It’s Week #9. 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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The election of the officers of this board, including the president, will be announced in August and they will begin discussing various matters including this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients. Tom Sherak is likely to be re-elected President of the Academy as this past year was his first term and not since Karl Malden was replaced…
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We have a jam-packed weekend of new releases. Six in total are competing for your dollars, three in wide release and three in limited. The three new wide releases appeal to wildly different audiences: Despicable Me will appeal to the family audience, Predators will appeal to the fanboy crowd and Grease Sing-A-Long will appeal to…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Edward Curtiss (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: George Cukor (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: John S. Toldy (57 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1902: Vittorio…
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Week eight of our contest is now behind us and the predicted has come to pass, but with a smaller result than expected. Here is the original article and the rules: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Twilight: Eclipse Everyone (Mike W, Larry, Mike Furlong and…
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In our second week on the “air”, we feel the sting of a holiday weekend. These extra days often afford me time to watch even more films or catch up when need be. However, this Monday I didn’t get to see anything new, but I had already managed to finish four films and the remainder…
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. The war was over but not in the movies as war themed films continued to be popular at the box office, several winning major Oscar nominations for1945 but none nominated for Best Picture. Alcoholism, heretofore a side issue in melodrama and comedy, took center stage…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Ralph Morgan (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1898: Hanns Eisler (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1911: Rudi Fehr (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1912: Milton Sperling (76…
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Results are in for Week #11 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: The Dawn Patrol (Negative Poster #1) and The Prize (Negative Poster #2). Peter got one of the two right (the latter), but narrowly missed out on the first poster. Game: Quotes The quote “Because he tried to…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Harry Wild (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1912: Mack David (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 8 Noms, 0 Wins} 1918: Moss Mabry (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design,Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 4 Noms,…
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This week, we have thirteen new trailers and a release date change. One of the new trailers is for a 2011 film (Rango) and the rest are for films releasing in 2010. And starting this week, I will be trying to post new trailers as they are released with a weekend recap of the best…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Louis B. Mayer (75 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1883: William Hedgecock (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1889: Joseph Ruttenberg (93 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography,Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 10 Noms, 4…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: George Sanders (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1908: Lewis J. Rachmil (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: George Bruns (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score,Adaptation or Treatment Score –…
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PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF Rating Director Chris Columbus Screenplay Craig Titley (Novel: Rick Riordan) Length 118 min. Starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Melina Kanakaredes, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Uma Thurman, Maria Olsen, Julian Richings MPAA Rating…
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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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