Don’t forget to tune in tonight to the Screen Actors Guild Awards at 8/7c. It is being simulcast on TBS and TNT. Also catch the red carpet show on E! hosted by Giuliana Rancic and Ross Matthews. Those begin at 6/5c.
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Haywire (2012)
Haywire is an action-thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh (Contagion, Ocean’s Eleven) which stars Gina Carano, an MMA star and newcomer to the acting game. Carano plays Mallory Kane, a trained op who works for a government security contractor. After a job that almost goes off the rails, she is double crossed by her own people and becomes a target chased by skilled assassins. The film boasts plenty of hot male star power in Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, and Michael Douglas.
The trailer to this movie didn’t do anything for me and I went into this movie thinking I would get a couple of nice fight scenes out of it and possibly get surprised by Soderbergh. But such was not the case. This movie was just a straight up action movie. Now I’m not such a snob that I don’t love a straight up action movie but I just didn’t like this one. There was barely any plot or dialogue and when there was some dialogue it was pretty bad. You would then think well if that wasn’t there then the fight scenes must have been amazing? WRONG. I mean there were some good ones (the one at the beginning of the film with Channing Tatum is a little brutal but good as well as the scene with Fassbender) but overall not that great.
The entire movie is pretty much a showcase of Carano’s MMA skills. I’m not an MMA fan, well at least I’ve never given it much thought, so maybe if I was I would have enjoyed it more. For whatever reason the critics have been loving this movie more than audiences. It currently has an 80% rating from critics versus 44% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The only thing that even remotely saved this movie from being a complete disaster for me is the variety of eye candy spanning from the young (Tatum, Fassbender) to the older (Banderas, McGregor, Douglas).
Safe House Screening in Houston, TX
Houston readers. SalsaTV is sponsoring a screening of the new movie Safe House, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The screening will be on Thursday, February 2nd at the AMC Studio 30 theater. The movie begins at 7:30pm but I would advise you to be there by 5:30pm as it is a free screening.
Print this pass and present at the theatre. Please arrive early.
Seating is not guaranteed and is first come, first served.
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Print pass here. Watch the trailer below.
And The Nominees Are…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards this morning. This year’s most nominated film was Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, with 11 nominations, followed by Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, with 10. There were the usual suspects, some surprise and a lot of snubs (Hello Gosling, Fassbender?) The Oscars will be air on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26 and will be hosted by soon to be 9 time host, Billy Crystal. Check out all the nominees below.
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
*Where did Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close come from? I just think that if they were gonna put another movie in that slot that maybe Bridesmaids or The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo should have been there.
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
*Jonah Hill was great in Moneyball but I just think it’s kind of funny that the actor that brought us great films like Grandma’s Boy and Accepted is now nominated for an Oscar.
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
War Horse
Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Documentary Short
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Film Editing
The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Kevin Tent
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen
Makeup
Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams
Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Monyeball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Watch The Hunger Games‘ Jennifer Lawrence announce the nominees with Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak.
Golden Globes Fashion
BEST LOOKS
I love this color and I like this dress. It just looks really good on her and it’s not because her name is one letter off from to mine lol.
This look was styled by Brad Goreski, former assistant of Rachel Zoe and star of Bravo’s It’s A Brad Brad World. She looks so great. The color is great, the accessories are simple and work because the dress already has enough bling on it. Plus she looks amazing from just having a baby 6 months ago.
Premieres and Returns For Wednesday 1/18/12
Premieres Premieres Premieres!!!
8/7c
American Idol (FOX) – Season Premiere. Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, and Randy Jackson are back tonight with the 11th season of American Idol. This is the best part of this show because all the terrible auditions are shown. After the first two weeks I turn this show off. After all the horrible singers are gone, who cares. It gets so boring. At least Simon use to make it interesting. Now the three judges left are just ehh and really have nothing at all interesting to say.
9/8c
Criminal Minds (CBS) – Winter return. The team is traveling to San Francisco under suspicion that the Zodiac Killer is once again on a murderous warpath. Meanwhile, Reid will ponder his own capabilities as he accompanies Prentiss to a seminar on violent crime hosted by the crime novelist Patricia Cornwell.
10/9c
CSI (CBS) – Winter return. When a professional hit takes place at a law firm that Catherine recommended to a friend, she helps the FBI investigate. This is the episode before Marg Helgenburg’s exit. I might have to watch these last two episodes since Catherine Willows was my fave on this show. I have only watched off and on since William Peterson’s Gill Grissom left about 3 seasons ago.
Mistresses (BBC) – Season Premiere. Finally BBC is airing the final season of this show. I liked it very much and I’m sad that it didn’t continue. The name should tell you a lot about this show. It’s soapy and quite delicious and there are some really good stories as well as some good acting.
Royal Pains (USA) – Winter Premiere. Eric Kassabian’s life hangs in the balance after a prescription error and Hank blames Dr. Van Dyke instead of Divya. Meanwhile, Paige tosses convention aside and makes Evan an offer he can’t refuse.
COUGAR TOWN RETURNS!!!!!
