Oscars 2011 Predictions: Best Picture

My Predictions for the 10 Best Picture Nominations;

Black Swan
Inception
The Kings Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
The Kids Are Alright
The Fighter
Toy Story 3
Winter's Bone
127 Hours

I guess we will find out soon how many I've called right! Note they are not all what I what say are the best films of the last year; just what I think the Oscar voters will go for.

2010 ShawZy's Nominations

The 2010 ShawZys Nominations

'Celebrating why we love cinema in the first place'

Yes, its the time you've all been waiting for. The nominations are out for the ShawZys and as predicted The Expendables leads the field with 8 nominations. Closely followed by Piranha 3D with 5.

Film of the Year:

Hot Tub Time Machine
The Expendables
Piranha 3D
Jackass 3D
Four Lions
Machete
Tron: Legacy
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Boy
How to Train Your Dragon

3D Bucket of Dicks Award For Miss-Use of 3D:

Clash of the Titans
Gulliver's Travels
The Last Airbender

Bad-Ass Performance By an Actor:

Dolph Lundgren - The Expendables
Jason Statham - The Expendables
Slyvester Stallone - The Expendables
Jet Li - The Expendables
Terry Crews - The Expendables

Performance By An Actress in Any Role as long as they are smoking hot:

Jessica Alba - Machete
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Kelly Brook - Piranha 3D
Olivia Wilde - Tron Legacy
Taylor Swift - Valentines Day

The Pete Postlethwaite Memorial Best Supporting Actor which
really is just a cameo performance:

Cillian Murphy - Tron Legacy 3D
Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Expendables
Christopher Lloyd - Piranha 3D
James Franco - The Green Hornet 3D
Christopher Lee - Season of the Witch

Animated Animal Movie of The Year:

Alpha and Omega
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Animals United

The Fuck Shit Up Award for Fucking the Most shit Up:

The A-Team
The Expendables
Machete
The Losers
Red

Best Performance by Fish Fucking Shit Up:

Mega Piranha
Piranha 3D
Sharktopus
Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus
Catfish

The winners will be revealed just before the Oscars!

Song of the Week 2011 - Week 4

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22nd January to 28th January
Avril Lavigne - What The Hell

Lets just fuck shit up for a while

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I don't heart this boat journey!

5 hours on this boat and its gotten to this;

Song of the Week 2011 - The Start!

I've been thinking alot recently about how music, and certain songs, have more meaning at certain times. (This was mostly in Amsterdam heavily under the influence but hey it's a great time to ponder)

The lyrics seems to speak out to you and you feel you can relate to something that maybe you never noticed.

So I've had this idea to each week pick a song that either stood out or reflects the way I feel at that time.

At the end of 2011 I'll have a playlist of 52 songs that sums up the year, the highs and lows, the good times, the bad times, the contradictions, the places I go, the people I meet. It will be an audio narrative.

I can sit there on Jan 1st 2012 and just listen to the whole thing all the way through; With a hangover in Canada and hopefully not in a kids play area.

The first three songs of the year are posted below and I'll try to update weekly from now on!

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1st January to the 7th January
Scouting for Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

Sad start to 2011

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8th January to the 14th January

David Guetta - Memories (featuring Kid Cudi)

One week in Europe featuring Bruges and Amsterdam

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15th January to the 21st January

Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home ft. Skylar Grey

Acceptance, responsibility and homecoming

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Band Name Generator

As part of my continuing efforts to not actually do the job I'm paid to do today I found a fun time waste.

You go on Wikipedia and click Random Article. The title of the article you get is your Band Name.

Then you go to a quotes page (I used The Quotations Page) and click random quotes then take the last 5 words of the bottom quote.

These are a few of the best I got! (I've put where the quote came from at the end)

Royal Flemish
The Queen and Illiterate Sport Fishermen - (PJ O'Rourke)

'Indie band trying to make a name for themselves in an already saturated market'

Brunhilde Peak
Be Convinced We Are Loved - (Victor Hugo)

'Prog-rock outfit release debut album following massive world tour'

Core Foundation
When the Sun Is Shining - (JFK)

'Exciting new dub-step straight out of London'

Aurora Mental Health Center
And no-one dares criticize it - (Pierre Gallois)

'Metal act with a political conscience'

Ukrainian Second League
Back In The Same Box - (Italian Proverb)

'Folk musicians with a strong European flavour'

Happy New Year

I started 2010 sat in a Dinosaur Themed Play Area in Shinigawa, Tokyo, confused and alone and smiling.

I ended 2010 sat in a Play Area in Edinburgh, Scotland in the pouring rain wearing a seal hat, confused and alone and crying.

Maybe one day I'll tell you what happened inbetween.