Barry's Beetchin Movies: June 2009

Best Makeup

La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Atonement, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix & Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Silk
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Gabriel Yared - 1408, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Dario Marianelli - The Brave One, David Torn - Lars and the Real Girl & James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton

Best Original Song

"That's How You Know": Written by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz. Performed by Amy Adams - Enchanted
"Guaranteed": Written & performed by Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
"Way Back into Love": Written by Adam Schlesinger. Performed by Hugh Grant & Drew Barrymore/Haley Bennett - Music and Lyrics
"Falling Slowly": Written & performed by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Once
"Baby Don't You Cry": Written by Andrew Hollander & Adrienne Shelly. Performed by Quincy Coleman - Waitress

Runners Up: "Do You Feel Me" - American Gangster, "A Hero Comes Home" - Beowulf, "Happy Working Song" - Enchanted, "Pop! Goes My Heart" - Music and Lyrics & "If You Want Me" - Once

Best Sound Editing

1408
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Into the Wild, Spider-Man 3, Transformers & Vacancy

Best Sound Mixing

1408
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Brave One, Into the Wild, Once & Transformers

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Stardust
Transformers

Runners Up: The Bourne Ultimatum, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End & Spider-Man 3

Best Ensemble

Atonement
Hairspray
Lars and the Real Girl
A Mighty Heart
Michael Clayton

Runners Up: Black Book, Juno, Knocked Up, Things We Lost in the Fire & The TV Set

Sunday, June 07, 2009

The Bhuray's: Other Categories

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away from Her
Eileen Chang, James Schamus & Hui-Ling Wang - Lust, Caution
Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Scott Alexander, Matt Greenberg & Larry Karazsewski - 1408, Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard - Gone Baby Gone, Steve Buscemi & David Schecter - Interview, Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughan - Stardust & James Vanderbilt - Zodiac

Best Original Screenplay

Cynthia Mort, Bruce A. Taylor & Roderick Taylor - The Brave One
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco & Jan Pinkava - Ratatouille
Allan Loeb - Things We Lost in the Fire

Runners Up: Diablo Cody - Juno, Judd Apatow - Knocked Up, Scott Frank - The Lookout, Tamara Jenkins - The Savages & Jake Kasdan - The TV Set

Best Art Direction

Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer - Atonement
Stuart Craig & Stephanie McMillan- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Crank & Jack Fisk - There Will Be Blood
Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo - Zodiac

Runners Up: Ellen Christiansen & Mark Friedberg- Across the Universe, Janice Blackie-Goodine - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Lai Pan - Lust, Caution Gavin Bocquet & Peter Young - Stardust & Keun-woo Choi - Time

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Rodrigo Prieto - Lust, Caution
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood
Harris Savides - Zodiac

Runners Up: Benoît Delhomme - 1408, Bruno Delbonnel - Across the Universe, Sławomir Idziak - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men & Dariusz Wolski - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Kirston Leigh Mann - Lars and the Real Girl
Marit Allen - La Vie en Rose
Lai Pan - Lust, Caution
Mark Bridges - There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Patricia Norris - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Rita Ryack - Hairspray, Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street & Casey Storm - Zodiac

Best Film Editing

Peter Boyle - 1408
Tony Lawson - The Brave One
John Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood

Runners Up: Paul Tothill - Atonement, David Wharnsby - Away from Her, Tim Squyres - Lust, Caution, Peter Christelis - A Mighty Heart & Angus Wall - Zodiac

The Bhuray's: A Special Citation

This is an honourary award that I'm going to give in my awards from now on to a performance that I felt went extremely unnoticed from the year, and I didn't have to space to give it recognition in the categories. The first one goes to a performer who has been aces in everything she has acted in, but has never gotten the notices for it. That performer is...

Rosario Dawson as Maya in...

Descent, directed by Talia Lugacy

I did think that Rosario Dawson's best performance thus far had been in Rent, but after seeing Descent, this is clearly her best work. Dawson plays Maya, a student going through college. She meets a boy, Jared (played by the great Chad Faust), and rebuffs him at first. She takes a shine to him and they hit it off. They get to fooling around, and then the unthinkable happens. Maya's life is shattered and as she tries to piece her life back together, her need for vengeance grows and she turns to a person she meets at a club, Adrian (Marcus Patrick), for help.

This is a tough film to get through, but it's worth it. Rosario Dawson has never been better and it's disappointing that not a lot of people saw this movie or gave it the time it deserves. That is why Rosario Dawson is the recipient of this Special Citation.