AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

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Spaceman from Pluto

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Letting the wrong subtitles in!

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Hate the omissions, but love the picks

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Customised Studio Logos

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Warner Bros. made to order

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Matt’s Top 10 of 2008

THE MOVIES THAT MOVED ME THE MOST AND GOT ME EXICTED FOR CINEMA'S FUTURE. aka, the movies that I connected with the most this year.…