Bogie56 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 The Independent Spirit Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart* Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer Colin Firth, A Single Man Souleymane Sy Savane, Goodbye Solo (08) Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind Best Actress Gabourey Sidibe, Precious* Nisreen Faour, Amreeka Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy (08) Helen Mirren, The Station Gwyneth Paltrow, Two Lovers (08) Best Supporting Actor Woody Harrelson, The Messenger* Jemaine Clement, Gentleman Broncos Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08) Ray McKinnon, That Evening Sun Christopher Plummer, The Last Station Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious* Dina Korzun, Cold Souls Natalie Press, Fifty Dead Men Walking (08) Mia Wasikowska, That Evening Sun Samantha Morton, The Messenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 The British Independent Film Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Tom Hardy, Bronson* (08) Peter Capaldi, In the Loop Sam Rockwell, Moon Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nowhere Boy Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (10) Best Actress Carey Mulligan, An Education* Abbie Cornish, Bright Star Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank Sophie Okonedo, Skin (08) Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria Best Supporting Actor John Henshaw, Looking For Eric* Alfred Molina, An Education Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank tom Hollander, In the Loop Jim Broadbent, The Damned United Best Supporting Actress Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy* Rosamund Pike, Nowhere Boy Kerry Fox, Bright Star Kierston Wareing, Fish Tank Kristen Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 The Screen Actors Guild Awards for 2009 were …. Best Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart* George Clooney, Up In the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08) Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side* Carey Mulligan, An Education Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Helen Mirren, The Station Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds* Matt Damon, Invictus Christopher Plummer, The Last Station Stanley Tucci, Lovely Bones Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious* Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds Penelope Cruz, Nine Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Actor George Clooney, Fantastic Mr. Fox Isaach de Bankole, The Limits of Control Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Red Cliff, Part 2Christopher Plummer, The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusGeorge Clooney, Up in the AirRunner-ups: Ed Asner (Up), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Red Cliff, Part 2), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet), Shahab Hosseini (About Elly), Ben Whishaw (Bright Star), Dany Boon (Micmacs), Matt Damon (The Informant!), Stephane Aubier (A Town Called Panic), Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Robert Downey Jr., (Sherlock Holmes), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer), Bill Hader (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man),ActressMeryl Streep, Julie & JuliaIsabelle Huppert, White MaterialGolshifteh Farahani, About EllyAbbe Cornish, Bright StarZooey Deschanel, 500 Days of SummerRunner-ups: Carey Mulligan (An Education), Tilda Swinton (I am Love), Dakota Fanning (Coraline), Reese Witherspoon (Monsters vs. Aliens), Anna Faris (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), Marion Cotillard (Nine),Supporting ActorChristoph Waltz, Inglourious BasterdsPeter Capaldi, In the LoopHeath Ledger, The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusMichael Fassbender, Inglourious BasterdsZhang Fengyi, Red Cliff, Part 2Runner-ups: Bill Murray (The Limits of Control, Fantastic Mr. Fox), Fan Wei (City of Life and Death), Tom Waits (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus), Owen Wilson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Verne Troyer (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus), Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds), Jason Schwartzman (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Christopher Plummer (Up), Jordon Nagai (Up), Peymaan Moaadi (About Elly), August Diehl (Inglorious Basterds), Chang Chen (Red Cliff, Part 2), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Bob Peterson (Up), Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia), Michael Gambon (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Burghart Klausner (The White Ribbon), Tong Dawei (Red Cliff, Part 2), Scott Bakula (The Informant!), Zang Jinsheng (Red Cliff, Part 2), John Hurt (The Limits of Control), Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes), J.K. Simmons (Up in the Air), James Gandolfini (Where the Wild Things Are), Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Kevin Spacey (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds), Gedeon Burkhardt (Inglourious Basterds),Supporting ActressMelanie Laurent, Inglourious BasterdsDiane Kruger, Inglourious BasterdsZhao Wei, Red Cliff, Part 2Meryl Streep, Fantastic Mr. FoxVera Farmiga, Up in the AirRunner-ups: Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Elizabeth Docter (Up)*, Qin Lan (City of Life and Death), Maria Victoria Dragus (The White Ribbon), Lin Chi-Ling (Red Cliff, Part 2), Julianne Moore (A Single Man), Teri Hatcher (Coraline), Paz de la Huerta (The Limits of Control), Tilda Swinton (The Limits of Control), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Angelia Papulia (Dogtooth), Mary Tsoni (Dogtooth), Mariah Carey (Precious),*Juvenile Performance of the YearNot seen: Crazy Heart, Invictus, The Last Station, The Messenger, The Lovely Bones -------Meryl Streep wins an award from me 31 years after I first nominated her for The Deer Hunter. Is that a record? No: Jack Lemmon won for Glengarry Glen Ross 33 years after I first nominated him for Some Like it Hot. -------Not in my view a good year for lead actresses. