It finally comes down to a conflict between a fatuous Nazi monster (Chrisophe Waltz) and a fearless French Jewish heroine (Mélanie Laurent), with Brad Pitt as a knife wielding American commando leader. " Inglourious Basterds." Quentin Tarantino is a natural and joyous filmmaker who feeds off his own tory story that fearlessly rewrites history. Directed flawlessly by Kathryn Bigelow as one critic's group after another honored it in their year-end awards, it became a sure thing for picture, actor and director nominations.
He's very good at his job, but is that what drives him to put his life on the line hundreds of times? Not pro-war, not anti-war, not about the war in Iraq, but about the minds of dedicated combat soldiers. Somewhat guarded by a protective suit, he handles delicate mechanisms designed to outwit him. " The Hurt Locker." "War is a drug," the opening title informs us, and in one of the best war movies ever, Jeremy Renner plays an expert member of an elite bomb disposal unit in Iraq. Faithfully adapted by Nick Hornby from the memoirs of the well-known British journalist Lynn Barber. He's not a molester but an opportunist and role-player, and Lone Scherfig's film is wise about what people want in a relationship and what they get.
He's sophisticated, she's not she sees him as a way out of London suburbia and into the circles she dreams of entering. " An Education." A star is born with Carey Mulligan's performance as a 16-year-old schoolgirl who is flattered and romanced, along with her protective parents, by an attractive, mysterious man in his mid-30s ( Peter Sarsgaard). After the screening a critic said: "This year's " The Wrestler." That sounded about right. Maggie Gyllenhaal is inspired as the woman who cares for him but doubts his newfound sobriety-and no, this isn't a cornball story about romantic redemption. He had hit songs, but alcoholism eroded him.
He plays a nearly-forgotten C&W singer, touring nasty dives and smoky honky-tonks for a few dollars and change. " Crazy Heart." This year's late-opening sleeper, built on a probable Oscar-winning performance by Jeff Bridges. They probably got along at least as well as Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Herzog paints the storied city in dark shadows and a notable lack of glamour, and when he involves Cage in a stare-down with an iguana it somehow needs no explanation. He starts out bad and, driven by a painful back and pain meds, goes crazy and gets away with it because of the badge. " Bad Lieutenant." Werner Herzog's edgy noir fed off Nicolas Cage's flywheel intensity in a portrait of a cokehead cop out of control in post-Katrina New Orleans.
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