Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Allen Davey (51 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Vittorio Nino Novarese (76 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design,Costume Design (Color); Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color) – 5 Noms, 2 Wins} 1909: James Mason…
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DAYBREAKERS Rating Director Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig Screenplay The Spierig Brothers Length 98 min. Starring Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Micahel Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas MPAA Rating R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity.
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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: Charles L. Lootens (93 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1908: James B. Clark (92 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1936: Bobby Darin (37 at death) {Oscar Nominee:…
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Welcome to Cinema Sight’s first ever contest! We are giving away DVDs and/or Blu-rays to the winners. Read on to find out more. This is a 16-week contest where each week your predictions can earn you points with the highest point total declared winner. Each week, on Thursday, we will post a call for entries.…
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Although the season of Summer (in the northern hemisphere) does not begin until the end of June, the summer blockbuster season began the first full weekend of May. School is not officially out in most places, but some colleges finish classes early in May and throughout the month until all the kids and young adults…
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IRON MAN 2 Rating Director Jon Favreau Screenplay Justin Theroux Length 124 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Jon Favreau, Paul Bettany, Garry Shandling MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language.
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A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Rating Director Richard Lester Screenplay Melvin Frank, Michael Pertwee (Musical: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart) Length 99 min. Starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford, Annette Andre, Michael Hordern, Leon Greene MPAA Rating Approved Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Source Material…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Edward Stevenson (62 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Lothar Wolff (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Ken Darby (82 at death) {Oscar…
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We have three new wide releases this week including the latest Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott epic, an Italy-set romantic drama, and a basketball physical therapy romance. Consensus We agree 100% on the following: Letters to Juliet: Not an Oscar contender Just Wright: Not an Oscar contender & none of us will be watching it WIDE RELEASES…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Achmed Abdullah (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1890: Robert N. Lee (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Ira S. Webb (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1907:…
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Do you think you’re a great predictor of the weekend box office? Put your skills to the test as Cinema Sight presents its Summer Box Office Prediction Contest. The contest will be held over a span of 16 weeks from this coming weekend, May 14-16 through the last weekend of August, Aug. 27-29. Each week,…
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New This Week [EDITOR’S NOTE: Today marks the beginning of Peter’s 4th year writing The DVD Report for Cinema Sight. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Peter for his wonderful work these past three years. Your insights and commentary have been an invaluable asset to me and to our readers and we wish…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Berlin (101 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song; Oscar Nominee: Original Story,Motion Picture Story, Song – 9 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1892: Margaret Rutherford (80 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1914: Haroun Tazieff (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary…
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Every year, box office pundits celebrate the arrival of summer. The biggest profits of the year are often posted during the summer months as teens and young adults are out of school and ready to spend their parents’ hard-earned money on frivolous entertainment. So why is this summer any different from past seasons? It isn’t.…
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