Silver Reels - Feb 23, 2009

Silver Reels Results

UATV's Razorback Reels movie review show has announced the winners of the 2nd Silver Reels Awards. The winners in ten different categories were chosen by the general public via online balloting.

The Dark Knight won all four of the awards that is was nominated for, winning Best Picture - Drama, Best Picture - Action, Best Actor and Best Catchphrase. Its four wins bested the record that Juno set last year, when it won three Silver Reels.

Although there were ten categories, there were eleven Silver Reels awarded -- there was a tie in Best Picture - Comedy between Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder.

In total, 51 individuals cast ballots for the Silver Reels. The awards show was broadcast on UATV 14 on Monday, February 23d, 2009 at 8:00 pm.

Razorback Reels airs weekly on Mondays nights from 8:00 to 8:30 pm on UATV 14. Co-hosts Aaron Empsall and Adam Roberts review the new movies released into area theaters, suggest classic movies to rent on DVD and keep viewers informed about the world of cinema.


COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS

Best Picture - Drama: The Dark Knight
Best Picture - Comedy: Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder
Best Picture - Animated: WALL-E
Best Picture - Musical: Mamma Mia!
Best Picture - Action: The Dark Knight
Best Picture - Romance: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Picture - Horror: Cloverfield
Best Actor: Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Best Actress: Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt
Best Catchphrase: "Why so serious?" - The Joke in The Dark Knight

The Silver Reels Ballot

Balloting is now closed.

Tune into Razorback Reels on UATV 14 or online at UATV.uark.edu on Monday, February 23rd at 8:00 pm central to see the winners!

All website visitors are eligible to vote for the Best Picture - Drama, Best Picture - Comedy, Best Picture - Animated, Best Picture - Musical, Best Picture - Action, Best Picture - Romance, Best Picture - Horror, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Catchphrase.

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February 9, 2009 - Top 10 of 2008

TOP 10 of 2008

Aaron:

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Wrestler
4. The Dark Knight
5. Synechdoche, New York
6. Shotgun Stories
7. In Bruges
8. Doubt
9. Tropic Thunder
10. The Visitor

Adam:

1. WALL-E
2. The Dark Knight
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. The Wrestler
5. Milk
6. Doubt
7. Tropic Thunder
8. Burn After Reading
9. Frost/Nixon
10. Choke

Traveler Article

UATV's 'Razorback Reels' wants your vote

UATV's "Razorback Reels" is now taking votes for its second Silver Reel Awards.

The awards began last year when "Razorback Reels" co-hosts, Adam Roberts and Aaron Empsall, wanted a local opinion of the movies from the year prior.

"I love movies and the Oscars, but with the Oscars there are always movies that win that most people have not seen," Roberts said. "My co-host and I wanted an award show that reflected the taste of college students, and with the Reel Awards it gets people engaged with the movies from the previous year."

Read the rest! Published by The Arkansas Traveler

Feburary 2, 2009