Winners of the 91st Academy Awards

And The Oscar Goes To..... (91st Academy Award Winners)

Now, here are the winners of the 91st Academy Awards.

Only two of my predictions of the winners in this year's ceremony had come true, such as Rami Malek winning the Best Actor award for his performance as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse for Best Animated Feature. I was disappointed that Avengers: Infinity War didn't win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Then again, I was surprised that the distinction went to First Man.

There is a bit of controversy. Concerning the winner of the Best Picture award being Green Book. Because I haven't seen this movie, I can't say whether I agree with this controversy. However, I am still surprised it didn't go to Bohemian Rhapsody.

Best Visual Effects
First Man - Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm

Best Film Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody - John Ottman

Best Costume Design
Black Panther - Ruth E. Carter

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Vice - Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

Best Cinematography
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron

Best Production Design
Black Panther - Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart

Best Sound Mixing
Bohemian Rhapsody - Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali

Best Sound Editing

Bohemian Rhapsody - John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone

Best Original Song

"Shallow" from A Star Is Born - Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

Best Original Score

Black Panther - Ludwig Goransson

Best Animated Short Film
Bao - Domee Shi and Becky-Neiman Cobb

Best Live Action Short Film

Skin - Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

Best Documentary - Short Subject

Period. End of Sentence - Rayka Zehtabachi and Melissa Berton

Best Documentary - Feature
Free Solo - Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill

Best Foreign Language Film

Roma (Mexico) in Spanish and Mixtec - Directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Best Animated Feature Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman - Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee, based on the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth

Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Green Book - Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Green Book as Don Shirley

Best Actress
Olivia Colman - The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Best Actor
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma

Best Picture
Green Book - Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga

Academy Honorary Awards
Cicely Tyson

Lalo Schifrin

Marvin Levy

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

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The Italian Job (2003) Review

The Italian Job 


Release Date: 21st August 2003 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
De Line Pictures
Working Title Films

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Crime

Rating: M

Runtime: 110 minutes 


Budget: $60,000,000 

Box Office Gross: $176,070,171
(Worldwide) 


Plot Summary
A gang of robbers, lead by
career criminal Charlie
Croker, create the largest
traffic jam in Los Angeles
history, giving them time to
pull of a theft of gold bullion.
They get away in their Mini
Coopers, which are small
enough to drive on sidewalks
so they can make a clean get
away before the traffic jam
clears. (Source - IMDb)


Cast
Mark Wahlberg - Charlie
Croker
Charlize Theron - Stella
Bridger
Donald Sutherland - John
Bridger
Jason Statham - Handsome
Rob
Seth Green - Lyle
Yasiin Bey - Left Ear
Edward Norton - Steve
Christopher Moore Jr. -
Young Left Ear
Joel Homan - Young Charlie
Olek Krupa - Mashkov
Gawtii - Skinny Pete

Franky G - Wrench

Crew
Director - F. Gary Gray
Based on 1969 Screenplay - Troy Kennedy-Martin
Screenplay - Donna & Wayne Powers
Executive Producers - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Wendy Japhet
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - James Dyer
Producer - Donald DeLine

Casting Director - Sheila Jaffe
Production Designer - Charles Wood

Art Directors - Doug J. Meerdink and Mark Zuelzke

Set Decorator - Denise Pizzini
Costume Designer - Mark Bridges
Director of Photography - Wally Pfister
Second Unit Director/Stunt
Coordinator - Kenny Bates
Stunt Coordinator - Kurt Bryant
Co-Stunt Coordinator - Steve Kelso
Special Effects Designer - Eric Allard
Special Effects Supervisor - Mike Edmonson

Special Effects Coordinators - Stefano Corridori
and Joe D. Ramsey
Visual Effects Supervisors - Bruce Jones
and Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
Visual Effects Consultant - Peter Donen
Film Editors - Richard Francis-Bruce and
Christopher Rouse
Music Supervisor - Kathy Nelson
Co-Music Supervisor - Julianne Jordan
Music - John Powell 


Review
I have heard about that there were two versions of 'THE ITALIAN JOB', one in particular is the 1969 British classic which I didn't watch and the other is the 2003 American remake which I have seen three times. People often say that the remakes are never as good as the original, whether or not this is true, I don't know. This modern version was a semi-decent heist movie.

The plot was driven in more ways than one by suspense and comedy and contains action sequences like the robbery in Venice and the Mini Cooper car chase. Whilst not wanting to give it away, there is a scene involving a safe and a DIY trick that is particularly memorable. Sure, Michael Caine doesn't make an appearance in this remake, but it's still good-looking with Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, Mos Def and Seth Green as cast members. Their performances were first-rate and easily the best actors in the feature were Def, Green, Statham and Norton. The movie itself required no digital effects since it was mostly filmed in Italy and America.

Even with its star-power, 'THE ITALIAN JOB' is worth-watching. Whether or not you have seen the original, you'll be entertained by F. Gary Gray's recent interpretation.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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