this reminds you that there is still awesome in the world

oh, Bridges, how do you kick so much ass? I love that you have two movies coming out this fall/winter, and that they are True Grit and this:

well holy crap

the first official full trailer for True Grit was released today. Relish in the awesome-ness...

and, because Kim's a genius, let's just honor Mssrs Coen and Bridges appropriately:

helloooo movie season!

It's that time of year when the big hitters (that we will start hearing more and more about as the early awards begin coming in) come out to play. AwardsCircuit.com (formerly OscarIgloo) has its predictions up (though they're a little behind, with the Toronto Film Festival having given us the first glimpse of how the awards show season could play out...)

And speaking of Toronto, the big winner there was The King's Speech, Colin Firth's follow-up to his unbelievable performance in last year's A Single Man (seriously, I love you, Jeff Bridges, but I'm still a little bitter about Firth losing all acting awards to you, because, frankly, he was better). Anyway, with a cast of people I love (Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce...), I REALLY can't wait for this movie:



And, okay, speaking of last year's Oscar winner (and long-time 3pies4rolls love) Jeff Bridges, he's got a little movie coming out himself, as the Dude reunites with the Coen brothers for a remake of True Grit:



you excited for movie season yet? okay, one more. Major best actor buzz going on for James Franco as well, as Danny Boyle follows up Slumdog with his film on the story of Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who amputated his own arm to free himself after being trapped by a boulder for nearly five days:

singing my song with his words

this awesome comic pretty much describes EXACTLY how i feel about the best actor category this year. first off, bridges is gonna win. there'll be no shocker there. secondly, let's be real people. bridges should have won for lebowski, end of story. but the academy screwed it up and he didn't, and they feel bad about it and this year he did a character movie where he had to sing and pretend to be drunk and he was good (as usual) so they're gonna make up for the huge ass mistake they made 12 years ago and give it to him. and i guess i'll feel pretty ok about it cause i love me some bridges.

but...the thing is that someone else seriously deserves to win. and that someone is colin firth in a single man. he's unbelievable in that movie and although i hate to say it, he's way better than the dude this year. c'mon academy, don't listen to the chicken! give it to firth!

here endeth the rant.

feeling cynical?

then watch this little piece of awesomeness from rod lurie's the contender.