TRAVIS BYRAM'S MOVIE REVIEWS

The Golden Globes haven't even been broadcast yet and already it is becoming evident that "The Social Network" will win the the Academy Award for Best Picture. Look at any critic's top 10 list on the website metacritic and 9 times out of 10 you'll see "Social Network" placed on the top or near the top of the list. I knew back in October that the movie was a masterpiece, I just didn't realize how much recognition and rewards it would reap as a result! It seems destined to pick up awards for it Best Picture, its superb screenplay, David Fincher's guided direction....and yet it's undecided if Jesse Eisenberg will receive the coveted Best Actor award, with tough competition coming from Colin Firth in "The King's Speech" (which hopefully I'll be seeing later this year) and James Franco in "127 Hours." Andrew Garfield was very good in "Social Network," but there's no way he'll win as long as Chr...

No surprises in the drama category, but many, many surprises in the Musical/Comedy category, considering half of the movies AREN'T comedies or musicals! See how accurate I was with my predictions, I'm going to boldface my predictions into the actual nominees: DRAMA: - Black Swan - Inception - The King's Speech - The Fighter - The Social Network ( easily the winner of this group, though "Inception" would also be a great win) MUSICAL /COMEDY: (which snubbed "Toy Story 3") - Alice in Wonderland (nor a musical or a comedy, it's a fantasy film!) - Burlesque - The Kids Are All Right (this will probably win if "Alice" doesn't) - Red - The Tourist (nor a musical or a comedy, in IMDb it's listed as a drama!) In Animated movies, all 3 of my predictions were correct, with 2 additional nominees, "Tangled" and the french film "The Illusionist." So if I'm right, "Social Network," "The Kids Are All Right...

Critic's Choice Awards nominations were announced, not a single surprise among them. It doesn't come as a surprise though, 2010 hasn't been the best year for critically acclaimed movies; I've seen alot of these films pop up on critic's lists in similar order. Best Picture nominess are: -127 Hours -Black Swan -Inception -The Fighter -The Social Network -Winter's Bone -The King's Speech -The Town -Toy Story 3 -True Grit "The Social Network" will likely win this field, also best director which David Fincher is up for, Best Adapted Screenplay and some other technical fields. The rest of the nominees are located in the link below, here are my predictions: Best Actor: Colin Firth- The King's Speech Best Actress: Natalie Portman- Black Swan Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale- The Fighter Best Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver- Animal Kingdom Best Comedy: The Other Guys Best Action Film: Inception Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3 Best Ensemble: The ...