The Baftas will be broadcasted on Sunday the 21st February.

BEST FILM:

AVATAR – James Cameron, Jon Landau

AN EDUCATION – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

THE HURT LOCKER

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

UP IN THE AIR - Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki

Avatar

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM:

AN EDUCATION – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby

FISH TANK – Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold

IN THE LOOP – Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche

MOON – Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker

NOWHERE BOY – Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh

An Eduation

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER:

LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON, ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON - Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African

ERAN CREEVY – Writer/Director – Shifty

STUART HAZELDINE – Writer/Director – Exam

DUNCAN JONES - Director – Moon

SAM TAYLOR-WOOD – Director – Nowhere Boy

Sam Taylor Wood

DIRECTOR:

AVATAR – James Cameron

DISTRICT 9 – Neill Blomkamp

AN EDUCATION – Lone Scherfig

THE HURT LOCKER – Kathryn Bigelow

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino

James Cameron

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

THE HANGOVER – Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino

A SERIOUS MAN – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

UP – Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Up

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

DISTRICT 9 - Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

AN EDUCATION – Nick Hornby

IN THE LOOP - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE – Geoffrey Fletcher

UP IN THE AIR – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

District 9

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

BROKEN EMBRACES – Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar

COCO BEFORE CHANEL – Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson

A PROPHET – Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard

THE WHITE RIBBON – Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke

Coco Before Chanel

ANIMATED FILM:

CORALINE – Henry Selick

FANTASTIC MR FOX – Wes Anderson

UP – Pete Docter

Fantastic Mr Fox

LEADING ACTOR:

JEFF BRIDGES – Crazy Heart

GEORGE CLOONEY – Up in the Air

COLIN FIRTH – A Single Man

JEREMY RENNER – The Hurt Locker

ANDY SERKIS – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Colin Firth

LEADING ACTRESS:

CAREY MULLIGAN - An Education

SAOIRSE RONAN - The Lovely Bones

GABOUREY SIDIBE - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

MERYL STREEP – Julie & Julia

AUDREY TAUTOU – Coco Before Chanel

Carey Mulligan

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

ALEC BALDWIN – It’s Complicated

CHRISTIAN McKAY – Me and Orson Welles

ALFRED MOLINA – An Education

STANLEY TUCCI – The Lovely Bones

CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Inglourious Basterds

Christain Mckay

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

ANNE-MARIE DUFF – Nowhere Boy

VERA FARMIGA – Up in the Air

ANNA KENDRICK – Up in the Air

MO’NIQUE – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – Nowhere Boy

Kristin Scott Thomas

MUSIC:

AVATAR – James Horner

CRAZY HEART - T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton

FANTASTIC MR FOX – Alexandre Desplat

SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL – Chaz Jankel

UP – Michael Giacchino

Crazy Heart

CINEMATOGRAPHY

AVATAR – Mauro Fiore

DISTRICT 9 – Trent Opaloch

THE HURT LOCKER - Barry Ackroyd

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Robert Richardson

THE ROAD – Javier Aguirresarobe

The Hurt Locker

EDITING

AVATAR - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron

DISTRICT 9 – Julian Clarke

THE HURT LOCKER - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS - Sally Menke

UP IN THE AIR - Dana E. Glauberman

Up in the Air

PRODUCTION DESIGN

AVATAR – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

DISTRICT 9 – Philip Ivey, Guy Potgieter

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS – Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco

The Young Victoria

COSTUME DESIGN

BRIGHT STAR – Janet Patterson

COCO BEFORE CHANEL – Catherine Leterrier

AN EDUCATION – Odile Dicks-Mireaux

A SINGLE MAN – Arianne Phillips

THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Sandy Powell

SOUND

AVATAR - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague

DISTRICT 9 – Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges, Ken Saville

THE HURT LOCKER – Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson

STAR TREK – Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt

UP – Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones

DISTRICT 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi

THE HURT LOCKER – Richard Stutsman

STAR TREK – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

Star Trek

MAKE UP & HAIR

COCO BEFORE CHANEL – Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon

AN EDUCATION – Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS - Sarah Monzani

NINE – Peter ‘Swords’ King

THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Jenny Shircore

SHORT ANIMATION

THE GRUFFALO – Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang

THE HAPPY DUCKLING – Gili Dolev

MOTHER OF MANY – Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby

The Gruffalo

SHORT FILM

14 – Asitha Ameresekere

I DO AIR – James Bolton, Martina Amati

JADE – Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott

MIXTAPE – Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin

OFF SEASON - Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

JESSE EISENBERG

NICHOLAS HOULT

CAREY MULLIGAN

TAHAR RAHIM

KRISTEN STEWART

Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholas Hoult, Carey Mulligan, Tahar Rahim & Kristen Stewart

So The Baftas 2010 looks set to be an interesting ceremony, we’re hoping Carey Mulligan get’s the Rising Star Award, An Education wins Outstanding British Film. We think most definitely Avatar will win something and we’re liking The Gruffalo to win Short Animation. So who’s your choice? Let us know below.

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The Road is yet another apocalyptic tale from the never-ending flow of miserable stories/previews of our world “as we know it” ending. Differing from 2012 and Knowing, The Road is a dark, chilling drama/thriller that is gritty and depressing rather than a colourful, action-packed adventure, and is actually based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy.

The Plot

Fans of the book will be pleased to know that the film plot sticks very closely to the book’s – a nameless father and son are among the last remaining survivors on Earth after an unexplained tragedy and as the pair head south, they encounter many problems including man-eating cannibals. Nice. The plot is minimal and doesn’t overload you with technicalities, rather it examines the relationship between a man and his son, and their struggle for sheer survival.

Starring critically-acclaimed Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings series) as nameless man and Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy, both of which are nominated for numerous acting awards. The film itself is being vigorously nominated for best cinematography, screenplay etc.

The Thoughts

This film is definitely depressing, dark, bleak and weary. Do not watch if you are already suffering from depression, however mild. Because I found this film extremely depressing and not in an entertaining/worthwhile way. Not that depression should ever be entertaining or worthwhile, but it wasn’t something I felt I needed to go through. I’ll admit the acting was exceptional and the relationship between man and son is touching but that wasn’t enough to hold my interest – particularly as my brain felt like it was going through a strainer the whole time – ouch. The landscapes photography was impressive though, and if anything this film has done a great job in capturing McCarthy’s vision of a cold and bone-chilling Earth.

However miserable it makes you feel, The Road will still leave it’s mark in reminding us what we’re in store for if we abuse Mother Earth any more, like many apocalyptic films preceding it.

The Film Buzz Review Rating: 5/10

UK Release Date: January 8th 2010

Director: John Hillcoat

Writer: Cormac McCarthy(novel), Joe Penhall (adaptation)

Links: IMDB, Official Site, Rotten Tomatoes

Here’s the breakdown of films to look out for this year:

January

Kicking off the year with a gruesome start: Daybreakers sets a plague loose transforming the human race into vampires (preview here) whilst romantic comedy It’s Complicated about a very complicated love triangle starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin (preview here).

The Road, a hotly tipped Oscar contender, is a post-apocalyptic thriller about a nameless man and his son trying to survive by any means possible – starring Viggo Mortensen out 8 January 2010. Also contending for Oscars is Up in the Air - a drama starring George Clooney originally due for release in 2009 but will now be hitting UK cinemas on 15 January 2010 (preview here).

Another two contending prize winners are Peter Jackson‘s supernatural thriller The Lovely Bones and Precious - a drama about a pregnant teenager given a second chance to change her life around, both out 29 January 2010, whilst gritty action/thriller Edge of Darkness – an adaptation of a TV series following a detective investigating the murder of his daughter, starring Mel Gibson (preview here).

February

Originally slated for release in 2009 but had been delayed til 2010 are Shutter Island – a horror/thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and The Wolfman (preview here) will finally hit cinemas mid February 2010.

March

Children’s classic Alice in Wonderland gets a superb remaking by director Tim Burton – quirky, crazy and fantastical – plunge into a land of mysteries, wonder and danger with Alice and let your senses be rattled in 3D come 5 March 2010.

