The LAMMY NOMINEE BREAKDOWN...

By now most people have already listened to the podcast announcing the nominees so I thought I'd compile a list of the nominees but then I actually saw that someone else had already done it and since we are a blogging community I thought it would actually be appropriate to rather link to Sam's post instead of doing my own! (a little lazy, I know but I work 24/7 right now so I got to prioritize!)

HERE'S THE LINK!

LAMBcast addendum: Vote on our Actor's Career Draft!

I was going to wait a few days to post this as a means to incentivize people to listen to the show prior to seeing and voting on our picks, but with the LAMMY nominations included in episode #117, I'm not exactly sure I really need to worry about that.  With over 200 downloads already, it's safe to say that most of you have heard it...that is, unless you skipped right over the Cruise Draft and went straight to the nominations.  Though I'm sure no one did that, right?

Anyway, here are the mini film festivals that we ended up with - don't forget when looking at these sometimes sorry slates that, in order to make it more interesting, our first round was wiped out.  Who got the best of what was left?

Classic Chops: May 30th

Good news, everyone!  We’re back with an expanded, super gi-normous version of “Classic Chops”… check them out after the jump!

Classic Chops enthusiastically welcomes any essay or post you’ve composed on a film classic—and even though I originally set the criterion at films released in 1965 and before, I have “cheated” a little and included films after that date that I don’t think too many people would dispute are “classics.”  Simply send your submissions to classicchops@gmail.com by June 5th at 6:00pm EDT…and any questions, comments, suggestions and discarded Legos should be addressed to that same e-mail address as well.

FYC Poster Tournament Round #2

Thanks to all you Lambs for your amazing participation in round one. I'm really glad that this has taken off as well as it has There were a whopping 27 votes in the first round and some very close matches. The following posters move on to the next round: Net-Flixation, Rambling Film, Hollywood Revue, Ticker Talks Film, French Toast Sunday, The Gold Knight, Silver Emulsion, and Duke & The Movies. Congratulations! We still have a ways to go, so without wasting any time, here's another batch of 16 posters up for your votes.

Trailer Trash Tuesday: 05/29/2012

I hope everyone had a good long relaxing weekend during this Memorial Day celebration.  It looks like the "Men in Black" have had a good one as their latest opened at number one with fifty-five million dollars, dropping "The Avengers" to the number two spot this week.  Will the alien patrol stay at number one or will they get shut out by "Snow White and The Huntsman": which opens this weekend? 


There are some great movies coming out to theaters very soon, and I even posted one release on BlueRay that I am very excited about.   So let's get to the trashing shall we.

LAMBcast #117: Actor's Career Draft (Tom Cruise)...oh, and the LAMMY nominations!

Should I even bother to pretend that more than half of this show's audience cares about anything other than the fact that it includes the LAMMY nominations?  Let's not pretend.  So yes, while we'd love it if you stuck around and became a lifelong fan of the show (and of LAMB-produced podcasts, in general), I know the score.  So do try to enjoy our goofy draft of Tom Cruise movies (I'll post the poll mentioned in the show in a few days) before launching yourself into the nominations.  We follow that up, of course, with a couple games of Last LAMB Standing.  On hand for the shenanigans were Dylan, Nick, Courtney, Alan, and Joel.


A couple notes:

* The show can be found, of course, via iTunes - just do a search for "LAMBcast." Also, I always post a link to the show on the LAMBcast's Facebook page, and there's a player there if you'd like to listen online.

* Shows will eventually make their way to the LAMBcast Archives. If you'd ever like to catch up on back episodes, go there.

LAMB Acting School 101: Cate Blanchett

CS, of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, here with all the submissions for our LAMB Acting School 101 feature on Cate Blanchett. Huge thanks to all the sites that took the time to send in their posts.

Articles, Podcasts, Artwork, and Lists

Sati of Cinematic Corner celebrated Cate Blanchett’s birthday by show her appreciation for all things Blanchett.

Flickers’ own Dave provides the rundown on Cate Blanchett’s career.

Cinematic Paradox’s Steeve takes a closer look at Blanchett’s work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Jenny, from Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, shares the ten films she would re-cast so that Blanchett would be the new lead.

Ruth of FlixChatter included Blanchett in a list of actresses with the smoothest voices. She also lists her seven favorite Blanchett performances. As well as naming Blanchett as one of the ten hottest Aussie actors, and giving Blanchett praise for being in one of the top five movies about monarchs.

FYC Poster Tournament Round 1

There have been a ton of great FYC posters for this year's Lammys, and they help advertise some great blogs. But not only is it time to decide which blogs are the best blogs, but Joel thought it was a great idea to find out which was the best poster. And what better way to decide the best poster than to have a single elimination tournament? And since Joel is plenty busy with other things at the moment, I decided to step up to the plate and host this tournament of Lammy champions.

There will be several rounds in this tournament, each round has 8 pairs of posters pitted against each other. Your task is to choose which is the better poster in all 8 matches. There are of course links to the site, but remember you're voting on just the posters, not the site. You can leave a comment, or if you wish your vote to be private you can e-mail your picks to Bubbawheat@msn.com. There are 66 posters in total, may the best Lamb win!

Edit: Voting closes tonight (5/29) at 11PM Eastern.

#LAMMY2012 Nomination Round Closed

Hey there everyone, just wanted to let you know that the official nomination round of this years LAMMYs is over.

Yesterday we recorded the LAMBcast episode where we announce the nominations and it will probably be released within a couple of days.... A day or two after its released the final poll will  be up where the winners are decided!

Also keep an eye out for the #LAMMY2012 FYC banner tournament here on the LAMB that Bubbawheat will be hosting.

#LAMMY2012 Nomination Race Final Reminder!!!

The last two weeks have been hectic with a ton of creative FYC banners submitted by our members! Make sure to check out our FYC banner tournament that is starting on monday!


The main reason for this post is of course to give a final nomination boost before that race closes tomorrow! Find the link after jump!