Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1911: Irvine “Cotton” Warburton (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1912: Frank Santillo (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1912: Gaston Diehl (87 at death) {Oscar Winner: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1912: Ralph
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A smallish update tonight with four new trailers and five new posters. The trailers out today are for The Four-Faced Liar, Kalamity, 127 Hours and The Tacqwacores. On the poster side, we have yet another two for Harry Potter, two nearly-identical posters for Monsters and finally a poster for 127 Hours. THE TAQWACORES Plot Summary:
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The now 90-year-old Irish-born red-headed icon, Maureen O’Hara, may well be the greatest living actress never to have been nominated for an Oscar. Discovered by Charles Laughton who mentored her in his films, Jamaica Inn and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, her first film without Laughton was a remake of her idol Katharine Hepburn’s film
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No one made any new suggestions this week or voted on any existing ones, so I guess I’m going to put Laura in my queue and have a free week next week. Please remember to post your suggestions for next week. Lauara has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Max Ree (63 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1889: Robert Z. Leonard (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: René Hubert (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color) – 2 Noms,
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There are no new trailers tonight, but there are eight new posters, seven of which come from the new Harry Potter flick and the other is for Welcome to the Rileys. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART I, posters #6-#12 Plot Summary: The first half of the final film in the acclaimed series takes
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Week 6 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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Eleven films crowd this weekend’s box office, but only three are going wide: Life As We Know It, My Soul to Take and Secretariat. The limited releases are As Good As Dead, I Spit on Your Grave, Inside Job, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Nowhere Boy, Stone and Tamara Drewe.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Mitchell Leisen (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Ted J. Kent (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1904: Folmar Blangsted (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Janet Gaynor
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New trailers today for GhettoPhysics, Inhale and The Tempest. New posters for Saw 3D. GHETTOPHYSICS Plot Summary: A documentary comparing human history to the pimp-‘ho’ relationship. Release Date: October 8, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: The low grade I’m giving is largely due to the terrible layout and format of the trailer including the
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. 1958 was an interesting year at the Oscars. The two films now regarded as the greatest of the year, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil were not on Oscar’s short list. Nevertheless some very good films were. Oscar chose to embrace, instead,
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Louise Dresser (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1894: Del Andrews (48 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1897: William V. Skall (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color) – 9 Noms, 1 Win} 1901:
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A nice, light Monday. We have a new trailer for True Grit and a new poster for For Colored Girls. TRUE GRIT, trailer #2 Plot Summary: To avenge her father’s murder, a young orphan seeks out a legendary sheriff to help her track down his killer. Release Date: December 25, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C+
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Prizzi’s Honor Rating Director John Huston Screenplay Richard Condon, Janet Roach (Novel: Richard Condon) Length 130 min. Starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, Anjelica Huston MPAA Rating R
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Zombieland Rating Director Ruben Fleischer Screenplay Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Length 88 min. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray MPAA Rating R for horror violence/gore and language
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