Trailer Watch: Tim & Eric’$ Billion Dollar Movie
My brain tried to escape my head after seeing all the wrongness in evidence.
Tim & Eric'$ Billion Dollar Movie
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Plot Summary: A pair of knuckleheads set out to film the greatest movie in history but have absolutely no idea how. Release Date: March 2, 2012 |
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Rating: C- Commentary: There's too much cheese to really take the poster seriously. However, that's what the producers want. It's not very brazen when your manipulation is this obvious. |
Rating: D+ Commentary: The trailer is designed to bounce from cameo to cameo and comic set piece to set piece, leaving little room to expect more than a brain-crushing waste of time. |
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Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here. Oscar Chances: None. |
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What to See: Feb. 3-5, 2012
On Sundays, we list the weekend's upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we'll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below.
Wesley Lovell
1. Which of the three new wide releases would you choose to recommend above the others?
I have two options of films I'd like to see, but one is so clearly ahead of the other that I have to recommend The Woman in Black.
2. Are there any limited release features this week that you would recommend (and why)?
None of the films releasing on a limited pattern appeal to me other than The Innkeepers.
Peter J. Patrick
2011 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards
Last year, I did amazingly well with my Annie Awards predictions. This year, I'm not as confident because the playing field is so stranegly different, especially considering the Oscar nominations, so most of my guesses (and those of Peter and Tripp) are simply that: guesses.
ANNIE AWARDS
Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin (Peter)
A Cat in Paris
Arrugas (Wrinkles)
Arthur Christmas (RU:Tripp)
Cars 2
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2 (Wesley)
Puss in Boots
Rango (RU:Wesley / Tripp / RU:Peter)
Rio
Wesley Lovell: While the Oscars will almost assuredly choose Rango, Annie Awards voters are more likely to give its prize to either A) the most nominated film or B) the film created by DreamWorks. And since both of those factors apply to Kung Fu Panda 2, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict it to win.
Peter J. Patrick: I haven't the faintest clue of who or what will win in any of these categories. This is pure shot-in-the-dark guesswork on my part.
Best Animated Short Subject
2011 Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild Awards
Anything can happen with the Art Directors Guild. Sure, they are an adequate precursor, but sometimes they go out on a limb (as in the case of Oscar non-nominee The Curse of the Golden Flower). This year, however, I think they'll stick with more Oscar-friendly fare and give us a preview of what could win the Oscar.
ART DIRECTORS GUILD (ADG) AWARDS
Best Period Art Direction
Anonymous
The Artist (RU:Wesley / Tripp)
The Help
Hugo (Wesley / RU:Tripp / RU:Peter)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Peter)
Wesley Lovell: This is one category I would be shocked if Hugo loses. Recreating the sets and props of Georges Méliès' workshop is enough to snag it the trophy, but the beautiful train station and dark, oily clockworks are fantastical enough to elevate it far above the competition (but why isn't this competing in Fantasy Art Direction?). While I'd like to say Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy could upset, the design work is far too subdued to appeal to a group that loves its opulence. Which is why I'm surprised I didn't choose Anonymous for the runner-up. It's got all the earmarks of a classic Art Direction winner. However it, like Tinker was not nominated at the Oscars. The same goes for The Help. This leads me to believe that they may not be as favored as we would normally expect. I think the black-and-white recreations of familiar locations and styles of the silent era could appeal to nostalgic voters. But Hugo should to since it was set just prior to The Artist in film history chronography.
Best Fantasy Art Direction
The Rundown 2011: Best Supporting Actor
For our third Rundown article, we've got a rare race between a slew of veterans and one neophyte whose recognition is in the nomination. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we'll start Monday off with a category that has the potential to anger or disappoint many people.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 5, 2012)
Every week, we'll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar's nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office. The second section is an alphabetical list of those films and the categories in which they were nominated. And to start each week off, we'll be looking at the films releasing over the weekend that have the best chance of getting Oscar nominations and specifying the categories where we think they have the best chance at this stage of the game. Please let us know if you like our new feature or if you want to see more information and we'll see what we can do!
