Q: Is this drama? A: No.

I probably need to have this entire memo tattooed on my person. I think I would pay Mamet a great deal of money to make an audio recording of this whole letter, shouted through a bullhorn. I would buy it.

http://www.movieline.com/2010/03/david-mamets-memo-to-the-writers-of-the-unit.php

Jo's Picks

Picture: The Hurt Locker
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Actress: Meryl Streep
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Animated Feature: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Costume: Coco Before Chanel
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary: The Cove
Editing: Avatar
Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Make-up: Star Trek
Score: Up
Song: Crazy Heart
Sound Editing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: Avatar
Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds

Seb's Picks

Is Mike doing this? He is conspicuously absent so far.

Picture: Avatar
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Actress: Sandra Bullock
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Animated Feature: Up
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Costume: Young Victoria
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary: The Cove
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Foreign Film: A Prophet
Make-up: Star Trek
Score: Up
Song: Crazy Heart
Sound Editing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: Avatar
Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

It's the Oscars...Time to Buy Seb a New Blu-Ray Disc

Here are my picks:

Picture: Avatar
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Actress: Sandra Bullock
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Animated Feature: Up
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Costume: Coco Before Chanel
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary: The Cove
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Make-up: Star Trek
Score: Avatar
Song: Crazy Heart
Sound Editing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: Avatar
Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds

What are we playing for? A Serious Man, perhaps? A Woody Allen of your choice?