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Previews: Week Ending December 5, 2010
Thirteen new posters were released this week along with eight new trailers. Here are this week’s highlights Poster Highlights: A huge gap sits between this week’s best poster and the second best (I Am Number Four #1). The winner of the week is hands-down Rabbit Hole. Trailer Highlights: There were so many abjectly awful trailers…
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Precursor: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Nominations
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association have announced their nominees for 2010. Their winners will be announced on Monday. Here are the nominations: Nomination Tallies (8) The Social Network (7) Black Swan, Inception, True Grit (6) 127 Hours (4) The Fighter, The King’s Speech (3) The Kids Are All Right, Toy Story 3, Winter’s…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Milan Roder (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1897: Nunnally Johnson (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Grace Moore (48 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Walt Disney…
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Oscar Week in Review: November 28 – December 4, 2010
Oscar News This year’s Oscar hosts were announced this week, and the Academy is returning to the days where film personalities hosted rather than comedians. Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway and James Franco will host this years ceremony. The National Board of Review continued its precedent of being the first major precursor to announce its awards…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Malcolm Bert (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color) –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1910: Alex North (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Song, Original Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Non-Musical Score, Drama Score – 15 Noms, 1 Win} 1913: Mark…
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Screener Watch: December 3, 2010
Normally, screener season is a bit more of a trickle, but the deluge this year has made the waning days less enjoyable. Sometimes it’s cool to get a new gift every day. Anyway, here’s the latest addition to my collection. FOUR LIONS Genre: Comedy Stars: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar…
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Trailer Watch: December 3, 2010
We close out our quiet week with new trailers for And Everything Is Going Fine, Battle: Los Angeles and Hop as well as new posters for The King’s Speech and Sanctum. AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE Plot Summary: A documentary about the life of Spalding Gray in his own words through archived interviews and recorded…
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Film Fun Friday #34
Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have…
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What to See: December 3-5, 2010
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. Would you recommend readers see The Warrior’s Way?…
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Review: Black Swan
BLACK SWAN Rating Director Darren Aronofsky Screenplay Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin Length 107 min. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder MPAA Rating R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use.
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This Day in Oscar History: December 3
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Arthur Wimperis (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1891: Hans Koenekamp (100 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Virginia Kellogg (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture Story – 2 Noms, 0…
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Trailer Watch: December 2, 2010
Tonight, we have three new trailers and two new posters. Trailers: African Cats, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son and Ong Bak 3; Posters: I Am Number Four and Ip Man 2. AFRICAN CATS, trailer #2 Plot Summary: DisneyNature’s third Earth Day documentary focuses on two families of Savannah felines, one leopard and one lion,…
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Precursor: National Board of Review
One of the oldest awards bodies out there, the National Board of Review is the first critics group every year to post their choices for the best of the year. Here’s what they had to say about this year’s films: Awards Tallies (4) The Social Network (1) Animal Kingdom, Another Year, Buried, Conviction, Fair Game,…
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Feed the Queue #23
Due to last week’s confusion, fewer votes were cast than may have been had things not been confused. Still, we managed to get three votes in, so it wasn’t too bad a week. There was a three-way tie for first with The Informer, Seven Beauties and David Copperfield (1935) with 9 points each leaving poor…
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Oscar Profile #14: Frank Morgan
Born in 1890, the youngest of 11 children of a wealthy businessman, Frank Morgan followed his older (by seven years) brother, Ralph, into show business. Though Ralph was initially the more famous of the two, and later the first President of the Screen Actors Guild, Frank’s career would soon eclipse his. A popular character actor…
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