Wednesday, July 13, 2011

JULY: 70's Crime

"Show Me the Money"



The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The French Connection (1971)
Get Carter (1971)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1974)

TRAVIS

The "Gritty" Awards

Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Screenplay:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Favorite Moment/Scene: 
 
Ratings

The Friends of Eddie Coyle -
The French Connection -
Get Carter -
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three -
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie -
Assault On Precinct 13
-


 

TYLER
The "Gritty" Awards

Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Screenplay:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Favorite Moment/Scene:

Ratings

The Friends of Eddie Coyle -
The French Connection -
Get Carter -
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three -
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie -
Assault On Precinct 13
-
Assault On Precinct 13 (1976

Sunday, May 1, 2011

MAY: Directorial Debuts

"Our Generation's Future"

Gummo - Harmony Korine - (1997)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Guy Ritchie - (1998)
Pi - Darren Aronofsky - (1998)
Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze - (1999)
The Virgin Suicides - Sofia Coppola - (1999)
Amores Perros - Alejandro González Iñárritu - (2000)
Primer - Shane Carruth - (2004)

TRAVIS

The n00b Awards

Best Picture: Being John Malkovich
Best Director: Harmony Korine for Gummo
Best Screenplay: Being John Malkovich
Best Actor: Emilio Echevarria in Amores Perros
Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides
Best Supporting Actor: John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich
Favorite Moment/Scene: The life support scene in Gummo


 
Ratings

Gummo - 8/10
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - 8/10
Pi - 5/10
Being John Malkovich - 9/10
The Virgin Suicides - 7/10
Amores Perros - 7/10
Primer - 6/10




TYLER
The n00b Awards

Best Picture: Being John Malkovich
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky for Pi
Best Screenplay: Being John Malkovich
Best Actor: John Cusack in Being John Malkovich
Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides
Best Supporting Actor: John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich
Favorite Moment/Scene: John Malkovich going inside his own head.

Ratings

Gummo - 3/10
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - 9/10
Pi - 7/10
Being John Malkovich - 10/10
The Virgin Suicides - 7/10
Amores Perros - 8/10
Primer - 5/10


Big Winner: 10 wins (combined)

Monday, April 18, 2011

APRIL: Alfred Hitchcock

That's SO "Hitchcockian"


Dial M for Murder (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
TRAVIS

The Hitchcockian Awards

Best Picture: Psycho
Best Screenplay: Psycho
Best Actor: Ray Milland as Tony Wendice in Dial M For Murder
Best Actress: Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Psycho
Best Supporting Actor: Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald in Rear Window
Best Supporting Actress: Barbara Bel Geddes as Midge Wood in Vertigo
Favorite Scene/Moment: The staircase scene in Psycho

Ratings
Dial M For Murder- 9/10
Rear Window - 10/10
Vertigo - 8/10
Psycho - 10/10
The Birds - 6/10

TYLER
The Hitchcockian Awards

Best Picture: Rear Window
Best Screenplay: Psycho
Best Actor: James Stewert in Rear Window
Best Actress: Tippi Hedren in The Birds
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Cummings in Dial M For Murder
Best Supporting Actress: Grace Kelly in Dial M For Murder
Favorite Moment/Scene: Final Scene in Psycho

Ratings


Dial M for Murder - 9/10
Rear Window - 10/10
Vertigo - 9/10
Psycho - 9/10
The Birds - 8/10

Big Winner: 6 wins (combined)