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Michael Oher’s real-life story’s far from the feel-good narrative you saw in The Blind Side. While the Sandra Bullock-led movie won hearts and awards, it left Oher feeling trapped in a stereotype he never asked for. Imagine watching a blockbuster about your life and realizing it paints you as someone you barely recognize! Oher had spoken out about how the movie made him look dumb, and the label stuck.

Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Jae Head in a still from The Blind Side | Warner Bros. Pictures

As the world cheered, he was left dealing with the fallout of assumptions, misconceptions, and a portrayal that didn’t do justice to his intelligence or experiences. Turns out, Hollywood’s version of his life didn’t lead to a happy ending—just a frustrating shadow he’s been trying to shake off.

Michael Oher Reveals the...

Lily Collins had one advantage when she entered the film industry with the 2009 film, The Blind Side. She shared the screen alongside one of the top actresses in the world, Sandra Bullock. Bullock went on to win her only Academy Award for her role Leigh Anne Tuohy in the film. Collins played the role of Collins Tuohy, the daughter of the Tuohys.

Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins, and Jae Head in a still from The Blind Side | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

Collins has quickly ascended the ranks of Hollywood as one of the most promising actresses in the industry. Her leading role in films like Love, Rosie and Inheritance has proved her acting abilities. Her role as Emily Cooper in Netflix’s Emily in Paris has proved her mass appeal despite the show’s negative reviews.

Lily Collins Considers Herself Very Lucky To Have Been Mothered by Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock,...

Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy were seen strolling around their neighbourhood in Florida over the weekend, marking the first time they’ve been seen in public since Michael Oher filed his high-profile lawsuit against his former adoptive parents.

In photos obtained and published by The Daily Mail, the Tuohys were spotted taking a walk in the Santa Rosa Beach area of Florida.

Leigh Anne wore a white t-shirt and a pink tennis skirt along with white sneakers, and a hot pink fanny pack while rocking white earbuds.

Meanwhile, Sean walked alongside her in dark blue shorts and a light blue t-shirt, as they strolled and chatted with an unknown third person.

The outing comes almost a week after Michael Oher — the former NFL star who inspired the Oscar-nominated film “The Blind Side” — filed legal documents in Tennessee court requesting it terminate a conservatorship after alleging the Tuohys lied about adopting...

Amid the ongoing legal drama between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family, author Michael Lewis — who wrote the book which the 2009 Oscar-nominated film “The Blind Side” was adapted from — is weighing in.

Recently, Oher — the former NFL star who was the inspiration behind the book and the film — filed legal documents in Tennessee court requesting it terminate a conservatorship after alleging Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy lied about adopting him and tricked him into making them his conservators shortly after he turned 18.

Oher claims the Tuohys made millions off his name while he never received a dime, after the film — starring Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Kathy Bates — earned more than $300 million at the box office.

However, Lewis claims that, despite the film’s success, none of the real-life figures who inspired the film have gotten nearly any money from it in the 13 years since its release.

Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Afm slate with international sales rights to the drama starring Lucas Till, Josh Duhamel and hot awards contender Laura Dern.

Maria Bello, Tom Everett Scott and Jae Head round out the key cast on the story of a talented New York DJ who finds new meaning in life after he is sentenced following an overdose to the custody of his estranged father in small-town North Dakota.

Commercials and music video director Daniel Duran makes his feature debut on Bravetown from a screenplay by Oscar Orlando Torres, who produced with Phyllis Laing.

Acquisitions and sales consultant Richard S Guardian and svp Joseph Dickstein negotiated the deal with producers rep Julio Caro and Ramo Law.

I'm So Excited | The Eye Of The Storm | Gimme The Loot | Robosapien | Come Out And Play | Shootout At Wadala | 21 & Over | Dead Man Down | Dragon | Chimpanzee | It's Such A Beautiful Day | All Stars

I'm So Excited (15)

(Pedro Almodóvar, 2012, Spa) Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces. 90 mins

Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.

The Eye Of The Storm (15)

(Fred Schepisi, 2011, Aus) Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis. 119 mins

The imminent death of Rampling's matriarch throws an aristocratic family's dysfunction into relief in this Aussie drama, whose overstuffed story is redeemed by three watchable leads.

Gimme The Loot (15)

(Adam Leon, 2012, Us) Tashiana Washington,...

