And so ends one of the slowest weeks ever. Here’s your lone new poster today. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, poster #2 Plot Summary: The latest relationship comedy from Woody Allen featuring a washed-up writer, his conflicted wife, an divorcee looking to find love again, a talented musician and a host of others.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Anthony Collins (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Musical Score –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Sally Benson (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Wilfred M. Cline (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
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Still no new trailers. This is the kind of doldrums I’m used to seeing in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Who knows what’s going on. Anyway, we have two secondary posters for a couple of existing previews: Inside Job and Monsters. INSIDE JOB, poster #2 Plot Summary: An examination of the financial crisis
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The winner this week, with a one-point advantage over its nearest competitor is The Lion in Winter. Little Women came in second with The Big Lebowski coming in a distant third. I have added The Lion in Winter to my queue today and will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and
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Today begins a new project for me – that of profiling major Oscar winners and losers and some who were never nominated but should have been. We begin with Katharine Hepburn, the all-time champion acting winner with twelve nominations and four wins. Meryl Streep may have passed her in nominations, but no other performer has
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The best way to characterize this Summer was that I severely over-estimated the performances of nearly every film…either that or audiences just didn’t turn out where I thought they would. Aside from a few near-on predictions, most of the films weren’t. Although not all films have left theaters yet, we can probably tell from current
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Lionel Lindon (66 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1923: Shinobu Muraki (87) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1928: John Armstrong (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0
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One lonely new trailer today. THE NEXT THREE DAYS Plot Summary: After his wife is put in prison for murder, a desperate husband decides to break her out so he and his family can live in peace. Release Date: November 19, 2010 Trailer Poster Previous Preview:The Next Three Days Rating: A- Commentary: Much like one
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Welcome to Cinema Sight’s new, four-week competition! If you think you are a terrific box office prognosticator, here’s your chance to prove it. This contest will run from the weekend of September 3-5, 2010 through the weekend of December 31-January 2, 2011. This is an 18-week contest where each week your predictions can earn you
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George Clooney takes on Danny Trejo at the box office this weekend and it’s bound to be a blow out match. The American stars Clooney as a hitman performing what he hopes to be his final job. Machete stars Trejo as a vengeance seeking vigilante promising to bring the pain. Trying to muscle into their
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Chester Franklin (63 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Harry Stradling (68 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 14 Noms, 2 Wins} 1907: Nathan Juran (95 at death)
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There were no new trailers or posters for me to review today, so you get a night off…or, should I say I get a night off.
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New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. After two years of shocks, the 1953 Oscar went to the film everyone expected to win – Fred Zinnemann’s production of James Jones’ novel about life at Pearl Harbor just before the Japanese attack in From Here to Eternity. The film, which won eight of
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Tom Held (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1899: Albert Akst (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Phil Charig (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Dore Schary (74 at
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