83rd Annual Academy Awards: "The King's Speech" won the Best Motion Picture and the biggest win with 4 awards, as well as "Inception"

The big day has finally come! First of all, pardon me for not tweeting nor live blogging for this very important event in movie world, I was at work and unfortunately my laptop couldn't connect to the office's internet, so it was a bummer (for the record I live in Indonesia, and it was Sunday, February 28, 8 am here when the show begins — it was surely not a prime time :D). Below I'm going to give you the full winner list (because you might have found out the 'early synopsis' from the event).

Best Motion Picture of the Year: "The King's Speech"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth for "The King's Speech"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman for "Black Swan"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale for "The Fighter"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo for "The Fighter"
Best Achievement in Directing: Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler for "The King's Speech"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"
Best Animated Feature of the Year: "Toy Story 3"
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: "In a Better World" (Denmark)
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Wally Pfister for "Inception"
Best Achievement in Editing: Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall for "The Social Network"
Best Achievement in Art Direction: Robert Stormberg & Karen O'Hara for "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Achievement in Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Achievement in Makeup: Rick Baker & Dave Elsey for "The Wolfman"
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for "The Social Network"
Best Original Song: Randy Newman "We Belong Together"
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, & Ed Novick for "Inception"
Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Richard King for "Inception"
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, & Paul J. Franklin for "Inception"
Best Documentary Feature: "Inside Job"
Best Documentary Short Subjects: "Strangers No More"
Best Short Film, Animated: "The Lost Thing"
Best Short Film, Live Action: "God of Love"

"The King's Speech" and "Inception" were the biggest winners of the night with four awards (Christopher Nolan doesn't need to be sad for not being nominated as Best Director, his movie won big!), followed by "The Social Network" with three, and then "Alice in Wonderland", "The Fighter", and "Toy Story 3" for two awards. I am so happy that my Oscars wishes (and predictions) were all right (except Best Original Screenplay which I predicted will go to "Inception"). Overall, the winners reeeally deserve this award, I am truthfully satisfied with the results! Congratulations once again for all of them!

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Inside the Oscars: who's going to present what!

83rd Annual Academy Awards is just a few hours away, and since I won't be able to do any live coverage (both tweet or live blog), I'm going to give you a tidbits about what's gonna happen at the show! Thanks to Deadline, we got an exclusive details from the rehearsals, complete with the list of presenters and the nominations they are carrying (I posted the rehearsal photos yesterday).

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"The Last Airbender" named Worst Movie and the big winner at the Razzie's Golden Raspberry Awards

Very cool special effects won't guarantee your movie to be cool either. This should be a huge lesson for any Hollywood directors, because we the audience won't be easily fooled by it. Even if we just wanted to watch a movie with simplified plot it doesn't mean that they can underestimate the other technical details. Shallow person like me actually pay attention to the dialogue details (screenplay) and scene continuity and relevance (apart of me being an OCD-er).

Take a look at 2009's big blockbuster-but-big whoop "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". This movie was no doubt full of AMAZING special effects — those robot fights were fantastic. But unfortunately employing good actors like Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson (no I won't include Megan Fox in this — she's the worst part of the movie) wouldn't turn out to be good without a good script.

The movie ran for 2 hours with those spectacular effects but very weak storyline and dialogue. It grossed more than $800 million at the box office, but that won't do any good if the critics flunked it (for the record, The Rolling Stones gave the movie an 'F' grade — big FAIL!). As the result, this movie wasn't included as Best nor Most Favorite Movies that year at all (even the shallowest achievement like MTV Movie Awards* missed it), instead it won big at the Razzie's Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture. Michael Bay finally explained that the writer's strike affected the production, as they had to choose the script in the last minute without actually revised or corrected it. He made a promise that the third installment, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", will be much better.

This case of "Revenge of the Fallen" apparently repeated last year. The whole world rejoiced after M. Night Shyamalan announced he was working on the movie version of Nickelodeon's favorite cartoon show "Avatar: The Legend of Aang". I personally love this cartoon so much, it has a meaningful story to told in each episode, and I expected the movie version will be even more epic than it. But, well, apparently high expectation does make a heartbreak. The movie was a complete failure.

