• Film Fun Friday #34

    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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  • What to See: December 3-5, 2010

    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. Would you recommend readers see The Warrior’s Way?

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  • Review: Black Swan

    BLACK SWAN Rating Director Darren Aronofsky Screenplay Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin Length 107 min. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder MPAA Rating R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use.

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 3

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Arthur Wimperis (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1891: Hans Koenekamp (100 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Virginia Kellogg (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture Story – 2 Noms, 0

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  • Trailer Watch: December 2, 2010

    Tonight, we have three new trailers and two new posters. Trailers: African Cats, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son and Ong Bak 3; Posters: I Am Number Four and Ip Man 2. AFRICAN CATS, trailer #2 Plot Summary: DisneyNature’s third Earth Day documentary focuses on two families of Savannah felines, one leopard and one lion,

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  • Precursor: National Board of Review

    One of the oldest awards bodies out there, the National Board of Review is the first critics group every year to post their choices for the best of the year. Here’s what they had to say about this year’s films: Awards Tallies (4) The Social Network (1) Animal Kingdom, Another Year, Buried, Conviction, Fair Game,

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  • Feed the Queue #23

    Due to last week’s confusion, fewer votes were cast than may have been had things not been confused. Still, we managed to get three votes in, so it wasn’t too bad a week. There was a three-way tie for first with The Informer, Seven Beauties and David Copperfield (1935) with 9 points each leaving poor

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  • Oscar Profile #14: Frank Morgan

    Born in 1890, the youngest of 11 children of a wealthy businessman, Frank Morgan followed his older (by seven years) brother, Ralph, into show business. Though Ralph was initially the more famous of the two, and later the first President of the Screen Actors Guild, Frank’s career would soon eclipse his. A popular character actor

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  • Oscar Predictions: November 2010

    The beginning of December has arrived and before the critics groups start citing their favorites of the year, we wanted to take one last stab at predicting the Oscar before then. Here are our latest thoughts looking back at all that occurred in November. Also, with this update, we have made so many changes that

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  • Precursor: Grammy Nominations

    The nominees for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning. While they have 109 categories, 3 of them are film related (with television mixed in), but their eligibility year runs through October, so late-year releases don’t compete until the following year. Therefore, take these nominations with a grain of salt as some 2009

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 2

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Joseph Farnham (46 at death) {Oscar Winner: Title Writing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1894: Viola Lawrence (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1899: Peter Herman Adler (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Howard

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  • Trailer Watch: December 1, 2010

    Another light day. We have a new trailer for The Green Hornet and a new trailer for Ip Man 2. THE GREEN HORNET, trailer #2 Plot Summary: After his father is murdered, a millionaire playboy joins his father’s closest confidant in a scheme to get close to the murderers by posing as criminals. Release Date:

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  • Precursor: Satellite Award Nominations

    Below are the nominees for the 15th Annual Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, an off-shoot of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Nomination Tallies (11) Inception (9) 127 Hours (7) The Social Network (6) The King’s Speech (5) Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right, The Town, Unstoppable The Nominations

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  • Game: Week 14 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions

    Week 14 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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  • Looking at the Weekend: December 3-5, 2010

    Only one new wide release this week, but a slew of limited releases including the buzzed-about Black Swan. (Updated: 12/1/10, 8:15pm: added Wes’ predictions and updated Consensus.) 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

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