Burlesque

Certificate: 12A
Running Time: 119 minutes
Director: Steve Antin


A musical explosion about a small town girl chasing her dreams in the big city. Starring the legends that are Cher and Christina Aguilera, the story unfolds around a struggling burlesque lounge in L.A. With plenty of singing, dancing and drama, the star studded movie was at best a pleasant watch. There was nothing outrightly bad about it, but it just seemed a bit too much like Mean Girls meets Moulin Rouge. The songs were fun and carried off well, the acting good and the production overall a fairly good standard, but not amazing original or creative and a little too cliche.


Rating: ***

68th Annual Golden Globe Award Results :-)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - The Social Network

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner - Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - Paul Giamatti for Barney’s Version

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Winner - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Winner - Christian Bale for The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Winner - Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Best Director - Motion Picture

Winner - David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Winner - The Social Network

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Winner - Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me’

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Winner - The Social Network

Best Animated Film

Winner - Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner - In a Better World

Congratulations to all of the winners, as well as the runners up. All nominations were well deserved.

COUNTDOWN TO OSCARS - 42 days

68th Annual Golden Globe Award Nominations :-)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Inception

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, The Kids are All Right, Red, The Tourist

Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network, Colin Firth for The King’s Speech, James Franco for 127 Hours, Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine, Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter

Most Likely to Win - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Deserves to Win - Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees; Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice, Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone, Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Most Likely to Win - Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Deserves to Win - Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Johnny Depp for The Tourist, Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland, Paul Giamatti Barney’s Version, Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs, Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack

Most Likely to Win - Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees; Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right, Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs, Angelina Jolie for The Tourist, Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right, Emma Stone for Easy A

Most Likely to Win - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Deserves to Win - Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Nominees; Christian Bale for The Fighter, Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Andrew Garfield for The Social Network, Jeremy Renner for The Town, Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Most Likely to Win - Christian Bale for The Fighter

Deserves to Win - Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Nominees; Amy Adams for The Fighter, Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech, Mila Kunis for Black Swan, Melissa Leo for The Fighter, Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Most Likely to Win - Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech

Deserves to Win - Mila Kunis for Black Swan

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees; Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, David Fincher for The Social Network, Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech, Christopher Nolan for Inception, David O. Russell for The Fighter

Most Likely to Win - David Fincher, The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Christopher Nolan for Inception

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees; 127 Hours, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - The Social Network

Deserves to Win - Inception

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees; Burlesque ‘Bound to You’, Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’, Country Strong ‘Coming Home’, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ‘There’s a Place For Us’, Tangled ‘I See the Light’

Most Likely to Win - Burlesque ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’

Deserves to Win - Burlesque  ‘Bound to You’

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees; 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network

Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Deserves to Win - Alice in Wonderland

Best Animated Film

Nominees; Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Tangled, Toy Story 3

Most Likely to Win - Despicable Me

Deserves to Win - Despicable Me

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees; Biutiful, The Concert, The Edge, I Am Love, In a Better World

Most Likely to Win - Biutiful

Deserves to Win - Biutiful

The Golden Globe winners are to be announced on 16th January 2011.