Stars: Kim Coates, Penelope Ann Miller, Joaquim de Almeida, David Eigenberg, Jae Head, Bobby Coleman, Peter Jason, Holliston Coleman, Billy Slaughter | Written by Avi Arad, Max Botkin | Directed by Sean McNamara

Originally announced way back in 2008, Robosapien has had a long gestation period and has gone through numerous re-titles (including Cody the Robosapien and Robosapien: Rebooted) since being filmed in New Orleans some 5 years ago. Helmed by longtime kids TV director Sean McNamara (Even Stevens, That’s So Raven, Bratz), the film is a family-friendly adventure film with a heart, the type of movie which rarely gets made outside of the TV movie arena these days…

The film is based (loosely) on Wow Wee’s robotic toy of the same name, and tells the story of an inventor working for Kinetech Labs who designs a robot for search and rescue missions that has the ability to mimic human actions and emotions.

Following on from his emotional teenage drama Soul Surfer, director Sean McNamara returns to a more infantile approach, as the director of successful kids’ TV shows That’s So Raven and Even Stevens now presents Robosapien, a film that is reminiscent of children’s films such as Agent Cody Banks. And yes, I have seen Agent Cody Banks.

When the multi-million dollar robot prototype Robosapien (Jae Head) is separated from his creator (David Eigenberg), he is discovered and reformed by the youngster Henry (Bobby Coleman), a lonely kid who is bullied at school. Living at home with his mother (Penelope Ann Miller) and older sister (Holliston Coleman), the trio decide to take this tremendously intelligent robot into their care, although when the organisation that funded Robosapien are wanting him returned, Henry and his new best friend may just have a fight on their hands to stay together.

As Robosapien begins,...

Chicago – Nicholas Sparks is the Michael Bay of touchy-feely weepies. No matter how derivative or cynically calculating his stories prove to be, they never fail to rake in the dough. Several of his books have been turned into blockbusters, the best of which benefit greatly from the strength of their cast, as in “A Walk to Remember” and “The Notebook.”

Unfortunately, “The Last Song,” stars The Artist Currently Known as Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, who seems uncomfortable acting without a laugh track. Her initial attempt at graduating from the Mickey Mouse Club into big girl roles was admittedly doomed from the start, since this Sparks adaptation is the first co-written by the author himself, who succeeds in making his work appear even more cloying onscreen. This is the cuddliest cancer drama since “My Sister’s Keeper.”

Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0

No one familiar with Sparks’ work will be surprised by the third...

This is the review of The Blind Side by award-winning writer, director and producer Garth Twa, in which he gives the film 1 star. The Blind Side is directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox and Kathy Bates. I was in awe of this movie; stunned. Stunned that it had made it to the big screen, let alone the Oscars. It’s glossy fodder for the Trinity Broadcasting Channel, a right-wing Christian wet dream: neo-colonial buildings, no litter, no negroes, no gays, a big house, squeaky pink children with no trace of libidos, a fortune gained without guilt by blighting the minority masses with growth hormone-laced fast food, self-righteous Bush-era arrogance, and card-carrying NRA motherhood (guns don’t kill people, Avon Lady Christian moms just clean up ghettos – or, as Dirty Harry, said, ‘Nothing wrong...

Did you catch The Blind Side at the weekend? Did Sandra Bullock deserve her Oscar, or is the Academy guilty of rewarding a mushy, sugar-coated slice of sentimentality?

It's been praised in the Us as a feel good study of human nature at its most transcendent: the tale of a well-heeled southern Christian Republican mom who took in an oversized black teenager from the wrong side of the tracks and helped him turn his life around. Yet on this side of the Atlantic at least, The Blind Side has been roundly pilloried for its patronising TV-movie-esque take on what most critics suspect must have been a far more complex real-life story.

Michael Oher, the giant bear of a boy at the heart of the film, is now a successful offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens NFL side, and Leigh Anne Tuohy, played here by Sandra Bullock, really did adopt him...

