If you’re anything like us, you know the dead matter ALL the time, not just on July 30th, 2010. But in this case, we’re talking about the long-awaited DVD release of Midnight Syndicate’s feature film The Dead Matter. Why rule the living when you can control the dead?

Not only that, but they’re having a contest for REAL Midnight Syndicate fans: make your own video to one of their songs and have it featured on the DVD release. Cutoff date is May 3rd, so ye have three months to get it done! Here’s the contest rules, plus a few words from your sponsor:

Avatar has nine noms alone, while the rest are fairly well represented by the new ten-strong Best Picture category.

Best picture
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

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We done a bad, bad thing! At the last possible minute (and sparing no expense), several members of the OFCS got together with their webcams and put together a cool little awards show with ME as the host! Okay, not really, but I’m in there a few times. Enjoy!

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Part 2:

The annual OFCS Awards (of which MovieCrypt.com is a participant) has announced the winners:

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress: Melanie Laurent, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” based on a book by Roald Dahl
Best Documentary: “Anvil!: The Story of Anvil”
Best Picture Not in the English Language: “The White Ribbon”
Best Animated Feature: “Up”
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Score: Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Best Editing: Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, “The Hurt Locker”

Are you tired of 2009 yet? We are, and Tatsuya Ishida over at Sinfest.net knows exactly how we feel. Isn’t he amazing at reading our minds? Happy New Year, already!