Storyline? Bleh. Acting? Bleh. Casting? Bleh. Screenplay? Bleh. Special effects? Thumbs up! But then again, special effects won't prove anything. It's reeeally bad that M. Night made it like this, because I knew he could do better! At one point I even doubted him for watching the original show — where's the joyful and silly Aang (Noah Ringer)? He changed Aang into someone serious and rather 'desperate'. I loved to know that Dev Patel was on the movie, but isn't Prince Zuko should be 'oriental'? Same thing goes to Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) and Katara (Nicola Peltz), they are supposed to be tan.

Succeeding "Revenge of the Fallen", this movie was voted as the Worst Picture at this year's Razzie. "The Last Airbender" 'beat' its 'highest' worst contenders, "Sex and the City 2" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse". Not only the Worst Picture, it also got Worst Screenplay, Worst Eye-Gouging Miss-use of 3D, and Worst Director for M. Night Shyamalan.

Meanwhile, "Sex and the City 2" took home Worst Ensemble Cast, Worst Sequel, and Worst Actress (for all four of them!). The "Twilight" fans should be thankful that apparently their movie wasn't the only worst on this planet, even though Jackson Rathbone, who played Jasper Cullen, got the Worst Supporting Actor (but I think it was based on his performance in "Last Airbender").

To be honest I thought "Vampires Suck" would be the biggest winner, because the movie was really really really suck. I mean if I had to choose between "Vampires Suck" and "The Last Airbender", I'd go with the latter because I'm still a fan of the original cartoon and Dev Patel was in it. "Vampires Suck" ranked only 4% in Rotten Tomatoes, while "Last Airbender" was slightly better in 7%. But the decisions have been made so I can't do anything.

If we normally congratulate the winner of an award, for this one I only can say, 'Sorry to hear that'.

*: Why do I think MTV Movie Award is shallow? Well, looking at the previous couple of years winner: how come "Twilight" beat "The Dark Knight" as the BEST MOVIE? How come "New Moon" beat "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland" as the BEST MOVIE? If "Eclipse" will win over "The Social Network" or "Inception" this year, I don't think I will watch MTV Movie Awards anymore, unless my idols are nominated and attending the show. Period.

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Sneak peek at the Oscars rehearsal!

I have some sneak peek photos at the Oscars rehearsal tonight! Tom Hanks, Bruce Cohen, Kathryn Bigelow, Hillary Swank, and Celine Dion were spotted at the Kodak Theatre. Seems like Celine Dion will perform tomorrow, and the rest of them will present the nominations and winners. Check out some of the photos below:

Speaking of Oscars, I don't think I will do a livetweet tomorrow since I'll be at the office (it's my first day so I don't want to screw it up! ;D), but full coverage of the winners and photos will be posted here in my site. :)

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"Black Swan" is the biggest winner in Independent Spirit Awards

"Black Swan" took home Best Film, Best Actress (Natalie Portman), Best Cinematography, and Best Director (Darren Aronofsky) at tonight's Independent Spirit Awards. Oscars' most favorited contender "The King's Speech" won Best Foreign Film, while "The Kids Are Alright" took home Best Screenplay.

The Oscar host James Franco was the Best Actor for his incredible performance in "127 Hours". Other indie favorite "Winter's Bone" won two awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, John Hawkes and Dale Dickey respectively.

"Marwencol" won Truer than Fiction award, but lost to "Exit through Gift Shop" in Best Documentary. "Marwencol", directed by Jeff Malmberg and starring Mark Hogancamp as the single actor, has received numerous positive critics and is definitely included in my 'must watch' list.

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"The King's Speech" is the biggest winner of Screen Actors Guild Awards!

Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Geoffrey Rush presenting "The King's Speech" at Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Tom Hooper's critically acclaimed "The King's Speech" snatched the biggest award of tonight's Screen Actors Guld Awards (SAG Awards) as Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture—or shortly Best Movie! Colin Firth, leading actor of "The King's Speech" also won Best Actor, beating Jeff Bridges for "True Grit", Jesse Eisenberg for "The Social Network", Robert Duvall for "Get Low", and James Franco for "127 Hours". While the Best Actress went to "Black Swan" leading lady Natalie Portman.

Another big winners are the cast of "The Fighter", in which Christian Bale (the birthday boy—he's officially 37 tonight!) and Melissa Leo named as Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Both were also the winners of Best Supporting roles in the previous Golden Globe Awards.