It's always somewhat unfortunate when the best performance of an actor's career doesn't quite have the merit such a statement would infer. In the case of Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side is definitely that. She's easily at her best as the outspoken Leigh Anne Tuohy seeking to improve the life of a young man whom, before meeting Leigh Anne, was living a hard life with no aspirations of playing the game that plays such a large part in the Tuohys' lives. Leigh Anne plucks the large boy from a life of poverty, takes him in, and teaches him the value of family through both her actions and football. It may be a respectable entry in the inspirational sports film genre, and Bullock's turn as Tuohy is impressive, but more due to the lack of compelling competition – for both of them. Most inspirational sports films are awful, and most of Bullock's...

Sandra Bullock's Oscar-winner is wholly unconvincing, says Peter Bradshaw

The true-life story from which this Oscar-winning movie is taken may well be every bit as inspirational and remarkable as its fans believe it to be. But the film itself is dead from the neck up and the neck down: a Photoshopped image of reality that is bland, parochial, and stereotypically acted by a cast who have nothing like the subtlety and range of Trey Parker's puppets from Team America: World Police. Sandra Bullock got her Oscar for playing the tough-love Christian Republican wife and mother who takes in a troubled African-American teen and motivates him to greatness on the football field. Her performance is dominated by a strangely humourless glazed expression – the same with or without sunglasses – an intermittent clenched smile and a frosted blond do that looks as if it would splinter if you chipped it.

Chicago – Most critics and industry types expected “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock to be a modest holiday season hit but if a single one of them, including the people who made the film, told you that they knew this would be an Oscar-winning Best Picture nominee that grossed over $250 million, they are straight-up lying. “The Blind Side” shattered all expectations and Warner Brothers has quickly and somewhat lazily shuffled it off to Blu-ray and DVD.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0

We’ll get to the Blu-ray details but we should discuss the quality of the film itself. Unlike a lot of critic friends, I can see the charm of “The Blind Side”. It’s an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser that allows people to feel good about their fellow man. Yes, there may be difficult sections of the country, but we can all sleep better at night knowing there are people like Leigh Anne Tuohy...

With Oscar season not far behind us and the 2009 Us release date of The Blind Side all but a distant memory, UK audiences can finally get up to speed and see what all the fuss has been about! Best Actress Oscar winner Sandra Bullock knocked out rivals Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe to be crowned Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Without a doubt Bullock deserved this win and fans of feel-good Sports movies will not be disappointed with her portrayal of the charming, sassy, inspirational, bolshy and at times vulnerable white, upper-class middle-aged mum. Her performance and stunning transformation is nothing short of perfection. Some might say this is Bullock’s “Erin Brockovich” and you’ll soon see why. Far removed from her ‘Rom-Com’ days of “Speed” and “Miss Congeniality”, Bullock’s depiction of the real Leigh Anne Tuohy is hard-hitting, fiercely charming, savvy and most importantly very real.

Taylor Lautner could follow the step of his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart who has just landed Orange Rising Star Award at 2010 BAFTAs. The 18-year-old hunk has been announced as one of the contenders to win Best Performance by Leading Young Actor at the 31st Annual Young Artist Awards for his portrayal of Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon". For the said prize, he will be up against Jake T. Austin ("Hotel For Dogs"), Jimmy Bennett ("Alabama Moon"), Max Records ("Where The Wild Things Are") and Devon Bostick ("Adoration").

Meanwhile, Emma Roberts and Saoirse Ronan are put under the same category, facing each other for the Best Performance by Leading Young Actress kudo. The "Hotel For Dogs" star and the "The Lovely Bones" beauty are additionally joined by Abigail Breslin ("My Sister's Keeper"), Jolie Vanier ("Shorts") and Yara Shahidi ("Imagine That") in the competition for the award.

The nominations...

Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato are placed in competition against each other at the upcoming 31st Annual Young Artist Awards. As the Young Artist Foundation unveiled this year's nominees, it is revealed that the two Disney stars and best friends are vying for Leading or Supporting Young Actress title in a category for TV movie, mini-series or special.

Both Selena and Demi received the nomination for their performance as Carter Mason and Rosalinda respectively in "Princess Protection Program". Beside each other, they are also up against two other hopefuls, Tori Barban of "The Christmas Hope" and Patricia Raven of "Dear Harvard".

The two teen stars are not the only Disney's leading lady to get nominated for 2010 Young Artist Awards. Miley Cyrus has earned a nod for Leading Young Actress in TV series for her role on "Hannah Montana". She is listed among four other contenders that include the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly", Miranda Cosgrove.