THE CUL-DE-SAC CREW IS BACK!!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!! The crew will be returning for their 3rd season Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Happy Valentine’s Day to me. It will be airing after the Tim Allen show Last Man Standing at 8:30/7:30c. I was really sad when ABC decided to bench the show until midseason and not even January mid-season they were going to bring it back in late March. They thought this was a good idea and put Work It! on the lineup. Seriously, who at ABC thought that show was going to give them a hit? After two airings that debacle was rightly canceled therefore making room for my loves to return.
If you have never checked out the show, please do. Season 1 started out a little rough but it quickly evolved and got so much better. Watch on Hulu, Netflix, or ABC to catch up before season 3 begins.
Best Moments From The Golden Globe Awards
After what seemed like the longest 3 hours of my life, the Golden Globes are finally over. The event which was hosted by the hilarious (he wasn’t tonight) Ricky Gervais and the show was a true mixed bag of moments but overall it was pretty underwhelming. The awards that were handed out had some surprise wins like Kelsey Grammer winning the Best Actor Drama category or the fine fine Idris Elba winning the Best Actor TV movie/Miniseries category. The Descendants and The Artist were the big winners of the night with
Here are some of the best moments from last.
Ricky Gervais Calls Out Johnny Depp.
This was pretty hilarious. Johnny Depp was presenting the first award and in introducing him Gervais continued his bit from last year about how terrible the movie The Tourist was by asking him if “He’d seen The Tourist himself?” Depp admitted that he hadn’t which Ricky used as confirmation that the movie was awful.
Jimmy Fallon Doing His Own Moves Like Jagger
Jimmy Fallon making fun of Adam Levin and his band Maroon 5’s hit Moves Like Jagger. He then proceeded to try to show Adam his own Jagger moves. It was pretty hilarious.
Michelle Williams Gives A Really Sweet Speech After Her Win For Best Actress in A Comedy/Musical
“I consider myself a mother first and an actress second. So the person I most want to thank is my daughter, my little girl, whose bravery and exuberance is the example that I take with me in my work and in my life,” said Michelle Williams as she accepted her award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for My Week With Marilyn. She dedicated the award to her daughter and thanked many people including her BFF, Busy Phillips (Cougar Town). I love the Dawson’s Creek love and that they have been friends for so long. I also love that I got to see Phillips since ABC decided to not have my show Cougar Town on the air right now. Here is the speech in its entirety.
Modern Family Acceptance Speech By Sofia Vergara
Modern Family finally won the award for best comedy after 2 years of losing to Glee. The entire cast made their way on stage and Vergara and creator Steve Levitan decides that since they are an international show they should do their speech in two languages.
Elton John’s Sourpuss Face When Madonna Won For Best Original Song
There is definitely no love lost between Elton John and Madonna. They have been feuding ever since Madonna won an award for best live act and Elton responded with “Madonna, best f–king live act? F–k off!” Elton was already in a fighting mood during the red carpet show with Carson Daly when he said that Madonna had no chance of winning the award that night. Madonna responded with “may the best man win”
Elton’s husband, David Furnish, was rather pissed after the loss and went off on his Facebook page saying, “Madonna. Best song???? F–k off!!! Thank you for all your comments and support. Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. And her criticism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is.”
Furnish’s reference to Lady Gaga, godmother to their child, is from a jab Madonna made at her in an interview with ABC News this past week where she implied that Gaga ripped off her work.
I see why they hate Madonna because she is such a rhymes with itch. But they come off looking like such sore losers in this whole thing.
That’s about it. There was a great moment with Meryl Streep when she went up to accept her award for Best Actress in a Drama for The Iron Lady but all moments with Meryl are wonderful so I didn’t put that up here. For a complete list of the winners, check out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Next up SAG Awards.
Pariah (2011)
On the surface, this movie looks like a typical coming of age/coming out story but when you look more into it, you see that it is a lot than that simple story. Pariah is the story of Alike; played by newcomer Adepero Oduye; a seventeen year old African-American high school student who has accepted the fact that she is a lesbian but now struggles with coming out to her very religious mother and the father that she adores. The story is set in Brooklyn, NY and might look a little like 2009’s Precious but this is as far as the similarities between the two films go. The movie also stars Kim Wayans (In Living Color, Juwanna Mann) playing Alike’s uber religious mother.
As Alike lives her life as an in the closet lesbian, she goes through many of the growing pains we all face as teenagers from the crushes, to the first kiss and the vulnerability we experience around someone we like. This movie could have easily gone into showing the cliched stereotypes of African Americans like poverty, broken homes and abuse but this one showed a middle class family that while not perfect was still very much intact and also showed a girl that was strong, smart and confident in her own way. I think it’s very refreshing to see.
Alike’s struggle really resonated with me because I have also felt like I was hiding a part of myself from family. So when the film ended with Alike getting her freedom, I was kind of affected by that and shed one lone tear (I’m a G, I don’t cry at movies lol). It was just very touching.
Pariah is rated R and in theaters now.
Golden Globes
The Golden Globe Awards air tonight on NBC at 8/7c. To see all the nominees check out the official Globes site or my post. Also if you are into the red carpet thing, which I most definitely am, check out E! red carpet coverage as the stars arrive at 6/5c.
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