The Hurt Locker sweeps the BAFTA Awards!

Indeed, it was a great showing for this year's little film that could. Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Best Actor: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Foreign Language Film: “A Prophet”
Best Animated Film: “Up”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Rising Star Award: Kristen Stewart
Best Production Design: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair, “Avatar”
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Best British Film: “Fish Tank”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Makeup and Hair: Jenny Shircore, “The Young Victoria”
Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell, “The Young Victoria”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Music: Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Best Sound: “The Hurt Locker”
Carl Foreman Award (Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer): Duncan Jones, “Moon”
Best Short Film: “I Do Air”
Best Animated Short: “Mother of Many”
Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema: Joe Dunton

-The Hurt Locker certainly got a big boost...thoughts?

The BAFTA winners are currently being announced...

...so stay tuned for all the winners!

Behold the BAFTA nominations!

Take a gander:

Best Film
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

Best British Film
“An Education”
“Fish Tank”
“In the Loop”
“Moon”
“Nowhere Boy”

Best Director
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Neill Blomkamp, “District 9”
Lone Scherfig, “An Education”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

BAFTA Announces Tomorrow

BAFTA will name the nominees tomorrow. Will this influence voters? Maybe those stragglers that still have not sent in their ballots and word from the grapevine is that some are having trouble coming up with ten.

Expected to make a strong showing, Lone Scherfig's An Education and probably Tom Ford's A Single Man. Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is also a very good bet at a strong showing which may lock up his tenth spot.

What are some of your predictions? Here are some of mine.

Best Picture: District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air
Best Director: Jane Campion (Bright Star), Neill Blomkamp (District 9), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Damned United, Fantastic Mr. Fox, In the Loop, Let the Right One In, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: Bright Star, Broken Embraces, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, It's Complicated
Lead Actor: Ben Whishaw (Bright Star), Colin Firth (A Single Man), George Clooney (Up in the Air), Peter Capaldi (In the Loop), Michael Sheen (The Damned United)
Lead Actress: Audrey Tautou (Coco avant Chanel), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Supporting Actor: Alfred Molina (An Education), Christian McKay (Me & Orson Welles), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia)
Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy), Julianne Moore (A Single Man), Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire), Rosamund Pike (An Education)

The BAFTA long list comes out!

And boy, is it ever long. The entire list can be found here, but here's one of the big ones:

Best Film
Avatar
District 9
An Education
Gran Torino
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Moon
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Road
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

-Thoughts on the long list?

Today's News: Diablo Cody goes back to High School, BAFTA honors Robert De Niro, and more...

In the news:

For Diablo Cody's third script, she's going to be adapting the series of 'Sweet Valley High' books for the big screen.

Robert De Niro will be receiving the Stanley Kubrick Brittania Award at this year's BAFTA ceremony.

Lionsgate has picked up the distribution rights to the next film that Stephen Gaghan will write and direct, an action thriller about, among other things, I'm sure, a Brooklyn cop.

The upcoming movie 'The Social Network' (about the start of Facebook) gets some cast members to go along with writer Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher.

Summit Entertainment is looking to reboot the 'Highlander' movies and make a new franchise out of it.

The next movie based off of a toy might even be a remake too, as 'He-Man' has been bought for production by Sony.

Believe it or not, 'Barbie' is finally becoming a movie, as Universal has acquired the rights for a live-action feature.

And last, but not least, the Hollywood Film Festival handed out honors, and among the recipients were Carrie Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Lee Daniels, and the writers of '(500) Days of Summer'.

-Thoughts?

BAFTA Nominations!

Take a gander:

Best Film

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Milk”

“The Reader”“

Slumdog Millionaire”
Best British Film

“Hunger”

“In Bruges”

“Mamma Mia!”

“Man on Wire”

“Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Director

Clint Eastwood, “Changeling”

David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”

Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”

Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Actor

Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”

Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Sean Penn, “Milk”

Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Actress

Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”

Kristin Scott Thomas, “I’ve Loved You So Long”

Meryl Streep, “Doubt”

Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr, “Tropic Thunder”

Brendan Gleeson, “In Bruges”

Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”

Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Brad Pitt, “Burn After Reading”
Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, “Doubt”

Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Freida Pinto, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Tilda Swinton, “Burn After Reading”

Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Best Original Screenplay

Joel and Ethan Coen, “Burn After Reading”

J. Michael Straczynski, “Changeling”

Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges”

Philippe Claudel, “I’ve Loved You So Long”

Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”

David Hare, “The Reader”

Justin Haythe, “Revolutionary Road”

Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Foreign Language Film

“The Baader Meinhof Complex”

“Gomorrah”

“I’ve Loved You So Long”

“Persepolis”

“Waltz With Bashir”
Best Animated Feature

“Persepolis”

“WALL-E”

“Waltz With Bashir”
Best Production Design

“Changeling” (James Murakami; Gary Fettis)

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Donald Graham Burt; Victor Zolfo)

“The Dark Knight” (Nathan Crowley; Peter Lando)

“Revolutionary Road” (Kristi Zea; Debra Schutt)

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Mark Digby; Michelle Day)
Best Cinematography

“Changeling” (Tom Stern)

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Claudio Miranda)

“The Dark Knight” (Wally Pfister)

“The Reader” (Chris Menges; Roger Deakins)

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Anthony Dod Mantle)
Best Costume Design

“Changeling” (Deborah Hopper)

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Jacqueline West)

“The Dark Knight” (Lindy Hemming)

“The Duchess” (Michael O’Connor)

“Revolutionary Road” (Albert Wolsky)
Best Film Editing

“Changeling” (Joel Cox; Gary D. Roach)

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Kirk Baxter; Angus Wall)

“The Dark Knight” (Lee Smith)

“Frost/Nixon” (Mike Hill; Dan Hanley)

“In Bruges” (Jon Gregory)

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Chris Dickens)
Best Makeup & Hair

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“The Dark Knight”

“The Duchess”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Milk”
Best Music

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Alexandre Desplat)

“The Dark Knight” (Hans Zimmer; James Newton Howard)

“Mamma Mia!” (Benny Andersson; Bjorn Ulvaeus)

“Slumdog Millionaire” (A.R. Rahman)

“WALL-E” (Thomas Newman)
Best Sound

“Changeling”

“The Dark Knight”

“Quantum of Solace”

“Slumdog Millionaire”

“WALL-E”
Best Visual Effects

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“The Dark Knight”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crustal Skull”

“Iron Man”

“Quantum of Solace”
Carl Foreman Award (for debut British writers, directors and producers)

Simon Chinn (producer), “Man on Wire”

Judy Craymer (producer), “Mamma Mia!”

Garth Jennings (writer), “Son of Rambow”

Steve McQueen, (writer/director), “Hunger”

Solon Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter (producers), “Of Time and the City”
Orange Rising Star Award

Michael Cera

Noel Clarke

Michael Fassbender

Rebecca Hall

Toby Kebbell

-Overall, nothing too surprising, Slumdog and Button lead the way...thoughts?