Oscar History: October 23 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Review: Alien Trespass (2009)
Alien Trespass Rating Director R.W. Goodwin Screenplay James Swift, Steven P. Fisher Length 90 min. Starring Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Dan Lauria, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Sage Brocklebank MPAA Rating PG for sci-fi action and brief historical smoking Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review There are many varieties of cheese…
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The DVD Report #132: December 1, 2009
See what’s coming out this week on DVD! The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan…
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Precursor: Annie Awards Nominations
While the Spirit Awards website works on getting itself together, the Annie Awards website has quickly and effectively added its nominees. Below is the full list. Nomination Tallies (10) Coraline (9) Up (8) The Princess and the Frog (4) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (3) Fantastic Mr. Fox; Monsters vs. Aliens The Nominations Best…
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The DVD Report #132
The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons, the novel he wrote…
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Precursor: Spirit Awards Nominations
The nominees for the 25th Annual Spirit Awards have been announced. Below is the list. Nomination Tallies (5) The Last Station; Precious (4) The Messenger (3) Amreeka; Cold Souls; Crazy Heart; (500) Days of Summer; A Serious Man; A Single Man; Sin Nombre The Nominations Best Feature Amreeka (500) Days of Summer The Last Station…
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Oscar Calendar: December
Today is the first day of December, and is also the second day of major Precursor announcements (which started Sunday with the Satellite nominees). If you hadn’t noticed the calendar in the right-hand column, then you probably didn’t know all the precursors (even estimated announcement dates) are included in the list. To make things easier,…
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1998 at the Oscars
Early Oscar favorite, Saving Private Ryan was knocked off its pedestal by the National Board of Review, not once, but twice, when it came in second best to Gods and Monsters in the Best Picture balloting and Steven Spielberg lost Best Director to Elizabeth’s Shekhar Kapur. Several days later Spielberg could smile once more when…
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Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rating Director David Yates Screenplay Steve Kloves (Novel: J.K. Rowling) Length 153 min. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, David Thewlis, Natalia Tena, Helena Bonham Carter, Dave Legeno,…
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Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Rating Director Stephen Sommers Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett, Michael B. Gordon, Stephen Sommers Length 118 min. Starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Kevin J. O’Connor, Gerald Okamura, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Quaid, Saïd Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum,…
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1997 at the Oscars
The big story of 1997 was, of course, Titanic. It didn’t matter whether or not it was the best film of the year or simply one of the best. Its hold on the imagination and the box office was enough. It was good for the industry. Prior to the Golden Globes, however, Titanic was an…
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Precursor: Satellite Award Nominations
Coming a day earlier than their own site even stated (perhaps taking advantage of the new day in another country), the Satellite Awards have announced their 2009 nominees with six in all categories and splitting much like the Golden Globes do with Comedy/Musical plus a few tech categories they don’t have. Here’s the full list.…
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Previews: Week Ending November 29, 2009
The balance of new trailers has been fluctuating recently and this week has shifted towards the 2010 films. There are nine new trailers for next year and only three for this year. The straggling 2009 film trailers include one Oscar contender, The Last Station; one comedy, The Strip; and one Bollywood pic, De Dana Dan.…
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Newly Updated Oscar Hopefuls & An Animated Short First
I have made a much needed update now to my Oscar Hopefuls list, including several new movements in the field. To see the full list, visit 2009 Oscar Hopefuls. I don’t have a lot of time to explain, so I’ll save that for another day. But this will be my last update before the first…
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1996 at the Oscars
1996 was the perfect Oscar season for those who like to be kept guessing until the last moment. There was no clear front-runner among the year’s top contenders. The National Board of Review got things going with a split vote for the Australian made Shine as Best Picture while Fargo’s Joan Coen took the Best…
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Oscar Campaign Breakdown: The Traditional Indies
In this final article, I’m going to give you some info on the studios that are so small and so vastly underfunded that they can truly claim the Indie title. Most of these companies won’t be that familiar to the general public, but their available titles, though not always huge contenders, are certainly noteworthy. The…
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