Just like last year, here is a list movie releases that I'm looking forward to checking out in 2012. As the year goes on, I'm thinking that more films will be added, but we'll see.
Torrent Freak has released the Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2011. Last year, Avatar was #1 with over 16 million downloads. This year, Fast Five leads the pack, but did it get over 16 million downloads? Let's find out...
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - 6 million
9. The King's Speech - 6.2 million
8. Rango - 6.4 million
7. 127 Hours - 6.9 million
6. Sucker Punch - 7.2 million
5. I Am Number Four - 7.6 million
4. Source Code - 7.9 million
3. Thor - 8.3 million
2. The Hangover II - 8.8 million
1. Fast Five - 9.2 million
The only real surprise for me is seeing I Am Number Four in the top 10. I wasn't expecting that at all, but there always seems to be a surprise or two like that on any list.
The nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globes have been announced. The winners will be announced Live on January 15, 2012 at 8pm (EST) on NBC.
Best Motion Picture - Drama The Descendants The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep - Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney - The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids Midnight in Paris My Week With Marilyn
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster - Carnage
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet - Carnage
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50
Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris
Best Animated Feature Film The Adventures of Tintin Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Puss in Boots Rango
Best Foreign Language Film The Flowers of War (China) In the Land of Blood and Honey (United States) The Kid With a Bike (Belgium) A Separation (Iran) The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Best Director - Motion Picture
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
George Clooney - The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash - The Descendants
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian - Moneyball
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Ludovic Bource - The Artist Abel Korzeniowski - W.E. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore - Hugo John Williams - War Horse
Best Original Song - Motion Picture "Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet "The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher
"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs
"The Living Proof" - The Help
"Masterpiece" - W.E.
Best Television Series - Drama American Horror Story Boardwalk Empire Boss Game of Thrones Homeland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Claire Danes - Homeland Mireille Enos - The Killing Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife Madeleine Stowe - Revenge Callie Thorne - Necessary Roughness
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad Kelsey Grammer - Boss
Jeremy Irons - The Borgias
Damian Lewis - Homeland
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical Enlightened Episodes Glee Modern Family New Girl
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern - Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Laura Linney - The Big C
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
David Duchovny - Californication
Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane - Hung
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Cinema Verite Downtown Abbey (Masterpiece) The Hour Mildred Pierce Too Big to Fail
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai - The Hour
Diane Lane - Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern - Downtown Abbey (Masterpiece)
Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult
Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville - Downtown Abbey (Masterpiece)
Idris Elba - Luther
William Hurt - Too Big to Fail
Bill Nighy - Page Eight (Masterpiece)
Dominic West - The Hour
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald - Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith - Downtown Abbey (Masterpiece)
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti - Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins - Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family
I've decided to have a Part III of Christmas movie recommendations this year, so here it goes...
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) - Bill Melendez
Charlie Brown searches for the true meaning of Christmas when he sees nothing but commercialism surrounding the holiday.
Home Alone (1990) - Chris Columbus
A young boy must protect his home from burglars after he was accidentally left home alone.
Black Christmas (1974) - Bob Clark
During Christmas break, a sorority house receives disturbing phone calls from a stranger and eventually, he begins to kill the sorority sisters one by one.
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) - George E. Sellier Jr.
A young man, who's parents were killed in front of him when he was a child, is forced to wear a Santa suit which causes him to go on a murderous rampage.
The Polar Express (2004) - Robert Zemeckis
On Christmas Eve, a young boy who has lost the Christmas spirit boards a magical train that's heading to the North Pole hoping he'll believe again.
Get ready for a shark attack to hit the Jersey Shore next year.
The SyFy network and Hybrid Entertainment are bringingJersey Shore Shark Attack to your television screen in the summer of 2012.
The flick will feature a cast that includes Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Joey Fatone (*NSYNC), Jack Scalia (Dallas) and Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore).
Here is the plot of what should be an awesomely bad movie:
"Jersey Shore Shark Attack unfolds during the July Fourth weekend at – where else? — the Jersey Shore, where rare swarms of sharks are converging due to illegal underwater drilling. Now the angry sharks are on a rampage, devouring residents, and leaving it up to the locals to try and save the day. Sirico is Captain Sallie, the wise veteran of boardwalk life and lore. Scalia is Moretti, former Guido beach bum and now police chief. Sorvino portrays the possibly corrupt Mayor and Atherton is the greedy developer Dolan, who wants to tear down the boardwalk to build a luxury resort where the Guidos will not be welcome. Vinny Guadagnino plays the on-scene reporter Conte and Joey Fatone appears as himself."
Here is Part II of my recommendations for what to watch this Christmas.
Christmas Vacation (1989) - Jeremiah S. Chechik
Clark Griswold's plans for the perfect family Christmas goes horribly wrong in hilarious ways.
Die Hard (1988) - John McTiernan
John McClane, a New York detective, is trapped in a L.A. office building with terrorists. He plans to stop them and save the hostages which include his wife.
A Christmas Story (1983) - Bob Clark
Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him an official Red Rider BB gun for Christmas.
Trading Places (1983) - John Landis
Due to a bet between two millionaires, a successful commodity
broker trades places, not by choice, with a streetwise hustler. The bet is made
to see if a common criminal can be made into a successful businessman and if the
wealthy broker will resort to crime if everything he has become accustomed to
was taken away.
It's December 1st and Christmas will be here before we know it, so just like last year, I'm going to post some suggestions for what to watch this Christmas.
I was going to leave out any movies that I had on my list last year, but that's not going to happen because there are some movies that I feel deserve to be mentioned every year.
Keep an eye out for Part II which will be posted in the next few days or so.
Joyeux Noel (2005) - Christian Carion
During WWI, German, French and Scottish troops called a ceasefire on Christmas Eve to celebrate it...together. A true story.
Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis
A movie that follows several different, but intertwining couples or individuals that show the ups, downs, twists and turns of love.
The Ref (1994) - Ted Demme
A cat burglar takes a couple hostage only to find out they're a bickering couple.
Just Friends (2005) - Roger Kumble
A man ends up in his hometown for Christmas where he comes face to face with his best friend and secret crush from high school who rejected him.
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) - Kizo Nagashima and Larry Roemer
It's Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, so no description should be needed. It's a classic, in my opinion.
