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…and the Winner is….The English Family Movie Awards Winners!!

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It was murder trying to decide who would win this years awards.

For those of you that cared enough to read this, I will offer you a bit of a recap of last night’s English Family Movie Awards ceremony, which was held at the English Family Home Theatre in ******* ****, KS.  The host this year was Nicolas, who wore a St. Patrick’s Day 2010 shirt with a blue button up over it.  He introduced many of the awards on the evening.

The 2010 EFMA Nominations

Zoe, in her PJs and a purple robe and little Owen also handed out awards.  Owen stunned the whole crowd by wearing a Blue’s Clue’s shirt and warm up pants.

The big winner on the night was INCEPTION, which won 6 EFMAs, including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Fight and Best Ending.  Kick Ass, which entered as the favorite pulled in three awards: Action Movie of the Year and Best Actor for Nicolas Cage.  I know what you’re thinking, ‘who the hell give Nicolas Cage an acting award?’.

Tron Legacy won three awards and Let Me In won two, including Scariest Movie of the Year.

Normally we do the awards during the Oscars but this year we decided to have our own night of fun.  We started by announcing winners then watched clips from How to Train Your Dragon, Kick Ass, Let the Right One In (since we don’t have the new version) before watching the last hour or so of Inception.

Stay tuned later this summer when we will be doing the First Ever English Family TV Awards….and check out the complete list of winners below.

Best Movie
INCEPTION

Best Director
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, INCEPTION

Funniest Movie of the Year
DESPICABLE ME

Action Movie of the Year
KICK-ASS

Animated Movie of the Year
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Scariest Movie of the Year
LET ME IN

Best Actress
CHLOE GRACE-MORETZ, LET ME IN

Best Actor
NICOLAS CAGE, KICK-ASS

Best Hero
SAM FLYNN, TRON LEGACY

Best Villain
VOLDEMORT, HARRY POTTER and the DEATHLY HALLOWS part I

Best Love Story
TANGLED

Best Fight
HALLWAY FIGHT, INCEPTION

Best Action Sequence
LIGHT CYCLE RACE, TRON LEGACY

Best Music
HANS ZIMMER, INCEPTION

Best Writing
INCEPTION

Best Special FX
TRON LEGACY

Most Anticipated 2011 Movie
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

Best Trailer for an Upcoming Movie
SUPER 8

Best Death Scene
FRANK D’AMICO, KICK-ASS

Best Ending
INCEPTION

Thanks for stopping by, San Diego…and go **** yourself.  But also, thanks for stopping by.

Celebrate by hosting your own Family Movie Awards Night.

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2011 English Family Movie Award Nominations

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So, every year me and the kids sit down and discuss the best and worst of what we’ve seen in the previous year.  Our nominations are based on what we see as a family.  For example, as awesome as True Grit was, since I saw that by myself- it doesn’t count….but The Town does count since Nic, Jenni and I watched it together.  Here are our nominations for the 2011 English Family Movie Awards.

BEST MOVIE:

  • DESPICABLE ME
  • HARRY POTTER and the DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • INCEPTION (poster pictured)
  • KICK ASS
  • LET ME IN
  • RED
  • THE TOWN
  • TRON LEGACY

FUNNIEST MOVIE:

  • Despicable Me
  • Grown Ups
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

BEST ACTION MOVIE:

  • The A-Team
  • Kick Ass
  • Red

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE:

  • Despicable Me
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Tangled
  • Toy Story 3

SCARIEST MOVIE:

  • The Crazies
  • Let Me In (pictured)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

BEST DIRECTOR:

  • Tim Burton- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • Christopher Nolan- INCEPTION
  • Matt Reeves- LET ME IN
  • Robert Schwentke- RED
  • Matthew Vaughn- KICK ASS
  • David Yates- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE

BEST ACTOR:

  • Nicolas Cage- KICK ASS
  • Jackie Chan- THE KARATE KID
  • Leonardo DiCaprio- INCEPTION
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee- LET ME IN
  • Daniel Radcliffe- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • Bruce Willis- RED (pictured)

BEST ACTRESS:

  • Lyndsey Fonseca- KICK ASS
  • Chloe Grace-Moretz- LET ME IN
  • Mandy Moore- TANGLED
  • Emma Stone- Easy A
  • Emma Watson- DEATHLY HALLOWS part ONE
  • Olivia Wilde- TRON LEGACY (pictured)

BEST HERO:

  • Harry Potter- HP7
  • Hiccup- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
  • Hit Girl- KICK ASS
  • Iron Man- IRON MAN 2
  • Kick Ass- KICK ASS
  • Sam Flynn- TRON LEGACY

BEST VILLAIN:

  • Clu- TRON LEGACY
  • Frank D’Amico- KICK ASS
  • Red Queen- ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • Vector- DESPICABLE ME
  • Voldemort- HP7
  • Whiplash- IRON MAN 2

BEST FIGHT:

  • Hit Girl vs. D’Amico’s Thugs- KICK ASS (pictured)
  • Hotel Hallway Fight- INCEPTION
  • Iron Man and War Machine vs. Whiplash and the Drones- IRON MAN 2
  • Mr. Han vs. the Bullies- THE KARATE KID
  • Perseus vs. Medusa- CLASH of the TITANS
  • Sam Flynn vs. Rinzler- TRON LEGACY

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE:

  • Helicopter Chase- A-TEAM
  • Dragon Battle- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
  • Van Chase- INCEPTION
  • Shipping Car Gun Fight- RED
  • Light Cycle Race- TRON LEGACY

BEST LOVE STORY:

  • Let Me In
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  • Tangled (pictured)
  • Toy Story 3

BEST FX:

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Inception
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  • Tron Legacy

BEST MUSIC:

  • Christophe Beck- RED
  • Michael Giacchino- LET ME IN
  • Daft Punk- TRON LEGACY
  • Hans Zimmer- INCEPTION
  • Various Artists- KICK ASS

BEST WRITING:

  • Despicable Me (pictured)
  • Inception
  • Kick Ass
  • Let Me In
  • Red
  • Toy Story 3

BEST DEATH SCENE:

  • Big Daddy- KICK ASS (pictured)
  • Bully Revenge- LET ME IN
  • Doby- HP7
  • Exploding Thugs- RED
  • Frank D’Amico- KICK ASS
  • Kevin Flynn- TRON LEGACY

BEST ENDING

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • Inception
  • Let Me In
  • The Town

BEST TRAILER FOR UPCOMING MOVIE:

  • Battle: Los Angeles (March 11)
  • Cowboys and Aliens (July 29)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides (May 20) (pictured)
  • Sucker Punch (March 25)
  • Super 8 (June 10)