Another remaking gracing the big screen is a new version of 1981′s Clash of the Titans with Avatar star Sam Worthington as Perseus, out 26 March 2010 (preview here).

April

Hotly anticipated and guaranteed to be a bunch of laughs – Kick-Ass, a comic book-inspired action comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (preview here).

May

Come 14 May 2010, get ready for the epic remake of Robin Hood - legendary archer hero in the army fighting against invaders starring Russell Crowe, whilst another hero in the form of Iron Man 2 will see Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson face the formidable new foe played by Mickey Rourke (preview here).
Also, the best-selling Disney game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time transforms into an action adventure film starring Jake Gyllenhaal (preview here).

June

As if they couldn’t release any more remakes, 1980′s favourite Footloose will be getting a re-imagining come 18 June 2010, and rom-com When In Rome, which reaches our screens in June, is about a young girl (played by Kristen Bell) who is unlucky in love but whilst visiting Rome gets more whirlwind romances than she bargained for.

July

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – the third instalment of the Twilight franchise is sure to have the box-office booming when it arrives 9 July 2010, whilst a reimagining of The Karate Kid from the 1980′s comes in the form of The Karate Kid (2010) – an action drama starring Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith as a young kid who moves to China and is made to adapt and embrace kung fu taught to him by a master.

August

Christopher Nolan (director of Dark Knight) is being very secretive about the science fiction thriller Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio – out August. In the meantime, check out the trailer:

In contrast, The Expendables plot should be fairly easy to guess – an action adventure starring Sylvester Stallone and a host of action stars from past and present including Jet Li, Mickey Rourke and the late Brittany Murphy.

September

September is looking a bit dry in terms of well known remakes, sequels etc, but here’s a refreshing look at some new titles such as The Other Guys – an action comedy starring Will Ferrell and a horror/thriller Priest about a priest who disobeys church law and goes after vampires who kidnapped his niece – interesting indeed.

October

An adorable animation for all the family to “aww” and “ooooh” at is Despicable Me about a trio of orphan girls and a plan to steal the moon!

November

Finishing off our year is the penultimate Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 with Part 2 scheduled for 2011, preview here.

December

Children and adults alike will be waiting with bated breath for the third Narnia film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which will be hitting the big screen around Christmas alongside Tron Legacy - the hugely anticipated sequel to 1982 Tron film. Tron Legacy is a science fiction with exceptional visual effects looking to end our year off quite nicely in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D (preview here).

3D storm

As you’ve probably caught on, this year is all about 3D – if it isn’t 3D, it isn’t worth watching – something along those lines. Get a load of this: there will be a third Toy Story, fourth Shrek (Shrek Forever After) and a seventh Saw released this year all using a splash of 3D magic.

And look out, the third Step Up movie, called Step Up 3D is the first dance film to be shot in 3D and features tons of amazing dancers and dance crews, out August 2010.

If that’s not enough hip-popping action in 3D for you, StreetDance 3D is out May 2010, surely fans of talent shows will be interested to check this film out as it was filmed in London featuring dance troupes Diversity and Flawless who came first and second in the talent show Britain’s Got Talent. Not only that, StreetDance 3D is making history twice as it is the first UK independent feature film about street dancing and also the first ever UK feature film to be shot entirely in 3D. Are you proud Britons?

Sequels galore:

Another continuing trend – sequels of successful prequels, with directors and producers looking to remind us of their cash cow predecessors. We have the Meet The Fockers Sequel (yep that’s the actual title – how convenient), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (god, what the hell were they thinking?) and Sex and the City 2 - join Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the city once again with her dangerously fashionable girl pals, rocking the city with glamour and sex appeal.

Foreign Films

Foreign films that are set to impress us in 2010 include hard-hitting French prison drama A Prophet (out 22 January 2010) and dark Swedish mystery The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (out 12 March 2010).

Films contending for awards

Tis the season of film awards! Just in time for the awards season are a whole array of hotly tipped films all releasing this month including Up in the Air, Precious, The Road, Invictus (preview here) and The Lovely Bones amongst others.

Phew, if that’s not going to satisfy your film hungry tastebuds then I don’t know what will!

What will you be looking out for this year?