this. rules. hard.

Liam Neeson tries his hand at comedy

It goes about as well as you'd expect:



Love him.

big week in movie news!

This week has given us nominations two of the big pre-Oscar awards shows: The Golden Globes and The Screen Actors Guild Awards. These have actually made me happier than some of the other early awards results (see my little rant on The Social Network running away with most of the early awards season prizes), but mostly because it raises my expectations for movies I haven't seen yet, which could definitely go badly (Up in the Air anyone?)



Both sets of nominations continued to set up The King's Speech as my most anticipated movie for the rest of the year. As anyone who has read this blog before knows, we kind of died for Colin Firth's performance last year in A Single Man. I thought he was robbed of all deserved awards because of the idea (that I agree with) that Jeff Bridges should have an Oscar (of course, it should have come for Lebowski, but what are you gonna do?). But Firth has quickly become the frontrunner due to the rave reviews he's getting for TKS. Hopefully that one doesn't let me down (it is the theme of movies in 2010).

Also getting lots of recognition are Black Swan and The Fighter, which are two others that I'm super excited for (can people forget that Christian Bale is kind of a douchebag and remember that he's an awesome actor? I guess we'll see, because it seems like he's emerging as the frontrunner in the supporting category).

To quote ms. kt on a couple of other important points related to the Golden Globes:

1) the kids are all right being classified as a comedy is, well, a comedy. see what i did there??!!
2) yes, "burlesque" contains music, henceforward, one could call it a "musical." but that seems rash and silly, don't you agree?

Our feelings on the kids are all right have been made pretty clear, but I'm honestly offended by the idea that it's a comedy. Maybe if your definition of funny is being miserable. but mine's not.

I do love the inclusion of Emma Stone for Easy A, because that is a movie that IS a comedy. A light-hearted romp even. Totally enjoyable time at the movies, and she's charming as hell, so I like seeing her get recognized. Plus, we get a Johnny Depp vs. Johnny Depp showdown, so that should be a good time. And, of course, Ricky Gervais!!!

Pretty happy about the tv nominations all around (though Matthew Morrison? Really? I used to love Glee as much as the next girl, and am super happy about Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch, but honestly, that show's been in a downward spiral, and Mr. Schuster is one of the worst things about it), though apparently I don't watch as much tv as I used to. Sigh...

Is it time already?

To start thinking about Awards Show Season 2011??? Apparently the Golden Globes thought so, and decided to lock up Mr. Gervais for another year (maybe they were worried about the Oscars trying to steal him away and avoid another travesty like this past year). Either way, whoohoo, more Ricky Gervais!

Golden Globes!!!

So, we at 3pies4rolls headquarters were really loving the Golden Globes this year (seriously, why do we let anyone not named Ricky Gervais or Neil Patrick Harris host anything, ever?). That is, until James Cameron won Best Director. And proceeded to give this year's "I'm the king of the world speech":

(that's right, he just spoke Na'vi. it was not a joke. you can just jump ahead to 1:00 if you don't want to listen to him talk more than you have to).
In other news, I'm very concerned about the health of James Cameron's 5th wife Suzy Amis.

Personally, Avatar winning Best Picture didn't bother me nearly as much as Cameron winning. I mean, it shouldn't have, but i did love the movie. But Cameron beating Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker is just wrong. I don't think it necessarily predicts an Oscar win, though, if you look at the different audiences. The Golden Globes are selected by about 100 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whereas the Academy is several thousands. Also, consider the business that Avatar did overseas compared to any of the other films, especially The Hurt Locker. Thus, I am keeping the faith.

Other moments of note:

• Speeches of the night go to Mo'nique and Robert Downey Jr. My feelings for RDJ are clear, but I never thought I could find Mo'Nique so damn charming.
• Anything Ricky Gervais said, most notably: "I like a drink as much as the next guy ... Unless the next guy is Mel Gibson." Only complaint is how little he was actually on stage.
  
• I still maintain that Colin Firth gave the best male performance of the year. But I do love Jeff Bridges, and think it's wrong that he's never won an Oscar, so i guess I should just resign myself to the fact that he's going to win.
• Sandra Bullock is quite the charmer.
  
• Best moment of the red carpet:
  
  
• I actually really loved Drew Barrymore's speech as well.
• Critics Choice Awards: Christoph Waltz's acceptance speech is all about people's "choices" that got him there. His Golden Globes speech is all about his world, globe, and Tarantino's gravitational pull. Now taking bets on what combo of "oscar" or "academy" will show up on March 7th. Because, duh, he's gonna win.
  
• Red carpet boob award goes to Christina Hendricks. Sorry Mariah Carey.
• Loooooooove that Glee won. Absolutely did not love that Jane Lynch didn't.
• I did enjoy Mike Tyson's appearance with the Hangover cast.
  
• And, finally, your "oh jesus" fashion moment of the night:
  

Does Elmo want a celebrity cup of warm milk?

just to recap, I heart Ricky Gervais

No surprise here

Looks like Hugh Jackman has officially turned down hosting the Oscars this year. That was pretty expected, but now all the guessing has to start over who it will be. As loyal readers know, we were surprisingly happy with Jackman's hosting, so this actually makes me a little sad. Especially given some of the names I'm seeing thrown around as ideas for potential hosts. Mariah Carey? I don't care if she is awesome in "Precious," I don't want her hosting my Oscars. Will Smith? I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Plus, the Oscars now have to contend with the (previously always host-less) Golden Globes and their genius hire of Ricky Gervais.

I will miss another year of this:


but let's hope the Oscars have their heads on straight and remember how awesome Jon Stewart was. Or, listen to that quiet chanting coming from my corner: "NPH, NPH, NPH!"

One more thing to look forward to this coming Awards Show Season

Ricky Gervais will be hosting the Golden Globes! The Golden Globes haven't had a host since 1995, which, let's face it, most of the time we really appreciate, but I'm looking forward to several hours of this:



and this: