**MOViES** Ni ipi utaenda kuona wkend hii? Ipi umeona hivi karibuni? Ipi ni must see?

[Steve Dii]

MwanaJF,

---Je, ni movie gani inayooneshwa kwenye sinema hivi sasa unampango wa kwenda kuiona wikendi hii?!

---What nice movie you recently saw that you feel you can recommend to others?

---What movie is a must see according to you and which one i shouldn't bother with.... could you please give reasons.. Thank you!!

SteveD.

 

[Steve Dii]

Oscars countdown begins as ballots mailed

posted:1 day ago

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The countdown to the Oscars got underway on Wednesday as nomination ballots for February's Academy Awards were mailed to the 5,829 voters who will decide the US film world's winners and losers for 2007, a statement said.

Oscar statuettes on display


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members must return their ballots to auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5:00 pm on January 12, exactly 10 days before the nominees are revealed in Beverly Hills.

A second round of ballots will be mailed after the nominations are announced to determine the winners of the 2007 Oscars, which will be presented at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on February 24.

Next year's Oscars race is shaping up to be one of the most open in years, with no single film so far emerging as the clear front-runner early in the movie industry's awards season.

Awards pundits believe a clutch of films are in contention for top honors, including romantic drama "Atonement," gritty crime thriller "No Country for Old Men" and gruesome musical "Sweeney Todd."

Source: Google News.

Guys,
--so what are your predictions?!
--who's going to be the best girl in Hollywood?
--How about animated movies? (i'm so much into these creative stuff- 'know wot i mean! lol)
--
--e.t.c...

SteveD.

 

[Game Theory]

LABDA TUJADILI TUU SINEMA TULIZOZIONA MWAKA HUU LAKINI INAWEZEKANA IKAWA HIZO oscars ZISIWEPO IN FEBRUARY

Will the Oscars, the most glamorous night of the year, be a write-off?
Chris Ayres in Los Angeles

They have survived the Great Crash, the Great Depression, the Second World War and the attempted assassination of President Reagan.

But, amid the acrimonious strikes in Hollywood, fears are growing that the Academy Awards, universally known as the Oscars, may have to be cancelled for the first time in 80 years.

The tens of millions of fans around the world who treat the awards like a celebrity horse race would not be the only ones to suffer if the February 24 event were called off.

Movie stars, studio executives, socialites and gatecrashers are all aghast at the prospect of being denied the lavish parties that accompany Hollywood's biggest night of the year.
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Perhaps most aghast are the party organisers themselves, most of whom have solicited sponsorship deals to help to pay for events that can cost up to $700,000 (£350,000) to stage.

"It's a big problem making commitments with my sub-vendors," Bill Butchkavitz, a party organiser, told Variety magazine this week. "Everything from the guy who builds the floor to the people who are renting the equipment for projecting images on the wall, you have to sign contracts with them."

Ballot papers have been posted to the Academy's 5,829 voters, who will decide which films and actors are nominated. The first round of voting ends on January 12.

But Hollywood's 2008 awards season is at risk of becoming the most high-profile casualty so far of a stand-off between studios and writers that began two months ago. The writers, represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), are demanding to be paid for TV shows or films broadcast over the internet. The studios argue that online technology is untested, and that to agree to fees now could prevent them from experimenting with new methods of distribution.

With no compromise in sight, the strike is beginning to sting on both sides. Many writers are broke and tired of marching outside studio gates; many studio executives are terrified of beginning a new TV season with nothing but reality-based material.

So far films have been less affected by the strike because scripts were stockpiled in advance. Nevertheless, some big projects will suffer in 2008.

Nightly news-talk shows, such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, who is scheduled to host the 80th Academy Awards, have been off the air for so long now that their regular staff fear that ratings may have been permanently damaged, with viewers migrating to YouTube or video games.

But the biggest question mark of all now hangs over Oscars night. The best indication of its ability to go ahead as planned will come in the next week to ten days, when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decides whether or not to stage its January 13 Golden Globes ceremony, which has been held every year since 1944.

Before Christmas the WGA refused to give its members permission to write material for the show, even though it granted a waiver for the smaller-scale Independent Spirit Awards. The union also refused to allow the Globes organisers to use video clips that include work produced by its members. This could make the event impossible to produce.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said that the union's position was disappointing, while the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios, said that "in the category of Worst Supporting Union, the nominee is the WGA".

Actors complain that they have been put in particularly awkward situation. On the one hand, they want to support their films, and the awards season is crucial to the studios' marketing efforts. On the other, they do not want to cross any picket lines. After all, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is planning to renegotiate its own contract with the studios next year, as is the Directors Guild, and will want solidarity with the writers.

