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Trailer Watch: September 24, 2010
Thank goodness for slow days. One new update and we’re calling it a week. Here’s Cash Crop. CASH CROP Plot Summary: A documentary surrounding the newly emerging marijuana growing industry in Northern California. Release Date: October 1, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: It’s not a very effective trailer. What you take out of it…
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Film Fun Friday #24
Welcome once again to Film Fun Friday where we want you to have fun. If you have further suggestions on how we can improve, ideas for other games you’d like to see or just want to tell us how much fun you’re having, feel free to drop us a Comment. If you would like to…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 24
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Paul Eagler (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 2 Noms, 1 Wins} 1908: Gile Steele (43 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color) – 6 Noms, 2 Wins} 1909: Ben Oakland (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Trailer Watch: September 23, 2010
It looks like another Thursday dump. Once again we have several new trailers and a few new posters. Trailers: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (trailer #2), The King’s Speech, Zenith, Carlos, Toddstock, The Lion of Judah, Client 9 and Wild Target. Posters: Hereafter, Unstoppable (poster #2), The Company Men and Megamind (poster…
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Oscar Profile #4: James Stewart
Hollywood’s “boy next door”, James Stewart had a mercurial rise to the top in films of the late 1930s. Still in bit roles in 1936, by 1938 he was starring in that year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, You Can’t Take It With You. The following year he won his first Oscar nomination for Mr. Smith…
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Feed the Queue #13
Well, as a complete shock to me, one of the four Stanley Kubrick films I have not yet seen wins the day handily. The Innocents came in second.. The Killing is the winner and has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 23
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Stuart N. Lake (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Walter Pidgeon (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1906: Walter MacEwen (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Noms, 0…
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Trailer Watch: September 22, 2010
A nice small batch of updates today including Priest, Heartless, Rising Stars and Leaving, plus a new poster for Marwencol (thanks for the link, James) which we previewed yesterday. LEAVING Plot Summary: Falling in love with her contractor, a devoted wife decides she must leave her husband and her family to find happiness, but at…
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Game: Week 4 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Week 4 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 DIVISION ONE Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess how much the #1 Film will make, if it is not also the highest grossing new…
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Looking at the Weekend: September 24-26, 2010
Looks like we’ll be having a lot of busy weeks for the foreseeable future. We have three wide releases (we previously previewed The Virginity Hit when it was originally supposed to show, so we won’t be doing it again this week): Wall Street 2, You Again and The Legend of the Guardians. There are three…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Devereux Jennings (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Noms, 1 Wins} 1885: Erich von Stroheim (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: Paul Muni (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor – 5 Noms,…
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Trailer Watch: September 21, 2010
Another slow day (I guess they dumped all their trailers late last week. Today we have new trailers for Gnomeo & Juliet and Marwencol. And that’s it. GNOMEO & JULIET Plot Summary: William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy re-written for warring families of garden gnomes. Release Date: February 11, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: If the…
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The DVD Report #174: Oscar on DVD – 1956
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. Big widescreen color epics were king of the box office from 1953-1955, but not the Oscars where black-and-white prevailed. With the 1956 awards, Oscar joined the party. Only one more black-and-white film would win Oscar’s big prize and that wouldn’t be until 1960. The nominees…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Robert Hopkins (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: William Snyder (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Harold E. Stine (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Chuck…
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Review: Zorba the Greek (1964)
Zorba the Greek Rating Director Mihalis Kakogiannis Screenplay Mihalis Kakogiannis (Novel: Nikos Kazantzakis) Length 142 min. Starring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Ierne papas, Lila Kedrova, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, George Voyadjis, Takis Emmanuel, George Foundas MPAA Rating Approved
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