Friday, February 29, 2008

Buy 3 VCD's, Pay For Only 2 Package

Package 1
[RM21.90 X 2 = RM43.80 / Normal Price RM65.70]



High School Musical 2

Hannah Montana

Meet The Robinsons

Package 2
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Fantastic 4: Silver Surfer

Ocean's Thirteen

The Reaping

Package 3
[RM21.90 X 2 = RM43.80 / Normal Price RM65.70]


Disturbia

Blades of Glory

Reno 911: Miami

Package 4
[RM19.90 X 2 = RM39.80 / Normal Price RM59.70]









Sunshine



Hills Have Eyes 2

Turistas

Thursday, February 28, 2008

In Theatres This Week 29th February

Semi Pro
Copyright © 2008 New Line Cinema

Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA - a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible - win.
February 29th, 2008
Kent Alterman
Scot Armstrong
Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Will Arnett, Jay Phillips, Josh Braaten, Rob Corddry, DeRay Davis, Maura Tierney, Jackie Earle Haley
New Line Cinema
Comedy
semipromovie.com
R for Language and some sexual conent
90 minutes

The Other Boleyn Girl
Copyright © 2008 Columbia Pictures


When rumours begin to circulate that King Henry VIII (Bana) is no longer intimate with his wife who has been unable to give him a male heir, Sir Thomas Boleyn concocts a plan to bring his family back to prominence: his daughter Anne (Portman) shall seduce the King and provide him with a son. However, the scheme goes off course when the King takes to the other Boleyn girl, Anne's younger sister and best friend Mary (Johansson). Although married already, Mary gives in to family pressure and reluctantly provides the King with a boy, but along the way, she finds herself falling in love with the surprisingly tender monarch. Of course, this love affair is no obstacle for Anne whose hunger for the throne now overpowers her sisterly love, and she enacts a plan that eventually tears her family and her country apart while leading to her legendary demise.
February 29th, 2008
Justin Chadwick
Peter Morgan, Philippa Gregory (novel)
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, David Morrissey
Columbia Pictures
Drama
theotherboleyngirl.com
PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images
115 minutes

Penelope
Copyright © 2008 Summit Entertainment

In this modern day romantic tale, Penelope is about a young girl's inspiring journey, a mysterious family secret and the power of love. With all odds against her, in order for Penelope to break the family curse, she must find true love with "one of her own kind." The warm and funny adventure leads her to realize the most important life lesson, "I like myself the way I am."

Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci), born to wealthy socialites (Catherine O'Hara and Robert E. Grant), is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family's estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent's futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry ... until her curse is revealed.

Lemon (Peter Dinklage), a mischievous and eager tabloid reporter wants a photograph of the mysterious Penelope and hires Max (James McAvoy) to pose as a prospective suitor to get the shot. The handsome down-on-his luck gambler finds he falling for Penelope, but not wanting to disappoint her or to expose his surreptitious ways, he decides to disappear.

Fed up by his latest betrayal and determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope breaks free from her family and ventures into the world alone. She finds adventure and Annie, her first friend (Reese Witherspoon) and becomes the person she was meant to be.
February 29th, 2008
Mark Palansky
Leslie Caveny
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Simon Woods, Ronni Ancona, Nick Frost, Richard James
Summit Entertainment
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
PenelopeTheMovie.com
PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language
101 minutes

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Weekend Box Office (February 22 - 24, 2008)

LAST WEEKEND On Oscar weekend, the best seat on the charts belonged to Vantage Point, which looked down upon the box office with a strong opening, while the other new releases left relatively small impressions.

Opening on only 114 screens less than the other three new releases combined, Sony's ensemble pic Vantage Point opened with a strong $22.8M, according to final figures. Launching on 3,149 screens nationwide, the political thriller averaged $7,264 per screen while earning less than positive reviews from critics. The twisted tale of an attempted Presidential assassination benefited from good advertising and many recognizable faces in the cast.

Second and third places were close between two films which opened last weekend. Vaulting into second place was the storybook sensation, The Spiderwick Chronicles which dropped 31% to $13M. Its total now stands at $43.6M which should lead to a grand finale in the $85M range. That would put the Disney film in line with the last two Disney films released over President's Day weekend, 2007's Bridge to Terabithia which finished with $82M and 2006's Eight Below which ended its run with $81.6M. Former box office champ, Jumper, dropped 53.5% from its 3-day tally and fell to third place with $12.7M, bringing its cume to $56M. Most effect-laden sci-fi films have drops of this size, and the unfavorable reviews with poor word-of-mouth didn't help matters. Still, look for Hayden Christensen and company to end their run in the $85M range as well.

