A photo set from Alan Light on Flickr from a a private party thrown for Barbara Streisand after the premier of A Star is Born in December 1976. All the photos are taken with a Polaroid.

So the hype has started over the new Mission: Impossible III movie starring super scientologist Tom Cruise. And it got me to thinking, if they were able to complete the missions durng the first two movies, weren’t then the missions really possible?

Personally, I am vrey much looking forward to The DaVinci Code. If you have not started playing the Google-DaVinci Code game on Google, start playing…its pretty fun.

Here is an amazing and pretty comprehensive list of the top movie quotes of all time. I think what is even more interesting is to skim the full list of 400 quotes (NOTE: this is a PDF file) that the judges had to choose from. Its really amazing to see how many of these classic quotes have become ingrained into our society and vernacular. And the true power of this brilliant writing is how you can visualize the scene in your mind or attempt to replicate the actor’s presence in your mind (i.e.: busting out your pathetic British accent when you say “Yeah, Baby!”). Makes me want to go to Netflix and rent a ton of DVD’s.

Well, its that time of year for all you movie buffs out there. The Oscars are today and ahead of the big event, I am going to bust out my picks for this year. This year is different than previous with the ceremony a few weeks earlier than usual. The Academy felt its big night was getting overlooked. February sweeps on network TV were also an influence. I think Lord of the Rings:Return of the King will have a very good night, and it should take home Best Picture and Best Director, if for nothing else than an acknowledgement of the superior work done across the full LOTR trilogy of films, which IMHO is the finest series of movies ever made. In any case, here are my picks for the big categories:

Best Actor: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Best Actress: Charlize Theron, Monster
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellwegger, Cold Mountain
Best Picture: Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King
Best Director: Peter Jackson, LOTR:Return of the King
Best Original Screenplay: Lost In Translation
Best Adapted Screenplay: LOTR:Return of the King
Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo

http://www.masterandcommanderthefarsideoftheworld.com…now that’s a URL. We can only hope that the movie lives up to the size of its URL.

Incase you were wondering where Ashton Kutcher stands…Dude, where’s my endorsement? Yeah, this will make me vote for John Edwards. It seems that “star of the minute” Ashton Kutcher has gone out on a limb and endorsed Democrat John Edwards for President. The fact that CNN published this is troubling enough.

I think I read somewhere that Kutcher asked Demi Moore to marry him…man, its a long way from St. Elmo’s Fire for Demi. She must really be desperate for publicity these days.