Month: January 2012
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 13-15, 2012
Like The Lion King before it, I see the 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast doing very big business. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement. Beauty and the Beast 3D:…
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Precursor: 15th Toronto Film Critics Awards – Canadian Film (2011)
Just an informative piece about the TFCA choice for Best Canadian Film. Note the winner received a $15,000 prize. It’s also the Canadian entry to the Academy Awards this year. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jan. 13-15, 2012)
Return Links What Are Yuo Watching? Poll Archive What Are You Watching? (Jan. 13-15, 2012) What are you watching? (Jan. 13-15, 2012) Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
The title almost answers its own question. The trailer answers the rest. What to Expect When You’re Expecting Plot Summary: An ensemble comedy about newly-expecting mothers and fathers. Release Date: May 11, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: Poster was a placeholder at the time this post was written. Rating: C+ Commentary: Some of the…
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5 Favorites #60: 5 Favorite Best Director Winners
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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Precursor: 20th Southeastern Film Critics Association (2011)
Apparently, these were released back in mid-December. Someone forgot to tell their website operator. As for their awards? The Descendants gets some love from one of the few groups to recognize it in other than Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay. The rest of the list seems fairly straight forward with Meryl Streep picking up a…
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The DVD Report #238
New This Week The first great DVD release of 2012, surprising to me, turns out to be HBO’s Mildred Pierce, the mini-series adapted from from James M. Cain’s 1941 novel previously filmed in 1945. The 1945 version, directed by Michael Curtiz in the fashion of a film noir, begins with a murder. There is no…
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Precursor: 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards (2011)
Another unoriginal slate of winners gives the Vancouver Film Critics, voting late, a place among the has-beens this awards season. Their entries for Canadian films are at least interesting and fresh. The nominations were announced almost a week ago and their awards announced yesterday, but they weren’t covered by most media outlets and I didn’t…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Academy Announces Makeup Shortlist & Nominations Announcer
Two pieces of Oscar news came out today. The first was that Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence was going to co-present the nominations with Academy president Tom Sherak. The second news, a little more interesting for us prognosticators, was that the Academy has announced the 7 finalists for the Best Makeup award. This is one of…
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In the Land of Blood and Honey – Live Q&A
This Thursday evening there is going to be a live Q&A with Angelina Jolie about her feature directorial debut: In the Land of Blood and Honey. Below is a countdown app featuring buttons to click through to see images and trailers from the film. Later this week, I’ll be posting a new app that will…
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen The Devil Inside…
Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen The Devil Inside… Now that you’ve seen The Devil Inside, what’s your favorite film about demonic possession? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The title is more curious than the film. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Plot Summary: A Yemeni sheik attempts to bring the sport of salmon fishing to his country. Hiring a firm to make it happen, a pair of bickering project workers find love among the hatcheries. Release Date: March 9, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating:…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of January, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