The nominees of the 31st Annual Young Artist Awards have been announced. "Hotel for Dogs," "Twilight Saga: New Moon," and "My Sister's Keeper" are among the nominees.

The Young Artist Awards benefits the Young Artist Foundation -- a non-profit organization which awards scholarships to financially and/or physically challenged young people seeking a future in the entertainment industry.

Winners will be announced at a gala be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Beverly Garland, Studio City, California.

Nominees of the 31st Annual Young Artist Awards (feature film categories):

Best Performance In A Feature Film

Leading Young Actor

Jake T. Austin .Hotel For Dogs.

Jimmy Bennett .Alabama Moon.

Max Records .Where The Wild Things Are.

Taylor Lautner .Twilight Saga - New Moon.

Devon Bostick .Adoration.

Best Performance In A Feature Film

Leading Young Actress

Emma Roberts .Hotel For Dogs.

Abigail Breslin .My Sister's Keeper.

Jolie Vanier .Shorts.

Yara Shahidi .Imagine...

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 2010 is The Blind Side, the Sandra Bullock film that has pulled in a staggering $234 million in Us Box office sales to date. The Blind Side depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle. Studio: Warner Bros. Genre(s): Sport, Drama Director: John Lee Hancock Actors: Sandra Bullock, Tim Mcgraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Jae Head...

Who won? Here’s the list from the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

Do you want to see who I voted for? Since I am a member of the Bfca, my vote actually counts!

Best Picture

Winner: The Hurt Locker

Nominees:

• Avatar

• An Education

• The Hurt Locker

• Inglourious Basterds

• Invictus

• Nine

• Precious

• A Serious Man

• Up

• Up In The Air

Best Actor

Winner: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

Nominees:

• Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

• George Clooney – Up In The Air

• Colin Firth – A Single Man

• Morgan Freeman – Invictus

• Viggo Mortensen – The Road

• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

Winner: Tie:

Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia, and Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Nominees:

• Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

• Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

• Carey Mulligan – An Education

• Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones

• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious

• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Cristoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds

Nominees:

• Matt Damon – Invictus

• Woody Harrelson...

Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" took home the top prize at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards! The Iraq-war drama won Best Picture and Bigelow received Best Director.

James Cameron, Bigelow's ex-husband and fellow best director contender, did not take home the helmer trophy but "Avatar" took six trophies for best action movie, cinematography, art direction, editing, sound and visual effects.

In the Best Actress category, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock shared the award. Streep for "Julie and Julia" and Bullock for "The Blind Side."

Jeff Bridges took home the Best Actor award for his down-in-the-dumps country singer performance in "Crazy Heart." Meanwhile, critics favorites Mo'Nique took home the Best Supporting Actress trophy for "Precious" and Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for "Inglourious Basterds."

Saoirse Ronan won Best Young Actor/Actress for "The Lovely Bones."

It was an enchanted evening at the Hollywood Palladium and I was...

There was a Best Actress tie -- Sandra Bullock kissed Meryl Streep to celebrate their joint win. Who else took home a Critics Choice Award?

Best Picture

Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, Nine, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up In The Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart, George Clooney - Up In The Air, Colin Firth - A Single Man, Morgan Freeman - Invictus, Viggo Mortensen - The Road, Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Best Actress (tie)

Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria, Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side, Carey Mulligan - An Education, Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones, Gabourey Sidibe - Precious, Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon - Invictus, Woody Harrelson - The Messenger, Christian McKay - Me And Orson Welles, Alfred Molina - An Education, Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones, Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds...

Below you will find exactly what my votes were for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards on VH1 this Friday night. I’m a member of the Bfca, and therefore an actual, honest to god, voting member for the awards. I have 1/235th of a voice in exactly what wins. This is simply over-analyzing (a rant) the numbers of how I exactly voted. Again, this is how I voted, not the final results of the show, which won’t be known until Friday.

Inglourious Basterds – 5 votes

Where The Wild Things Are – 4 votes

Avatar – 3 votes

Fantastic Mr. Fox – 2 votes

Star Trek - 2 votes

A Single Man – 1 vote

An Education – 1 vote

Precious - 1 vote

The Hurt Locker – 1 vote

District 9 – 1 vote

Broken Embraces – 1 vote

The Hangover - 1 vote

The Cove – 1 vote

Well, if you can’t tell, Inglourious Basterds is my favorite movie of the year. But Away We Go was in...