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The Golden Globe Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor in a Drama Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart* Colin Firth, A Single Man Tobey Maguire, Brothers Morgan Freeman, Invictus George Clooney, Up In the Air Best Actress in a Drama Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side* Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Helen Mirren, The Last station Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes* Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine Matt Damon, The Informant! Best Actresses in a Comedy or Musical Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia* Julia Roberts, Duplicity Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated Marion Cotillard, Nine Sandra Bullock, The Proposal Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds* Matt Damon, Invictus Christopher Plummer, The Last Station Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious* Julianne Moore, A Single Man Penelope Cruz, Nine Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The 2009 Berlin International Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Sotigul Kouyate, London River* Best Actress Brigit Minichmayr, Everyone Else* —————————————————————————————— The 2009 Cannes Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds* Best Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The 2009 Venice Film Festival winners were: Best Actors Colin Firth, A Single Man* Filippo Timi, The Double Hour* Best Actresses Kseniya Rappaport, The Double Hour* Margherita Buy, Lo Spazio Bianco* ————————————————————————————————— The 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Pablo Pineda, Me Too* Best Actress Lola Duenas, Me Too* —————————————————————————————— The 2009 Moscow International Film Festival winners were … Best Actor Vladimir Ilin, Ward No. 6* Best Actress Lena Kostyuk, Melody For a Street Organ* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Here are some performances from 2009 that will be recognized in subsequent years … Hye-ja Kim will win the Los Angeles Film Critics Best Actress Award in 2010 for Mother (2009). Robert Duvall will be nominated for the Washington DC Film Critics and Broadcast Film Critics Best Actor Award in 2010 for Get Low (2009). Giovanna Mezzogiorno will win the National Society of Film Critics Best Actress Award in 2010 for Vincere (2009). Noomi Rapace will be nominated for the BAFTA and Broadcast Film Critics Best Actress Award in 2010 for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009). Ronald Bronstein will be nominated for the Independent Spirit Best Actor Award in 2010 for Go Get Some Rosemary (2009). Samuel L. Jackson will be nominated for the Independent Spirit Best Supporting Actor Award in 2010 for Mother and Child (2009). Bill Murray will be nominated for the Independent Spirit Best Supporting Actor Award in 2010 for Get Low (2009). Allison Janney will be nominated for the Independent Spirit Best Supporting Actress Award in 2010 for Life During Wartime (2009). Vilma Cibulkova will win the Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2010 for An Earthly Paradise For the Eyes (2009). Giovanna Mezzogiorno will win Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Film Journalists Best Actress Award in 08/09 for Vincere (2009). Alicia Vikander will win Sweden’s Guldbagge Best Actress Award in 2010 for Pure (2009). Renji Ishibashi will win Japan’s Blue Ribbon Best Supporting Actor Award in 2010 for A Good Husband (2009). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 France’s Cesar Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Tahar Rahim, A Prophet* Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, Skirt Day* (08) Best Supporting Actor Niels Arestrup, A Prophet* Best Supporting Actress Emmanuelle Devos, In the Beginning* ————————————————————————————— Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 2009 were… Best Actor Claes Ljungmark, A Rational Solution* Best Actress Noomi Rapace, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo* Best Supporting Actor Kjell Bergqvist, The Wedding Photographer* Best Supporting Actress Anki Liden, Glowing Stars* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Italy’s 08/09 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 2009 included … Best Actress Giovanna Mezogiorno, Vincere* Italy’s 09/10 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards did not include any 2009 films. —————————————————————————————— Italy’s 08/09 and 09/10 David di Donatello Awards did not include any 2009 films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 The Canadian Genie Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Joshua Jackson, One Week* (08) Best Actress Karine Vanasse, Polytechnique* Best Supporting Actor Maxim Gaudette, Polytechnique* Best Supporting Actress Martha Burns, Love and Savagery* —————————————————————————————— The Australian Film Institute Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Anthony LaPaglia, Balibo* Best Actress Frances O’Connor, Blessed* Best Supporting Actor Oscar Isaac, Balibo* Best Supporting Actresses Rachel Griffiths, Beautiful Kate* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Japanese Academy Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Ken Watanabe, The Unbroken* Best Actress Takako Matsu, Villon’s Wife* Best Supporting Actor Teruyuki Kagawa, Mt. Tsurugidake* Best Supporting Actress Kimiko Yo, Dear Doctor* ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 2009 were … Best Actor Tsurube Shofukutei, Dear Doctor* Best Actress Haruka Ayase, Oppai Volleyball* Best Supporting Actor Eita, Dear Doctor* Best Supporting Actress Kyoko Fukada, Yatterman* ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 2009 were … Best Actors Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Bare Essence of Life Ultra-Miracle Love Story* Ittoku Kishibe, Osaka Hamlet* Best Actresses Manami Konishi, Nonchan Noriben* Haruka Ayase, Oppai Volleyball* Best Supporting Actor Goro Inagaki, 13 Assassins* Best Supporting Actress Kaoru Yachigusa, Dear Doctor* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Here are the films from 2009 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. About Elly with Golishifteh Farahani, Sabar Abar, Peyman Moaadi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini and Arash Adam with Rose Byrne Air Doll with Itsuji Itao Alamar with Natah Palombini Amreeka with Nisreen Faour Antichrist with Charlotte Gainsbourg Away We Go with Maya Rudolph, Catherine O’Hara and John Krasinski Balibo with Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac Bare Essence of Life Ultra-Miracle Love Story with Ken’ichi Matsuyama Beautiful Kate with Rachel Griffiths Blessed with Frances O’Connor Boogie Woogie with Amanda Seyfried Cell 211 with Luis Tosar City Island with Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin and Emily Mortimer The City of Life and Death with Fan Wei and Qin Lan Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs with Bill hader and Anna Faris Cold Souls with Dina Korzun Confessions of a Shopaholic with Isla Fisher and Krysten Rytter Dear Doctor with Tsurube Shofukutei, Eita, Kaoru Yachigusa and Kimiko Yo Desert Flower with Liya Kebede Don’t Look Back with Sophie Marceau The Double Hour with Filippo Timi and Kseniya Rappaport Drag Me to Hell with Allison Lohman Duplicity with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen An Earthly Paradise For the Eyes with Vilma Cibulkova Everybody’s Fine with Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore Everyone Else with Brigit Minichmayr 500 Days of Summer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel Gentlemen Broncos with Jemaine Clement The Girlfriend Experience with Sasha Grey Glowing Stars with Anki Liden Go Get Some Rosemary with Ronald Bronstein The Good Heart with Brian Cox and Isilid le Basco A Good Husband with Renji Ishibashi The Great Buck Howard with Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Emily Blunt He’s Just Not That Into You with Justin Long, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Connolly I Love You, Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor and Leslie Mann In the Beginning with Emmanuelle Devos The Invention of Lying with Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton and Keri Russell Life During Wartime with Allison Janney The Limits of Control with Isaach de Bankole, Bill Murray, John Hurt, Paz de la Huerta and Tilda Swinton Lo Spazio Bianco with Margherita Buy Lourdes with Sylvie Testud Love and Savagery with Martha Burns Me Too with Pablo Pineda an Lola Duenas Melody For a Street Organ with Lena Kostyuk Mother with Hye-ja Kim Mother and Child with Samuel L. Jackson Mt. Tsurugidake with Teruyuki Kagawa Nonchan Noriben with Manami Konishi Notorious with Jamal Woolard Observe and Report with Seth Rogern and Celia Weston Oppai Volleyball with Haruka Ayase Orphan with Isabelle Fuhrman Osaka Hamlet with Ittoku Kishibe A Perfect Getaway with Timothy Olyphant Polytechnique with Karine Vanasse and Maxin Gaudette The Princess and the Frog with Jennifer Cody, Keith David and Anika Noni Rose The Proposal with Sandra Bullock Pure with Alicia Vikander A Rational Solution with Claes Ljungmark Red Cliff Part 2 with Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Tony Dawei, Zhang Jinheng, Zhao Wei and Lin Chi-Ling Sin Nombre with Paulina Gaitan Slovenian Girl with Nina Ivanisin Solitary Man with Michael Douglas and Imogen Poots State of Play with Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams Tales From the Golden Age with Radu Itao That Evening Sun with Ray McKinnon and Mia Wasilkowska Thirst with Kang-ho Song A Town Called Panic with Stephane Aubler The Unbroken with Ken Watanabe The Vicious Kid with Adam Scott Villon’s Wife with Takako Matsu Vincere with Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi Ward No. 6 with Vladimir Ilin The Wedding Photographer with Kjeil Bergqvist World’s Greatest Dad with Daryl Sabara Yatterman with Kyoko Fukada Youth In Revolt with Michael Cera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Here