This week, I’m recapping three films (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Melvin and Howard and Elmer Gantry) and the final episodes of the first season of Torchwood. So, here is what I watched this weekend: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) The proverbial yellow ribbon worn by women when their loves were sent to war.
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Results are in for Week #19 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Foreign Poster) and The Dawn Maker (Negative Poster). Peter, by noticing a small piece of data I had not spotted, picks out the foreign poster. No one gets
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Willard Van Der Veer (68 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography –1 Nom, 1 Win} 1901: William Hornbeck (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1902: John Lee Mahin (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay, Screenplay –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912:
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It was a soft weak in new releases, but with a couple of Oscar contenders in the mix, it made for some interesting viewing. There were twelve new trailers and four new posters this week. The highlights are highlighted below. Poster Highlights: The poster for Skyline has absolutely no competition to be the best of
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Lajos Biro (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1892: Joseph Walker (92 at death) {Oscar Winner: Gordon E. Sawyer Award;Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –3 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Dorothy Parker (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay, Motion
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This is a new feature here at CinemaSight, where every Saturday I will have a round-up of all the latest Academy Award related news of the week. For the next few weeks, we will probably be playing around with different titles and features, so please be patient. Oscar News Perhaps the biggest Oscar-related news of
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Hans Dreier (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 23 Noms, 3 Wins} 1892: Louis Brock (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Comedy Short Film – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1905: Friz Freleng
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Two new trailers tonight. One for vampire rock film Suck and one for short animation compilation Nine Nation Animation. Then we also have two new posters. One for alien invasion flick Skyline and the other for buried-alive feature Buried. NINE NATION ANIMATION Plot Summary: A compilation of nine short films from nine different nations around
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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 1904: Ralph Berger (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: George White (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1919: Walter Bernstein (91) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1942: Isaac Hayes (65 at
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Alongside Oscar contender Fair Game, we also have trailers for two horror films (Case 39 and Hatchet II) and an inspirational film (Like Dandelion Dust). In addition, we have a new poster for It’s Kind of a Funny Story. FAIR GAME Plot Summary: Based on the true story of the revelation of undercover CIA agent
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Another low turn-out week, and without surprise, another tie. And since the two tied films are neither available to watch online, I’m going to take Out of the Past since I skipped it in favor of another film previously. I will also start listing alternates in the polling to hopefully allow less opportunity for ties.I
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Joseph Wright (92 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 12 Noms, 2 Wins} 1902: Robert Planck (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1915: Ring Lardner Jr. (85 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay,Adapted Screenplay –
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A slow day. Nice for a change. One new poster and that’s all for today: My Soul to Take, which I just previewed yesterday. MY SOUL TO TAKE, poster Plot Summary: Seventeen years after a serial killer was murdered, one of seven teenagers may house his soul and be seeking revenge against all those born
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It’s Week #15. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. Only twoweeks left in the contest (including this one), so make it count. For a reminder of the rules, follow this link: Contest Rules Submit the Following for this Week Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess the
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