“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace [...]

“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. He fiercely guards his anonymity to avoid prosecution. An eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempts [...]

“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein Ashraf Al-Khaled was celebrating the happiest day of his life when an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber walked into his wedding and killed his father and 26 other family members in front of his eyes. Now, he’s rising from that horrific tragedy to break the silence in the Muslim community on [...]

Before I start this category I would like to express my thoughts about the nominees in this group. All the films listed below are fine films and are deserving of the nomination. Well maybe not so much Hereafter, but the others. I however am extremely disappointed in the fact that Tron: Legacy did not get [...]

“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick Inception is a 2010 science fiction thriller film, which was written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a specialized spy or corporate espionage thief. His work consists of secretly [...]

“Inception” Richard King Inception is a 2010 science fiction thriller film, which was written, produced, and directed byChristopher Nolan. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a specialized spy or corporate espionage thief. His work consists of secretly extracting valuable commercial information from theunconscious mind of [...]

“Alice and Wonderland” Robert Stromberg & Karen O’Hara 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. “Alice” is  a natural choice for Art direction. So much of the story if frankly [...]

Costume Design: And the Nominees are, “Alice and Wonderland” 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. Costumes by Colleen Atwood. When Atwoods name appears in a film, I know I’m [...]

“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey Country Strong (originally titled Love Don’t Let Me Down) is a 2010 country drama filmabout fictional country singer Kelly Canter, portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow. Also starring Leighton Meester, Tim McGraw, and Garrett Hedlund, the film was directed and written by American filmmaker Shana Feste. A rising [...]

“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 computer-animated fantasy film by DreamWorks Animation based on the 2003 book of the same name. The film stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson,America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager [...]