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This Day in Oscar History: November 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Frances Marion (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Writing, Original Story –3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1900: Don Hartman (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Original Story –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Kim Gannon (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903:…
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Trailer Watch: November 17, 2010
Five new trailers tonight. They are: Applause, Cars 2, Cowboys and Aliens, Five Minarets in New York and Green Lantern. GREEN LANTERN Plot Summary: The popular DC comic is brought to the bring screen about a human man given extra-terrestrial power, all held within a small ring. Release Date: June 17, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating:…
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Game: Week 12 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Week 10 of our Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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Looking at the Weekend: November 19-21, 2010
Trying to carve its way into Harry Potter‘s pre-Thanksgiving weekend release, The Next Three Days hopes to make a counter-programming exception. On the limited release side, we have Heartless, Made in Dagenham and White Material. (Updated 11/17/10, 9:00p Central: Wes’ comments and updated consensus) Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Charles Rosher (88 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography,Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: William Flannery (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1899: Douglas Shearer (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing,Special Effects, Sci-Tech Award –…
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Screener Watch: November 16, 2010
Tonight, I received the promotional screener for How to Train Your Dragon. Note the packaging is rather fancy and Academy members, unless they are also members of other guilds/groups who get screeners, won’t be getting this. Academy rules strictly prohibit anything but generic packaging. It’s also one of the neatest packages I’ve received in the…
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Trailer Watch: November 16, 2010
Today was almost an all-poster day, but two last-minute trailer additions kept it from being that. The new trailers are for The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Trader and Red Riding Hood. The posters are for Black Swan, Cars 2, Made in Dagenham, The Rite and The Roommate. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE…
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The DVD Report #182: Oscar on DVD – 1964
New This Week Jack Warner paid the then astronomical sum of $5,000,000 for the screen rights to Lerner and Lowe’s smash Broadway musical, My Fair Lady. His dream star cast consisted of Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Cagney in the roles created by Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison and Stanley Holloway. Both Grant and Cagney…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Ray Binger (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1890: Max Terr (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Lawrence Tibbett (63 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903:…
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Trailer Watch: November 15, 2010
Tonight, we have a quintet of updates with three new trailers and two new posters. Our new trailers are for 2010’s Country Strong and No Problem, and 2011’s Winnie the Pooh. The new posters are for 2010’s True Grit and 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet. WINNIE THE POOH Plot Summary: The classic A.A. Milne stories of…
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Review: The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon Rating Director Vincente Minnelli Screenplay Betty Comden, Adolph Green Length 112 min. Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, James Mitchell, Robert Gist MPAA Rating Passed (National Board of Review); Approved (PCA)
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Review: Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Dudley Nichols (Story: Ernest Haycox) Length 96 min. Starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson (Novel: Humphrey Cobb) Length 88 min. Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel, Susanna Christian MPAA Rating Approved
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Animated Feature Qualifiers
The Academy has announced the 15 films submitted for consideration for this year’s Academy Awards. With this announcement, the number of nominees in the category is limited to three, so the jockeying now begins to fill the third slot with How to Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3 solid bets for nominations. Here are…
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Game: Week 11 – Box Office Predictions: Results and Standings
Opening to a smaller audience than The Hangover, Due Date was eclipsed by family friendly animated flick Megamind, which handily won the weekend. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 9. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Megamind,…
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