Games Of Thrones Season 2 Trailer

Here is the trailer of GOT season 2.It is beautifully narrated by the eunuch Varys.If  Tyrion Lannister(Peter Dinklage) is your favourite character  in season 1,Season 2 Tyrion can be said as the main character  and Peter Dinklage could create the magic again in this season,he is set to win more awards.I love that we get to see Carice van Houten who plays the red priest in the beginning of the trailer and Sansa(Sophie Turner) getting tortured by Joffrey(Jack Gleeson) will surely make those Sansa haters to  have a change of heart.Jack Gleeson is really good as I do feel very angry and hatred whenever I see him appear onscreen.Check out the trailer and leave some comments on what you think of it!

18th SAG Winners List

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin-The Artist
-The most deserving actor to win!!Hopefully Jean will be the male Marion Cotilard in the Oscars!!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Viola Davis-The Help
-Meryl Streep and Viola Davis is neck to neck in winning the Golden Statue or could Michelle Williams who already won almost all the crtics awards and most likely to win the BAFTA win the Best Actress?The most interesting race and category !

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummers-Beginners
-Well deserving!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer-The Help
-She was great in her first big role but I was hoping for Jessica Chastain to win.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Help
-A powerful cast which consists of mostly women.Congratulations!

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Paul Giamatti-Too Big to Fail
-I was upset as Dominic West was not nominated for Appropriate Adult but Paul Giamatti wining does make it up for me.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kate Winslet-Mildred Pierce
-   Kate Winslet  playing a mother who loves her manipulative daughter.She was brilliant in it and deserving to win.Though it would be nice to see a tie between Kate and Maggie Smith

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscesmi-Boardwalk Empire
- Well deserving !!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jessica Lange -American Horror Story
-Another senior actress who had been working for a long time and gave a memorable performance last year.She was creepy in her role as Constance!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alex Balwin-30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White-Hot In Cleveland
I love Betty White.She as the foul mouthed Elka is damn funny.Well deserving!

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
-Was hoping Game of Thrones to win   but BE clearly deserved to win!

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Modern Family
-Thank god its not Glee as I felt last season was really bad compared to the first .

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
-yay!Kudos HP team!

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Games Of Thrones
-Well deserving!

Friday's Best Actor

Bryce Dallas Howard

This week I would like to highlight Bryce Dallas Howard performance as Hilly in the film adaptation of  the novel  The Help by Kathryn Stockett.While  Viola Davis,Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain got most the attention from the critics and audience,I felt Bryce's performance was  the best thing in the film.She can really play a mean character while being charismatic at the same time.And her southern accent was at top notch too.It was her superb portrayal of Hilly made the comedy scene between Minny worked.

Eiko Ishioka Dies at 73

Eiko Ishioka ,Academy Award winning costume designer had passed away.She won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work in  Bram's Stoker Dracula.Her costume designs always had a touch of Japanese or Asian element and always have a other worldly feel to it.Her superb work was last seen in Tarsem Singh Immortals ,which I felt deserved another nomination.Too bad she got snubbed as I felt the costumes of the Gods in Immortals are probably the most futuristic and elegant  costumes especially the headpiece which were so unique.Check out some of her beautiful ,brilliant work in films.

Her work can be seen in the upcoming film Mirror Mirror another Tarsem Singh film.May her soul rest in peace.

A Feast For Crows-review

Just like the Clash of the Kings,A Feast For Crows is the aftermath of the surprising events  A Storm Of Swords.Just as the previous book I'll break the  plot through characters.

Samwell Tarly
Fearing for the safety of  Master Aemon and Wildling prince,Jon Snow who is now the commander of the Night Watch  ordered Samwell,Gilly and Maester Aemon to  travel to Citadel.During their voyage,Maester Aemon's health got worsen and after learning about Danaerys,the last known living of his kin,he ordered Sam to inform the Maesters in Citadel about Danaerys and that she should return Westeros to claim her Throne.Later ,he died and  Sam out of grief and love broke his vow and had sex with Gilly.At Citadel,Sam informed Maester Marwin what Aemon instructed  and the Maester decides to go and get Danaerys back to her land.

