Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright (Graphic Novel: Bryan Lee O’Malley) Length 112 min. Starring Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas MPAA Rating PG-13 for stylized…
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Ghost Rating Director Jerry Zucker Screenplay Bruce Joel Rubin Length 127 min. Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles,Whoopi Goldberg MPAA Rating PG-13
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The Year of Living Dangerously Rating Director Peter Weir Screenplay C.J. Koch, Peter Weir, David Williamson (Novel: C.J. Koch) Length 115 min. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunter, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Ali Nur MPAA Rating PG
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Our second week is concluded and once again a film I expected to open did not. The Virginity Hit was a no show at theaters leaving Resident Evil all alone, so plenty of free points going around. And don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 3. Original rules can be…
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With the holiday this week and a rather busy viewing schedule, I managed to put away a fair number of films this week. Here are my takes on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Lion in Winter, The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghost, Serenity, The V.I.P.s, the final episodes of Firefly and the first few…
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Results are in for Week #21 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: The Left-Handed Gun (Foreign Poster) and Adventures in Babysitting (Negative Poster). Lallolupo correctly identified the foreign poster. Mike Furlong got the negative poster right. Game: Quotes The quote “When you love someone, from Roosevelt to me, you…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Gladys George (54 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Leland Hayward (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Claudette Colbert (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1909:…
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After a fairly slow week last, we have a nice blend of new trailers and posters this week. Three new previews with trailers and posters, two new trailers for existing previews, and eleven total new posters. Poster Highlights: Two posters top this week’s list of new releases with Love and Other Drugs just barely edging…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: William Slavens McNutt (52 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1888: Maurice Chevalier (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1907: Ruby Levitt (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color)…
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Oscar News The Telluride Film Festival was last weekend, and several movies used that launching pad to get out of the box running. Among the films to make a loud impression were The King’s Speech, Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours and Never Let Me Go. Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan garnered good buzz, especially for Natalie Portman. The…
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Closing out the week with a tiny bit of a delay in posting, we have a batch of new updates. New trailers for Windfall, Inspector Bellamy and Monsters, plus new posters for Megamind and Fair Game. MONSTERS, trailer #2 Plot Summary: After a NASA probe crash lands in Mexico, strange new lifeforms begin appearing and…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Herbert Stothart (63 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Score;Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 12 Noms, 1 Win} 1898: Ralph Wheelwright (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Roger K. Furse (68 at death) {Oscar…
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Yesterday, I posted the first part of my Awards Season Box Office/Oscar preview. Below are my analyses for November and December. Reminder: Oscar Prospects are not displayed for those films which are not Oscar contenders. NOVEMBER 5-7, 2010 DUE DATE Premise: Trying to get home for his child’s birth, a desperate father-to-be finds himself trapped…
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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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Bessie Love (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Jack Davies (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: Robert Wise (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture, Directing,Irving G. Thalberg Award; Oscar Nominee: Picture,…
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