The Detroit Film Critics Society have announced their 2010 nominations. Winners will be announced on Thursday, December 16, 2010. Nomination Tallies (6) The King’s Speech, Winter’s Bone (5) The Social Network (4) The Fighter (3) 127 Hours, The Kids Are All Right The Nominations Best Picture 127 Hours Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network
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I think these may be the last I receive. Our nominations balloting begins Monday, so even if they aren’t, I won’t have time to see any of them before the nominations are started. THE FIGHTER Genre: Boxing Drama Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O’Keefe, Jack McGee Director: David O. Russell
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Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have
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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 two new wide releases would
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor, Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1
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This week, there’s one film that towers above the crowd with 23 points. Hud came in a distance second with 17 points. Nashville has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in The Morning After
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Born Oscar Levert Bridges III, and delivered by candlelight because of a power outage on December 9 in 1941, the first of Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges’ four children was immediately nicknamed “Beau” after Olivia de Havilland’s baby in Gone With the Wind. Born to a Hollywood family with a Hollywood name, it was only natural
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story;Oscar Nominee: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1911: Broderick Crawford (74 at death) {Oscar Winner: Lead
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Week 15 of our Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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More family films are crowding the marketplace, hoping to be offset by a thriller. We’ll see how both work out. Once again, the more interesting content appears to be going out in limited release, which pretty much fits the Oscar season standard. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gerard Carbonara (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Bryan Foy (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1900: Irene (61 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 2 Noms,
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Los Angeles, CA—December 7, 2010—Cate Blanchett, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy and Mikael Persbrandt and have joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “The Hobbit.” Also joining them are Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy and William Kircher. The films, which are scheduled to commence principal photography in February 2011, mark Jackson’s
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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. This week, we’re getting away from the
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. The April 1968 presentation of the 40th Annual Academy Awards had to be delayed a week due to the assassination of Martin Luther King. Fittingly, Oscar’s Best Picture award went to Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night, a murder mystery that was also
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Starting today and through the end of the weekend, I will be taking a tiny vacation. Although I won’t have a lot of time to update the site, I will still do what I can. Most of this week’s articles are already ready to go, but things do come up. So, I’ll be around checking
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