Ser Jaime Lannister
After knowing Cercei affairs through his brother,Jaime starts to distant himself from his sister and plans to  ensure Tommen is separated for his mother so that he will not be like his older brother Jofferey who is cruel and unkind.Jaime suggested Cercei to agree on Tommen's marriage with Magaery Tyrell in order to gain the alliance of the Tyrells.Jime realise his Cercei never really loves him and will never acknowledge him as her husband as she  wants the throne more.He also realises that Cercei used him just like King Robert uses Cercei to overcome his grief for Lyanna.Cercei being paranoid that everyone is against her,sends Jaime away to go and claim Riverrun.Having taken an oath to Catelyn Stark that he would not go against the Starks and Tully,Jaime was reluctant and finally manages to get Riverrun without a battle or spill of blood.He saved Edmure Tully from being hanged and eventually convinces Edmure to yield.Jaime realises winter has arrived.

Lady Brienne Of Tarth
Lady Brienne continues he search for Sansa Stark as Jaime had commanded her.On her way she is joined by Podrick Payne ,Tyrion Lannister's squire.During her quest she learns The Hound was seen with a Stark girl.Assuming that it would be Sansa since both of them  flee from King's Landing ,she decides to search for the Hound who is said to join the Brotherhood Without Banners(BWB) which has a new leader called Lady Stoneheart.However through the elder brother,she learns that it was Arya Stark  with the Hound and the Hound is already dead.Realising Arya is also alive,Brienne and her companions decides to stay in a Inn since it was getting dark.She found Gendry who looks so much like King Renly and realise Gendry is a possible King Robert's bastard.Before she could tell Gendry she is interrupted by Bitter,an outlaw and was injured by him.When she wakes up,she realise Gendry along with the BWB managed to kill Bitter and his followers and she is to see Lady Stoneheart.As she saw Lady Stoneheart,she realises it is Catelyn Stark who is decides to hang Brienne thinking Brienne had betrayed her.When she is hanged,she screams a word and it is unclear whether she dies or not.

Sansa Stark
Still posing  as Petyr daughter Alayane Stone,Sansa remains in Vale until her "father" decides to move them to the Gates Of The Moon(which is at the base of the Eyrie) as the weather is getting cold and worse.She befriends Mya Stone(King Robert's bastard)  and look after the sickly cousin,the Lord of Eyrie.Petyr Baelish informs her  whether she likes it or not Sansa is a player of the games of thrones and he is planning for her to get marry to Lord Harry,the heir of Eyrie and through the marriage she would get back Winterfell and the Northman loyalty.

Arya Stark
Arya reaches Braavosi and  the House of Black And White,a temple worshipping the  Many Face God.She becomes a novice and learns their tradition,language and realise that the Faceless Men killing is sacred .She is asked to wipe away her identity and until she becomes no one ,then only she would  be accepted fully as a Faceless Men.To learn the Braavosi language,the priest asks her to work selling clams and when she found a deserter of the Night Watch and kills him.She returns to the temple  and told the Priest about the deserter.Realising she had become Arya again,the priest gave her milk to drink.The next morning Arya realises she is blind.

Iron Islands
After the death of King Balon,a Kingsmoot is carried out to choose the king.At the Kingsmoot,Euron Greyjoy is selected as the king as he promises the audience that they will have Westeros as he had a horn that could command Dragons and he had heard of the this Dragon Queen(Danaerys) .

Cercei Lannister
Cercei becomes paranoid that everyone is against her she appoints whom she believes as the council which includes Qyburn who learns the human body by dissecting victims while they are alive.She kills the High Septon as she realises he knew her relationship with Jaime.She is continuously troubled by an event which happened while she was still a  maid that a Maegi informed her that she will be Queen of Westeros one day and after the dead of three kings,a younger and beautiful Queen will be the end of her ruling and when she is drowned by grief  she will be killed by the hands of her younger brother.Cercei assumes this young Queen is the young bride of King Tommen and it would be Tyrion who would end her.So she decides to frame Margaery by accusing Margaery and her cousins to be be no longer maiden(virgin) and are having an affair with the knights as she realise the maidenhead of highborn ladies are broken by horse ridding which Margaery is fond of.She sets up Osney Kettleback to take the blame to have an affair with the young Queen by seducing him.Margaery  is imprisoned at the temple to be brought for a trial.While visiting Margaery,Cercei found out that the new High Septon by whipping Osney managed to extract the truth about Cercei and imprisoned Cercei under the chargers of murder and fraught.Through Qyburn,Cercei sends a letter to Jaime ,begging for help and that she loved him.