are the films from 2009 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Antichrist with Charlotte Gainsbourg Away We Go with Maya Rudolph, Catherine O’Hara and John Krasinski Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs with Bill hader and Anna Faris Cold Souls with Dina Korzun Confessions of a Shopaholic with Isla Fisher and Krysten Rytter Drag Me to Hell with Allison Lohman Duplicity with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Everybody’s Fine with Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore 500 Days of Summer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel Gentlemen Broncos with Jemaine Clement The Girlfriend Experience with Sasha Grey The Great Buck Howard with Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Emily Blunt He’s Just Not That Into You with Justin Long, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Connolly I Love You, Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor and Leslie Mann The Invention of Lying with Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton and Keri Russell The Limits of Control with Isaach de Bankole, Bill Murray, John Hurt, Paz de la Huerta and Tilda Swinton Notorious with Jamal Woolard Observe and Report with Seth Rogern and Celia Weston Orphan with Isabelle Fuhrman A Perfect Getaway with Timothy Olyphant The Proposal with Sandra Bullock Red Cliff Part 2 with Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Tony Dawei, Zhang Jinheng, Zhao Wei and Lin Chi-Ling Sin Nombre with Paulina Gaitan Solitary Man with Michael Douglas and Imogen Poots State of Play with Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams Thirst with Kang-ho Song World’s Greatest Dad with Daryl Sabara Youth In Revolt with Michael Cera I've seen these. The Invention of Lying wasn't among my nominees, but I think you'd like it, as it takes an unexpected turn in the second half. Orphan is another scary kid movie, this time playing off of the fears in adopting a kid from a foreign country, with little to no real knowledge about the child's background. As I've stated previously, these kinds of movies only work as well as the kid they cast, and Fuhrman is up to the challenge. Thirst is an off-kilter vampire tale from South Korean director Park Chan-wook. Park regular Song Kang-ho plays a priest who becomes a vampire after a medical experiment. It's more of a character piece than a horror tale, but there will be blood. Youth in Revolt is a youth-oriented comedy about a nebbishy nerd played by Michael Cera, who adopts a more confident persona in order to woo the girl of his dreams. Cera's played quite a few awkward souls, but this pseudo-dual role is him at his best. Observe & Report got lumped in with Paul Blart: Mall Cop, since they both cover the same job, but they couldn't be more different. Observe is from the makers of The Foot Fist Way, and it has some of the same dark and uncomfortable humor. Seth Rogen's mall security guard is actually delusional as well as incompetent, while Celia Weston steals all of her scenes as his alcoholic mother. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Out of the ones other posters have listed, I have not seen: About Elly Adam Air Doll Alamar Backyard Boogie Woogie Broken Embraces Brothers Cell 211 City Island City of Life and Death The Damned United Desert Flower The Disappearance of Alice Creed Don't Look Back The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Good Heart Harry Brown Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno I Am Love Leaving Lebanon Lourdes Micmacs Monsters vs Aliens Nowhere Boy Police, Adjective The Princess and the Frog Slovenian Girl Tales from the Golden Age A Town Called Panic Vincere White Material The Young Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 In Harry Brown a 76-year old Michael Caine shows that he still has the cockney accent and the underacting style. He plays an old man in a London council flat who has seen his neighbourhood deteriorate. It leads to a confrontation with a criminal gang. Emily Mortimer has a nice role as the only police member who takes the old man seriously. They found a good balance between social drama and action. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is internationally better known as the English remake, but I prefer the original Swedish version. Män som hatar kvinnor translates as Men Who Hate Women, which is a good title, because it refers to two aspects of the story: the relation between Lisbeth Salander and her guardian, and the murder case itself. The recently departed Michael Nyqvist looks like an unglamorous investigative journalist. Noomi Rapace puts a lot of anger in the rebellious adolescent and computer hacker. Confessions of a Shopaholic is a comedy based is the novel series by Sophie Kinsella. I stumbled upon this while channel hopping. It's very light and silly, but it's one of the few recent comedies that actually made me laugh. Isla Fisher was the right choice to play the woman whose shopping addiction brings her into financial trouble. Hugh Dancy plays her charming employer; Krysten Ritter her equally shallow roommate. It's a satyre on consumerism. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Out of the ones other posters have listed, I have not seen: Backyard Broken Embraces Brothers The Damned United The Disappearance of Alice Creed The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Harry Brown Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno I Am Love Leaving Lebanon Micmacs Monsters vs Aliens Nowhere Boy Police, Adjective White Material The Young Victoria I've also seen London River and A Prophet which were two films that picked up festival acting awards. Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno is a curious documentary with clips from his unfinished feature film that starred Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani. Though I didn't list any of its performances, Micmacs is well worth seeing. And now to some of the films that made my list of performances. Backyard (2009) features a fine performance by Ana De La Reguera as a police captain investigating serial murders of women in the Juarez border area. Apparently it is based on a true story that involved 'thousands' of women's bodies turning up in the desert. It's a good mystery story not too distant from Night of the Generals in that serial murders are committed in a war zone. Sam Shepard made my list as the patriarch in Brothers. He packs a lot into this supporting part. Michael Sheen stars as the controversial football/soccer manager Brian Clough in The Damed United but I singled out two of the supporting players. Jim Broadbent plays the fiery owner and Timothy Spall plays Clough's loyal assistant. Spall's part of the loyal friend who is let down by his flawed boss is somewhat reminiscent of Joseph Calliea's brilliant turn in Touch of Evil. I thought Noomi Rapace was brilliant as Lisabeth Salander in both The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest from 2009. She plays an abused street punk whom one underestimates at their own peril. She is the computer hacking genius who aids the reporter in his quest to unravel an age old case of serial murders. Tilda Swinton made my list of best actresses as the wife of a wealthy Milanese manufacturer in I am Love. It's another finely nuanced performance by Swinton who in this film has an extra-marital affair. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Kristen Scott Thomas was near the top in my best actress list for Leaving. She plays a wife trapped in a rather cold marriage who has a very passionate affair with the handyman. She also made my list of supporting players as Aunt Mimi to John Lennon in Nowhere Boy. Both Anne Marie Duff as Lennon's mother Julia and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as young John Lennon are good too. Tahar Rahim made my runner up list of best actors for A Prophet. He plays a French Muslim kid who lands in prison and is drawn into a brutal Corsican gang. Niels Arestrup plays the incarcerated leader of the Corsican gang, Cesar Luciani. I would have to say he is so dislikable and effective in this part it is almost hard to heap praise on his performance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I've seen A Prophet, and thought it was excellent. I had forgotten about Nowhere Boy being a John Lennon bio of sorts. I'll have to track that one down. Backyard sounds like one I saw called Bordertown from 2006, directed by Gregory Nava (El Norte) and starring Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, and Martin Sheen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Great quotes from 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Badger: [scoffs] I'm sugar-coating it, man. This is Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, three of the meanest, nastiest, and ugliest farmers in the history of this valley. Mr.Fox: Right, tell me about them. Badger: [sighs] Allright. Walt Boggis is a chicken farmer, probably the most successful in the world. He weighs the same as a young rhinoceros. He eats three chickens every day for breakfast, lunch, supper, and dessert. That's twelve in total per deim. Nate Bunce is a duck and goose farmer. He is approximately the size of a pot-bellied dwarf, and his chin would be underwater in the shallow end of any swimming pool on the planet. His food is homemade donuts with mashed up goose livers injected into them. Frank Bean is a turkey and apple farmer. He invented his own species of each. He lives on a liquid diet of strong alcoholic cider, which he makes from his apples. He's as skinny as a pencil, as smart as a whip, and possibly the scariest man currently living. Inglourious Basterds Lt. Archie Hicox: [In English] Well, if this is it, old boy, I hope you don't mind if I go out speaking the King's. Major Dieter Hellstrom: [In English] By all means, Captain. Lt. Archie Hicox: [picks up his glass of scotch] There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good scotch. Seeing as how I may be rapping on the door momentarily... [drinks his scotch] Lt. Archie Hicox: I must say, damn good stuff, Sir. 500 Days of Summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Here are the films from 2009 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Away We Go with Maya Rudolph, Catherine O’Hara and John Krasinski The Great Buck Howard with Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Emily Blunt The Invention of Lying with Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. Away We Go is a well-directed and acted indie about a young couple (Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski) who are expecting their first child. The rest of the film centres around the pair being told various things by their families regarding the best way to take care of their future newborn. Rudolph