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#294: 2010 Oscar Picks

Best Picture

Adam

Will win: THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

matty

Will win: THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS


Best Director

Adam

Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

matty

Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER


Best Actress

Adam

Will win: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Should win: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION

MATTY

Will win: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Should win: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION


Best Actor

Adam

Will win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
Should win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART

matty

Will win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
Should win: Colin Firth, A SINGLE MAN


Best Supporting Actress

Adam

Will win: Mo’Nique, PRECIOUS
Should win: Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR

matty

Will win: Mo’Nique, PRECIOUS
Should win: Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR


Best Supporting Actor

Josh

Will win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Adam

Will win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

best adapted screenplay

MATTY

Will win: UP IN THE AIR
Should win: AN EDUCATION

Adam

Will win: UP IN THE AIR
Should win: AN EDUCATION

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

MATTY

Will win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: A SERIOUS MAN

ADAM

Will win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

#293: Performances That Should've Won Oscars

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adam

1. Orson Welles — CITIZEN KANE

2. Ellen Burstyn — REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

3. Faye Dunaway — BONNIE AND CLYDE

4. Henry Fonda — GRAPES OF WRATH

Chaplin — THE GREAT DICTATOR

5. Robert Duvall — THE APOSTLE


Matty

1. Peter Sellers — DR. STRANGELOVE

2. Robert De Niro — TAXI DRIVER

3. Katharine Hepburn — LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

4. Dustin Hoffman — MIDNIGHT COWBOY

5. Sissy Spacek — IN THE BEDROOM

#292: Teen Rebels

adam

1. Antoine — THE 400 BLOWS

2. Holly — BADLANDS

3. Colin Smith — THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

4. Neil McCormick — MYSTERIOUS SKIN

5. Max Fischer — RUSHMORE


Matty

1. Joan of Arc — THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

2. Antoine — THE 400 BLOWS

3. Jim Stark — REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

4. Billy Liar — BILLY LIAR

5. Mick O’Brien — BAD BOYS

#290: Career Comebacks

adam

1. Dennis Hopper — BLUE VELVET

2. Gloria Swanson — SUNSET BLVD.

3. Mickey Rourke — THE WRESTLER

4. Burt Reynolds — BOOGIE NIGHTS

5. Jackie Earle Hayley — LITTLE CHILDREN


Matty

1. Gloria Swanson — SUNSET BLVD.

2. Burt Reynolds — BOOGIE NIGHTS

3. Frank Sinatra — FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

4. Peter Fonda — ULEE’S GOLD

5. Jason Bateman — DODGEBALL

#288: 2009 Blowout

truly moving moments

Adam

Marriage Montage, UP

Piggy Back, TREELESS MOUNTAIN

Mother’s Story, FOOD, INC.

matty

Marriage Montage, UP

Piggy Back, TREELESS MOUNTAIN


overrated

Adam

AVATAR
BROKEN EMBRACES
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
THE COVE

matty

AVATAR
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER


underrated

Adam

BROTHERS
ANTICHRIST
THE BROTHERS BLOOM
NINE

MATTY

SUGAR
BIG FAN
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD


discoveries

Adam

Bailee Madison, BROTHERS
Jonathan Groff, TAKING WOODSTOCK
Mark Duplass, HUMPDAY
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

matty

So Yong Kim, TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Antonio Campos, AFTERSCHOOL
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Bailee Madison, BROTHERS
Duncan Jones, MOON
Hirokazu Koreeda, STILL WALKING


disappointments

Adam

The Lovely Bones
Taking Woodstock
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Informant!
Maggie Gyllenhaal, CRAZY HEART & AWAY WE GO

matty

The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Informant!
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans


surprises

Josh

Robin Williams, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD
Michael Rappaport, BIG FAN
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, BROTHERS

Adam

Natalie Portman, BROTHERS
Jake Gyllenhaal, BROTHERS




most annoying performances

Adam

Brad Pitt, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Emile Hirsch, TAKING WOODSTOCK
Maggie Gyllenhaal, AWAY WE GO
Christian Bale, PUBLIC ENEMIES / TERMINATOR SALVATION

matty

Christian Bale, PUBLIC ENEMIES
Amy Adams, JULIE & JULIA


Best Date Movies

Matty

Up
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Funny People

Adam

Up in the Air
Drag Me to Hell
I Love You, Man
(500) Days of Summer
An Education


Worst date movies

Matty

Antichrist
The Girlfriend Experience

Adam

The White Ribbon
The Road
A Single Man/Nine
The Girlfriend Experience
Moon


favorite scenes

MATTY

Slap Da Bass, I LOVE YOU, MAN
TV Set, PRECIOUS
Opening Scene, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Final Shot, A SERIOUS MAN

Adam

Opening Scene, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Party Scene, HUMPDAY
Comparing Cards, UP IN THE AIR
Expectation vs. Real Life, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER


Best Male Frontal Nudity

Matty

Randy Gambill, OBSERVE AND REPORT
Willem Dafoe, ANTICHRIST
Billy Crudup, WATCHMEN

Adam

Willem Dafoe, ANTICHRIST
Billy Crudup, WATCHMEN
THE HANGOVER


Best Performance in a bad movie

Adam

Amanda Seyfried, JENNIFER’S BODY
Sam Worthington, TERMINATOR SALVATION
Jonathan Groff, SAVING WOODSTOCK
Jackie Earle Haley, WATCHMEN


best opening scenes

Adam

Inglorious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
Zombieland
The Hurt Locker


Scene stealers

Adam

Glenn Kenny, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE
Carrie Preston, DUPLICITY


Comedy that made me laugh that nobody saw

Matty

The Goods


Movie that will have you talking like the character

matty

Liam Neeson, TAKEN


 
 

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