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Trailer Watch: September 16, 2010
A huge bundle of trailers was dropped today (11 in all) including an Oscar contender and a bunch of bland. The new trailers are: Casino Jack, Douchebag, The Fighter, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife (trailer #2), King of Paper Chasin’, The Last Day of Summer, 9th Company, The Nutcracker in 3D, The Two Escobars, Unstoppable, and…
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Oscar Profile #3: Vincent Price
As I indicated at the outset, I intend to use these Oscar profiles to not only throw a spotlight on past winners and nominees, but performers and directors who should have had at least one nomination in their long careers, but didn’t. Who better to start with than the urbane, witty actor, gourmet and artist,…
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Feed the Queue #12
It was a tight competition and a tie has resulted. Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Treasure of the Sierra Madre were the top vote getters followed by The Last Hurrah and the The Untouchables. And when given a choice between a western and anything but a western, I have to go for anything but.…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Samuel Spewack (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Russell Harlan (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1911: Jerry Wald (50 at death) {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture –…
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Trailer Watch: September 15, 2010
We have three new trailers today. One horror film, one Tyler Perry film and one espionage thriller. As Good as Dead, For Colored Girls and The Tourist. FOR COLORED GIRLS Plot Summary: An ensemble drama adapted from Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female…
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Game: Week 3 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Week 3 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 17-19, 2010
Another hectic week of new releases with no less than four new wide releases (Easy A, The Town, Devil, Alpha and Omega) and four new limited releases (Never Let Me Go, Catfish, Jack Goes Boating, Kings of Pastry) we’ll be talking about today: (Update, 9/15/10, 6:39p: added Wes’ comments & consensus) Consensus Below is a…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jean Renoir (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1895: Frank X. Shaw (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Jules Schermer (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom,…
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Trailer Watch: September 14, 2010
No new trailers today, but five new posters (4 for Jackass 3D and one for Mother and Child). MOTHER AND CHILD, poster #2 Plot Summary: Follows three woman, a mother who gave up one of the others for adoption 35 years prior and the other looking to adopt. Release Date: May 7, 2010 Trailer Poster…
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The DVD Report #173: Oscar on DVD – 1955
New This Week 1955 was the year the movies and the Oscars met TV head on. While the trend was to bigger, wider, more colorful films, a 35mm. black-and-white film based on a TV play won the year’s major film awards including four of the eight Oscars it was nominated for. The idea may well…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: William S. Darling (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 7 Noms, 3 Wins} 1899: Hal B. Wallis (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award – 4 Noms, 2 Wins} 1911: Jay Dratler (57…
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Trailer Watch: September 13, 2010
We have four new trailers today, including the first seen for the new Clint Eastwood film Hereafter along with the first trailers for Trigger and Down Terrace, plus the second for Nice Guy Johnny. Add to that a poster for Hatchet II and you have today’s update. HEREAFTER Plot Summary: A psychic who is able…
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Review: The V.I.P.’s (1963)
The V.I.P.’s Rating Director Anthony Asquith Screenplay Terence Rattigan Length 119 min. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles, Linda Christian, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Ronald Fraser, David Frost MPAA Rating Unrated
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Review: The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter Rating Director Anthony Harvey Screenplay James Goldman (Play: James Goldman) Length 134 min. Starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Stock, Kenneth Ives, O.Z. Whitehead MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Serenity (2005)
Serenity Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon Length 119 min. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references
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