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We happened upon a movie trailer at the theater this past weekend when we were brushing up on our films for Oscar night. We discovered that this summer a film will be coming out that, judging by the trailer, won't be in contention for an Academy Award next year. They've taken Underdog the cartoon show and made it into a CGI heavy, live action film. Watch the trailer and you'll see some nice shots of some dog flying around the buildings of Boston. From what we can glean from various internet sources it was largely shot in Providence, RI – but the cityscapes in the trailer are all ours.

Just minutes after midnight The Departed took home two big awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences started handing out Oscar statues at around 8:45 pm (here on the east coast, much earlier for those watching it in Hollywood). The Departed was our local favorite and hit 4 out of 5. Alan Arkin, who won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role, may have been good in Little Miss Sunshine but we've got no regrets in our unabashed support of Mark Wahlberg in his first Academy Award nomination. The film based in Massachusetts with scenes filmed around Boston took home the other four awards for which it was nominated. The Oscar went to The Departed for:
- Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay): (the North Shore's own) William Monahan
- Directing: (eight time nominee) Martin Scorsese
- Best Picture

Even though Apple has yet to release the "true video iPod", Bostonist digs the video podcasts. This week, we offer up a gem of a vodcast, Hello the Podcast.

Bostonist is itching to get out of work today and go see this year's The Animation Show. We caught it last year and it renewed our faith in all things cartoon. Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead) and Don Hertzfeldt (Billy's Balloon) created the project to showcase the best of animation world. This year will feature, among others, a new short by Mr. Hertzfeldt (The Meaning of Life), an Academy Award nominee (Guard Dog) and...

Bostonist has a love for things that are a little quirky. Michel Gondry is a quirky, and we love him for it. The winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (which he co-wrote and directed) will be at MIT this evening for a presentation. Bostonist has to admit it wasn’t until the second time that we watched "Eternal…" that we really understood what was going on, or why Frodo was there, but when we understood and we loved it. Professor Fredo Durand will engage Gondry in a discussion about his work. Gondry has done movies, commercials and music videos, and collaborated with all sorts of folks including Massive Attack and Bjork. We’ve been hip on Bjork lately, Bostonist wants to let you know Gondry directed several of her music videos, most of which played on MTV when they actually played videos. Professor Durand is a professor of computer science with a specialty in computer graphics but he looks pretty hip.