Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Anthony Coldeway (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1898: Morris Stoloff (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score;Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 18 Noms, 3 Wins} 1910: Walter Scharf (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee:…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Tom Barry (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1886: Fred Quimby (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Animated Short Film –13 Noms, 7 Wins} 1901: Renie (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Color);Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White),…
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A lighter update than yesterday with a new trailer for Catfish and a new poster for RED. And that’s all for this week. Enjoy your weekend. CATFISH Plot Summary: Having met a beautiful woman online, three buddies take a road trip to see this new girl only to find more than they expected. Release Date:…
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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 1900: William Kellner (95 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1907: Milton Holmes (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Lawrence Butler (80 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects,Sci-Tech Award – Type III…
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Another small update, this time with one new trailer and two new posters. The new trailer is for the adaptation of cartoon Yogi Bear and the posters are for Saw 3D and Disney’s Tangled. YOGI BEAR Plot Summary: A live-action/cgi hybrid adaptation of the classic cartoon about a talking bear and his young cub cohort…
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It’s time for a new vote. Last week’s winner is Advise & Consent which received one first place vote and one second place vote. The Great Escape came in second with one first and one third place vote followed by Suddenly with a second and third. I added Advise & Consent to my queue today…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Maria Ouspenskaya (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: William Powell (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1896: William Cameron Menzies (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Art…
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It’s not a normal Wednesday. There’s hardly anything to look at, but here goes. Two new trailers: Vampires Suck and Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage. VAMPIRES SUCK Plot Summary: A spoof of the recent vampire film crazy, focusing on the story of the Twilight films and also skewering other recent popular films. Release Date: August 18,…
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Three new wide releases this week plus a new limited release and a New York/L.A. only release. Wide: Dinner for Schmucks, Charlie St. Cloud and Cats & Dogs 2; Limited: Get Low; and NY/LA: The Extra Man. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in…
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It’s Week #12. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. For a reminder of the rules, follow this link: Contest Rules Submit the Following for this Week Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess the highest grossing new release and how much it will make This Week’s Wide…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Carmen Dragon (69 at death) {Oscar Winner: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1916: David Brown (93 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1927: Pasquale Festa Campanile (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay –1…
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We have two new trailers (Sucker Punch and Soul Kitchen) today and two new posters (Never Let Me Go and Resident Evil: Afterlife). SUCKER PUNCH Plot Summary: Taken to a home for the criminally insane, a young woman fights to escape her prison using the very tools they have taught her. Release Date: March 25,…
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. Hollywood’s studio execs were beside themselves when not one, but two, British made films were nominated for Best Picture of 1948. Warner Brothers’ Johnny Belinda led the nominations with 12 nods, but Hamlet and The Red Shoes equaled that number between them and would win…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Donald Crisp (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1908: Nancy Hamilton (76 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1914: Miles White (85 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Color) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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