Month: January 2012
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The Inbox (Jan. 21-27, 2012)
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
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Weekend Preview: Feb. 3-5, 2012
There are seven new releases this week. We have previews for seven of them below.
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This Day in Oscar History: January 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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64th Directors Guild of America Awards (2011)
And tonight, as I expected, the race for Best Picture ends. The Artist won the award it needed to in order to become the key juggernaut of the season. We now have both Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars sewn up…tomorrow’s SAG awards will still leave some mystery, but we might have a…
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Oscar Week in Review: January 22-28, 2011
Oscar News The 84th Academy Award nominations were announced Monday. Hugo was the most nominated film with 11 citations, followed by 10 for The Artist. Review Round-Up There were no Oscar contenders released this week. Oscar Box Office The $10 million grossed in its wide-opening by Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was the lowest-opening for a Tom…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 28
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Trailer Watch: Project X
Not a film about rescuing chimpanzees. This is a movie about an out-of-control kegger. Not nearly as interesting. Project X Plot Summary: A teenager’s attempt to throw the greatest birthday bash in history turns into one of the loudest, drunkest, most brash parties ever. Release Date: March 2, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: A…
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What to See: Jan. 27-29, 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…
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Friday Face-Off #5
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…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: DGA & SAG
Saturday and Sunday, two of the major Oscar precursors present their awards. The DGA will announce first on Saturday at a gala dinner that we’ll get snippets from, but won’t be able to see. If you see anyone with a giant medallion plaque in the media, be wary. The first four silver ones will be…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 4, 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 27
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 2004: 76th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2003}
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Poll: Best Original Song (1994 – 1998)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1994 – 1998 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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84th Presenters: ‘Bridesmaids’ Cast
The “Bridesmaids” Cast – Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig – to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Beverly Hills, CA (January 26, 2012) – Six actresses – Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig – from the hit comedy “Bridesmaids” will be…
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Trailer Watch: Thin Ice
This could be described as Fargo-light. Thin Ice Plot Summary: Having maxed his credit cards and found himself in thick financial danger, a businessman attempts to steal his father’s prized, valuable violin; however, the man he hires to secure the house and set up the heist to steal the violin turns out to be a…
