Today we have a brand new restricted director’s cut trailer for upcoming action/thriller/sci-fi Repo Men, which stars Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga, Carice van Houten and Forest Whitaker.

In Repo Men, humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don’t pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property… with no concern for your comfort or survival.

Jude Law plays Remy, one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company’s top-of-the-line heart-replacement… as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart’s no longer in the job. When he can’t make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy’s former partner Jake (Whitaker), to track him down.

Now that the hunter has become the hunted, Remy joins Beth (Braga), another debtor who teaches him how to vanish from the system. And as he and Jake embark on a chase across a landscape populated by maniacal friends and foes, one man will become a reluctant champion for thousands on the run.

The film, based on the novel “The Repossession Mambo” by Eric Garcia, is directed by Miguel Sapochnik, who is making his feature film debut.

Repo Men is scheduled to hit theaters on March 19th.

Summit Entertainment has released a 10 seconds clip from the trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black. The film is directed by David Slade, based on the novel “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer, with a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg.

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be released theatrically in US on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

We’ll have the full new trailer for you Thursday morning.

Last week we were all occupied with Oscar, but it’s always the right time to take a look at (maybe) less popular ceremony, but still – the good one! We’re going to remind you of this ceremony highlights.

The Spirits, run by the nonprofit Film Independent, threw in some of its typically enjoyable ironic touches.

One of them was definitely David Spade who presented the best foreign award, starting with:

“You may not know this, but my movies play in other countries. They’re huge in Poland. I can’t set foot in Bulgaria.” Thanks for letting us know Spade!

On the other hand, we had a chance to see Ben Stiller, known for studio comedies more than any boutique film, but this time he was in role of presenter of the top award of best feature.

As usual, he made audience laugh, this time he brought on two women and a man introduced as porn stars to roll around in simulated sex while he announced the nominees for best picture. Crazy as always.

We could not expect more from Precious, simply because the movie won for all five categories in which it was nominated: Best Feature, Best Director (Lee Daniels), Best Female Lead (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Supporting Female (Mo’Nique), and Best First Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher). Impressing indeed.

“Kathryn Bigelow isn’t here tonight. I am,” said Daniels.

You all had a chance to see young Gabourey Sidibe at Oscar night and her excitement, but she also had an interesting speech when she received her Best Actress award, saying:

“My mom used to pay me $2 to go to school…and I saved up my money for a week so that I could see Welcome to the Dollhouse and that’s the first film I saw where I could say ‘I could do that.”

We were all happy to see Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber win for their screenplay for 500 Days Of Summer since we already wrote about this one, as well as An Education receiving an award for Best Foreign Film, and A serious man for Best Cinematography.

Other Oscar nominees were big winners that night, too. Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for Crazy Heart which also won Best First Feature. Woody Harrelson was named Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger. Seems like Bridges definitely had a good year…

So, it was a nice entertaining show, even if the lights made it difficult to watch at times, we heard that there were some complaining about that. Anyway, we guess everybody had a good time, as we were while watching. Hope next year to be even better!

Check out the full list of all the award winners (winners in bold).

BEST FEATURE
Precious
Amreeka
500 Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Last Station

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Crazy Heart
A Single Man
Easier With Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Daniels – Precious
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – A Serious Man
Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
James Gray – Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman – The Last Station

BEST MALE LEAD
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 500 Days Of Summer
Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo
Adam Scott – The Vicious Kind

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Maria Bello – Downloading Nancy
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Gwentyth Paltrow – Two Lovers
Nisreen Faour – Amreeka

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Jemaine Clement – Gentleman Broncos
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
Raymond McKinnon – That Evening Sun
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Mo’Nique – Precious
Dina Korzun – Cold Souls
Samantha Morton – The Messenger
Natalie Press – Fifty Dead Men Walking
Mia Wasikowska – That Evening Sun

BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – 500 Days Of Summer
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Michael Hoffman – The Last Station
Lee Toland Krieger – The Vicious Kind
Greg Mottola – Adventureland

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Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious
Sophie Barthes – Cold Souls
Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
Cherien Dabis – Amreeka
Tom Ford & David Scearce – A Single Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins – A Serious Man
Adriano Goldman – Sin Nombre
Anne Misawa – Treeless Mountain
Andrij Parekh – Cold Souls
Peter Zeitlinger – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Food, Inc.
More Than a Game
October Country
Which Way Home

BEST FOREIGN FILM
An Education (UK/France)
A Prophet (France)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
Mother (South Korea)
The Maid (Chile)

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Best feature made for less than $500,000)
Humpday
Big Fan
The New Year Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
A Serious Man
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Casting Directors: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner
Cast: Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Karen Chien (The Exploding Girl & Santa Mesa)
Larry Fessenden (I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil)
Dia Sokol (Beeswax, Nights and Weekends)

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Tariq Tapa (Zero Bridge)
Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Easier with Practice)
Asiel Norton (Redland)

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Bill Ross & Turner Ross (“45365″)
Natalia Almada (El General)
Jessica Oreck (Beetle Queen Conquer Tokyo)

25th Spirit Awards Honorary Chair Ben Stiller announces Best Picture Winner

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The highly anticipated first trailer for Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be available to the media on Thursday, March 11 at 6:00 AM PST/9:00 AM EST via satellite. The 90 second trailer’s contents are being kept under tight wraps until its debut.

Prior to this, on Wednesday, March 10 a 10-second teaser of that trailer will be available at 6:00 AM PST/9:00 AM EST. The full trailer forThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse can also be seen in theatres in front of Summit Entertainment’s Remeber Me, which also stars Robert Pattinson.

In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between Edward and Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black. The film is directed by David Slade, based on the novel “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer, with a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg.

U.S. release via Summit Entertainment, June 30, 2010.

Paramount Pictures has provided us with new standee for Iron Man 2, featuring Iron Man and War Machine, and two posters featuring the full armor for each separately.

Directed by Jon Favreau, Iron Man 2 stars Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg, Olivia Munn.

Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7, 2010.

Iron Man 2 standee

Iron Man 2 Poster

Iron Man 2 Poster

The remake of 1981 adaption of the myth of Perseus is directed by Louis Letettier from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan.

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld.

With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus – Hades’ brother and father of Perseus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds.

Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

The movie also stars Gemma Arterton as Perseus’ love interest Io, Danny Huston as Poseidon, Mads Mikkelsen as Draco, Alexa Davalos as Andromeda, Jason Flemyng, Izabella Miko, Nicholas Hoult and Pete Postlethwaite.

Clash of the Titans opening in 3D and 2D theaters on April 2nd, 2010.

Warner Bros. has released the final poster for The Losers.

An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team–Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar–find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they’re joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book series the film is directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard), written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt and it stars Jeffery Dean Morgan (Watchmen) as Clay; Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) as Aisha; Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) as Jensen; Idris Elba (The Wire) as Roque; Columbus Short (Quarantine) as Pooch; Oscar Jaeneda (Che: Part Two) as Cougar; and Jason Patric (My Sister’s Keeper) as Max.

The Losers hitting theaters April 23, 2010.

What do you think of  new poster for The Losers? Do you think this movie will do well at the box office?

The Losers Poster

Walt Disney Pictures  has released the teaser trailer for Tron: Legacy that played in front of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland this past weekend.

Tron: Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic, is set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

The 3D adventure is directed by Joseph Kosinski, the script is penned by Edward Kitsis, stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen.

Tron: Legacy is set to hit theaters on December 17th.

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Paramount and Marvel have released an updated version of  plot synopsis for Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, scheduled for theaters on May 6, 2011.