This Friday, the stars will gather to celebrate the best of last year at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Awards. The MTV blog properties will be covering it, starting with a red carpet live blog from 8:30pm to 9pm Est over on Hollywood Crush. I'll be following that immediately afterwards with live blog coverage of the show here on MTV Movies Blog. We'll even have a fancy embedded player, streaming a feed directly from the show's backstage festivities onto your computer screen. It's going to be magical.

Then, on Sunday, we'll be back with more awards show coverage when the Golden Globe Awards airs. Look for a lengthier red carpet live blog, between 7pm and 9pm Est, on Hollywood Crush. Then, just like Friday, you'll want to head over to MTV Movies Blog for ongoing live blog coverage of the show as it happens. For a list of Golden Globes nominees,...

The Oscars are a secret. You never see the ballot of Meryl Streep, George Clooney or James Cameron come awards time. I’m not a fan of that. I know they don’t want to admit they have favorites, but I do. I vote for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards as a member of the Bfca (Broadcast Film Critics Association). My ballot is below, and I think all critics should show what they consider the best, whether they vote in the Ofcs (Online Film Critics Society) or Cfca (Chicago Film Critics Society). The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards airs on VH1 on Friday night.

Nominees For The 15Th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

(my vote is in italics)

Best Picture – for me this was a no-brainer

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

Nine

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

Best Actor – Bridges and Renner had a chance,...

Kristin Chenoweth is hosting, Kevin Bacon is being honored, and I am voting.

What should I do for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards?

The Broadcast Film Critics Association vote, and the ceremony will be broadcast live on VH1 Friday night.

Here’s your chance to try and influence the vote.

I will put in bold movies that have a chance for my vote. My final ballot is due tomorrow, and I will post my final votes on this site come Wednesday.

Nominees For The 15Th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

(so again, everything in bold is something that could get my vote, those that aren’t in bold have No chance)

Best Picture

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

Nine

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”

George Clooney – “Up In The Air”

Colin Firth – “A Single Man...

The Phoenix Film Critics Society has chosen Quentin Tarantino's revenge fantasy "Inglourious Basterds" the best film of the year! They also named Tarantino Best Director, his cast Best Ensemble, and Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor for his role as the "Jew Hunter" Hans Landa.

Here's the complete list of winners:

Best Picture

Inglourious Basterds

Top Ten Films of 2009 (in alphabetical order)

Avatar

District 9

(500) Days of Summer

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

Sherlock Holmes

Star Trek

Up

Up In The Air

Best Director

Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role

George Clooney, Up In The Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role

Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Mo.Nique, Precious

Best Acting Ensemble

The cast of Inglourious Basterds...

The title of this post is indefensible, exclamatory (!) and puerile. But these movies piss me off and if they can be super obnoxious, so can I. Now, in truth, I probably never see the absolute "worst" of the movies that play in theaters since I can pick and choose my own film menu. My New Year's Resolution is to be more constructive when I criticize (I'm not giving up criticism. That's mother's milk). I'd also like to be more positive in 2010.

Thus, I retract the titular command: No negatives of the following movies and performances should be incinerated ... instead let them live on as cautionary tales to actors and filmmakers. People are watching. Try harder.

Worst Supporting Actor

I've already expressed my concerned about the "too much!" of Stanley Tucci's continually nominated performance in The Lovely Bones. I don't know what the hell Richard Gere was doing in Amelia,...

Saoirse Ronan has received two nominations in the Us Critics Choice Awards. The 15 year old Irish actress has been nominated in the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories for her lead role in Peter Jackson's latest 'The Lovely Bones'. In 'The Lovely Bones', Ronan plays Susie Salmon, a young girl who watches her family from the afterlife following her murder. Saoirse has been nominated alongside Emily Blunt for 'The Young Victoria', Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side', Carey Mulligan for 'An Education', Gabourey Sidibe for 'Precious' and Meryl Streep for 'Julie & Julia' in the Best Actress category and will see competition from Jae Head for 'The Blind Side', Bailee Madison for 'Brothers', Max Records for 'Where The Wild Things Are' and Kodi Smit-McPhee for 'The Road' in the category of Best Young Actor/Actress.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) has unraveled the nominees for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Monday, December 14, and Anna Kendrick comes out as one of the noms' recipient. The actress who is recently seen starring as Jessica Stanley in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

She received the nod for her portrayal of Natalie Keener in "Up in the Air". For the title, she will have to compete with co-star Vera Farmiga as well as some other contenders, Marion Cotillard of "Nine", Mo'Nique of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire", Julianne Moore of "A Single Man" and Samantha Morton of "The Messenger".