and Krasinski both bring much to their roles as Verona and Burt, with Rudolph giving the best performance of the cast by being both unprepared and collected in her role as the typically flustered mother-to-be. The cast also includes Catherine O'Hara and Jeff Daniels as Burt's parents. Recommended. The Great Buck Howard seems to have stayed off most people's radars, but I feel that that is a shame. Colin Hanks plays a young man who gets a job as a gofer for a celebrity illusionist named Buck Howard (John Malkovich). Howard is currently on a publicity tour as part of a comeback in an attempt to return to his glory days in the 1960's. Hanks shines in his role, but it is Malkovich who has the most fun as Howard, an over-the-top parody of celebrity magicians such as David Copperfield and David Blaine with all of that sardonic wit you expect from Malkovich. Recommended. The Invention of Lying is similar to Buck Howard as it has also faded into obscurity. The film, from the creative mind of Ricky Gervais, tells of a man named Mark Bellison (Gervais) who lives in a world where everybody always tells the truth. One day, Mark tells a woman who he has an unrequited crush on (Jennifer Garner) a lie. This causes Mark to realize that lying might not be such a bad thing. Eventually his newfound habit of lying gets the best of him when he somehow convinces people that there is a "Man in the Sky" who is telling him to do things. Features a great supporting cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Louis C.K., Tina Fey, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Jeffrey Tambor, Christopher Guest, and a cameo by Edward Norton as a state trooper and a funny, insightful script by Gervais and co-director Matthew Robinson. Recommended. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Here we go. Here is the tally of our winners of the 2000’s. All had one vote unless indicated with (). Best Juvenile Performance 2000 Jaime Bell, Billy Elliot (5) Jonathan Chang Yi Yi (A One and a Two) Kristina Adamcova, Little Otik Donald Holden, George Washington 2001 Haley Joel Osment, AI, Artificial Intelligence (4) Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Alakina Mann, The Others 2002 Sarah & Emma Bolger, In America Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider Nicholas Hoult, About a Boy Douglas Silva, City of Gold Kristen Stewart, Panic Room Stine Bjerregaard, Open Hearts Morgan Marinne, The Son 2003 Ivan Dobronravov, The Return (2) Evan Rachel Wood, Thirteen Thomas Sangster, Love Actually Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider [2002 film] Nikki Reed, Thirteen 2004 Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland (3) Cameron Bright, Birth Yuya Yagira, Nobody Knows Matias Quer, Machuca Avaz Latif, Turtles Can Fly 2005 Q’orianka Kilcher, The New World (4) Suzaka Oghu, Memoirs of a Geisha (2) Georgie Hensley, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2006 Ivana Baquero, Pan’s Labyrinth (4) Keke Palmer, Akeelah and the Bee (2) Georgia Groome, London to Brighton Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson 2007 Saoirse Ronan, Atonement (4) Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, The Kite Runner Gabrielle Lopes, Persepolis Rachel Covey, Enchanted 2008 Eddie Alderson, Changeling Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Slumdog Millionaire Rachel Regulier, The Class Yuria Nara, Ponyo Salvatore Abruzzese, Gomorrah 2009 Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan (2) Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones (2) Jae Head, The Blind Side Leonard Proxauf, The White Ribbon Elizabeth Docter, Up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Best Supporting Actress 2000 Frances McDormand, Almost Famous (2) Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (2) Elaine May, Small Time Crooks Catherine Deneuve, Dance In the Dark Aurelia Petit, La Commune (Paris 1871) Parker Posey, Best In Show 2001 Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom (2) Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind (2) Maggie Smith, Gosford Park Kate Winslet, Iris Maggie Smith, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Ronit Elkabetz, Late Marriage 2002 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago (3) Paprika Steen, Open Hearts Kathy Bates, About Schmidt Queen Latifah, Chicago Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander Susan Sarandon, Moonlight Mile 2003 Christina Ricci, Monster (2) Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River Shohreh Aghdashioo, House of Sand and Fog Yeo Jin-Ha, Summer, Fall, Winter … And Spring Lucy Liu, Kill Bill Vol. 1 Sarah Paulson, Down With Love Alison Lohman, Matchstick Men 2004 Virginia Madsen, Sideways Sandra Oh, Sideways Romola Garai, Rory O’Shea Was Here Catherine Deneuve, Kings and Queen Sharon Warren, Ray Manuela Martelli, Machuca Natalie Portman, Closer 2005 Frances McDormand, North Country (2) Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain Catherine Keener, Capote Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener Amy Adams, Junebug Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha Robin Wright, Nine Lives 2006 Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (2) Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others Vera Farmiga, The Departed Rinko Kikuchi, Babel Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Sidse Babett Knudsen, After the Wedding 