Some very surprising results from today’s Oscar nominations, including…
– Best Animated Film: “Persepolis” (expected), “Ratatouille” (of course) and “SURF’S UP”??? Shocking! What happened to “The Simpsons Movie”? Maybe Academy voters don’t like animated movies that are based on TV shows (“The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie” was snubbed back in 2005) or starring TV stars (Jerry Seinfeld can’t be happy).
– “Hairspray” shut-out. Not even a song.
– Speaking of songs, how about “Enchanted” getting three of the five Best Original Song nominations. Hopefully they won’t cancel each other out and one (probably “That’s How You Know”) will win.
– Too bad Amy Adams didn’t get a Best Actress nomination for “Enchanted.”
– Johnny Depp’s nomination for Best Actor for “Sweeney Todd” surprised me.
– Finally, “Ratatouille” getting FIVE nominations is the best surprise of all. Congratulations to Brad Bird and everyone at Disney/Pixar.
The countdown to the Feb. 24th Oscars ceremony continues. Let’s hope it doesn’t get cancelled.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.