March 8, 2010
The Hurt Locker
The small independent war drama The Hurt Locker won six awards out the nine it was nominated for at last nights Oscar Awards including Best Picture, Directing and Writing amongst others. Avatar won awards for Visual Effects, Art Direction and Cinematography. I’m glad to see a small film finally get the recognition it deserves.
As I predicted Sandra Bullock won an award for Best Actress in her leading role in The Blind Side, however Jeff Bridges beat Colin Firth to the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. I do think this award was well deserved though, especially since this was his fifth time of being nomiated for an award!
Christopher Waltz won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his part in Inglorious Basterds with Mo’Nique winning best Actress in a Supporting Role for her part in Push, a novel wrote by Sapphire.
Unfortunately, not one British Actor or Actress was given an award for their roles in the film world, but as they say the show must go on and there’s always next year to look forward to!
March 6, 2010
Will the underdog scoop up at the Oscars?
Tomorrow sees Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin host the 82nd Oscar Awards. It’s no surprise to see that the most nominated films this year are Avatar and The Hurt Locker with an outstanding 9 nominations each. Both films are nominated for best picture alongside the likes of District 9, Inglorious Basterds and Up.
I’m excited to see whether Avatar scoops up like the critics expect or if The Hurt Locker comes out on top after being the underdog in the film world. Sandra Bullock is expected to win for her leading role in The Blind Side while bringing it home for Britain is Actor Colin Firth, who is tipped to win for his leading role in A Single Man.
Coverage of the awards will be shown on in the UK on Sky One from 11:30pm on Sunday night and Sky Movies from 1:00am on Monday morning.
