Week 9 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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October is shaping up to be a unifying month as our four contributors have coalesced around several entries, seemingly having locked in the competition in several categories…at least the major competition. Today, we continue with our series of prediction articles exploring where we think the races are at right now. We still caution everyone that
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Only one new wide release this week and six new limited release films. See our thoughts below. This week’s consensus is based only on three contributors’ opinions. 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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Jane Murfin (62 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Gabriel Scognamillo (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Al Roelofs (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909:
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Light on the updates today with a new trailer for Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and two character posters for Little Fockers. JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER Plot Summary: The story of Justin Bieber and his rise to fame. Release Date: February 11, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: C- Commentary: OMG OMG OMG! Like OMG! No,
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New This Week Adaptations were the thing at the 1961 Oscars. Of the five films nominated for Best Picture, two were adaptations of Broadway musicals, twowere from best-selling novels and one was based on an acclaimed teleplay. The most eagerly awaited film of the year was Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’ adaptation of the Leonard
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1875: H. B. Warner (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1881: Margaret Wycherly (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1938: Michael Ahnemann (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
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Laura Rating Director Otto Preminger Screenplay Jay Dratler, Smauel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt (Novel: Vera Caspary) Length 88 min. Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson MPAA Rating Approved
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Far out-earning expectations, the sequel to the popular Paranormal Activity has just guaranteed a third film in the franchise. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 9. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Paranormal Activity 2, $40,678,424 Wesley,
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Not a lot of film action this week. I’m taking a bit of a break to get caught up on TV series I haven’t seen. However, I did take time out to watch Laura, the film I didn’t get to watch last week. Below, you will find my reviews of Otto Preminger’s film noir Laura,
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Results are in for Week #28 of Film Fun Friday. Game: The Blend The correct answers are: Pride & Prejudice and Mutiny on the Bounty. No one was able to identify the scenes. Game: Quotes The quote “you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he’s too rich to kill.” came from Giant.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Nicholas Musuraca (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Carmen Dillon (91 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1920: Florence Klotz (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design
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As we get closer to the end of the year, we get more releases from the next year. This week was no exception with five updates from 2011 and then another 19 in 2010. Poster Highlights: Tron Legacy has the best new poster of the week with For Colored Girls (#10) a close second. Trailer
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Harry Hallenberger (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1881: Julian Josephson (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1890: Heinz Herald (73 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay; Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Original Story, Screenplay – 3 Noms,
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