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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First on Deadline Hollywood, Variety confirms Sam Raimi?€™s Spider-Man 4 pushed back indefinitely. Talk about late Christmas presents!

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!

Remember how much fun the cast of Ocean’s 12 looked like they were having while the audiences watching it weren’t? Same thing.

After a bad breakup, reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) decides to prove himself by hitching a ride into war-torn Iraq for a career-making story… if one can be found before he gets himself killed. Fate (or something) intervenes when he recognizes the name of a private security contractor: Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). According to a man Bob interviewed a few months earlier, Lyn was the best of a secret group of psychic soldiers, men who could kill things with their minds… you know, like goats.

The premise sounds ripe for hilarity: a reporter stumbles onto a story of secretly-trained psychic soldiers who attribute weak philosophies and random happenstance to actual super powers. From remote viewing (visiting distant locations in dreams) to enhanced perceptions (or whatever trip LSD will take you on), these guys truly believe they have become real-life Jedi warriors. The plot, however, seems more intent on snarkiness than comedy or drama; who is dumber, the guys who believe this crap or the person hanging onto every word? By the time the film is over, it feels like the real answer is the audience (for having actually watched the entire thing.)

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