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2013 Oscar Winners


The 85th Annual Academy Awards took place last night and it seems everyone got a bit of love from the academy. Life of Pi was the big winner taking home 4 awards, followed by Argo and Les Misérables with 3. Skyfall, Djanjo Unchained and Lincoln received 2 awards each. Check out the full list of winners.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Paperman

ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Life Of Pi

VISUAL EFFECTS
Life Of Pi

COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Les Misérables

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Curfew

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Inocente

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching For Sugar Man

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria)

SOUND MIXING
Les Misérables

SOUND EDITING
(tie)
Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anne HathawayLes Misérables

FILM EDITING
Argo

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Lincoln

ORIGINAL SCORE
Life Of Pi

ORIGINAL SONG
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris TerrioArgo

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin TarantinoDjango Unchained

DIRECTING
Ang LeeLife Of Pi

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jennifer LawrenceSilver Linings Playbook

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-LewisLincoln

BEST PICTURE
Argo
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

Brave Review


Brave is the new Pixar film about Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) who is determined to carve her own path in life. Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the lords of the land, which inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom. She then turns to a crazy old Witch (Julie Walters) for help and is granted an ill-fated wish. The consequences of her wish force Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.

This movie is so cute. I really enjoyed watching it. I have a thing for female red heads. I don’t know what it is from Julianne Moore, and Julia Roberts, to Emma Stone (she’s blond now but she’ll be back to red), I just love them. And so when I saw Merida with that wild mess of red hair, I knew I would love her. I didn’t really know what to expect from the movie. The first half of it is a little misleading. It’s all about Merida and her parents trying to marry her off, but in the second of it gets to the real heart of the movie which is this mother/daughter relationship. It’s just really great to watch. I even shed a little tear towards the end. I think its great for everyone to see. Granted is it the best Pixar movie? No, but it’s still a great story with lovely characters. Check out Brave in theaters now.