Her being nominated for Best Supporting Actress brought "Up in the Air" nomination collection to eight in total. The drama movie also collected counts from leading man George Clooney who is up for Best Actor and director Jason Reitman for Best Directing,...

On Monday, December 14, Broadcast Film Critics Association has unveiled the nominations for the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Based on the announcement, it is known that "Nine" and "Inglourious Basterds" have shown their dominations by earning ten nods each.

The drama musical and the drama action movie will be up against each other in six categories, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Costume Design. Additionally, "Nine" lands Best Supporting Actress count for Marion Cotillard, while "Inglourious Basterds" aids Christoph Waltz and Quentin Tarantino being honored among the contenders for Best Supporting Actor award and Best Directing prize respectively.

Meanwhile, "Avatar" which receives nine nominations, and "Up in the Air" along with "The Hurt Locker" which each garners eight nods also have their chances to be big winners at the event. Also listed among the nominees is "The Blind Side" star Sandra Bullock,...

I am shocked to report that my new membership did not singlehandedly or significantly increase their taste levels, he said sarcastically. A few of the following nominations are hard to justify qualitatively speaking but you can't always get what you want. Again Oscar punditry combined with 'I just unwrapped this gift' excitement seem to have replaced careful consideration of what the year had to offer. But then it does appear as if only about 15 movies truly existed this year. In fact six movies Inglourious Basterds, Nine, Avatar, Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker, Precious and The Lovely Bones account for 48% of all the nominations. Crazy.

Am I just grumpy because they think The Lovely Bones (6 nominations) is better looking and The Blind Side (2 nominations) better acted than the exquisite Bright Star (1 nomination only)? I find those two judgment calls totally unsupportable. The abundant nominations for the garish and messy...

The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, Avatar …

It’s my first year voting. There is a 0.01% chance that I will listen to your opinion over mine. But, I’m saying there is a chance. So, what would you vote for? The Critics’ Choice Awards air on Vh-1 on January 15. I will post my voting ballot then. If you had a vote, where would it go?

Avatar might get my visual votes, but nothing else. My personal sadness is the exclusion of Away We Go.

Complete Coverage of the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

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What should I do? – 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Best Picture

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

Nine

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”

George Clooney – “Up In The Air...

The Broadcast Film Critics Association likes to think of themselves as the most significant awards predicting the Oscar nominees and winners. Considering they open their categories to six nominees when need be it makes for very few surprises with any of them. So of course their noms will closely mirror the Oscars, it also makes for quite the predictable group of awards. As a matter of fact I don't think you will be surprised by a single nominee below as their selections seem more like an Oscar prediction table than an actual group trying to award what they feel are the best in the business. This may very well be what they believe the best in the business to be, but if your only value is to be an early Oscars preview what's the point?

Either way, Inglourious Basterds and Nine received the most mentions with 10 nominations each. You tell me,...

The awards season is upon us. The Golden Globes are coming. The Oscars will be here. For now, it’s the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

This is my first year as a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics’ Association (Bfca).

Complete Coverage of the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

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Here is the complete list of nominees …

Best Picture

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

Nine

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”

George Clooney – “Up In The Air”

Colin Firth – “A Single Man”

Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”

Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”

Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress

Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”

Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”

Carey Mulligan – “An Education”

Saoirse Ronan...

Brad Pitt's "Inglourious Basterds" and Penelope Cruz's "Nine" are tied with 10 nominations each for the 15th annual "Critics' Choice Awards." The show, hosted by Kristin Chenoweth, airs live on VH1 Jan. 15 at 9 Pm E.S.T.

Below, the complete nomination list:

Best Picture

"Avatar"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Invictus"

"Nine"

"Precious"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up In The Air"

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney - "Up In The Air...

Nazi-hunting soldiers will be taking on singers and dancers for Critics Choice gold.

"Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" each scored 10 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and will be going head to head for Best Picture, Best Ensemble and Best Costume Design.