As for the television category, Best Comedy went to "Modern Family" (which surprisingly beat the favorited nominee "Glee"), while the Best Drama went to "Boardwalk Empire". Alec Baldwin and Betty White were Best Actors in Comedy Series. Steve Buschemi, who previously won Best Actor for Television Series in Golden Globe also won Best Actor for Drama TV Series, while the Best Actress was Julianna Margulies. Click "Read More" for full winner list.

Congratulations for all the winners! This speculates that "The King's Speech" might be the strongest candidate to win in the next award show, Orange British Academy Film Awards (or the BAFTAs), or even the Academy Awards.

Another personal note to myself: I need to see "The King's Speech" real soon. Before the Oscars!

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List of Screen Actors Guild Awards presenters!

Thanks to Associated Press we now have the full list of Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) presenters! The show will be held Monday, January 31st. I'm so happy that my favorites are included, Andrew Garfield and Natalie Portman. Check out the list below:

Amy Adams, Annette Bening, Helena Bonham Carter, Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Geoffrey Rush, Justin Timberlake, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin, Jason Bateman, Jeff Bridges, Rosario Dawson, Josh Duhamel, Jon Hamm, Angie Harmon, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria, Cory Monteith, Amy Poehler, Jeremy Renner, Hilary Swank, Sofia Vergara, Betty White and Robin Wright.

Follow SAG Awards' twitter @SAGawards for full coverage of the event.

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The Academy Award nominations: "The King's Speech" leads with 12 noms, "True Grit" with 10 noms, both "Inception" and "The Social Network" for 8 noms!

Finally! The Oscar aka Academy Awards nominations have been announced! The British masterpiece "The King's Speech" leads the Oscar with 12 nominations, followed by "True Grit" with 10 nominations, and then "Inception" and "The Social Network" with 8 nominations each. Other favorites like "Black Swan", "The Fighter", and "Toy Story 3" are also included. Here are the complete nomination list, plus my favorites to win!

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Here comes the Razzie Awards nominations!

Finally! The ultimate anti-Oscar 'appreciation', Razzie Awards, has announced its nominations for worst of the worst movies last year. And as most people have predicted, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Vampires Suck" dominate the entire worst nominations. "The Last Airbender", "Jonah Hex", and "Sex and the City 2" are also on it. Here are the complete nominations and my own predictions on who's going to be called the worst.

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Critics' Choice Movie Awards: "Inception" and "The Social Network" are the King and Queen!

Cast and crew of "The Social Network", winner of Best Picture.

After the disappointing Best Movie winner selection of People's Choice Awards earlier this month (it went to "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"—surprise, surprise!), I am so glad that finally the real deal came up in this award season. Critics' Choice Awards which was held in Hollywood Paladium last night, and it truly chose the best of the best winners.

Natalie Portman

"Inception" led the night with 5 awards; Best Action Movie, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects. While "The Social Network" came in behind with 4 awards; Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score, and the ultimate award Best Picture. Colin Firth and Natalie Portman won Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, while the Best Supporting Actor & Actress went to Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.

"Alice In Wonderland" won Best Costume Design and Best Makeup, "Toy Story 3" is the Best Animated Movie, and "Easy A" won Best Comedy. Matt Damon and Quentin Tarantino both won the Honorary Awards, the John Siegel Award and Music + Film Award respectively.

Christian Bale

What attracts me the most is that it gave an award special to young talents called Best Young Actor/ Actress, which went to Hailee Steinfeld for "True Grit". Chloe G. Moretz was nominated for this award in her two movies "Kick-Ass" and "Let Me In". Her "Let Me In" co-star Kodi Smit-McPhee was also nominated, as well as the "Winter Bone" star Jennifer Lawrence and Dakota Fanning's little sister Elle Fanning in "Somewhere".

This award reminds me that I have to watch "Black Swan", "The Fighter", "True Grit", and "The King's Speech" as soon as possible, because I don't want to miss anymore wonderful movies of 2010. Especially I gotta do this before the Oscars.

Full winners list and acceptance videos are available here on Critics' Choice Awards official site.

Photos from the red carpet are available under the cut. Click Read More! :)

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