2012 MTV Movie Award nominees

If you had to pin Harry Potter against Twilight, I’d give Twilight the advantage. It would be a tough battle, but sadly the vampires would come out victorious thanks to Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Now put Twilight up against an original, dark, but very enthralling film called The Hunger Games… The victor would no doubt be the latter, with Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen) and the rest of her cast mates… Well if MTV is anything to go by. The film scored a whopping eight nominations – and rightfully so. Nice. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Movie of the Year

Bridesmaids
The Hunger Games
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Help
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Best Male Performance

Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games
Channing Tatum, The Vow

Best Female Performance

Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Kristin Wiig, Bridesmaids
Emma Stone, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Oscars 2012- The Artist, The Iron Lady win

Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez are up to present the Best Costume Design Award, which goes to Mark Bridges for The Artist.

“Wow this is thrilling.”

The Oscar for Makeup goes to those involved in The Iron Lady.

“Thank you Academy. Thanks Meryl for keeping me employed for the last 37 years.”

Awards Season 2012: Full list of Critics’ Choice Award winners

Award season rolls on. Last night the 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards took place and the silent film The Artist looks as if it might heading for Oscar glory come March. Martin Scorsese scooped yet another lifetime achievement award and George Clooney beat out his buddy Brad to take home the Best Actor trophy. This Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards will start to establish a clear path to Oscar glory, so let’s see who comes out on tops this Sunday. In the mean time, check out the full list of winners from this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards:

DStv launches BoxOffice

I’m very excited about this. DStv launched the much anticipated, internally at least, BoxOffice. The Video-on-Demand service will give premium subscribers the opportunity to rent their favourite Hollywood blockbusters. 15 titles will be on the PVR decoders from today and subscribers will be able to rent the movie for R25. This is great news for those who love movies. The DVD stores are great but the hassle of driving there and back, the possibility of fines being a reality and the fact that many of the titles are usually out is also a given most times. With BoxOffice that wont be the case. There is a lot of research that goes into the the titles that appear on the box and they’re fresh off the circuit, so this is great. Read the official press release below and happy watching this weekend.