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This is it on Blu Ray - Jan 26

I had a chance to check out MJ's This is It on Blu Ray last night and I loved it even more. Their are some great features on this disc and the digital re-mastering of the audio was great as well. What make this is a must have is the behind the scenes look at the auditions and the comments that the crew/cast of the show make about MJ's final days. I also love the fact that the chapters are broken down into the song selections as well. The Blu Ray releases Jan 26th and I can't say enough about why this is a must have for any fan.

Box office preview: 'Tooth Fairy', 'Ex MEasures will not be able to bounce Avatar from number 1 this weekend

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MY GOLDEN GLOBE PICKS - WHo SHould Win vs Who Will Win

Best Motion Picture — Drama
Avatar - Should Win
The Hurt Locker - Will Win

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side - Will Win
Carey Mulligan, An Education - Should Win


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart - Will Win
George Clooney, Up in the Air - Should Win


Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine - Should Win

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia - Will win and Should Win


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy (not sure)
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine - Should Win/Will Win
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo-Nique, Precious - Should Win
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air Should Win
Penelope Cruz, Nine - Will Win

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (not sure)
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Basterds - Should Win
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Animated Feature Film
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Will Win
Up - Should Win

Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces - Will Win
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
The Maid

Best Director — Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker - Should Win
James Cameron, Avatar - Will Win


Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Up in the Air - Will Win
It’s Complicated
District 9 - Should Win
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds


This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010

DGA NODS - I see a trend

Complete list of nominees:

KATHRYN BIGELOW

"The Hurt Locker"

(Summit Entertainment)

Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark

• First Assistant Director: David Ticotin

• First Assistant Director (Canadian Unit): Lee Cleary

JAMES CAMERON

"Avatar"

(Twentieth Century Fox)

Mr. Cameron's Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson

• First Assistant Director: Josh McLaglen

• Second Assistant Director/Additional Unit First Assistant Director: Maria Battle Campbell

LEE DANIELS

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

(Lionsgate)

Mr. Daniels' Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Tony Hernandez

• First Assistant Director: Chip Signore

• Second Assistant Director: Tracey Hinds

• Second Second Assistant Director: Michael "Boogie" Pinckney

• Additional Unit Production Manager: Patrick D. Gibbons

• Additional First Assistant Director: Tom Fatone

• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Kim Thompson, Mirashyam Blakeslee

• Location Manager: Gregory Routt

JASON REITMAN

"Up In The Air"

(Paramount Pictures)

Mr. Reitman's Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg

• First Assistant Director: Jason Blumenfeld

• Second Assistant Director: Sonia Bhalla

• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Samson Mucke

• Second Second Assistant Director: Joseph Payton

• Additional Second Assistant Director: Heather L. Hogan

QUENTIN TARANTINO

"Inglourious Basterds"

(The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures)

Mr. Tarantino's Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Gregor Wilson

• Unit Production Manager (Germany): Michael Scheel

• First Assistant Director: Carlos Fidel

• Second Assistant Director: Miguel Angelo Pate

• Second Second Assistant Directors: Jill Moriarty, Tanja D�beritz

Some Bollywood Flicks to look out for in 2010

Aashayein
Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein has been ready for release for quite some time. This John Abraham-Sonal Sehgal film tells the story of a gambling addict who discovers new meanings of fortune and life. John Abraham had to lose 16 kilos for the film.
Action Replayy
Action Replayy stars macho man Akshay Kumar and beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Neha Dhupia. It is based on a 1994 Gujarati play of the same name. Action Replayy is a.

Aisha
The perils of misconstrued romance come alive in this remake of Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma. Sonam Kapoor plays the title-role of Aisha while Abhay Deol plays the male lead. The film is being produced by her sister Rhea under their father Anil Kapoor’s banner.

Chance Pe Dance
Chance Pe Dance stars Shahid Kapoor and Genelia D'Souza. It is directed by Ken Ghosh and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under his banner, UTV Motion Pictures. The movie releases on January 15, 2010. The film's working title was Yahoo and another title, Star, was also considered. Also the film was shot halfway with Jiah Khan as the heroine, but she was later replaced by Genelia. Shahid has been flaunting his eight-pack abs that trainer Abbas Ali developed for himin the movie's trailers. The music by Adnan Sami and Pritam is already a huge hit with the masses. The makers claim the movie is similar to Shahid's personal experience when he finally got Ishq Vishk after giving a lot of screen tests and auditions.

Dulha Mil Gaya
Dulha Mil Gaya brings back the hit couple of Main Hoon Na, Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen, along with Fardeen Khan, and is directed by debutante Mudassar Aziz. Shah Rukh Khan was initially supposed to do a cameo but now has 50 minutes of screen footage.