This Year: Potential Oscar Nominees Releasing This Weekend
The Woman in Black (Wide)
Oscar Potential: Art Direction, Costume Design.
Friday Face-Off #6
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
This Day in Oscar History: February 3
Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Ceremonies
1945: 17th Annual Academy Awards
(Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1944}
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84th Presenters: Halle Berry
Halle Berry to Present at 84th Academy Awards® on Oscar Sunday, February 26
Beverly Hills, CA (February 2, 2012) – Academy Award®-winning actress Halle Berry will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today.
Berry won an Oscar® in 2001 for her lead performance in "Monster’s Ball." She was recently seen in "New Year’s Eve" and will be seen next opposite Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant in "Cloud Atlas." Berry’s other film credits include "Frankie & Alice," "Things We Lost in the Fire," "Die Another Day," "Swordfish," and the first three "X-Men" films.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Trailer Watch: Detachment
This title is what I feel about Adrien Brody's work.
Detachment
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Plot Summary: A substitute teacher tries to reach out to his students in his short education gigs, but his past threatens to catch up with him. Release Date: March 16, 2012 |
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Rating: C- Commentary: Choosing a scene from a film can be a positive step in building a rapport with the audience. It can also be a bit too pushy for its own good. That's one of the biggest problems with this one. |
Rating: C Commentary: As much as the talent involved in the film looks spectacular and it got some decent reviews, the trailer is so unexceptional and filled with cliched moments that I can't bring myself to wanting to see it. |
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Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here. Oscar Chances: I would say unlikely, but one never knows how a film like this will play in the intervening months. |
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The Rundown 2011: Best Documentary Feature /
Best Documentary Short
For our second Rundown article, we're looking at two categories that cover the non-fiction portion of Oscar's evening. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we'll cover one of the top-tier categories which features an irregular race between four aging legends.
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Oscar Profile #71: Leo McCarey
Born October 3, 1896, (Thomas) Leo McCarey began in films as Assistant Director to horror legend Tod Browning in 1920, but soon found his niche as a comedy writer for Hal Roach’s Our Gang comedies. He later brought Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together and guided their early joint career. By 1929 he was VP in charge of production for Hal Roach Studios.
He became a highly sought after director with the coming of sound and directed someof the biggest stars of the day, including Gloria Swanson, W. C. Fields and Harold Lloyd in some of their best reviewed films. One early highlight was the Marx Bros. classic, Duck Soup generally regarded as their best film.
In 1937 he directed two enduring masterpieces, Make Way for Tomorrow about the problems of old age in the pre-Social Security age, which he regarded as his finest film and the ultimate screenball comedy, The Awful Truth, which was the box-office smash Make Way for Tomorrow was not. When he won his Best Director Oscar for The Awful Truth he famously remarked “thanks, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture”.
He was nominated for Best Original Story for 1939’s bittersweet Love Affair and 1940’s return to screwball comedy, My Favorite Wife, but he relegated the direction of the latter to Garson Kanin.
In 1944 he wrote, produced and directed the classic comedy,Going My Way with Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald as priests with different outlooks, which made him the first director whose film won all three Oscar categories in the same year, although he is not officially credited with having won for producing. But then, who needs another Oscar when your percentage of profits when the year’s most successful film made you the highest paid individual in the country that year?
This Day in Oscar History: February 2
Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Ceremonies
1929: 1st Annual Academy Awards
(Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1927/28}
2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards
(Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2009}
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84th Presenters: Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise to Present at 84th Academy Awards on Oscar® Sunday, February 26
Beverly Hills, CA (February 1, 2012) – Three-time Academy Award®-nominated actor Tom Cruise will present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today.
Cruise was nominated for his lead performances in "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Jerry Maguire." He also was nominated for his supporting role in "Magnolia." Cruise was recently seen in "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" and will be seen next in "Rock of Ages." His other film credits include "Tropic Thunder," "War of the Worlds," "Collateral," "Minority Report," "A Few Good Men," "Rain Man," "The Color of Money" and "Top Gun."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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