"You treat [the awards ceremonies] as if you are planning a vacation while your mother-in-law is ill," Stan Rosenfield, who represents George Clooney, told The Hollywood Reporter. "You book the flight and the hotel, and then if she's still not feeling well, you make a call and don't get on the plane. But you have to prepare for everything."

The SAG is expected to make life easier for its members by making a statement over the few days. The advice will be keenly awaited. Not even Steven Spielberg, set to receive the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes, has confirmed if he will attend.

There is speculation that the WGA could allow the awards ceremonies to continue, but only on the condition that nominees support the strike. This would essentially force NBC, the TV company broadcasting the event, to campaign against itself.

Regardless of what happens at the Golden Globes, however, all eyes will be on the Oscars a month later. Since its debut in 1929, the ceremony has run every year for 80 years, surviving other industrial disputes and even the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981, which delayed the ceremony by a day.

Whether it can survive this crisis, and continue its unbroken run, is a question that will be as hotly debated over coming weeks as who will be named Best Actor.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/oscars/article3105848.ece

 

[Steve Dii]

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
• (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
• Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
• Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
• Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
• Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
• Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
• Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
• Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
• Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
• Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
• Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
• Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
• “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction

• “American Gangster” (Universal)
• Art Direction: Arthur Max
• Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
• Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
• Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
• Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
• Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Art Direction: Jack Fisk
• Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography

• “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins
• “Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design

• “Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
• “Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
• “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
• “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
• “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature

• “No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
• A Representational Pictures Production
• Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
• A Documentary Group Production
• Richard E. Robbins
• “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
• A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
• Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
• “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
• An X-Ray Production
• Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
• “War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
• A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
• Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject

• “Freeheld”
• A Lieutenant Films Production
• Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
• “La Corona (The Crown)”
• A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
• Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
• “Salim Baba”
• A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
• Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
• “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
• A Daylight Factory Production
• James Longley

Achievement in film editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling
• “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
• Israel
• “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
• Austria
• “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production
• Poland
• “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
• Kazakhstan
• “12” A Three T Production
• Russia

Achievement in makeup

• “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
• “Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
• “The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
• “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Falling Slowly” from “Once”
• (Fox Searchlight)
• Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
• (Walt Disney)
• Music by Alan Menken
• Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
• (Warner Bros.)
• Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
• “So Close” from “Enchanted”
• (Walt Disney)
• Music by Alan Menken
• Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
• (Walt Disney)
• Music by Alan Menken
• Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• A Working Title Production
• Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
• “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
• A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production
• Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
• Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
• Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
• JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film

• “I Met the Walrus”
• A Kids & Explosions Production
• Josh Raskin
• “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
• A National Film Board of Canada Production
• Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
• “Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
• A BUF Compagnie Production
• Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
• “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
• A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
• Alexander Petrov
• “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
• A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
• Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film

• “At Night”
• A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
• Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
• “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
• A Frame by Frame Italia Production
• Andrea Jublin
• “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
• A Karé Production
• Philippe Pollet-Villard
• “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
• An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
• Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
• “The Tonto Woman”
• A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
• Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
• Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Skip Lievsay
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
• Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
• “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
• Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
• Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
• Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
• “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
• Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
• “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
• Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
• Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
• John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
• “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
• Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
• Written by Sarah Polley
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
• Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay

• “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
• Written by Diablo Cody
• “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
• Written by Nancy Oliver
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• Written by Tony Gilroy
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
• Screenplay by Brad Bird
• Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
• “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
• Written by Tamara Jenkins

Source: Oscars.org


SteveD.

 

[Steve Dii]

Nomination Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGyFlUnQIg


SteveD.

 

[PastorPetro]

Yule Mzungu Tilda Swinton anatisha!

Ngozi nyeupe kama karatasi, nywele nyekunduuuu! Halafu kavaa gauni baya jeusi, utadhani kakwama ndani ya parachute!

 

[Kisura]

George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" should have won the leading role.

 

[PastorPetro]

I was hoping tha Ruby Dee would win for American Gangster.

 

[Steve Dii]

... sex and the city the movie, natamani kwenda kumwona sarah parker, she was my fav in the series.

 

[Lizy]

... sex and the city the movie, natamani kwenda kumwona sarah parker, she was my fav in the series.

Guess what SteveD, You just took my words LOL.

I really Miss them, Sex and the City group, especially Sarah (Carey) and Mr. Big, not to forget Miranda.

Okay, before you snarch ma words again (coz ur good in that), Kundi lingine ninatamani kuwaona ni Desperate House Wives, Ooops sorry, hii ni Series lol, shame on me kudandia treni kwa mbele.

Movie (ya zamani kidogo) niliyoipenda and I still do ni "Two Can Play That Game". I Love it.



