Istanbul - Bosphorus Cruise - March 2012

X-Men Days of Future Past Trailer

Top 20 Movies of 2012

Top 20 Movies of 2012 without my rating

1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Life of Pi
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Django Unchained
7. Les Miserables
8. Skyfall
9. Amour
10. Moonrise Kingdom
11. The Master
12. The Avengers
13. Beasts of the Southern Wild
14. The Dark Knight Rises
15. Wreck-It Ralph
16. Chasing Ice
17. The Sessions
18. Looper
19. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
20. The Impossible

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Official Trailer 1

2013 Locus Awards

Science Fiction Novel

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi -Winner

Other Nominees

2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey 

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks

Fantasy Novel

The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross - Winner

Other Nominees

The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal 

Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers

The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin

2014 Oscar Predictions - Round 3

Best Picture

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. Captain Phillips
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. The Butler
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Saving Mr. Banks
9. Nebraska
10. The Monuments Men

2nd Tier
Blue Jasmine - New
August: Osage County
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - New
Fruitvale Station - New

Dropped Out
Foxcatcher


Best Director

1. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
2. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
3. David O Russell (American Hustle)
4. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) - Promoted
5. Martin Scorcese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

2nd Tier
George Clooney (The Monuments Men)
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Demoted


Best Actor

1. Robert Redford (All is Lost)
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
3. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
4. Matthew McConaughey (The Dallas Buyers Club)
5. Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

2nd Tier
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Forest Whitaker (The Butler)
Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station) - New


Best Actress

1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
2. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
3. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
4. Judi Dench (Philomena)
5. Amy Adams (American Hustle) - Promoted

2nd Tier
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) - Demoted
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) - New

Dropped Out
Naomi Watts (Diana)


Best Supporting Actor

1. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
2. Jared Leto (The Dallas Buyers Club)
3. Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)
4. Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) - New
5. Daniel Bruhl (Rush)

2nd Tier
John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis)
David Oleyowo (The Butler)

Dropped Out
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners)


Best Supporting Actress

1. Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)
2. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
3. Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)
4. June Squibb (Nebraska) - Promoted
5. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

2nd Tier
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Julia Roberts  (August: Osage County) - Promoted Back

Reclassify to Actress
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Dropped Out
Margo Martindale (August: Osage County)

2013 Hugo Awards

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi - Winner

Other Nominees

2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

Blackout by Mira Grant

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Gravity - Official Main Trailer [2K HD]