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Game: Week 18 – Box Office Predictions: Results & Standings
Our final week of the year saw Little Fockers maintain its hold on the top spot of the week with a better-performing True Grit still close behind. The final results are posted below. Congratulations to everyone. Our new game period begins Wednesday. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for our final…
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The Morning After #28: January 3, 2011
I had the chance to watch four films over the weekend. Two (Nashville & Charade) are from the Feed the Queue feature. The other two (Four Lions & Shutter Island) were 2010 films I caught up with for Awards consideration purposes. So, here is what I watched this weekend: NASHVILLE Robert Altman’s style of humor…
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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Awards
Here are the winners for the 2010 OFCS Awards. Award Tallies (3) The Social Network (2) Inception, True Grit The Awards Best Picture The Social Network Best Animated Feature Toy Story 3 Best Director David Fincher – The Social Network
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Oscar Nominee Pete Postlethwaite Dies at 64
Matthew Weaver and agencies guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 January 2011 11.25 GMT The actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. Friends said he passed away peacefully in hospital in Shropshire yesterday having suffered from cancer for some time. Postlethwaite was once described by the film director Steven Spielberg as “probably the best actor…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 3
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Josephine Hull (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress –1 Nom, 1 Win} 1889: Robert M. Haas (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Frederic Efrem Rich (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Ernst Marischka (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Jack Martin Smith (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –9 Noms, 3 Wins} 1937: Peter Davis (73)…
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What to See: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011
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 responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the two new limited releases would…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 1
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1887: Herman Rosse (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1891: Boris Morros (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1891: Charles…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Philip Stevenson (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1897: Orry-Kelly (66 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Costume Design,Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 4 Noms, 3 Wins} 1897: Frank Skinner (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score,…
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Feed the Queue #27
I wanted to let everyone know that I’m putting this feature on hold for a week or two. I’m now three weeks behind on viewing for this feature and figure I should probably get caught up before digging myself deeper. My apologies to everyone and I assure it will return.
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Oscar Profile #18: Mitchell Leisen
Born in 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, James Mitchell Leisen was trained as an architect, but worked in Hollywood form his early twenties as a set designer, art director and costume designer. Associated throughout the 1920s with Douglas Fairbanks and Cecil B. DeMille, he designed the costumes for Fairbanks’ Robin Hood (1920) and The Thief of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Lawrence Weingarten (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1901: Henry Blanke (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Owen Crump (94 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0…
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Game: Week 18 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
This is our final week of the Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. And since there are only two new limited releases this week, it shouldn’t be too hard to predict, but I’ve added a temporary rule to make the week fun. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following…
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Looking at the Weekend: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011
The last weekend of the year (even if it’s only partially in 2010), is always limited in releases. This week, we only have two new films opening, both limited. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Sturtevant (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1891: Alfred Gilks (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: C. C. Coleman Jr. (71 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0…
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