Today, we’ll stray from the norm…and see how we did.

Best Picture went to The Artist. This felt like a foregone conclusion, but the appeal of this movie is confounding. Perhaps the Academy wanted to celebrate the unique nature of the film and felt the need for a story to be secondary or not important at all.  This movie won at the Golden Globes, and that made more sense. We didn’t get this one.

The Best Actor award went to Jean Dujardin. We didn’t know who to expect, but aside from some excellent dancing and that’s just with his eye brows, it was hard to imagine this guy getting the big prize.  It was reasonable to expect that Clooney would have won so everyone in attendance could soak up a bit of his charm in what would have been a delightful acceptance speech. Not the case. Consider this another wrong pick.

The Best Actress award goes to Meryl Streep.   Viola Davis was clearly a sentimental favorite and was expected to win this one.  Streep however was given her third Best Actress award and it’s hard to cry foul. The movie, The Iron Lady, was unique in that it was particularly unflattering to it’s subject, but for an actress there was a good amount of material to work with. We got this one right.

The Best Supporting Actor award went to Christopher Plummer. This one seemed easy. The guy is only two years younger than the  Oscars themselves. He played against type (a man in his 70′s coming out of the closet), and the role was truly fantastic.  The movie was called, “Beginners” and it’s due to be out in DVD soon. It’s something you should be seeing.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to  Octavia Spencer, for “The Help”.  This proved to be the emotional victory that we expected for the Best Actress award. The acceptance speech was heartfelt and emotional which is certainly what the Academy likes to see here. We thought McTeer would get something for a very daring performance, but Ms Spencer was clearly a favorite and likely to enjoy some meaty roles over the next year. Roles that passed her by up until now.  Definitely got that one wrong.

Michel Hazanavicius won the Best Director award for his film, “The Artist”.  The victory here confirms what was pretty clear from the start…”The Artist” was a much more popular film than we thought. Though the film felt like a film student’s uninspired final project, it’s now part of motion picture history. It is worth noting that Hazanavicius won the Director’s Guild award as well and that tends to forecast the inevitable winner.  That being the case, look at who he beat. Woody Allen, Terrance Malick, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese.

The Best Animated Film was Rango. The best thing about this truly entertaining and visually stunning film is that it won’t likely have a sequel or turn up in a McDonalds Happy Meal. Got this right.

The Make Up award went to Iron Lady. Meryl’s favorite make up guy who’s been working on that face since Sophie’s Choice (’82),  not only got a statue but was given some props by the lady herself in her acceptance speech.As we mentioned in our forecast, the transformation of Streep to Thatcher was pivotal to the success of the performance.

The Best Original Score went to “The Artist”.   As the evening seemed to celebrate this film’s firm grasp of the mundane, it only makes sense that “The Artist” would win. Not our choice.

Best Cleavage for the evening is always a close race. This year the most buzz on decolletage concerned Jennifer Lopez and the hint of areola that made her one of the favorite presenters of the evening. Only Angelina’s right leg got more attention.

In the end, it was much ado about not much. If there was a shadow of anything…it was good old double sided tape.

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Yabba Dabba Do!

One common complaint made about X-Rated movies is that there’s little in the way of imagination or plot.  A few creative and better-financed production companies have found gold in taking familiar properties like Batman or Star Trek (which has over three parodies) and  just enough changes to avoid an obvious lawsuit.  When all is said and done, no matter how clever the script and funny the lines, this is still all about getting the cast naked and screwing.

Some cartoons seem almost destined for a porn re-boot and DailyHelping thinks you should know what’s going on in Bedrock!

Director Will Ryder and New Sensations Productions have made “The Flintstones : A XXX Parody”.  All of our favorites are there. Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty, as well as Pebbles and the aptly named, Bam Bam.

The story line is perhaps slightly more involved than the original cartoons themselves.  The hefty Fred, played by Peter O’ Tool (note the lack of an “e” at the end of his name!) has anxiety over getting older and losing his Wilma to her “old friend, Dale DaBone. Pebbles has become a young woman and is leaving the cave, Mr Slate is busy with his endless roster of new secretaries and Betty sports a new leopard ensemble with whip when taking Barney to bed.  As with all movies of this type, the characters pair off in a variety of combination’s including a little tryst between Wilma and Betty.

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