
This Sunday June 1, the
MTV Movie Awards will strike again and while they aren't the most prestigious awards around, they at least get creative with their nomination categories. My favorite: Best Kiss.
Here are the nominees:
- Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey, Enchanted
- Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman, Step Up 2 the Streets
- Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer, Disturbia
- Ellen Page and Michael Cera, Juno
- Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I would love it if Ellen Page and Michael Cera won and then reenacted their kiss during the acceptance speech. But I have a feeling The LaBeouf will take that win.

Recently the filmmakers behind the upcoming
Incredible Hulk movie held a panel discussion at the New York Comic-Con to promote the film to its key audience: fanboys. When director Louis Letterier
declared the musical score for Hulk was, "Star Wars good" he reportedly got booed by the audience.
It cracks me up that, to
a certain group of fans it is sacrilegious to ever suggest anything is as good as (or — gasp. — better than) that famous, ominous tune.

If you're anything like us, your most extravagantly romantic vacations are more likely to happen through the magic of movies than to occur in real life. Lucky for you, now you can have the best of both worlds. The ravishing romance
Atonement is coming to DVD today.
The award-winning movie
Atonement, one of my
top ten movies of 2007, is coming to DVD today. As
I've said before, I so loved the experience of watching this film that it definitely deserves a second (or third) viewing. Therefore, I'll certainly be adding the Atonement DVD to my film library.

From now until the
2008 Oscars air on Sunday night, I'll be breaking down the five contenders for
Best Picture, giving you the scoop on why each film could win and why it might not stand a chance. So far, I've taken a look at
There Will Be Blood and
Michael Clayton. Today's Best Picture nominee is
Atonement.
Pride and Prejudice director Joe Wright works his magic with another desperately romantic drama, this one taking place in England before and during WWII.

Needless to say while writing Atonement, Ian McEwan was not contemplating ways to incorporate technology into the story. And who can blame him. Set in 1935, big inventions of that year were the "Supreme" Pedestal Hair Dryer and the Moving Coil Speaker.

While food doesn't necessarily come to mind when thinking of the
Oscar-nominated film Atonement, a cocktail might. The cocktail featured is a chocolate concoction created by a minor character named Paul Marshall. A chocolate magnate and friend of older brother Leon, Paul attempts to wow the Tallis family with his chocolate cocktail.

In the days leading up until the
Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. This week, I'll be looking at the nominees for
Best Costume Design. We've already taken a look at
the costumes in Across the Universe, now let's turn our attention to
Atonement.
I've gushed about the superb
art direction in Atonement, and the costumes are a huge part of the beautiful overall look and feel of the film.

Every week up until the
Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. This week, I'll be looking at the nominees for Best Art Direction, which encompasses the entire look and feel of a film from the scenery to the lighting. Yesterday I featured production stills from
Ridley Scott's darkly evocative American Gangster, and today I bring you images from
Atonement.
As a huge fan of Atonement, I think Joe Wright should win all kinds of awards for the way he beautifully captured the world described in Ian McEwan's novel.

While we were busy handing out
Grammys last night, the folks across the pond held their own
star-studded award ceremony: the
BAFTA Awards. In keeping with many of the awards ceremonies thus far,
Atonement and