2007 Saoirse Ronan, Atonement (2) Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone (2) Ruby Dee, American Gangster Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There Gabrielle Lopes, Persepolis Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton 2008 Amy Adams, Doubt Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Viola Davis, Doubt Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Edith Scob, Summer Hours Johanna Wokalek, The Baader Meinhof Complex 2009 Mo’Nique, Precious (3) Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air Kierston Wareing, Fish Tank Melanie Laurent, Inglorious Basterds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Best Supporting Actor 2000 Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich Gary Oldman, The Contender Joaquin Phoenix, Quills Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous Jeffrey Wright, Shaft Joe Pantoliano, Memento Jack Black, High Fidelity Benicio Del Toro, Traffic Wilson, Cast Away 2001 Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2) Steve Buscemi, Ghost World (2) James Gandolfini, The Man Who Wasn’t There Clive Owen, Gosford Park Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge! Jeremy Northam, Gosford Park 2002 Michael Constantine, My Big Fat Greek Wedding Chris Cooper, Adaptation Djimon Hounsou, In America Dennis Haysbert, Far From Heaven Sergei Dontsov, Russian Ark Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Open Hearts Ray Liotta, Narc 2003 Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams (3) Tim Robbins, Mystic River (2) Albert Finney, Big Fish John Hurt, Dogville Morgan Freeman, Bruce Almighty David Hyde Pierce, Down With Love 2004 Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (2) Terence Howard, Crash Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby Michael Gambon, Layer Cake Ernesto Malbran, Machuca Clive Owen, Closer 2005 Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale Daniel Craig, Munich Ed Harris, A History of Violence Clifton Collins, Jr., Capote Stephen Fry, V For Vendetta George Clooney, Syriana 2006 Jack Nicholson, The Departed Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly Michael Shannon, World Trade Center Mark Wahlberg, The Departed Bill Nighy, Notes on a Scandal Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Michael Caine, The Prestige 2007 Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men (2) Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood (2) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War Federico Luppi, Fermat’s Room Robert Downey, Jr., Zodiac 2008 Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (3) Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight Colin Firth, Easy Virtue Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road 2009 Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia (2) Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds (2) Zack Galifianakis, The Hangover Peter Capaldi, In the Loop Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones *The 2008 and 2009 tallies reflect late corrections I received in PM. Edited August 16, 2017 by Bogie56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Best Actress 2000 Ellen Burstyn, Requiem For a Dream (4) Maggie Cheung, In the Mood For Love Joan Allen, The Contender Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich Bjork, Dancer In the Dark Natalie Portman, Where the Heart Is 2001 Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (4) Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones’s Diary Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher Anjelica Huston, The Royal Tenenbaums Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball 2002 Salma Hayek, Frida (3) Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven (2) Diane Lane, Unfaithful Samantha Morton, In America Renee Zellweger, Chicago 2003 Charlize Theron, Monster (4) Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give Nicole Kidman, Dogville Scarlett Johansson, Girl With a Pearl Earring Renee Zellweger, Down With Love 2004 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (3) Annette Bening, Being Julia (3) Emily Blunt, My Summer of Love Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 2005 Charlize Theron, North Country Sarah Polley, The Secret Life of Words Felicity Huffman, Transamerica Q’orianka Kilcher, The New World Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice Scarlett Johansson, Match Point Luminita Gheorgiu, The Death of Mr. Lazerescu 2006 Helen Mirren, The Queen (3) Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal (2) Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan Deborah Francoise, The Page Turner 2007 Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose (3) Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2) Keira Knightley, Atonement Tang Wei, Lust Caution 2008 Meryl Streep, Doubt (3) Kate Winslet, The Reader Melissa Leo, Frozen River Natalie Portman, The Other Boleyn Girl Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road 2009 Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia (3) Melanie Laurent, Inglorious Basterds Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Vincere Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank *The tally reflects a 2004 late correction I received in PM. Edited August 16, 2017 by Bogie56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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