The 83rd Academy Awards is around the corner and the hype for which movie will win Best Film is increasing. The competition is stiff for the many great movies that were released in the past year. This year, a wide variety of films are nominated including mysteries, thrillers, an animated film plus four movies that are based on a true story. The award for Best Picture is the biggest award of the night and previous winners include The Hurt Locker, No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire. Hosted by James Franco, who is nominated for an Oscar, and previous Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway, the Academy Awards will air on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.
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Based on the story of King George VI of England, this movie focuses on the paralyzing stammer he’s been plagued with since childhood. While King George VI, played by Colin Firth, has given up on finding a cure, his wife urges him to seek the help Lionel Logue, a speech therapist. ReutersThe movie focuses around a young ballerina, Nina, played by Natalie Portman. Nina is awarded the prized dual role of the White Swan/Black Swan in a production of “Swan Lake.” As she prepares for the role, her already fragile mental state begins to get worse. Nina gets paranoid that another dancer who has a stronger darker side will steal the role so she starts exploring her own dark side. ReutersThe movie is based on a true story of two brothers that strive for greatness as boxers while struggling with their own personal challenges. Fighter Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, is on the road to the world light welterweight title with the help of his brother, Dicky. ReutersDom Cobb, played by Leonadro DiCaprio is a skilled thief in the art of extracting and stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state. Using his skill Cobb has become an international fugitive. His last job, which could give him his life back, is not to steal an idea, but to plan one. That’s when things start to get difficult for Cobb. ReutersThe curiosity of two teenage children of a lesbian couple brings their biological back into their lives. His constant presence, though, threatens the bond of the family. The kids are interested in their newfound parents, while the moms, Nic and Jules, played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore respectively, are torn apart by this man. ReutersAron Ralston, an avid climber, does not tell anyone he that he is setting off on a solitary outing. While mountain climbing in Utah, Ralston, played by James Franco, falls into a canyon and his arm gets trapped under a boulder. This movie is based on the true story of Ralston’s fight for survival and how he spent days with limited food and water. ReutersMark Zuckerberg created the social networking site, Facebook, from his Harvard University dorm. Facebook has now become one of the most successful business phenomena but Zuckerberg’s poor social skills leave him fighting lawsuits and breaking relationships with the people around him.ReutersAndy is all grown up and preparing to leave for college. His toys now face an uncertain future, but are happy to hear that they will be donated to a local day care center. Their reality, though, turns out to be far different from what they expected and what they were used to. Reuters14-year-old Mattie Ross hires a hard-drinking U.S. Marshal to help find her father’s murderer, Chaney, who so far is likely to remain unfound. Joined by a Texas ranger, the pair sets off into the Indian territories on Chaney’s trail. Reuters17-year-old Ree Dolly is the sole provider of her family as her father is absent and her mother is suffering from severe depression. Dolly soon learns that her father disappeared while on bail after offering the family home as collateral. Dolly then sets out to find him before she loses the house. Reuters