Just Lizy.

 

[Steve Dii]

Guess what SteveD, You just took my words LOL.

I really Miss them, Sex and the City group, especially Sarah (Carey) and Mr. Big, not to forget Miranda.

Okay, before you snarch ma words again (coz ur good in that), Kundi lingine ninatamani kuwaona ni Desperate House Wives, Ooops sorry, hii ni Series lol, shame on me kudandia treni kwa mbele.

Movie (ya zamani kidogo) niliyoipenda and I still do ni "Two Can Play That Game". I Love it.



Just Lizy.

...Lizy i couldn't just mention it.. but i liked the 'smutty' in Samantha too!! 'am just all weathered my dear... lol

 

[BAK]

Sikuwa mfuatiliaji mkubwa wa Sex and the City maana kipindi chao sikumbuki kilikuwa kinaingiliana na kipindi kipi ambacho nilikuwa siwezi kukikosa, pamoja na hayo nimeiona hiyo movie ni nzuri kama hujaiona itafutie muda. Wanted nayo inaonekana itakuwa nzuri na reviews nilizozisoma nyingi zinaisifia ingawaje mara nyingi nimeshafuata hizo reviews na maoni yangu yakawa tofauti na reviews nilizozisoma. Hancock ya Willie Smith ambayo inaanza wiki ijayo nayo inaelekea itakuwa nzuri.

 

[Lizy]

...Lizy i couldn't just mention it.. but i liked the 'smutty' in Samantha too!! 'am just all weathered my dear... lol

Hey SteveD,

Please come out and tell us how did it, especially after watching "Samatha John"!


Lizy,

 

[Lizy]

Sikuwa mfuatiliaji mkubwa wa Sex and the City maana kipindi chao sikumbuki kilikuwa kinaingiliana na kipindi kipi ambacho nilikuwa siwezi kukikosa, pamoja na hayo nimeiona hiyo movie ni nzuri kama hujaiona itafutie muda. .

Guess what, jitahidi uangalie series zote, for sure utaenjoy. Haichoshi kuangalia, though...........
Sijafanikiwa kuiona movie yao, watu na media wanaiongelea sana kwamba ni nzuri. I am just waiting ikifika huku kwetu mabonde kwinama nitainunua. I just can't wait that long lol.

Have fun.


Lizy.........

 

[BAK]

Guess what, jitahidi uangalie series zote, for sure utaenjoy. Haichoshi kuangalia, though...........
Sijafanikiwa kuiona movie yao, watu na media wanaiongelea sana kwamba ni nzuri. I am just waiting ikifika huku kwetu mabonde kwinama nitainunua. I just can't wait that long lol.

Have fun.


Lizy.........

Lizy Isubiri tu, lakini inaekekea itachelewa kutoka maana kama picha ikifanya vizuri basi inaendelea kuonyeshwa katika nchi mbali mbali Ulimwenguni ili wakusanye as much as possible. Juzi nilikuwa nasoma mahali picha hiyo imeshaingiza $140 million tangu itoke wiki tano zilizopita na tayari wameshaanza kufikiria sequel. Nadhani watavizia kuitoa thanks giving holiday ili mauzo yao yawe makubwa.

 

[Icadon]

Nataka niangalie Hancock na Wanted.....Ila wanted imenivutia sana(Trailer)

 

[Domo Kaya]

I really like Desprete house wives.

 

[Pundit]

Sex in the City- Sijawahi kuangalia, it comes across as a chick flick. Kwenda na binti si tatizo lakini mwenyewe I can't imagine.I mean I have all the DVDs but couldn't even bother to watch em.

I just watched "Wanted" it is pretty good, the story line is so-so, but the Cinematography is revolutionary, some would even say it is a modern day "Citizen Kane" cinematographically speaking.

A bit too much blood for my liking, but the adrenaline rush is kicking from start to finish.If you are going with a jumpy person be sure to warn them for they will constantly keep on attempting to jump off their seats.

 

[BAK]

Nataka niangalie Hancock na Wanted.....Ila wanted imenivutia sana(Trailer)

Jana niliiona Wanted ni nzuri kwa wale wapenda sinema itafutieni muda mkaione..lakini kuna sehemu nyingine kuna ukatili wa kutisha, ilibidi nifumbe macho....

 

[Steve Dii]

Hey SteveD,

Please come out and tell us how did it, especially after watching "Samatha John"!


Lizy,

Lizy, haven't been able to see yet, will soon and rest assured that i'll spoil all future viewing..... you know, i sometimes jus can't help myself after seeing a good movie (as well hyped as it appears to be)... thus, i could end up telling you all and you wont have to go to see...lol