The Bfca today released its list of nominees for the 2009 awards. "Basterds" and "Nine" will be taking on "Avatar" (nine noms), "Up in the Air" and "The Hurt Locker" (with eight each).

The 15th annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony will be broadcast at 9 p.m. Eastern Jan. 15 on VH1.

The nominees are:

Best Picture

Nominees:

• Avatar

• An Education

• The Hurt Locker

• Inglourious Basterds

• Invictus

• Nine

• Precious

• A Serious Man

• Up

• Up In The Air

Best Actor

Nominees:

• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

• George Clooney - Up In The Air

• Colin Firth - A Single Man...

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (yes, I'm a proud voting member!) has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

The winners will be announced at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards live on Friday, January 15, 2009 at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt. This year's event will take place at the Hollywood Palladium and will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. For the third year in a row VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network.

"Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" each received an unprecedented ten nominations for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. "Inglourious Basterds" garnered nods for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design and Best Action Movie. "Nine" received nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Song.

The World War II tale "Inglourious Basterds" and the Rome-set musical "Nine," both releases from the Weinstein Co., led the list of nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, announced early Monday, with ten nominations each.

The 3-D sci-fi film "Avatar" followed close behind with nine noms, while "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" received eight nominations each.

The awards, which will be handed out on Jan. 15 at ceremonies broadcast from the Hollywood Palladium by Vh-1, expanded this year from 17 to 25 categories, adding seven technical categories and separating its screenplay category into original and adapted slots.

Since the critics group also includes genre categories like best action movie and best comedy as well as awards for best acting ensemble and best young actor/actress, that opened the door for plenty of multiple nominations.

Saoirse Ronanl, the 15-year-old actress who plays a...

Though The Blind Side may be about an underdog, it's more a family drama than a sports film. Football may course through the veins of the movie from The Rookie director John Lee Hancock, but at its heart, The Blind Side is a story about overcoming adversity and denying defeat outside the boundaries of the football field. It doesn't add anything new to the sports drama playbook, but this film from director John Lee Hancock is surprisingly effective and affecting.

Based on a true story — and Michael Lewis's nonfiction book "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" — the film stars Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Touhy, an upper-class Memphis mother who takes in struggling young teen Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron). Leigh Anne is steel in high heels; she's a Southern woman who steamrolls people around her, but she does it all with politeness and genuine concern for their well-being. When...

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The Blind Side may be about a professional football player, but this isn't a football movie.  It's so much more and thankfully, the accounts of Michael Oher are properly depicted in this eye-opening story.  His story didn't need any Hollywood exaggerations, and every-now-and-then writer/director John Lee Hancock decided to just stick to the already dramatic story for the full 120 minutes. 

We begin with meeting Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) at the age of 17 in Memphis.  He is brought over to a private Christian academy by a friend's father, who's couch he sleeps on, in hopes of getting the football coach to meet him.  Instantly the coach (Ray McKinnon) pulls some strings with the strict board at the school to get Michael enrolled.  Before Michael can step foot on the field, he needs to get his grades up to be eligible.  As Michael tackles school life,...

The Blind Side

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates

Running Time: 2 hr 6 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: November 20, 2009

Plot: Based on Michael Lewis’ book, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” this is the true story about an extra-large, struggling teenager (Aaron) taken in by a do-gooder (Bullock) who hopes to turn his life around.

Who’S It For? It’s not a sports movie. It’s not a football movie. This is a family drama about the difficulties in raising children and helping those less fortunate. Football plays a role eventually, but not as much as everything else.

Expectations: For me, the preview looked like it was a good story about a young man who didn’t fit in, and Bullock threw herself into the mix. It did not look promising, almost like I couldn’t enjoy this without worshiping her new Southern accent.

The Blind Side is not a football movie. The Blind Side is a movie about what it means to be a family. It’s a about how families don’t always fit into nice, neat little molds and that a family can consist of any number of arrangements. It just so happens those arrangements can include a football team as well as an unlikely family that takes another human being into their care, regardless of social taboo. This is the story of Michael Oher.

Michael Oher, played by Quinton Aaron (Be Kind Rewind), is a man of few words, so I will begin by using a single word to describe The Blind Side… inspiring. The Blind Side is based on a true story, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, The Alamo) who also adapted the story for the screen from Michael Lewis’ book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.

