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2011 English Family Movie Award Nominations

So, every year me and the kids sit down and discuss the best and worst of what we’ve seen in the previous year.  Our nominations are based on what we see as a family.  For example, as awesome as True Grit was, since I saw that by myself- it doesn’t count….but The Town does count since Nic, Jenni and I watched it together.  Here are our nominations for the 2011 English Family Movie Awards.

BEST MOVIE:

  • DESPICABLE ME
  • HARRY POTTER and the DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • INCEPTION (poster pictured)
  • KICK ASS
  • LET ME IN
  • RED
  • THE TOWN
  • TRON LEGACY

FUNNIEST MOVIE:

  • Despicable Me
  • Grown Ups
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

BEST ACTION MOVIE:

  • The A-Team
  • Kick Ass
  • Red

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE:

  • Despicable Me
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Tangled
  • Toy Story 3

SCARIEST MOVIE:

  • The Crazies
  • Let Me In (pictured)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

BEST DIRECTOR:

  • Tim Burton- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • Christopher Nolan- INCEPTION
  • Matt Reeves- LET ME IN
  • Robert Schwentke- RED
  • Matthew Vaughn- KICK ASS
  • David Yates- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE

BEST ACTOR:

  • Nicolas Cage- KICK ASS
  • Jackie Chan- THE KARATE KID
  • Leonardo DiCaprio- INCEPTION
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee- LET ME IN
  • Daniel Radcliffe- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • Bruce Willis- RED (pictured)

BEST ACTRESS:

  • Lyndsey Fonseca- KICK ASS
  • Chloe Grace-Moretz- LET ME IN
  • Mandy Moore- TANGLED
  • Emma Stone- Easy A
  • Emma Watson- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • Olivia Wilde- TRON LEGACY (pictured)

BEST HERO:

  • Harry Potter- HP7
  • Hiccup- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
  • Hit Girl- KICK ASS
  • Iron Man- IRON MAN 2
  • Kick Ass- KICK ASS
  • Sam Flynn- TRON LEGACY

BEST VILLAIN:

  • Clu- TRON LEGACY
  • Frank D’Amico- KICK ASS
  • Red Queen- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • Vector- DESPICABLE ME
  • Voldemort- HP7
  • Whiplash- IRON MAN 2

BEST FIGHT:

  • Hit Girl vs. D’Amico’s Thugs- KICK ASS (pictured)
  • Hotel Hallway Fight- INCEPTION
  • Iron Man and War Machine vs. Whiplash and the Drones- IRON MAN 2
  • Mr. Han vs. the Bullies- THE KARATE KID
  • Perseus vs. Medusa- CLASH of the TITANS
  • Sam Flynn vs. Rinzler- TRON LEGACY

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE:

  • Helicopter Chase- A-TEAM
  • Dragon Battle- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
  • Van Chase- INCEPTION
  • Shipping Car Gun Fight- RED
  • Light Cycle Race- TRON LEGACY

BEST LOVE STORY:

  • Let Me In
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  • Tangled (pictured)
  • Toy Story 3

BEST FX:

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Inception
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  • Tron Legacy

BEST MUSIC:

  • Christophe Beck- RED
  • Michael Giacchino- LET ME IN
  • Daft Punk- TRON LEGACY
  • Hans Zimmer- INCEPTION
  • Various Artists- KICK ASS

BEST WRITING:

  • Despicable Me (pictured)
  • Inception
  • Kick Ass
  • Let Me In
  • Red
  • Toy Story 3

BEST DEATH SCENE:

  • Big Daddy- KICK ASS (pictured)
  • Bully Revenge- LET ME IN
  • Doby- HP7
  • Exploding Thugs- RED
  • Frank D’Amico- KICK ASS
  • Kevin Flynn- TRON LEGACY

BEST ENDING

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • Inception
  • Let Me In
  • The Town

BEST TRAILER FOR UPCOMING MOVIE:

  • Battle: Los Angeles (March 11)
  • Cowboys and Aliens (July 29)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides (May 20) (pictured)
  • Sucker Punch (March 25)
  • Super 8 (June 10)

BK Films and TV: Best Flicks of 2010

Well, I figured its about time I posted this.  But doing this entry I realized two things.  One, I didn’t see shit for movies last year and Two, there seemed to be a lot of shit movies that came out.  I even watched 100 Movies I’ve Never Seen Before over the summer, but only a handful were new releases.  Some may be included on this list….and the ones that were really good, that came out at the end of the year, I didn’t see any of them, except for one, which I saw this year.  It’s included in this list.

Tim’s “Best-Of” Two Thousand and Ten, in no particular order:

  • True Grit: Tim loves westerns and Jeff Bridges sure is all the fucking rage these days.  I loved this movie.  I’m not sure it’s AS GOOD as everyone is saying, but it’s pretty fucking good.  Extremely well directed and paced.  Just enough plot and characterization that you can follow along and give a shit and not have to take notes to figure out what’s going on.  Back to Jeff Bridges.  He’s awesome in this flick.  He deserves to be all the fucking rage he wants to be.
  • Shutter Island: yeah, I know, picking a Scorcese/DiCaprio is really stepping out of the fucking box, but its a good flick and I don’t know if anyone else really remembers it.  Great movie, well acted, spooky and weird even if I did figure out the “twist-ending” way too early.
  • Inception: Yay, more Leo!  Pretty fucking slick movie and it’s definitely one you’ll have to watch three or four times to fully understand it but its so god damn cool while its going on that it will be like three days before you’re like, “wait, did my fucking brain get sucked out and put in backwards?”  Christopher Nolan is starting to really make some bad ass movies….and Hans Zimmer’s music as always is awesome.
  • Kick-Ass: Everything a comic book movie should be.  Great action.  Exciting fight sequences.  Spot-on sense of humor and just a touch of tragic sadness that help you empathize with the hero.  Cage is awesome as Big Daddy, doing his character with a touch of ‘Adam West Batman’.
  • The Karate Kid: I really thought this would suck but it didn’t.  The soundtrack sucks all kinds of hell.  Was that Justin Bieber in there?  But Jackie Chan should get an Oscar nod.  Your opinion of Jaden Smith might depend on how you feel about Big Willie, because he might be a fucking clone of the Fresh Prince.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: This might be my favorite flick of the year even though it’s only half way over.  No book to movie adaptions are perfect so don’t go in all nit-picky if you’ve read the books.  Enjoy what may be one of the best beginning to end movie sagas ever.  Seven movies with pretty much the same cast.  What other series has done that?
  • Toy Story 3: Animated movies for adults.  I cried.  My wife cried.  People in front of us and behind us cried.  Kids laughed at us because they don’t get the movie yet.  (my Toy Story 3 review)

There were some other good ones, but I’m not in the mood to defend Tron right now.  Plus let’s focus on the good shit coming out in 2011.  Captain America hopefully won’t suck…..and the end of Harry Potter….plus a new Mission:Impossible.  booyah!!

Happy New Year!!  -t.b. english