Jaime Lannister
Jaime receives the letter from his sister.Instead  of answering it,he burned the letter as though he never received the letter.

Dorne
Ariane Martell,the daughter of the Prince Doran wants to make  Princess Myrcella as the Queen and fight against Cercei and King Tommen as a revenge for the death of her uncle and Elia(the wife of Rhaegar,Danaerys and Viserys brother) who had been killed by Lannisters men and realising and wanting a women to rule(Myrcella is sent  to Dorne to marry Prince Tristane by Cercei and Tyrion when he was the Kings Hand in order to win the Dornish alliance to King Tommen).Her plan comes to  a end when her father finds out the plan and caught them red handed.She opens up to her father that she knew her father wants his son Prince Quentyn to be his heir  and she is sick of treated or loved less just because she is woman and tired of being idle when they should be avenging for their death ones.Prince Doran reveals that he had always loved her and he wanted his son to be Prince of Dorne because he wants her to become the Queen of Westeros by marrying the Viserys the dragon.He also reveals that Quentyn is going to bring dragon back to Westeros and the House of Dorne will have its revenge.

Review
In A Feast For Crows,lots of secret is revealed and the fantasy element in the books gets more heavy with prophecies. George R.R.Martin manages to introduce new characters like Ariane  with ease into the complex plot and make it memorable in a short time.In this novel we do get to see Cercei's cunning nature.While it is only implied that Cercei is cunning and cold in the first  three books as we only got to see her having affair and trying to hide the nature of  her children.However in this book,Cercei true colours are shown as the reader realises she is longing for power, the Throne and finally some respect and acceptance .We get to see why she is so mean to Tyrion and her insecurities makes her more human.I'm very impressed with the character of Jaime Lannister again in this  novel.The readers manages to learn more about him especially that he wants his children and not the throne.We get to see more actions that shows Jaime is a man with honor.He is probably one of my favourite character in the series right now.It's a women world in this particular novel.We get to see more of the women players of game of thrones through the character Ariane,Cercei and Asha Greyjoy.These three women knew their hindrance being a woman in Westeros but care less and decides to set their own fate.Like all brilliant authors,George R.R.Martin manages to create subtle moment that means a lot to the fans such as Sansa   thinking of her brother Jon and Jaime defending Brienne.The novel raises many questions such as  Sandor Clegane's death(which I hope that Sandor is not dead ) and the possibility of Jeyne is actually pregnant and is switched by her family(I hope this to be true) but most likely not as Robb having a son doesnt affect battle of the iron throne or at least until the baby grows up .Another great thing about the series,no one seems to be the person they claim to be.
I'm looking forward to see Sansa finally playing the games of thrones.Her character is beautifully developed in the span of three chapters.We get to see her changing into a women,getting brave  and even to flirt for her own advantage and her final chapter surely will make the reader yearning more,even the Sansa haters out there.She had been using a courtesy as her armour and that is why she manages to survive even after being so close to the enemies.I want her to get aggressive in the future books and finishes Petyr who is probably the most cunning character in the book.I do feel that Sansa would be one of the character with the best character development at the end as she is with Petyr now,either she would be brainwashed by him and becomes manipulative or gain the wits to finish him by playing his own game.I'm also looking forward for Daenery's chapters and Tyrion whereabouts.It would be great if George R.R. Martin writes a POV of Gendry and Jeyne Stark.Overall I enjoyed the books just as I enjoyed the previous books.

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Pure Talent-Amy Adams

This week in the Pure Talent Section,I would like to dedicate it to one of my favourite contemporary actress Amy Adams by discussing some of her films.

