Oscars are just around the corner but alas, duty calls at the office. But that isn't stopping me from the prediction to win me some moolah. And here are the predicted winners...

Best Picture
BABEL

Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Actor in a Supporting Role
Djimon Hounsou, BLOOD DIAMOND

Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson, DREAMGIRLS

Best Original Screenplay
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Best Adapted Screenplay
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Best Original Score
BABEL

Best Animated Film
CARS

Best Foreign Film
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Art Direction
THE PRESTIGE

Best Cinematography
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Costume Design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

Best Documentary Feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
RECYCLED LIFE

Best Film Editing
UNITED 93

Best Makeup
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Short Film (Animated)
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL

Best Short Film (Live-Action)
THE SAVIOUR

Best Sound Editing
LETTERS FROM IWON JIMA

Best Sound Mixing
BLOOD DIAMOND

Best Visual Effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Best Original Song
“Listen” – DREAMGIRLS, Beyonce Knowles

Funny how the youngest in the office is the 1st to get engaged.
Now i feel odd...

What do you get if you take Hitchcock's classic thriller Rear Window into todays context in a younger generation?

This.



Looks pretty tight. I'm game.

Introducing interesting stuff you can find on the net.

Another online temp storage space if you wanna give someone a really big file without the use of FTP or email. There's even a time duration for it to be online. Cool stuff.


This site is the bomb. It helps you convert your file to any format you want for you to download and it also stores them AKA youtube. I mainly use it to convert files.

For those who know who Kevin Smith is, this must be trippin gift for you. Featuring his own personal blog.

On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott's third graders from the small, all-white town of Riceville, Iowa, came to class confused and upset. They recently had made King their "Hero of the Month," and they couldn't understand why someone would kill him. So Elliott decided to teach her class a daring lesson in the meaning of discrimination. She wanted to show her pupils what discrimination feels like, and what it can do to people so she divided her class by eye color -- those with blue eyes and those with brown.

What happened over the course of the unique two-day exercise astonished both students and teacher.

Click the image above to view the documentary at its website. Or you could click here too...

Already the most talked about film of Sundance 2007, "ZOO" tells a story about a seemingly average businessman whose secret sexual life led to his shocking death. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Robinson Devor (“Woman Chaser,” “Police Beat”), the film explores the ensuing media coverage and public outcry that uncovered a secret community of apparently upstanding citizens who share this extreme and exotic appetite, revealing the enormous gulf between what we appear to be and who we really are.


Think they'll show this in SG?

Wait long long hor...

John Cusack + Stephan King

Finally American horror is back.



Adapted from the short story by Stephen King, a renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (John Cusack) believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. But after a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he has no real proof of life - or afterlife. Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights, however, is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project, "Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms." Defying the warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson), the author is the first person in years to stay in the reputedly haunted room. Another bestseller may be imminent, but first he must go from skeptic to true believer - and ultimately survive the night.

My belated HK pics. I always put up my pics late. At least i'm consistant...

It was almost 1 year ago that we (read: me and Richard) covered the prayer opening for Jack Neo's latest film Just Follow Law. While updating the local scene pages of MX, i was looking around for its's teaser poster in thier official site when i stumble upon the gallery and chanced upon me and Richard in action. Yup, thats me at the back looking up. No i was loking for lizards (lame..i know), but i was trying to get an ariel shot of the whole group interview process in a tight spot.

Alright boys and girls, its THAT time of the year to find out the best in Hollywood.

Featuring the nominations. Predictions will be highlighted later when nearing the actual date. Not fair mah..haven't seen all the films yet.
So guys, are we gonna have the get-together on Oscar night (read: Morning in SG)? Still $5?

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Best Picture
THE DEPARTED
BABEL
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN

Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Peter O'Toole, VENUS
Will Smith, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Leonardo DiCaprio, BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling, HALF NELSON

Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN
Judi Dench, NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Kate Winslet, LITTLE CHILDREN
Penelope Cruz, VOLVER
Meryl Street, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, THE DEPARTED
Paul Greengrass, UNITED 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, BABEL
Stephen Frears, THE QUEEN
Clint Eastwood, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Murphy, DREAMGIRLS
Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Mark Wahlberg, THE DEPARTED
Djimon Hounsou, BLOOD DIAMOND
Jackie Earle Haley, LITTLE CHILDREN

Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson, DREAMGIRLS
Adriana Barraza, BABEL
Rinko Kinkuchi, BABEL
Abigail Breslin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Cate Blanchett, NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Best Original Screenplay
THE QUEEN
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Adapted Screenplay
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
BORAT
CHILDREN OF MEN

Best Original Score
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Best Animated Film
HAPPY FEET
CARS
MONSTER HOUSE

Best Foreign Film
PAN'S LABYRINTH
AFTER THE WEDDING
WATER
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGENES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS

Best Art Direction
PAN'S LABYRINTH
DREAMGIRLS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
THE PRESTIGE

Best Cinematography
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE PRESTIGE
THE ILLUSIONIST
THE BLACK DAHLIA
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Costume Design
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE QUEEN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Best Documentary Feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS

Best Film Editing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93
CHILDREN OF MEN
BLOOD DIAMOND

Best Makeup
PAN'S LABYRINTH
APOCALYPTO
CLICK

Best Short Film (Animated)
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best Short Film (Live-Action)
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY

Best Sound Editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWON JIMA

Best Sound Mixing
DREAMGIRLS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
BLOOD DIAMOND
APOCALYPTO

Best Visual Effects
POSEIDON
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
SUPERMAN RETURNS

Best Original Song
“Love You I Do” – DREAMGIRLS, Jennifer Hudson
“Listen” – DREAMGIRLS, Beyonce Knowles
“I Need to Wake Up” - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Melissa Etheridge
“Patience” – DREAMGIRLS, Eddie Murphy
“Our Town” - CARS, James Taylor

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