Fourth place went to urban dance flick Step Up 2 the Streets with $9.6M, a drop of 49% from last weekend. Adding a new dimension to cleverly named sequels, the total for the Disney title now stands at $41.2M. Look for a final gross in the $65M range which would match the original's $65.2M from 2006. Anticipation now ramps up for how part three will be named. Fifth place went to the hard bodies of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson as their romantic comedy Fool's Gold brought in $6.5M this weekend, bringing their booty to $52.7M. Sixth place definitely went to another romantic comedy, Definitely, Maybe, which grossed $5.2M this weekend. This represents a 46% drop from last weekend, bringing the film's total gross to $21.8M. Look for a final total maybe in the $35M range.

Slots seven through nine ended up being a photo finish. Being welcomed into the seventh position was the Martin Lawrence homecoming comedy Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, which grossed $4.15M this weekend bringing its total up to $35.5M. Coming in eighth and only $4,200 behind was Best Picture Oscar nominee and Independent Spirit Award winner Juno which added another $4.15M to its already robust gross. Its total now stands at $130.4M after 12 weeks of release. Following closely in ninth was the Jack Black/Mos Def comedy Be Kind Rewind, which took in $4.05M from its opening weekend. Released on only 808 screens, its per screen average was a decent $5,013. Directed by Michael Gondry, the reviews for the quirky comedy were mostly positive. And rounding out the top ten was another Oscar nominee for Best Picture, There Will Be Blood, which sucked down $2.7M worth of milkshakes this weekend. Its total now stands at $35M after 9 weeks in theaters.

Best Picture Oscar winner No Country For Old Men jumped 27% from last weekend and grossed $2.4M, raising its total to $64.3M. Time will tell if there is a significant post-Oscar bounce for the film, which has been in theaters nearly four months at this point. The remaining two Best Picture nominees, Atonement and Michael Clayton grossed $1.2M and $594,000 respectively. Cumes stand at $49.3M and $48.5M.

This weekend's other new releases both debuted outside the top 10. Larry The Cable Guy's latest attempt a movie career, Witless Protection grossed $2.1M from 1,333 screens for a poor average of $1,588. And the long delayed Charlie Bartlett grossed $1.8M from 1,122 screens for an average of $1,637. Look for both these films to find more business on DVD.

# Title Feb 22 - 24

Theaters Weeks
Cumulative Distributor










1 Vantage Point $ 22,874,936

3,149 1
$ 22,874,936 Sony
2 The Spiderwick Chronicles 13,100,192

3,847 2
44,076,043 Paramount
3 Jumper 12,708,768

3,430 2
56,264,386 Fox
4 Step Up 2 the Streets 9,605,703

2,480 2
41,238,093 Buena Vista
5 Fool's Gold 6,554,284

3,075 3
52,400,000
Warner Bros.
6 Definitely, Maybe 5,217,775

2,220 2
21,814,805 Universal
7 Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins 4,158,700


1,873 3
35,667,115 Universal
8 Juno 4,154,502

1,727 12
130,431,948 Fox Searchlight
9 Be Kind Rewind 4,050,655

808 1
4,050,655 New Line
10 There Will Be Blood 2,687,229

1,402 9
35,112,557 Par. Vantage

Blu-ray New Release Feb 26

30 Days of Night

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / 2007 / 113 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: February 26, 2008

Overall Grade 4 out of 5 Strongly recommended



Genres: Action, suspense, thriller,

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
Director: David Slade

Plot Synopsis: Josh Harnett (Black Dahlia, Pearl Harbor) crosses over to the dark side in this bone-chilling adaptation of the cult-hit graphic novel, brought to the screen in all its demonic glory. In a small Alaskan town, thirty days of night is a natural phenomenon. Very few outsiders visit, until a band of bloodthirsty, deathly pale vampires mark their arrival by savagely attacking sled dogs. But soon they find there are much more satisfying thirst-quenchers about: human beings. One by one, the townspeople succumb to a living nightmare, but a small group survives - at least for now. The vampires use the dark to their advantage, and surviving this cold hell is a game of cat and mouse - and screams.

Disc Features:
'30 Days of Night' comes to Blu-ray day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version, and both share the same spate of extras. No, there are not a ton of bullet points here, but the quality is generally high. Even better for the Blu-ray, too, is that all of the video-based material is presented in full 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and looks quite spiffy. Sink your teeth in and enjoy. (Note: Subtitles provided for the video-based extras include Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Thai.)
  • Audio Commentary - Actors Josh Hartnett and Melissa George are joined by producer Rob Tapert. Strangely, director David Slade does not take part, which makes the track somewhat of an oddity. Indeed, the conversation is largely awkward, with Hartnett sounding like he doesn't want to be there (was it a contractual obligation?), while George does little but chime in with high-fives for the cast. That leaves Tapert to take up the slack, but he spends much of the time informing us of the thought processes behind Slade's decisions, which gives the whole commentary a weird, third-person feel. I suppose this track is serviceable enough, but it's hard to get past a director's commentary without the director.

