Williams, composer
“Warrior,” Mark Isham, composer
“Water for Elephants,” James Newton Howard, composer
“The Way,” Tyler Bates, composer
“We Bought a Zoo,” Jon Thor Birgisson, composer
“We Need to Talk about Kevin,” Jonny Greenwood, composer
“Win Win,” Lyle Workman, composer
“Winnie the Pooh,” Henry Jackman, composer
“X-Men: First Class,” Henry Jackman, composer
“Young Adult,” Rolfe Kent, composer
“Your Highness,” Steve Jablonsky, composer

Awards - Utah Film Critics

The Utah critics have announced, and in a few categories, at least we got some variety. Nice love for JGL & 50/50.

BEST PICTURE:  DRIVE
Runner-up:  The Artist

BEST DIRECTOR:  MICHAEL HAZANAVICIUS - "THE ARTIST"
Runner-up:  Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"

BEST ACTOR:  JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT - "50/50"
Runner-up:  Jean Dujardin - "The Artist

BEST ACTRESS:  MICHELLE WILLIAMS - "MY WEEK WITH MARILYN"
Runner-up:  Rooney Mara - "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:  ALBERT BROOKS - "DRIVE"
Runner-up:  Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:  AMY RYAN - "WIN WIN"
Runner-up:  Vanessa Redgrave - "Coriolanus"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:  50/50
Runner-up:  Beginners

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:  THE DESCENDANTS
Runner-up:  The Muppets

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:  RANGO
Runner-up:  The Adventures of Tintin & Kung Fu Panda 2

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:  DRIVE
Runner-up:  The Tree of Life

BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM:  A SEPARATION
Runner-up:  13 Assassin

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:  SENNA
Runner-up:  Project Nim

Awards - London Film Critics

The critics from across the pond have released their nominees for the year. As always, they've broken their awards up between British and non. Good times. The only film to show up on both lists, is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

FILM OF THE YEAR

The Artist

Drive

A Separation

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The Tree of Life

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

The Guard

Kill List

Shame

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

We Need to Talk About Kevin

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Asghar Farhadi - "A Separation"

Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"

Terrence Malick - "The Tree of Life"

Lynne Ramsay - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

George Clooney - "The Descendants"

Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"

Michael Fassbender - "Shame"

Ryan Gosling - "Drive"

Gary Oldman - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Tom Cullen - "Weekend"

Michael Fassbender - "A Dangerous Method" & "Shame"

Brendan Gleeson - "The Guard"

Peter Mullan - "Tyrannosaur" & "War Horse"

Gary Oldman - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Kirsten Dunst - "Melancholia"

Anna Paquin - "Margaret" (tie)

Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady" (tie)

Tilda Swinton - "We Ned to Talk About Kevin"

Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Olivia Colman - "The Iron Lady" & "Tyrannosaur"

Carey Mulligan - "Drive" & "Shame'

Vanessa Redgrave - "Anonymous" & "Coriolanus"

Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Rachel Weisz - "The Deep Blue Sea"

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Simon Russell Beale - "The Deep Blue Sea"

Kenneth Branagh - "My Week with Marilyn"

Albert Brooks - "Drive"

Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"

Michael Smiley - "Kill List"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Sareh Bayat - "A Separation"

Jessica Chastain - "The Help"

Vanessa Redgrave - "Coriolanus"

Octavia Spencer - "The Help"

Jacki Weaver - "Animal Kingdom"

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Artist - Michael Hazanavicius

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

Le Quattro Volte

Mysteries of Lisbon

Poetry

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Dreams of a Life

Pina

Project Nim

Senna

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER

Richard Ayoade - "Submarine"

Paddy Considine - "Tyrannosaur"

Joe Cornish - "Attack the Block"

Andrew Haigh - "Weekend"

John Michael McDonagh - "The Guard"

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

John Boyega - "Attack the Block"

Jeremy Irvine - "War Horse"

Yasmin Paige - "Submarine"

Craig Roberts - "Submarine"

Saoirse Ronan - "Hanna"

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR

Manuel Alberto Claro - "Melancholia" - cinematography

Paul Davis - "We Need to Talk About Kevin" - sound design

Maria Djurkovic - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - production design

Dante Ferretti - "Hugo" - production design

Alberto Iglesias - "The Skin I Live In" - original score

Chris King & Gregers Sall - "Senna" - film editing

Joe Letteri - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" - visual effects

Cliff Martinez - "Drive" - original score

Robert Richardson - "Hugo" - cinematography

Robbie Ryan - "Wuthering Heights" - cinematography

News - HOBBIT trailer!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, in one week, we've had the new Dark Knight Rises trailer, and now, the trailer for the other most anticipated movie of next year....THE HOBBIT.  No further intro needed. Enjoy.

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Trailer on ITunes -- Watch it now!