It’s a slow day for new trailers with only Outside the Law showing up. But, we do have three new posters to show you: Conviction (#2), Strange Powers, and Tron Legacy (#2), OUTSIDE THE LAW Plot Summary: An examination of the French occupation of Algeria and the story of three brothers who each face the
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New This Week Mature themes prevailed at the 1960 Oscars. An insurance clerk who provides his bosses with a cozy nest for their extra-marital trysts, a phony evangelist, an agnostic attorney providing comeuppance to a fundamentalist politician, a twisted transvestite killer, a mother with incestuous feelings for her son, a homosexual author, a male rape
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Leopold Atlas (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1913: Vasco Pratolini (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1922: Juanita Moore (88) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1928: Zev Braun (82) {Oscar
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Tonight, we have two new trailers and three new posters. The trailers are for The Legend of Pale Male and Strange Powers: Stephen Merritt and the Magnetic Fields; and the posters are for The Fighter, The Green Hornet and The Last Play at Shea. THE LEGEND OF THE PALE MALE Plot Summary: A documentary about
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RED Rating Director Robert Schwentke Screenplay Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (Graphic Novel: Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner) Length 111 min. Starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Rebecca Pidgeon, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfuss MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language
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Airport Rating Director George Seaton Screenplay George Seaton (Novel: Arthur Hailey) Length 137 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins MPAA Rating G
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Airport 1975 Rating Director Jack Smight Screenplay Don Ingalls (Novel: Arthur Hailey) Length 107 min. Starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Larry Storch, Martha Scott, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Beverly Garland,
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After seven weeks, the race is still close. Jackass made a staggeringly high debut of $50.3 M, breaking the October opening record. This of course means we all undervalued its potential performance. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 8. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film
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I realized too late Sunday that I had not watched the Feed the Queue film for the week, Laura, so I will hopefully get to that next weekend. But, don’t worry, I have plenty to review for today including RED, Airport, Airport 1975, the middle few episodes of season 2 of True Blood, the final
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Results are in for Week #27 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answer is: Let’s Do It Again. No one was able to identify the poster. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar Separation Tripp and Peter both made the connection in four.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Frederick Hollander (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Song, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Lotte Lenya (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Lamar Trotti (51 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay,
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There were sixteen films with updates this week including one from 2011. Here are the highlights of this week’s previews. Poster Highlights: If it weren’t for this week’s best posters (a four-way tie), we would have a best poster on par with past weeks: 180º South; however, we have an unambiguous set of winners this
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Spring Byington (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1889: Mildred Cram (95 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1893: Richard Connell (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Original Story –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900:
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Oscar News The Academy released the official short list for Best Foreign Language Film, and there are 65 eligible films up for contention this year. Among the recognizable films on the list are Mexico’s Bitiful (directed by Oscar nominee Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem) and Thailand’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Leo Forbstein (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Scoring – 3 Noms, 1 Wins} 1892: George Barnes (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 1 Wins} 1892: Kenneth Webb (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring –
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