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, Thor, which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore

Co-Producers: Craig Kyle, Victoria Alonso

Executive Producers: Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, David Maisel, Patty Whitcher

Produced by: Kevin Feige

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

The Mighty Thor – Enter Hercules

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Earlier we posted  red band trailer and clip from upcoming British gangster revenge movie Harry Brown and today we have five posters.

Set in modern day Britain, Harry Brown follows one man’s journey through a chaotic world where teenage violence runs rampant. As a modest, law abiding citizen, Brown lives alone. His only companion is his best friend Leonard. When Leonard is killed, Brown reaches his breaking point. Harry Brown is a powerful, character driven thriller starring two-time Academy Award winner Michael Caine in a tour-de-force performance.

The crime thriller directed by British filmmaker Daniel Barber from the script written by Gary Young also stars Emily Mortimer, Liam Cunningham, Charlie Creed-Miles, Iain Glen, Sean Harris and Ben Drew among other British actors.

Harry Brown, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, will hit limited US theaters starting on April 30, 2010.

Harry Brown Poster

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Harry Brown Poster

Harry Brown Poster

Harry Brown Poster

The original 1985 Fright Night was written and directed by Tom Holland and starred Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale. William Ragsdale plays a teenager and horror film aficionado who believes that his new next door neighbor is a vampire, but of course, no one believes him. In order to stop the evil doings, the teen enlists the add of his favorite TV vampire hunter (played by McDowall), a wash-up actor who could really use the cash. Little does he know that he’s actually going up against a real vampire. Hilarity, as they say, ensue.

Back in November, writer/producer of TV’s Mad Men, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel, Marti Noxon was hired to write the screenplay for Fright Night remake.

Fright Night (1985) Trailer

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We have added the new poster for 20 Century Fox upcoming live-action/animated feature film Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a film adaptation Jeff Kinney’s best-selling first book in the illustrated novel series of the same title.

To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It’s a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor – and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can’t-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he’s getting it all down on paper, via a diary – “it’s NOT a diary, it’s a journal!” Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation – filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. “One day when I’m famous,” writes Greg, “I’ll have better things to do than answer peoples’ stupid questions all day.” So was born the Wimpy Kid’s diary.

The film, directed by Thor Freudenthal, also stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn and Robert Capron.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid will be released to theaters on April 2, 2010.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Poster

Paramount and Marvel have used the 2010 Oscars as the night to debut new trailer for Iron Man 2, immediately after the show (it also appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscar show).

In Iron Man 2, 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.

Hit the jump and watch the new trailer.

Directed by Jon Favreau, Iron Man 2 also stars Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg, Olivia Munn

Iron Man 2 is slated to release on May 7th 2010.

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We already wrote about possible winners and competition between- James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, so we can say that we’re not at all surprised that this was Kathryn Bigelow’s night.

The Hurt Locker won 6 Oscars, including honour for Best Movie and Best Director.

So, Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director.

On the other hand, the movie that still sits on the top of box office, James Cameron’s Avatar definetely had a bad luck. The movie won only 3 golden statues in technical categories – Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.

We can’t help but think that this show really seemed like Bigelow’s sweet revenge.

Sandra Bullock was named best actress for The Blind Side after she proudly attended Razzie 2010 event and took completely different award.

“Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?” she joked on Oscar’s stage.

Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leadingrole for Crazy Heart.

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz won the first Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds which unfortunately was the only prize for this great movie.

African American actress Mo’Nique took home Oscar for best supporting actress for role in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.

Disney Pixar’s adventure Up won in the category of best animated feature. That gives Pixar Animation Studios five Oscars for animation since that award was first handed out in 2002. Up director Pete Docter accepted the award on behalf of the studio and his animation team.

The Hurt Locker defeated not only Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time, but also Inglourious Basterds, The Blind Side, District 9, and Disney/Pixar’s Up.

The Blind Side and Inglourious Basterds at least both took acting prizes but District 9, Up in the Air, A Serious Man and An Education were absolutely excluded!?