I first noticed Amy in the film Enchanted where she played the naive princess who gets thrown into the real world from a fairy tale.She is really good in being bubbly and naive.Plus her singing in the film is also equally good.It could have been silly if done by another actress but Amy Adams manages to nail the part well.

Then she played Sister James in the dramatic film Doubt.In contrast of the stereotypical nun usually portrayed in films,Sister James was a quiet and soft.Amy Adams again shines playing Sister James and even though she is in the scene with Meryl Streep,her performance is memorable.The last scene between Streep and Amy was probably one of the best scene of that particular year.

Her indie flick Sunshine Cleaning  showed her in a different light.While maintaining her charms,she played a role of a single mother who cleans the crime scene  with her sister (Emily Blunt).As usual she was great playing a woman who wants a better life for her son and at the same time having some insecurities when comparing her life with her successful classmates.

She played Julie Powell in the film Julie and Julia and teaming up again with Meryl Streep.Although Meryl Streep did steal the whole movie with her amazing portrayal of Julia Child, Amy's vulnerable performance as the writer who idolises Julia Child did stand out too.

In the film The Fighter,for the first time she played a tough,rough, loud woman.Her role  is easy to relate as she plays the college dropout who supports her boyfriend  no matter what and realises how the his family is .Unlike her  previous roles,Amy played a bad ass chick .The scene where Charlene(Adams) confront  Micky's mom(Melissa Leo) and his sisters  in the porch is my favourite.

She is set to play Lois Lane in upcoming Man Of Steel opposite Hnery Cavill and  The Masters opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman.

84th Academy Awards-Nominees

Here are the list of the nominees of the 84th Academy Awards.Lots of love for the film War Horse and I'm happy for the nominations for The Tree Of Life,Hugo and Harry Potter.The Artist deserved every 11 nomination they received.Check it out!

Best Picture:
The Artist
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Tree Of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
The Descendants

Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius,The Artist
Martin Scorsese,Hugo
Woody Allen,Midnight In Paris
Terrence Malick,The Tree Of Life
Alexander Payne ,The Descendants


Best Actor:
Demian Bechir, A Better Life
Gary Oldman,Tinker Tailor Soldier
Brad Pitt,Moneyball
George Clooney,The Descendants
Jean Dujardin,The Artist

- no Michael Fassbender?!! No Gosling..wow..I'm  feeling mad  over here.Though there is slight happiness for Gary Oldman

Best Actress:
Viola Davis,The Help
Meryl Streep,The Iron Lady
Rooney Mara,The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Glenn Close,Albert Nobbs
Michelle Williams ,My Week With Marilyn

-Another upset .Tilda Swinton gave her best in We Need To Talk About Kevin and I truly felt Noomi Rapace was better than Rooney Mara.If the Academy is gonna give a slot for a first time nominee ,they should gave it to Elizabeth Olsen or Kirsten Dunst.

Best Supporting Actor:
Jonah Hill,Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh,My Week With Marilyn
Christopher Plummers,Beginners
Nick Holte Warior
Max von Sydow,Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

-No Albert Brooks?He was a front runner to bring back the statue until they snub him!

Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Chastain,The Help
Berenice Bejo,The Artist
Melissa McCarthy,Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer,Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer,The Help

-Poor Shailene Woodley got snubbed and Vanessa Redgrave,did the AMPAS forgotten her?

Animated Feature Film
Rango
Puss In The Boots
Kunng Fu Panda 2
A Cat In Paris
Chico And Rita

Best Art Direction
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Artist
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
War Horse

Best Cinematography:
The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse
The Tree Of Life

Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E

Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Foreign Film:
A separation,Iran
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote,Israel
In Darkness,Poland
Monsieur Lazhar,Canada

Best Makeup
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
Albert Nobbs

Best Original Score
The Adventures Of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Score
Man or Muppets,The Muppets
Real In Rio,Rio

Sound Mixing
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
Moneyball
Hugo
Transformers:Dark Of The Moon

Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With  The Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark Of the Moon
Hugo
War Horse

Best Visual Effects
Hugo
Real Steel
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Transformers:Dark Of The Moon
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides Of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Original Screenplay
The Artist
A Separation
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight In Paris