Dork Shelf » Oscars http://dorkshelf.com Comics, Film, Video Games, TV, Music, Toronto Fri, 25 May 2012 13:09:17 +0000 en-ca hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Academy Lists 97 Eligible Film Scores http://dorkshelf.com/2011/12/23/the-academy-lists-97-eligible-film-scores/ http://dorkshelf.com/2011/12/23/the-academy-lists-97-eligible-film-scores/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:42:49 +0000 Noah Taylor http://dorkshelf.com/?p=15326 Continue reading →]]> There are several categories for the Oscars with very particular qualification standards. Original Score is clearly one of them as only 97 films qualify this year. With less than 100 possibilities and the Academy being categorically opposed to surprising people, it shouldn’t be very difficult to pick out the scores that will be nominated (including movies like Chipwrecked in the running also helps narrow the field).

Trent Reznor and his Nine Inch statue

Of course with Spielberg releasing two films this year we got two scores from the legendary John Williams, at least one of which he’ll surely see a nomination for. Considering that critics can’t seem to find enough top 10 lists to put The Artist on, a film in which the score makes up the entire soundscape, Ludovic Bource will likely see a nomination along with many of the other artists who worked on this film.  Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would have been unwatchable without the score provided by last year’s winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, so we should expect to see their names on the nomination list again this year. Another safe bet would be Canada’s own Howard Shore for his work on Hugo. Since James Horner and Hans Zimmer don’t seem to be in the running this year, I can only confidently predict 4/5 of the nominations (assuming Williams only gets one), that being said I’m gonna throw established composer Thomas Newman’s name out there for The Help. So what do you think, did I nail it?

Danny Elfman is another vet whom people love, but since the films he provided scores for this year (Real Steel and Restless) probably won’t show up in many other categories, his chances for recognition diminish. I don’t know why, that’s just how the Academy rolls.

]]> http://dorkshelf.com/2011/12/23/the-academy-lists-97-eligible-film-scores/feed/ 1 This Week in Dork: February 27 – March 5 http://dorkshelf.com/2011/02/27/this-week-in-dork-february-27-march-5/ http://dorkshelf.com/2011/02/27/this-week-in-dork-february-27-march-5/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:19:27 +0000 Dork Shelf http://dorkshelf.com/?p=11645 This Week in Dork is a weekly feature that attempts to encapsulate all the dorky events happening in and around Toronto every week. The February 27 - March 5 edition features an overblown awards ceremony with free popcorn, suicide bomber satire, South Korean horror and a Steampunk masquerade. Continue reading →]]> This Week in Dork is a weekly feature that attempts to encapsulate all the dorky events happening in and around Toronto every week. If you have an event you would like to have featured on This Week in Dork or on our Upcoming Events Calendar, be sure to contact us via email at events@dorkshelf.com.

You can see more events happening this week here, but these are some of the highlights:

Oscar Night At Innis Town Hall

oscar statueWatch the Academy Awards on the big screen for free courtesy of Innis College and the Cinema Studies Students Union. From the red carpet schlock all the way through until the last award presentation, bring your friends and enjoy the free popcorn and prizes.

Feb. 27 6:00PM @ Innis Town Hall
More details here.

Four Lions

Four Lions

This British satire is a slapstick take on the jihadist movement in the UK. Religious extremism and suicide bombing is certainly not what you would expect to be fodder for laughs, but the film apparently pulls it off quite well. Time Magazine called Four Lions “the blackest, ballsiest comedy since Dr. Strangelove.”  Watch the trailer here.

Feb. 25 – March 10 @ The Royal. $10
More details here.

Wednesday Night Fright Nights: A Tale of Two Sisters

A Tale of Two SistersPart of the TUC’s ongoing Wednesday Night Fright Nights series, A Tale of Two Sisters is the 2003 psychological horror film from Korean director Kim Ji-woon (the excellent I Saw The Devil). Based on a Korean folk tale, Sisters was remade (naturally) into the 2009 American film The Uninvited. Here’s your chance to see the original on the big screen.

March 2, 8:00PM @ Toronto Underground Cinema. $8
More details here.

The Difference Engineers: Opening Gala – A Steampunk Masquerade

Difference Engineers: Reinventing SteampunkThe Toronto Steampunk Society kicks off the new science centre exhibition The Difference Engineers: Reinventing Steampunk with a masquerade party. If you like Steampunk and live in Toronto, this is the place to be. Get a first look at the exhibition and mingle with like minded, steam powered folks.

March 4, 6:00PM @ Ontario Science Centre
More details here.

Machete Maidens Unleashed

machete maidens unleashedDocumentary filmmaker Mark Hartley’s send up of the exploitation-movie industry in the Philippines, Machete Maidens Unleashed begins its run the Bloor this week. If you missed this follow-up to awesome Not Quite Hollywood (dealing with the Australian b-movie & exploitation scene) at TIFF last year, now is your chance to take in all the wonderfully trashy schlock on the big screen. Watch the trailer here.

March 4 – 10 @ Bloor Cinema
More details here.

Defending the Indefensible: Alien Resurrection/Freddy Got Fingered

Our friends Andrew Parker and Sasha James present the debut of their new film series, Defending the Indefensible. Also known as: What happens when a guilty pleasure movie meets a good old fashioned debate in a darkened cinema? Prior to each film one writer, critic or filmmaker will attempt to convince the audience that what they are about to see is a horrible film; another writer, critic or filmmaker will then attempt to defend the film, no matter how bad it is, to the best of their ability. Two will enter and… uh… two will leave! Probably.

In what will likely prove to be an extremely entertaining evening, Now‘s Norman Wilner and Torontoist‘s John Semley will alternatively tear apart/defend Alien Resurrection and Freddy Got Fingered.

March 4, 7:00pm @ Toronto Underground Cinema. $15 Double Bill
More details here.

More events may be added as details become available. Check back every Sunday for more dorky things to do in Toronto.

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Will, Jeff, Lucas and Noah sit down to discuss the Oscar nominations, the return of Lost, Mass Effect 2, Star Trek Online and its effects on social lives, Iron Man’s suit redesign and what people can expect from Iron Man 2.

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