Tis the season...awards season!

Awards season is upon us. The Golden Globes were announced yesterday and a slew of others will be coming in the next few months all leading up to gay Christmas, the Oscars. The hit of the Golden Globe is "Up in the Air" a dramatic comedy with George Clooney and director by the guy who did Juno.

Now, I am by no means a George Clooney fan. He comes off as a bit too smug for my liking, however he's great in this film. The female leads are fantastic and were also nominated. Anna Kendrick (from the underrated movie Camp) plays a fresh of of university overachiever. As the film progresses we get to see there's more to her than we initially thought. It's kind of a perfect movie...a simple story with flawed, funny and relatable characters.

The other big flick for Awards is Precious. It's been getting a TON of buzz. I think it's a good movie but not nearly as fantastic as Oprah and Tyler Perry would like us to believe. Plus I wanted to slit my wrists and after it was done. Mo'nique has a few amazing scenes but some moments in the film feel like a bad made for tv movie. Most surprising is that Mariah Carey can act! Her part isn't very flashy, but she does a respectable job and, dare I say it, shows some potential for being a working actress in the future.

Other notable movies that should be getting awards this winter are 500 Days of Summer, Julie and Julia (in a perfect world Meryl Streep would win an Oscar every year) and The Blind Side (will be seeing this tomorrow, we'll see if Sandra Bullock is deserving of the buzz she's been getting).

Any awards season faves?

500 days of summer is brill!

If you've met me, you may think that I'm a bit insensitive, slightly cold hearted and generally a bit of a non-believer in all things lovey dovey.

It's with that in mind that I highly recommend 500 Days of Summer. A film recently released that stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt as a (non) couple. We track them from Joseph's view of the 500 days from the time that they meet, date, and well...SPOILER...break up. Not much of a spoiler considering within the first 10 seconds you read something to the effect of, "This is a work of fiction, it has nothing to do with anybody. Especially you Summer. You bitch."

Either way, this cute little film tracks heartbreak in an non-chronological and creative way through a variety of film styles, genres, and realistically real moments (or as real as something can be on film).

Zooey does her usual cute girlfriend role that she's getting known for and Joseph is the perfect candidate for the boy who loves too hard.

For someone who's had some serious loves and has now been out of love for over a year, I thought it was extremely cute and fun. It's not sappy and that's what is important. Plus, the ending can be interpreted as happy, but I chose not to.

For me, it had a very "before sunrise" feel to it, as it just allows you to be a part of the film without throwing it all at you. Plus, it was well edited and time moves quickly between past and present.

I have only seen a few movies recently (Terminator, Bruno, The Hangover) and this was a perfect mix for what will probably be one of the last films that I see this summer.

I would not quite rate this film as a date movie, but if you do go with your partner, it'll certainly generate some post-movie discussion.