  • Documentary: "The Making of '30 Days of Night'" (HD, 51 minutes) - Largely eschewing the usual EPK format of film clips and dull on-set interviews, "The Making of '30 Days of Night'" instead goes for the video diary approach, and is told almost entirely through fly-on-the-wall footage and some off-the-cuff interviews. Also a nice touch is that the doc also uses creative comic book panels as interstitials, so the whole affair feels quite well-crafted. Comprehensive but well-paced, it's the highlight of the disc's supplements, and one of the better docs I've seen on a Blu-ray in recent months. (The doc is broken up into eight parts, which are: "Pre-Production," "Casting," "Building Barrow," "The Vampire," "Night Shoots," "Stunts," "The Look" and "Blood, Guts & Nasty @#%!")

  • Theatrical Trailer (HD) - Full 1080 trailers are included for fellow Sony Blu-ray releases 'Sleuth,' 'Steep,' 'The Messengers,' 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,' and something called 'Fearnet.com,' which hasn't even been announced yet for Blu-ray.


Justice League: The New Frontier

Warner Home Video / 2008 / Unrated
Street Date: February 26, 2008






Genres: Action, Animated, Comic Book

Starring: Brooke Shields, David Boreanaz, Neil Patrick Harris
Director: Dave Bullock

Plot Synopsis: The New Frontier takes viewers on an action-packed adventure, exploring the origins of the Justice League. DC Comics legends Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all featured in the film as well as Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash – as they band together to form the legendary super team. Strangers at first, these very different heroes must overcome fear and suspicion to forge an alliance against a monster so formidable, even the mighty Superman cannot stop it alone. If they fail, the entire planet will be cleansed of humanity.

Disc Features:
• 2 Audio Commentaries: Comic Book Writer and Artist Darwyn Cooke / Filmmakers & Cast (participants TBA)
• Documentaries: "The Legion of Doom: The Pathology of the Super Villain," "Comic Book Commentary: Homage to the New Frontier"
• Super Heroes United!: The Complete Justice League History
• Sneak Peak: Batman: Gotham Knight
• Justice League Unlimited Bonus Episodes: "Dark Heart," "To Another Shore," "Task Force X"


Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same

Warner Home Video / 1976 / 138 Minutes / Rated PG
Street Date: February 26, 2008




Genres:
Music

Starring: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
Directors: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot

Plot Synopsis: The best of Led Zeppelin's legendary 1973 appearances at Madison Square Garden. Interspersed throughout the concert footage are behind-the-scenes moments with the band. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME is Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden in NYC concert footage colorfully enhanced by sequences which are supposed to reflect each band member's individual fantasies and hallucinations. Includes blistering live renditions of "Black Dog," "Dazed and Confused," "Stairway to Heaven," "Whole Lotta Love," "The Song Remains the Same," and "Rain Song" among others.

Disc Features:
• 40 minutes of added bonus material, including never-before-released performance footage of "Over The Hills And Far Away" and "Celebration Day"
• Performances of "Misty Mountain Hop" and "The Ocean"
• Rare 1976 BBC interview with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
• Vintage TV footage from the Drake Hotel robbery during the New York concert stand
• Theatrical Trailer

Monday, February 25, 2008

80th Academy Awards Winner

THE BIG WINNERS Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor), Tilda Swinton (Best Supporting Actress), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress) and Javier Bardem (Best Supporting Actor)
80th Academy Awards

As we've expected, the Coen brothers make it to the top of the list when they won the Oscar for the best picture award for their outstanding debut film of "No Country For Old Men", here are all the list as follows:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)

Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)

Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)

Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)

Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)

Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)

Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)

Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)

Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)

Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year

Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction

American Gangster” (Universal)
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino

Atonement” (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins

Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design

Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky

Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel

Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature

No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
A Documentary Group Production
Richard E. Robbins

Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
An X-Ray Production
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
Freeheld
A Lieutenant Films Production
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

La Corona (The Crown)
A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

Salim Baba
A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello

Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
A Daylight Factory Production
James Longley

Achievement in film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling

Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year

Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
Israel
The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
Austria

Katyń” An Akson Studio Production
Poland

Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
Kazakhstan

12” A Three T Production
Russia

Achievement in makeup
La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas

So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year

Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers

Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film

I Met the Walrus
A Kids & Explosions Production
Josh Raskin

Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
A BUF Compagnie Production
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse

My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
Alexander Petrov
Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film

At Night
A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth

Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
A Frame by Frame Italia Production
Andrea Jublin
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
A Karé Production
Philippe Pollet-Villard

Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans

The Tonto Woman
A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane

3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

Atonement” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton

Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody

Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins