Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Henry Hathaway (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Herbert Kline (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1912: Joan Bridge (99) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Color) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1913: Bridget Boland (74…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1910: Dale Butts (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Angelo Ross (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Edmund H. North (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1917: Millard…
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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 three new wide releases would…
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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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Dave Gould (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Dance Direction – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: Richard Flournoy (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Karl Tunberg (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay,Adapted Screenplay – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1909:…
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Another week and another close race for the top spot. Starting at the bottom: Best Picture nominee The Sand Pebbles and 1973’s Sisters tied for the bottom spot with 12 points each followed by The Country Girl with 14 and Kurosawa’s Ran with 16. In the twenty-plus range, Seven Samurai earned the next highest points…
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Born August 5, 1906 in Nevada, Missouri, a small town that legend has it was won by his grandfather in a poker game, his father was the extraordinary actor and vaudevillian, Walter Huston. Young John had his first professional gig as part of Walter’s vaudeville act when he was just three years old. A frail…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Barry Fitzgerald (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor, Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1891: Sam Jaffe (93 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1892: Gregory La Cava (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing –…
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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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A week to thrill most audiences. For the women, you have the period romantic fantasy Red Riding Hood; for the men, you have sci-fi actioner Battle: Los Angeles; and for the family, you have animated sci-fi abduction comedy Mars Needs Moms. And, each of those there groups will have cross-over appeal to the other films,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: George Froeschel (88 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1892: Arthur Caesar (61 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: Loren L. Ryder (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary, John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award – Type…
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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 The Viet Nam war ended in 1973. Five years later Hollywood finally came to acknowledge it in a big way with several films about the war, two of which were honored with seventeen Oscar nominations and eight wins between them, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Original Screenplay. Michael Cimino’s The…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: D’Eaubonne (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Stuart Gilmore (62 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1910: Claire Trevor (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1913: Jack Solomon…
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Animation beat out adjusting to take this week’s top box office spot with little effort. 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: Rango, $38,079,323 Everyone gets a point for picking Rango.…
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