And yes, this is a little embarrassing!

Check out the full list of this year’s Oscar winners and feel free to share your thoughts with us

BEST PICTURE

Avatar – James Cameron
The Blind Side – John Lee Hancock
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp
An Education – Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds -  Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE

Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE

Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter

ART DIRECTION

Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Avatar – Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

COSTUME DESIGN

Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

DIRECTING

Avatar – James Cameron
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove - Louie Psihoyos and Mark Monroe
Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

FILM EDITING

Avatar – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 – Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Ajami – Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow – Peru
Un Prophète – France
The White Ribbon – Germany

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MAKEUP

Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

MUSIC  (Original Score)

Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
Up - Michael Giacchino

MUSIC (Original Song)

“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

SHORT FILM (Animated)

French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death - Nick Park

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

SOUND EDITING

Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

SOUND MIXING

Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

District 9 – Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education – Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop – Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air - Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

WRITING (Original Screenplay)

The Hurt Locker – Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger – Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man – Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up – Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

We must say that it’s Cameron who provoked us all to write about this, since you all had a chance to hear his question that referred to her possible win:

“Did Katherine Bigelow win the Oscar for Best Director because she was the best, or because she was a woman?

And you must agree that sayings like: “I would say that it’s an irresistible opportunity for the Academy to anoint a female director for the first time” or  “I would say that that’s, you know, a very strong probability and I will be cheering when that happens” sound really ironic.

That’s why we’re not surprised, that most of the people got the impression he wants to position himself as the man who bestowed the award on Bigelow.

Who cares if she’s a woman? I know, I know…But still…

Now, the buzz is that James Cameron has been saying that he wants his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow to win the Best Director award. BUT he wants to win the Best Picture Award, not for himself (!) but for all those many people who have worked with him in the 3-D saga Avatar. Fair enough!

He was quoted saying, “It’d be really cool to lose to her. So far she hasn’t had the accolades she deserves. I know the one she wants – though not as ‘woman director’. She wants to be simply Best Director. And I hope she gets it. She’s ready to be anointed.”

Both the films have been Oscar nominated in the Best Picture and in the Best Director category.

- The Hurt Locker beat Avatar in every BAFTA category they were both nominated for with the exception of two. Bigelow won BAFTA’s Best Director Award for the movie – which also took home best picture.

- Cameron took the directing prize at the Golden Globes, but Bigelow earned the top honor from the Directors Guild of America, whose recipient almost always wins the same award at the Oscars.

- Traditionally, the academy loves war films and hates science fiction. Only three sci-fi movies have even been nominated for Best Picture – ET, Star Wars and A Clockwork Orange. James Cameron’s Avatar would be the only science-fiction film ever to take home the best-picture prize.

So what can we expect tomorrow? Bigelow follows in the footsteps of Lina Wertmuller, the first woman nominated for directing for 1975’s Seven Beauties, but this time with her tough and tense Locker.

On the other hand, we have sci-fi epic film, written and directed by Cameron, and, as we all know, the film received generally positive reviews from film critics (although it has also been slammed by critics ranging from the Vatican through the Marine Corps to liberals who don’t like its white-man-saving-the-natives theme).

Anyway, we must say that this already smells like one of those Oscar shows where voters will settle on an amicable split between best picture and director, allowing Academy members to share the love between two highly regarded films.

So maybe we could expect this kind of script for tonight’s show: Avatar gets best picture, Bigelow gets best director for The Hurt Locker, becoming the first woman to win Hollywood’s top award for filmmakers? Maybe?

Still, we’re not going to be the part of any campaign that has been going around, whether it refers to Cameron or Bigelow.

We can only wish them both good luck, as well as all Oscar nominated movies and actors

I can’t stop thinking about Inglourious Basterds or District 9, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock (yes!), Penélope Cruz or Vera Farmiga, Up, The White Ribbon and Precious. What do you think?

And, just for a record, we gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night…