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Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica Win at the 2009 Saturn Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:51 -0700

It's that time of year again! The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films handed out the Saturn Awards last night to honor the best actors, movies, and TV shows in these genres. It's a lot for one awards show to cover, but these awards honored some great entertainment that doesn't always get mainstream attention.

Of course, some blockbusters got recognized, too: The Dark Knight took home lots of awards, including another honor for the late Heath Ledger. Iron Man also did very well, with Robert Downey Jr. nabbing the award for best actor and Jon Favreau for director. I love that even the little vampire movie Let the Right One In scored an award. Battlestar Galactica made a splash in the television categories, winning three awards.

To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Iron Man

BEST FANTASY FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST HORROR FILM
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR
Jaden Christopher Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

BEST DIRECTOR
Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

BEST WRITER
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight)

BEST MUSIC
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)

BEST COSTUME
Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

BEST MAKE-UP
Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Let the Right One In

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wall-E

BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Lost

SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
Battlestar Galactica

BEST PRESENTATION ON TELEVISION
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

BEST ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

GUESS ROLE ON TELEVISION
Jimmy Smits (Dexter)

BEST DVD RELEASE
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

BEST DVD SPECIAL ADDITION
Stephen King's The Mist (two-disc special edition)

BEST DVD CLASSIC RELEASE
Psycho (Universal Legacy Series)

BEST DVD COLLECTION
The Godfather -The Coppola Restoration

LIFE CAREER AWARD
Lance Henriksen

LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT
Leonard Nimoy

THE VISIONARY AWARD
Jeffrey Katzenberg

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The 2008 Saturn Awards Honor the Best in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:30:40 -0700

Each year the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films hands out the Saturn Awards, honoring the best actors, movies and TV shows in these genres. It's a pretty all-encompassing way to group things together and the list of projects that earned awards this year runs the gamut, from Cloverfield and Enchanted, to Lost and Dexter. Oh, and August Rush, which I guess fits into some kind of other-worldly realm. Robin Williams does star as some kind of magical urban cowboy, after all.

Looking at the list of winners, I'm struck by how mainstream they are. The sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres have really broadened and become popular over the years, no longer relegated to certain niche circles. It's pretty cool, really.

I'm happy to see that Will Smith and Amy Adams won the movie actor and actress awards (for I Am Legend and Enchanted), though the TV actress award went to Jennifer Love Hewitt for Ghost Whisperer, which just makes my little heart ache for the old Buffy days. And hands down, my favorite winner on the list is Michael Emerson who won for his performance as the crazy/scary/sad/manipulative Ben on Lost. Perhaps an Emmy is not far behind?

Next year's awards should be an incredibly close race, what with all the fantasy-filled movies this year (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, not to mention The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Watchmen, Frank Miller's The Spirit, and even The Time Traveler's Wife). Batman Begins swept the Saturns in 2006, though The Dark Knight will have some tough competition this year. To check out a full list of the 2008 Saturn Award winners, read more.

To see the other nominees in each category, click here.

BEST SCI-FI FILM:
Cloverfield

FANTASY FILM:
Enchanted

HORROR FILM:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM:
300

ACTOR:
Will Smith (I Am Legend)

ACTRESS:
Amy Adams (Enchanted)

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Marcia Gay Harden (The Mist)

PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR:
Freddie Highmore (August Rush)

DIRECTION:
Zack Snyder (300)

WRITING:
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)

MUSIC:
Alan Menken (Enchanted)

COSTUME:
Colleen Atwood (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

MAKE-UP:
Ve Neill, Martin Samuel (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End)

SPECIAL EFFECTS:
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier (Transformers)

ANIMATED FILM:
Ratatouille

INTERNATIONAL FILM:
Eastern Promises

NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES:
Lost

SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES:
Dexter

PRESENTATION ON TELEVISION:
Family Guy: Blue Harvest

ACTOR ON TELEVISION:
Matthew Fox (Lost)

ACTRESS ON TELEVISION:
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)

SUPPORTING ACTOR ON TELEVISION:
Michael Emerson (Lost)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TELEVISION: (TIE):
Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

DVD RELEASE:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (remix)

DVD SPECIAL EDITION RELEASE:
Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)

DVD CLASSIC FILM RELEASE:
The Monster Squad

DVD COLLECTION:
Mario Bava (Box Sets 1 & 2)

TELEVISION SERIES RELEASE ON DVD:
Heroes (Season 1)

RETRO TELEVISION SERIES RELEASE ON DVD:
Twin Peaks (Definitive Gold Box Ed.)

Special Awards

THE GEORGE PAL MEMORIAL AWARD:
Guillermo del Toro

THE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Tim & Donna Lucas

THE SERVICE AWARD:
Fred Barton

LIFE CAREER AWARD:
Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr.

FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE AWARD:
Matt Reeves for Cloverfield

Dexter photo courtesy of CBS
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Buzz News Roundup, 2/20

BuzzSugar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:30:51 -0800

Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov's book The Master and the Margarita will be adapted for the big screen, writes Hollywood Reporter.
ABC has announced return dates for its shows, including Grey's Anatomy; details are at The Futon Critic, or you can just check out my guide to post-strike TV.
Director David Yates will reportedly return to the director's chair for the seventh and last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, writes ComingSoon.
Variety reports that Kelsey Grammer will once again play Ebenezer Scrooge in the indie satire An American Carol.
U2 is back in the studio in Ireland to record their next album, Billboard reports.

According to ComingSoon, Harry Potter, 300 and Sweeney Todd lead the nominations for this year's Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Awards.
Monk has been renewed for a seventh season on USA, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
Variety has news that Tyler Perry's signature character Madea will get her own animated TV series for kids.
How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory will swap time slots starting in March, writes Zap2it.

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