• This Day in Oscar History: September 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Devereux Jennings (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Noms, 1 Wins} 1885: Erich von Stroheim (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: Paul Muni (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor – 5 Noms,

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  • Trailer Watch: September 21, 2010

    Another slow day (I guess they dumped all their trailers late last week. Today we have new trailers for Gnomeo & Juliet and Marwencol. And that’s it. GNOMEO & JULIET Plot Summary: William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy re-written for warring families of garden gnomes. Release Date: February 11, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: If the

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  • The DVD Report #174: Oscar on DVD – 1956

    New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. Big widescreen color epics were king of the box office from 1953-1955, but not the Oscars where black-and-white prevailed. With the 1956 awards, Oscar joined the party. Only one more black-and-white film would win Oscar’s big prize and that wouldn’t be until 1960. The nominees

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  • This Day in Oscar History: September 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Robert Hopkins (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: William Snyder (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Harold E. Stine (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Chuck

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  • Review: Zorba the Greek (1964)

    Zorba the Greek Rating Director Mihalis Kakogiannis Screenplay Mihalis Kakogiannis (Novel: Nikos Kazantzakis) Length 142 min. Starring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Ierne papas, Lila Kedrova, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, George Voyadjis, Takis Emmanuel, George Foundas MPAA Rating Approved

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  • Review: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    The Night of the Hunter Rating Director Charles Laughton Screenplay James Agee (Novel: Davis Grubb) Length 93 min. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castillo MPAA Rating Approved

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  • Review: Easy A (2010)

    Easy A Rating Director Will Gluck Screenplay Bert V. Royal Length 92 min. Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michallka, Stanley Tucci MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material

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  • Review: The Piano (1993)

    The Piano Rating Director Jane Campion Screenplay Jane Campion Length 121 min. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin MPAA Rating R for moments of extremely graphic sexuality

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  • Trailer Watch: September 20, 2010

    A light day (thankfully). One new trailer today: Tangled. TANGLED, trailer #2 Plot Summary: Disney takes the classic fairy tale of the tressed maiden Rapunzel trapped atop her prison tower and weaves its long dormant magic. Release Date: November 24, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C Commentary: It’s too bad teasers have to become trailers. This

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  • Game: Week 3 – Box Office Predictions, Results & Standings

    Another week down and this one was a bit more interesting. Four new wide releases all performed in varying degrees with The Town leading the pack. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 3. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office

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  • The Morning After #13: September 20, 2010

    It was a lighter weekend than last, but another good weekend on the whole. I saw this weekend’s new release, Easy A; re-watched a film I last saw 17 years ago, The Piano; this week’s feed the queue entry, The Night of the Hunter; the Crete-set feature Zorba the Greek; and several more episodes of

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  • Results: Film Fun Friday #23

    Results are in for Week #23 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: The Enforcer (Foreign Poster) and Murder Ahoy (Negative Poster). Lallolupo correctly identified the foreign poster. No one got the negative poster right. Game: Quotes The quote “You’d better take a *good* look, because I’m getting two things:

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  • This Day in Oscar History: September 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Patricia Collinge (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1906: Russell Metty (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 1 Wins} 1911: Frank DeVol (88 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Song, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Adaptation or

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  • Previews: Week Ending September 19, 2010

    We had thirty-two updates this past week, which is a staggering number considering the handful of the previous couple of weeks. Poster Highlights: The octet of posters for For Colored Girls represent the best posters of the week. Below those are the posters for 9th Company and The Nutcracker in 3D. Trailer Highlights: Several decent

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  • This Day in Oscar History: September 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Doane Harrison (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Joe Pasternak (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Irving G. Thalberg Award – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Arthur Arling (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –

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