With a dismal 12 points, With a Song in My Heart is the lowest film on this week’s list. Above it at 17 points is The Roaring Twenties (the film, not the decade). The Train came in 7th at 22 points just behind Jerry Maguire with 23. Tied in fourth are Richard III and The…
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Born February 5, 1918, Charles John Holt III, the son of Jack Holt, one of the founding members of AMPAS, young Tim, like his father, became a workaholic actor most famous for his roles in westerns. He had the quickest trigger draw of any actor in films which clocked in at about 1/6 of a…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Sid Grauman (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1888: Nugent Slaughter (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Engineering Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1894: Paul Green (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Alfred Newman…
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Time for another week of box office predictions. Submit yours below. Don’t remember the rules or need a refresher? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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Three new wide releases are accompanied this week by six new limited releases. We look at one of those six in detail along with the three wide releases. 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 agree…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Gene Havlick (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1897: Conrad Nagel (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1908: Robert Rossen (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Screenplay – 5 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. Women abandoning husbands and children for careers and fathers and sons bonding in the absence of a mother were hardly new to Hollywood in 1979. Films of the late 20s and early 30s were rife with such plots. What was new in 1979 was the…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Arthur Hornblow Jr. (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1913: John Woolf (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1933: Philippe De Broca (71 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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La Dolce Vita Rating Director Federico Fellini Screenplay Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi Length 174 min. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita EKberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noel, Alain Cuny, Walter Santesso MPAA Rating Unrated
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Battle: Los Angeles Rating Director Jonathan Liebesman Screenplay Christopher Bertolini Length 116 min. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Will Rothhaar, Cory Hardrict, Jim Parrack, Gino Anthony Pesi, Ne-Yo, James Hiroyuki Liao, Noel Fisher, Bridge Moynahan, ichelle Rodriguez, Lucas Till MPAA Rating PG-13 for sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language
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The invasion film makes a strong play for resurgence with a very strong debut over weaker performance by fellow wide releases. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 11. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Battle: Los Angeles,…
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Getting behind always creates problems and this is one of them. I keep getting behind, but hope to catch up with some of the writing this week even if I don’t get all of my Feed the Queue entries watched. I have not written full reviews of two of these films as they are being…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1864: William N. Selig (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Eddie Heyman (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1916: Horton Foote (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay,Adapted Screenplay – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1933:…
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We have 11 new releases this coming week. Two films had no preview content available (Alabama Moon and The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman) and so are not included below. Here are the trailers and posters for those releases.
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