In preparing to write this review I struggled with how I wanted to approach the movie and the review. For those of you that know me, I am a Baltimore native and a first-generation fan of the Baltimore Ravens. When the Ravens drafted Michael Oher in the recent 2009 NFL Draft it was all over Espn and the NFL Network that a movie about his extraordinary young life was being filmed. From April till now I lobbied every month to be able to review this movie. When the trailer came out in September I started lobbying even harder. Eventually I was given the golden ticket to see the early screening. Why was this movie, out of all the other movies I have seen and will see, so big for me? Part of it was the civic pride of seeing one of my guys, a Baltimore Raven, have a story about him on the big screen.

The Blind Side Warner Bros. Pictures The Blind Side is an inspiring true story of beating the odds. It’s not Oscar material, but it is a solid film. You can’t argue with truth, and the movie proves a person doesn’t have to be dead or old to have a film made about his or her life that pulls on the heartstrings of the audience and leaves them asking the question: What am I doing to change someone’s life for the better? If you plan on watching the film because of the sports aspect, you will be sadly disappointed. It doesn’t follow the same vein as Remember the Titans or Miracle. The film isn’t about a team; it’s about an individual realizing his potential thanks to loving hands reaching out for him. You don’t have to know anything about (American) football to understand...

The Blind Side Warner Bros. Pictures The Blind Side is an inspiring true story of beating the odds. It’s not Oscar material, but it is a solid film. You can’t argue with truth, and the movie proves a person doesn’t have to be dead or old to have a film made about his or her life that pulls on the heartstrings of the audience and leaves them asking the question: What am I doing to change someone’s life for the better? If you plan on watching the film because of the sports aspect, you will be sadly disappointed. It doesn’t follow the same vein as Remember the Titans or Miracle. The film isn’t about a team; it’s about an individual realizing his potential thanks to loving hands reaching out for him. You don’t have to know anything about (American) football to understand...

Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side."Besides promoting the sports drama, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, the event also served as a fundraiser for a New Orleans high school flooded by Hurricane Katrina.Since the 2005 storm, Bullock has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Warren Easton High School, one of the city's oldest public schools, which took on 10 feet of water when the levee protection system broke during Katrina.The donations have been used for renovations, scholarships, new band uniforms and a new health clinic."We're investing in a lot of things that we think need preserving," said Bullock, who recently bought a mansion in New Orleans' historic Garden District. "I'm a great supporter of New Orleans and its architecture.

New 'Blind Side' movie featurette interviews the real Michael Oher & more. Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new featurette for their true story drama movie, "The Blind Side," which hits theaters tomorrow. It stars: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, and Jae Head. This featurette features interviews from the director, John Lee Hancock. He explains that the movie is based on the true story of Michael Oher. It also shows more clips from the film,and shows some video footage of the real Michael Oher.

From the trailers and TV spots, it is easy to assume John Lee Hancock’s latest is yet another tale of well-off white rescuing broken black. Given Hollywood’s track record of thinly-veiled political pieces, it’s obvious where the cynicism comes from. Luckily, The Blind Side is color blind and based on a true story.

Hancock deftly sidesteps the drive to tell a typical “white guilt” story where Caucasian saves African-American and other condescending racial stereotypes. It also avoids a telegraphed playbook of allegorical material and deeper sociological meaning for a lighter, feel-good tone with mainstream, family-friendly appeal for the holidays.

Aside from any assumptions, the film is heartwarming as advertised, a dramatization of how the upper-class Tuohy family took in “Big Mike” Oher off the streets, gave him a home and an education, and introduced him to his career as a left tackle. Fair warning, this is not a pure sports movie,...

Sandra Bullock gathered her on- and off-screen families together in NYC last night for a screening of The Blind Side. Her husband Jesse James was out showing his support for both Sandra's film and her return to dark hair. Tim McGraw plays Sandra's better half in the movie, and he posed for photos with his own wife Faith Hill. Many of you didn't seem too excited about seeing the screen adaptation of Michael Lewis's novel, but Buzz will be ready with tissues when it hits theaters on Friday. View 20 Photos › Lots more from the premiere when you read more. View 20 Photos › Images include: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Jae Head, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins, Anthony Mackie, Matthew Settle, Faith Hill, Jesse James, Phil Collins...