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22FebAnd The Winner Is…

Listed below are the important (to me) catagories for the Oscars which are taking place this Sunday, so I have put together a list of Nominees, who I want to win and who I think will win, hope you do the same, thanks.
Best Motion Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

My Pick: There Will Be Blood
Who Will Win: Michael Clayton

Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises

My Pick: Tommy Lee Jones
Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

My Pick: Tom Wilkinson
Who Will Win: Javier Bardem

Actress in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney – The Savages
Ellen Page – Juno

My Pick: Marion Cotillard
Who Will Win: Marion Cotillard

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Ruby Dee – American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

My Pick: Cate Blanchett
Who Will Win: Tilda Swinton

Art Direction:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

My Pick: Sweeney Todd
Who Will Win: Atonement

Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

My Pick: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Who Will Win: Atonement

Direction:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

My Pick: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Who Will Win: Michael Clayton

Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers

My Pick: Transformers
Who Will Win: Transformers

Film Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

My Pick: The Bourne Ultimatum
Who Will Win: The Bourne Ultimatum

Do you agree? Let me know

in General and Movies & Television. 10 Comments

17FebPortfolio Site Ready to Go Live… Almost

I’ve recently knocked up a website which I’m going to use for showing my portfolio work as I’d like to keep my blog and my portfolio seperate, one for personal, one for professional kind of thing. It’s nothing fancy, it’s actually rather plain and uses my favourite colour combinations of monochrome +red, I figure it’s best to let my 3D work (and possibly sketches and 2D work) do the talking. I will also keep a WIP diary so you can see my projects step-by-step which will hopefully not only inspire other people to model, but also to inspire me to finish bloody projects quicker :p.

I’d like to thank Paul here, most will know him as ‘TheSniperGecko’ who added a php news post for my portfolio which makes it a lot easier for me to update it without constantly uploading a new html file, you’re a star and it’s much appreciated.

I think I’ll eventually have the address of this blog going to my portfolio and buy another web-address for my blog, any ideas for a URL would be kindly accepted, I’m currently thinking “nokkonsblog.com”, but if anyone can think of anything witty, amusing are smarter it would be much appreciated.

Please feel free to visit the site at:
http://www.nokkonwud.com/beta/

I will post news of portfolio updates on this blog so you’ll know when work is done for those kind readers who keep checking back. Love ya!

Karl ‘NokkonWud’ Moon.

in General. 7 Comments

10Feb50th Anniversary & Manchester Derby

Tomorrow is the Manchester derby and the first match after the 50th anniversary of the tragic Munich air disaster which claimed the life of 23 people and ravaged Manchester Uniteds ‘Busby Babes’.

50th Anniversary Munich

I’m fortunate enough to be in attendance tomorrow and hopefully it’s a result fitting of the occasion.

in General and Sport. 3 Comments

07FebReaper

Reaper

I hope you’ve all been watching Reaper, and if not, why not?
It’s just had its 3rd episode this week on e4 (Channel 4′s superior Brother) and so far all 3 episodes have been bloody brilliant. It’s interesting, funny and has a great concept, so it ticks all the right boxes straight away. The concept of the show is:

Throughout Sam’s life, he always wondered why his mom and dad were so easy on him. Whether it was sports, school, career choices, or picking on his little brother Kyle, Sam always got away with everything. Because of it, he decided to drop out of college and take a dead beat job, wasting most of his time playing video games and wishing he could ask his co-worker Andi out. However, everything changes in Sam’s life once he turns 21 and finds out the reason his parents let him get over was because they sold his soul to the devil before he was born.

Satan explains to Sam that he must serve as his bounty hunter, tracking down souls that have escaped from Hell. Initially, Sam refuses to accept his fate but he realizes the grave consequences of breaking a deal with the devil. He is armed with various vessels to collect the escapees. Sam finds that the work is dangerous and frightening even with the goof ball help of his friends and fellow slackers Sock and Ben, and Sock’s former girlfriend, Josie. As bizarre as his life becomes, Sam feels good about his newfound “missions”, removing evil souls from the world and sending them back to where they belong. Along with his friends and his vessel of the week, Sam prepares to face his destiny as the “reaper”.

So I hope you’ll all join me in watching it.
Reaper is shown Wednesdays at 9pm, or 10pm on e4 +1.

in Movies & Television. 0 Comments