i'm not a huge fan of these things, but i think its fun to predict who and which movie you think will do well. 

heck, we can even have a contest to see who guesses the most correctly!!

here are mine, in no particular order...

best actress - Natalie Portman, 'The Black Swan'

best actor - Colin Firth, 'The Kings Speech'

best director - Darren Aronofski (sp?), 'The Black Swan'

Watched this movies last night ... very funny!  The New Earth Army - great concept.   We enjoyed all the performances ... but the really amazing bit was in the DVD extras - it's actually based on real events!!  Has anybody else watched it?

I asked my mom what the first movie i ever saw was and she said it was the Lion King (i still like that movie lol, brings back great memories) so what was the first movie you guys have ever seen?

[A two-part series. See Part 2 here.]

I need some movie suggestions.  The group in question is grades 5-8, so 11-14 years old.  Plus my daughter, who is 5 going on 30.  I don't care whether the movie is religious or not, or has any redeeming social value, but I would like to avoid getting in trouble with parents (including my wife).

Any ideas?

Valentine’s Day. A time of love and romance and passion and sentiment. Not bad for a holiday that’s a Christianized version of a Roman festival that exists for the benefit of greeting card companies and florists.

Please understand—I come to praise Valentine’s Day, not bury it. This commercialized version of a Christianized Pagan love feast really acts as a place for our culture to put our considerable interest in love romantic, erotic, philial and unconditional. I for one rather enjoy that.

For those of you following the WonderCafe Advent Calendar in the Features section, but sure to check out Graeme Burk's exploration of the dark side of the holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life. I think he does a great job at looking at why this movie touches so many people (myself included - it's one of my all-time favourites).

http://www.wondercafe.ca/features/wondercafe-advent-calendar-december-22

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We go to the darkness under the surface of a holiday classic.

About the WonderCafe Advent Calendar.

A boy and his search for a Red Ryder BB Gun