Coming at you twice a day until the winner of the Best Blog award is unveiled Tuesday, June 9th, it’s time for the 2009 LAMMY Awards gala!
To see the previous award winners, click here.
Most Ambitious
3rd place: Do You Have a Flag? (9 votes)
Runner-up: Final Girl (11 votes)
And the winner, with 18 votes (35%) is…
Congratulations! LAMMY Banners will be emailed to the winners and runner-ups after all the awards have been presented.
Coming at you twice a day until the winner of the Best Blog award is unveiled next Tuesday, it’s time for the 2009 LAMMY Awards gala!
To see the previous award winners, click here.
Best Blog-a-thon/Meme
3rd place: Lazy Eye Theatre - Bizarro Days (11 votes)
Runner-up: Blog Cabins - The Alphabet Meme (14 votes)
And the winner, with 16 votes (29%) is…
Film for the Soul - Counting Down the Zeroes
Congratulations! LAMMY Banners will be emailed to the winners and runner-ups after all the awards have been presented.
Got a Plug? Head on over to the LAMB Forums and post it. I’m looking for special events - contests, giveaways, blog-a-thons - something you don’t normally do, but you’re doing it now and want need the world to know. Here’s the latest batch:
From FILM FOR THE SOUL:
Film for the Soul needs ewe to chronicle a decade of film.
In 8 months plus it will be 2010 and the 00’s (the naughties) will be behind us leaving in its wake 10 years of cinema.
I want to take a look at cinema from 2000 - 2009, each month focusing on a different year, obviously starting with the year 2000 and I’m looking for submissions; reviews, opinions, awards, news, anything and everything film related for each corresponding year.
I believe that not only are we looking at 10 years of cinema but also the rise of the ‘casual critic’, the blogsphere has given voice to thousands of on-line reviewers and I’m looking for as many of those differing voices as possible.
So if ewe have a review; one ewe may have already posted on your blog many years ago, or are interested in writing a new one for a film in 2000 then please get in contact. For example I’m especially interested in any review, or articles, on the following films
Gladiator (Ridley Scott)
O’ Brother Where Art Thou (Joel/Ethan Coen)
House of Mirth (Terrence Davies)
Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronosky)
Ju-on (Takashi Shimizu)
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrittu)
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang)
X-Men (Bryan Singer)
Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry)
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
Girlfight (Karyn Kusama)
Nine Queens (Fabian Bielinsky)
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
These are just ideas, if ewe have a hidden gem, for example one reviewer is covering a Japanese Anime I’ve never heard of, then don’t hesitate to get in contact.
Over the coming months I hope to build a resource of film in the 00’s, culminating with an ultimate list of the naughties greatest films at the end of the year.
Hopefully you’ll take part.
Ibetolis
http://filmforthesoul.blogspot.com/
From OUT OF THE PAST:
Hey there fellow LAMBs. I’ve declared next week (3/29 to 4/4) Norma Shearer week on my blog Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. TCM is showing a lot of her films in the next upcoming months and with the new WB Archive films, 4 of her films are now available on made-to-order DVDs.
Just want to get people interested in my absolute top favorite Actress!
From INVASION OF THE B MOVIES:
This is for an upcoming blogathon of sorts that I did last year.
I declared April “30 Days of Horror” where every day in April I watched at least one horror movie. Towards the end, things didn’t go so well cause of family stuff, so hopefully this year things will go off without a hitch.
This time though, I’m asking for help. I’m writing out all the films I wanna see in that month but if anyone is willing to contribute by watching and writing a horror film on your own and I’ll do a linky thing. How I’ll do that is if ewe wanna participate, let me know what film ewe want to cover and I’ll let ewe know if I did it already or if I’m gonna do it.
Here’s the link to last years films: http://www.invasionofthebmovies.com/30dayshorror.html
I have sort of a theme going on this time, since this is the “sequel” to the first event. Betcha never guess what the theme might be.
-Jason
From NOIRISH CITY:
Hi LAMB Members,
For those of ewe who(m) are interested….
My blog is “undergoing” a “format” change.
Starting April 1st….No! This Isn’t An April Fools Joke!
Oh!…She is going to write her own movie reviews? No!….I still don’t like to write, …. but what about the contests?….
*No worries,* movie contest(s) will still be offered on my blog.
And where are all these changes taking place?
….at http://noirishcity.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Deedee (dcd)
Got a plug of your own? An upcoming blog-a-thon, contest, or other event? Email me or post the details at the LAMB Forum (there’s a thread in the General LAMB Stuff section).
So I’ve finally gotten around to the super-mysterious project ‘o DOOM that I’ve been planning for some time now (as Fletch mentioned previously). And it doesn’t involve Nic Cage. Unless, of course, Nic Cage joins the LAMB. What it is, though, is a weekly (hopefully) spotlight on a LAMB I choose at random. It’s similar to the introduction blurb we all get, but with different information. Think of it as somewhat of an update, or a “What are they doing now?” featurette. If anybody has any ideas on how to improve this feature, please don’t hesitate to tell me. I’m all up for suggestions. So on to the first randomly featured LAMB!
Blog Name: Film For The Soul.
Posting Name: Ibetolis.
Country of Origin: UK.
LAMB Number: 70.
Other: The blog has been up and running since March and currently has a total of 31 posts to date. It uses a nice mix of text, pictures, and even video. To Ibetolis, it’s a personal blog on the love of cinema, whether it be through reviews of favorite films or inspirational directors. His biggest running feature at the moment is a somewhat blog-a-thon of the 1000 Greatest Films of all time (God bless him and his sanity). But he has another new feature that details good opening scenes entitled “Now That’s How You Open A Movie!” As the blog is relatively new, there’s not much to discuss at this current moment, but it is very ambitious with its 1000 Greatest Films event, and I wish Ibetolis all the best in this endeavor!
URL: http://filmforthesoul.blogspot.com/
Site Name: Film for the Soul
What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?
It’s a personal blog about my life with film and my furthering attempts to understand more about the medium. I do reviews, take on topics (genres/actors/themes etc) and pay tribute to those directors that have shaped our lives.
What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
It’s a personal blog, I just want to meet like minded people, I have no commercial aspirations. All I’m trying to get out of it is a sense of self satisfaction and a community of film fans.
Do you prefer an interactive ‘community’ for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
I would prefer an interactive community on my blog.
How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
I’ve been blogging for almost a month, I blog regularly, at least 4 posts a week.
Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
Three favourite movies - It’s impossible. But if you insist. I’ll go for; Rashomon, Once Upon a Time in the West and Touch of Evil….no, wait…
How did you hear about the LAMB?
I found LAMB on the Film Babble blog.
Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
None.