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Weekend Preview: Nov. 25-27, 2011
There are nine new releases this week. We have previews for eight of them below.
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Screener Watch: Win Win
The first of the Fox Searchlight titles has made its way to my mailbox. Win Win Genre: Sports Comedy Drama Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Melanie Lynskey, Bobby Cannavale, Alex Shaffer Director: Tom McCarthy Premise: “A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client…
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Oscar Week in Review: November 13-19, 2011
Oscar News The Governors Awards were awarded last weekend to James Earl Jones, Oprah Winfrey and Dick Smith. Highlights can be found here. The Academy this week released the preliminary, 15-film list of possible documentary feature nominees. As always, the list has just as many prominent omissions as it does possible nominees. Ricky Gervais will yet…
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Academy Announces Documentary Feature Short List
Today, the Academy announced 15 films that will compete for 5 nominations for this year’s Academy Awards in the Documentary Feature category. According to the press release, 124 documentaries were initially submitted for consideration and these were the five selected. Several notable titles are missing including Into the Abyss, Beats, Rhymes & Life, Senna and…
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Trailer Watch: Snow White and the Huntsman
The first of a pair of films on the same subject. First out of the gate is a great place to be. Snow White and the Huntsman Plot Summary: A dark, realistic interpretation of the fabled story of Snow White. Release Date: June 1, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: It’s a bit gloomy for…
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What to See: Nov. 18-20, 2011
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 46, 2011)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 (starting in January) years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of…
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Film Fun Friday: Closing
After 80 entries, it’s time to close out this once entertaining diversion. In recent weeks, participation has slowed to a crawl and it’s not worth the effort of trying to elicit more votes and more participants. I am closing out the Film Fun Friday weekly event for the time being. Should interest re-emerge, it may…
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Review: The Perfect Host (2011)
The Perfect Host Rating Director Nick Tomnay Screenplay Krishna Jones, Nick Tomnay Length 93 min. Starring David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Tyrees Allen, Annie Campbell, Cooper Barnes, Indira Gibson, Joseph Will, Nathaniel Parker, Helen Reddy, Megahn Perry MPAA Rating R for language, some violent content and brief sexual material
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Poll: Best Original Song (1944 – 1948)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1944 – 1948 Which Oscar winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: Corman’s World
The master of the B movie gets his own documentary. Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Plot Summary: Exploring the life of indie producer/director Roger Corman and his pandering influence on modern filmmaking and filmmakers. Release Date: December 16, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: B+ Commentary: A bevy of images from Corman’s many B films…
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Feed the Queue #72
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Blue Valentine (2010) The Ghost Writer (2010) Nowhere Boy (2010) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo triolgy (2010) Youth in Revolt (2010) Incendies (2010) Blue Valentine wins and goes into my queue.
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