Guzaarish
Guzaarish marks the return of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Saawariya. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. The movie will revolve around the story of a married nurse (Aishwarya Rai) and a paraplaegic, wheelchair-bound patient (Hrithik Roshan) suffering from impairment of the motor and sensory
Ishqiya
Vidya Balan, who won rave reviews for her role in Paa, will be seen in a negative role for the first time in this movie. The medium-budget flick stars Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan in lead roles and is directed by Abhishek Chaubey. Kaminey director Vishal Bhardwaj is overseeing the making of the movie which is laced with strong dialogues. Female audiences at a focus group screening were so uncomfortable with some scenes that parts of the film are being re-shot keeping their reactions in mind. Set in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the movie is a tale of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense, passion and deceit.

Kites
Kites is about an Indian boy's romantic affair with a Latin girl and their predicament as they do not understand each other's languages. Hrithik Roshan plays a Salsa teacher. Kangna Ranaut plays a rich girl and is shown as Hrithik's dance student. The story is set in Las Vegas. This Anurag Basu-directed movie stars also marks the debut of Mexican actress Barbara Mori in Bollywood. Hrithik unveiled the first look of the much-hyped film Kites amid fanfare at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. The movie will be released in April 2010. The distribution rights of Kites have apparently been sold to Reliance Big Pictures for a record Rs 150 crore. The film will release in English and Hindi.

My Name Is Khan
Easily the most awaited of 2010, My Name Is Khan is directed by Karan Johar and co-produced by Johar and Shah Rukh Khan. In the movie, Shah Rukh suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism. He falls in love with a Hindu woman Mandira, played by Kajol, who is also a single mother living in San Francisco. The 9/11 terror attacks and how it affects their relationship and life is the theme of the movie.The film brings back the super-hit pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol on screen after a long gap.

Pyaar Impossible
This Jugal Hansraj movie is a romantic comedy film featuring Uday Chopra, Priyanka Chopra and Dino Morea in leading roles. Uday Chopra himself has written the script for the movie. The film's official website describes the film as the love story of a beauty and a geek. Pyaar Impossible is scheduled for release on January 8, 2010. Uday was last seen in Dhoom 2 which released in 2006. The lead actors are currently busy promoting the movie.

Raavan
Raavan directed by Mani Ratnam is one of the most awaited films of 2010. It stars Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda and Priyamani. It is also being made simultaneously in Tamil with a slightly different cast. The music is composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. Mani Ratnam, who had earlier directed Thalapathi, which bore
Rann
Rann is a high-end drama from director Ram Gopal Varma and delves into the highly-competitive world of television news reporting in India, putting the spotlight on the media industry's insatiable appetite for advertisers and viewers.The trailer of the movie is already out and the film will release on 22nd January 2010. The film's title-track, Jana Gana Mana Rann Hai, set to the tune of the national anthem, ran into trouble with the Censor Board. The film is said to be based on Sidney Lumet's 1976 movie Network. The ensemble cast of the film includes Paresh Rawal, Riteish Deshmukh, Mohnish Behl, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Mallika Sherawat and Rajpal Yadav.

Road, Movie
Directed by Dev Benegal, Road, Movie features Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Satish Kaushik in lead roles. The movie has been screened at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival and 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. This coming-of-age movie was first conceptualised by the director in 2004.
Teen Patti
The biggest highlight of director Leena Yadav's Teen Patti is the presence of Sir Ben Kingsley. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, R. Madhavan, Raima Sen and Shraddha Kapoor. Richard Gere makes a guest appearance.The plot is said to be similar to the 2008 movie 21, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. Amitabh plays Venkat Subramaniam, a reclusive maths. genius from India who cracks a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness, while Sir Ben Kingsley plays the part of Perci Trachtenberg who is known as the world's greatest living mathematician.

Veer
Veer is Salman Khan's first attempt at writing a movie. Apparently, Salman has been nurturing the story of Veer for over two decades. Directed by Anil Sharma of Gadar fame, the movie will release on January 22, 2010. The epic saga stars Salman Khan in a never-seen-before avatar along with newcomer Zarine Khan. The film also stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff along with Sohail Khan and Bharat Dabholkar in pivotal roles along with Miss UK Lisa Lazarus. The film faced some location issues in London and Jaipur and there were also reports about creative differences between Salman and director Anil Sharma.The music score by Sajid-Wajid has received positive reviews.

NINE is in my top 5 from 2009

I dragged myself to screen NINE this week and I walked out a changed man. I loved what Marshall did with this film. It's a great tribute (and is perhaps better) to an already wonderful musical. Daniel Day Lewis deserves all of the praise he is getting in the press for his acting. For now Go See It and let me know on twitter what you think.