Gary Winick 1961 - 2011

Director/Producer Gary Winick who gave audience the recent Amanda Seyfried's Letters To Juliet, Anne Hathaway's Bride Wars, Dakota Fanning's Charlotte's Web and Jennifer Garner's 13 Going On 30 has passed away. While you might not necessary be a fan of the man's movies yet his most enduring legacy is likely the one he left on a smaller community, the thousands of filmmakers who have and will continue to benefit from his work as a digital pioneer at the turn of the century as the founder of InDigEnt, the collective he created with Cinetic's John Sloss and IFC Films to make films for under $100,000 on digital video.

The 83rd Academy Awards Winners List (P.S. Let us know your views! http://on.fb.me/eJ70P5)

Best Picture- Iain Canning,Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin, The King's Speech

Best Actor- Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Best Actress- Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Director- Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

Best Original Song- Randy Newman, Toy Story 3

Best Editing- Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Social Network

Best Visual Effects- Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin, Inception

Best Documentary Feature- Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, Inside Job

Best Live Action Short- Luke Matheny, God of Love

Best Documentary Short- Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon, Strangers No More

Best Costume Design- Colleen Atwood, Alice In Wonderland

Best Makeup- Rick Baker, Dave Elsey, The Wolfman

Best Sound Editing- Richard King, Inception

Best Sound Mixing- Lora Hirschberg, Garry Rizzo, Ed Novick, Inception

Best Original Score- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Best Supporting Actor- Christian Bale, The Fighter

Best Foreign Language Film- Susanne Bier, In A Better World

Best Original Screenplay- David Seidler, The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay- Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Animated Feature Film- Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3

Best Animated Short Film- Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann, The Lost Thing

Best Supporting Actress- Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Cinematography- Wally Pfister, Inception

Best Art Direction- Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara, Alice In Wonderland

Soundtrack of Life

"A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life." - That's what the synopsis of the Oscar-nominated 127 Hours says. What's a composer to do with a film like that?

Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire fame shines again, creating an atmospheric and transcendent music score to capture the heart and soul of the film.

And we know that because we had given the soundtrack album a spin. So watch out for the review on movieXclusive.com, and find out how you can win a copy of the CD by watching this space!

TOY STORY Gang Goes Hawaii

Entertainment Weekly has your first look at images from the new six-minute "Toy Story" short that will play in theaters in front of Cars 2. In the short, titled "Hawaiian Vacation," Barbie and Ken mess up plans to take a trip, so their toy friends re-create a romantic getaway at home. Gary Rydstrom (Pixar's "Lifted" in which a young alien is taking a test in humans abduction) is the director of this new short.

When Hainan Meets Teochew... in Hong Kong

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More specifically, at the Hong Kong International Film Festival that is, which runs from 20th March to 5th April, with the film making its international premiere after its successful limited commercial run in Singapore. For those attending the festival, keep a lookout for the film as it will be screened under the Global Vision section, devoted to new works from around the world.

For industry players, the film will also be screened at the Hong Kong FILMART from 21 to 24 March, held in conjunction with the HKIFF. And as previously mentioned, When Hainan Meets Teochew will also be going to Tokyo to open the Asian Queer Film Festival in May 2011.

If you still haven't seen the film, you can do so now - the final local screening will be tomorrow 25th Feb 2011, 7pm at Sinema Old School - get your tickets rightaway!