Winner: The Hurt Locker

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

Best Director

Winner: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

James Cameron (Avatar)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Lee Daniels (Precious)

Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)

Best Actor

Winner: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

George Clooney (Up in the Air)

Colin Firth (A Single Man)

Morgan Freeman (Invictus)

Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actress

Winner: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)

Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Matt Damon (Invictus)

Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)

Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Mo’Nique (Precious)

Penelope Cruz (Nine)

Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)

Best Foreign Language Film

The winner: El Secreto de Sus Ojos – The Secret of Their Eyes (Argentina)

Ajami (Israel)

The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

Un Prophete – A Prophet (France)

The White Ribbon (Germany)

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger)

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy (Up)

Bets Animation

Winner: Up

Coraline

Fantastic Mr Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9)

Nick Hornby (An Education)

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop)

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)

Best Art Direction

Winner: Avatar

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Sherlock Holmes

The Young Victoria

Best Cinematography

Winner: Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The White Ribbon

Best Sound Mixing

The winner: The Hurt Locker

Avatar

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Sound Editing

The winner: The Hurt Locker

Avatar

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Up

Best Original  Song

Winner: The Weary Kind (theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett

Almost There from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman

Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman

Loin de Paname from Paris 36 by Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas

Take It All from Nine by Maury Yeston

Best Original Score

Winner: Up (Michael Giacchino)

Avatar (James Horner)

Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat)

The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders)

Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer)

Best Costumes

Winner: The Young Victoria

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Best Documentary Feature

The winner: The Cove

Burma VJ

Food, Inc.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short

Winner: Music by Prudence

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Rabbit a la Berlin

Best Film Editing

The winner: The Hurt Locker

Avatar

District 9

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

Best Make-Up

Winner: Star Trek

Il Divo

The Young Victoria

Best Animated Short Film

Winner: Logorama

French Roast

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Live Action Short Film

Winner: The New Tenants

The Door

Instead of Abracadabra

Kavi

Miracle Fish

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

There are a lot of people out there saying that this is a bad idea for Cruz but I think it will reinvent the franchise for this adventure.

Well…..

The film will be made no longer if reports are to be believed. There are mumbles that the film did not make enough money to make a second.

There will be more on this in the future…..

This film sees the tussle of power between Garber and Ryder. This is a brilliant film that is sees a brilliant team up between Washington and Travolta. This film was never going to get anyone an academy award but this is a film that may be was over looked.

As the story enfolds we see that Ryder demands 10 million dollars with a deadline of 60 minutes. This deadline is hard to keep and there are scraps along the way for the police and Garber. During the hostage situation one of the hostages has a laptop which is able to broadcast the whole of the situation live to the millions and this is what brings in the views and glamorizes the hostage take over. in the long run even though Ryder does not know this it helps him along the route to what he is after achieving.

I dont want to give this film away as I think that it is a easy watch and does not take much thought process to see the bigger picture and who saved who.

I would fully recommend this film and I rate it 9 out of 10.

1. Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps – Wall Street 2 is the sequel to the original 1987 film staring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko who has just been released from prison. This film includes the likes of Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, and Frank Langella. This film sees Gekko as the anti-hero in this movie that centers around the stock market crash of 2008. Gekko tries to help Wall Street before the crash while trying to revive his relationship with his daughter Winnie.

This film has some house hold names which means that it could be one of the better films of the year. The only problem for me is whether Michal Douglas is too old of this role. I suppose only time will tell.

2. Iron Man 2 - This is the second in the trilogy which stars Robert Downey.Jr as a billionaire industrialist and master engineer, also known as Iron Man. The only synopsis about the film is below so enjoy.

The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the armored superhero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.

I am eagerly awaiting this film as I really think it will be one of the best of the year. I loved the first one and think this one will be as good if not better.

3. Shrek Forever After - Shrek 4 The Final Chapter is supposed to be the final out of the franchise which sees all the original cast come together for the last.

In this it sees shrek become quite content with his life lets people get closer to him when really he wants to scare people away. Rumpelstiltskin comes to shrek and does a deal where he can have that back but when he signed the dead he goes into a different Far Far Away where the life Shrek lives is different and he needs to go back to his normal life the only problem he has is that Fiona, Donkey, and Puss have never met Shrek before so his task is so much harder.

I think original when the film was talked about there was much talk there would be a fifth but I think that the fourth could be too much never mind the fifth.

4. Sex and The City 2 - The second sex and the city has had more mention about if the original cast will be back in the film rather than what will be happening. There is very little plot line and there a lot of rumours being thrown about with what will happen in this one.

Personally I am not a fan of this film franchise and did not much enjoy it when I watched the first sex and the city. I am led to believe though that if you watched the series you would understand exactly and enjoy the film like it should of been enjoyed.

Well personally this is not a one I will watch but I think the missus will.

5. Toy Story 3 – This is the third and potentially final in this franchise as this sees the gang back together again in this fun for everyone pixar animation.

Everyone knows everyone so there is not much to tell as the original cast are back with a few more friendly faces to help out. The story goes as Andy is getting ready for college and his toys are getting prepares for the attic but with the excitement of andy going to college his toys get thrown out where they eventually end up in a child care pre school.

Woody and Buzz decide to take it upon themselves to everyone from destruction and escape. The only problem they face is when Buzz is damaged in one of the escape attempts. He is reset but turns into the Spanish version of Buzz Lightyear.

I personally cannot wait for this film to come out I really think that it will be one of the best of the year. Everyone loves Toy Story so we all like to see another one released. I think this will be the last though.

6. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – This is the third in a series of four romantic fantasy films that sees all the original cast come together to be part of this cult film. At present there is not much that has been said about how the film will be followed but the synopsis reads.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.

This film promises to be quite a superb film as the last two have been huge hits in the film industry. I reckon that this will be one of the films that at the end of 2010 everyone will be raving about this and they will be pushing to see the final episode.

7. Little Fockers – This could be one of the most surprising outfits of the year as all the cast were upset about certain roles that they have in the film. This is the reason why Dustin Hoffman has pulled out as he only had a small role at the end of the film. Apart from that it is a original cast line up which is really good.

There is once again not much to mention about this film if your after plot as they just go on about the fockers having twin girls that are five and they revolve the story about this. I really think that this could have sour grapes and even if it is a good film it will not be loved due to the pain that people have been put through just to get the cast together.

8. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – There is really not much to tell about this sequel as it will follow the book but by how much. When ever a film comes out and says Part 1 you worry especially when it is not the first film in a series but the second last. Is this pinewood clutching at straws and trying to make more money out of it.

Well this is the sequels taken care of. Apart from this there is some others but really who wants to talk about Scream 4. That should of finished after Scream 1, honestly it should.