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Contest: Week 13 – Results and Standings
Week thirteen of our contest is now complete with The Other Guys claiming the top spot at the box office in its first weekend. Come back Thursday to submit your predictions. For contest rules see this original post: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: The Other…
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The Morning After #7: August 9, 2010
You never fully realize just how much you have to do during the weekend until you don’t have the full of it to do what you need to do. Suffice it to say, I am severely behind on movies, but managed to at least get two down, but had intended on watching four. Plus, periodically…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #17
Results are in for Week #17 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: They Drive By Night (Foreign Poster) and Quo Vadis (Negative Poster). Lallolupo was our only correct respondent this week. Game: Quotes The quote “I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes…
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Previews: Week Ending August 8, 2010
I apologize for the delay in getting this out, but I was bad at procrastinating this weekend and then other things came up that I didn’t have to do, but did anyway. There are quite a few new previews from this week, but they have not been updated on the previews pages linked at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Leo Genn (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Hugh Prince (53 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Robert Surtees (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar Winner Patricia Neal Dies at 84
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963’s “Hud” and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard, said longtime friend Bud Albers of Knoxville. Neal was…
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Winners Have Been Announced for the 14th OFTA TV Awards
The Online Film & Television Association today announced the winners of their 14th Annual Television Awards. Drama Mad Men, musical Glee, comedy Modern Family and miniseries The Pacific took this year’s top prizes winning Drama Series, tying for Comedy Series, and winning Motion Picture or Miniseries respectively. The Pacific won the most awards with ten;…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Victor Young (57 at death) {Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score; Oscar Nominee: Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 22 Noms, 1 Win} 1899: Owen Marks (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death)…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Billie Burke (85 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Ann Harding (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Ben Maddow (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909:…
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Film Fun Friday #17
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: August 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Oliver G. Wallace (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score;Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1895: Ernesto Lecuona (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Phil Boutelje (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score…
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Trailer Watch: August 5, 2010
Another busy night on the trailer scene. There are six new trailers (Burlesque, Going the Distance, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Barry Monday, Fruit Fly, The Afterlight) and two new posters (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Vampires Suck) BURLESQUE Plot Summary: With dreams of making it in Los Angeles, a young woman…
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Feed the Queue #6
We have a tie for last week, our first. Between They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and Out of the Past. Since I had no procedure in place for a tie, I’ve decided to break it myself and choose the film I would rather place in the queue. Now, in this case, I had to go…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story; Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1…
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Trailer Watch: August 4, 2010
We have a new trailer (Patrick, Age 1.5) and two new posters (Beastly, Devil). There was a second trailer out there for a film whose name I won’t mention, but it’s a documentary that has no qualms about being entirely one-sided and unbalanced. I’m sorry, but documentaries are meant to inform not to espouse your…
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