The Great Lie Rating Director Edmund Goulding Screenplay Lenore J. Coffee (Novel: Polan Banks) Length 108 min. Starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Grant Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Charles Trowbridge, Thurston Hall, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, J. Farrell MacDonald, Addison Richards, Sam McDaniel MPAA Rating Approved
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Reds Rating Director Warren Beatty Screenplay Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths Length 194 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Nicolas Coster, M. Emmett Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, Eleanor D. Wilson, Max Wright, George Plimpton, Gene Hackman MPAA Rating R (original); PG
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A short day to begin the week with documentary Decade of Disturbed the only new trailer this week, plus two new posters, one for Alpha and Omega and one for Burlesque. DECADE OF DISTURBED Plot Summary: A documentary covering the rise to fame of the heavy metal band Disturbed. Release Date: August 26, 2010 Trailer
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Week sixteen, the last, of our contest is now complete with Takers taking the top spot in a close race with The Last Exorcism (estimates had placed Exorcism above Takers, but actuals switched their one-two finish). Our new competition (without prizes) starts Wednesday. Come back then to submit your predictions. A few more fun rules
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Today, we look at this week’s Feed the Queue entry, noir thriller Out of the Past, Warren Beatty’s epic Reds, Bette Davis/Mary Astor drama The Great Lie and the two pilots of sci-fi western series Firefly. So, here is what I watched this weekend: REDS There have been dozens of romantic epics and each one
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Results are in for Week #20 of Film Fun Friday. (Updated: 12:29p – Added missing nomination information for the Oscar Trivia answer; and gave credit to Lallolupo for his right answers.) Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: The Bribe (Foreign Poster) and The Mummy (Negative Poster). Peter correctly identified the foreign poster. Lallolupo
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Edwin Burke (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1896: Raymond Massey (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1897: Fredric March (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor – 5 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898:
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Another light week of trailers and posters. This should start picking up in the next two months as holiday films and Oscar contenders start making appearances. We’ve seen a handful of the Oscar hopefuls in the past three weeks, but more should be coming soon. In addition, we have three release date changes and have
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Michael Chekhov (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1898: Preston Sturges (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay –3 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: Harry Losee (51 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Dance Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Asakazu
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There are several major announcements this week to cover, from Honorary Oscars to new Oscar contenders. Oscar News Two awaited films are getting December releases from Roadside that could push them into Oscar consideration. I Love You Phillip Morris, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as a gay couple, got good buzz at the 2009
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: James Wong Howe (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),Cinematography (Color) – 10 Noms, 2 Wins} 1899: Charles Boyer (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1903: Allen Vincent (76 at death)
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One lonely little trailer released this week and how apropos that it’s title is The Virginity Hit. THE VIRGINITY HIT Plot Summary: A pseudo-documentary about four pals who decide to film one of their number’s attempt to lose his virginity. Release Date: September 10, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: B- Commentary: It’s an amusing concept, but
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Welcome once again to Film Fun Friday where we want you to have fun. If you have further suggestions on how we can improve, ideas for other games you’d like to see or just want to tell us how much fun you’re having, feel free to drop us a Comment. If you would like to
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Thomas Little (98 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 21 Nom, 6 Wins} 1893: Victor Heerman (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1905: Gordon E. Sawyer (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing,John A. Bonner Medal;
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A very slow Thursday. One new trailer for indie comedy Tamara Drewe and a new poster for yesterday’s preview The Freebie. There was a new trailer posted for Mesrine, a two-part film which I reviewed previously under its Part I title. Since the trailer is identical, I will not be reviewing it separately. TAMARA DREWE
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