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The Morning After #17: October 18, 2010
I realized too late Sunday that I had not watched the Feed the Queue film for the week, Laura, so I will hopefully get to that next weekend. But, don’t worry, I have plenty to review for today including RED, Airport, Airport 1975, the middle few episodes of season 2 of True Blood, the final…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #27
Results are in for Week #27 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answer is: Let’s Do It Again. No one was able to identify the poster. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar Separation Tripp and Peter both made the connection in four.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Frederick Hollander (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Song, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Lotte Lenya (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Lamar Trotti (51 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay,…
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Previews: Week Ending October 17, 2010
There were sixteen films with updates this week including one from 2011. Here are the highlights of this week’s previews. Poster Highlights: If it weren’t for this week’s best posters (a four-way tie), we would have a best poster on par with past weeks: 180º South; however, we have an unambiguous set of winners this…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Spring Byington (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1889: Mildred Cram (95 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1893: Richard Connell (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Original Story –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900:…
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Oscar Week in Review: October 10-16, 2010
Oscar News The Academy released the official short list for Best Foreign Language Film, and there are 65 eligible films up for contention this year. Among the recognizable films on the list are Mexico’s Bitiful (directed by Oscar nominee Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem) and Thailand’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Leo Forbstein (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Scoring – 3 Noms, 1 Wins} 1892: George Barnes (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 1 Wins} 1892: Kenneth Webb (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring –…
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Trailer Watch: October 15, 2010
It’s a vast Friday update (well, vast is a pretty verbose word for it) with four new trailers and five new posters. The new trailers are for Drive Angry 3D, The Last Play at Shea, 2012: Time for Change and Undertow. The new posters are for Harry Potter (#21) and Black Swan (#2-#5). 2012: TIME…
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L.A. Times: WB Gives “The Hobbit” the Green Light
From the Los Angeles Times: By Ben Fritz and Claudia Eller Following a multitude of delays, Warner Bros. and co-financing partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. have agreed to start production in February on the two films that serve as a prequel to the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, people familiar with the situation said. Only one…
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Film Fun Friday #27
It’s another week, time for more trivia. I’ll keep the posters and six degrees games going this week because I’m behind and didn’t get it prepared in advance. (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags. Just put your answer between the two bracketed tags and remove the periods. Let everyone have some fun without getting their…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Douglas Doty (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1879: Jane Darwell (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress –1 Noms, 1 Wins} 1895: Alfred Neumann (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900:…
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Trailer Watch: October 14, 2010
Today’s updates come from the first half of the alphabet. Two new trailers: All Good Things and Cool It; and two new posters: Harry Potter and the Endless Posters (#19 & #20) ALL GOOD THINGS Plot Summary: He asked her to marry him. She found out later what he was like. Then she disappeared. Based…
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Feed the Queue #16
There were no suggestions last week, but I did get some responses for new suggestions, so we will begin voting again this week. Please remember to post your suggestions for next week. Here’s the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes…
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Oscar Profile #7: John Ford
Since four of the five films in last week’s profile of Maureen O’Hara were directed by John Ford, it seems fitting to profile the great director himself this week. When asked by a reporter to name the three greatest directors, Orson Welles famously said “John Ford, John Ford, John Ford.” Still today considered the great…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Lillian Gish (99 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Noms, 1 Wins} 1899: A. Arnold Gillespie (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects,Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 12 Noms, 4 Wins} 1909: Dorothy Kingsley (87…
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