• Trailer Watch: August 5, 2010

    Another busy night on the trailer scene. There are six new trailers (Burlesque, Going the Distance, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Barry Monday, Fruit Fly, The Afterlight) and two new posters (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Vampires Suck) BURLESQUE Plot Summary: With dreams of making it in Los Angeles, a young woman

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  • Feed the Queue #6

    We have a tie for last week, our first. Between They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and Out of the Past. Since I had no procedure in place for a tie, I’ve decided to break it myself and choose the film I would rather place in the queue. Now, in this case, I had to go

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  • This Day in Oscar History: August 5

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story; Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1

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  • Trailer Watch: August 4, 2010

    We have a new trailer (Patrick, Age 1.5) and two new posters (Beastly, Devil). There was a second trailer out there for a film whose name I won’t mention, but it’s a documentary that has no qualms about being entirely one-sided and unbalanced. I’m sorry, but documentaries are meant to inform not to espouse your

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  • Looking at the Weekend: August 6-8, 2010

    This week, we have a large number of new releases, each hoping to draw their demographic to the theater and become number one. There are also two limited release films opening this weekend. Wide: The Other Guys, Step Up 3D, Middle Men, Twelve; Limited: Flipped, Mao’s Last Dancer. Looks like we are short two contributors

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  • Contest: Week 13 – Summer Box Office Predictions

    It’s Week #13. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. 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 highest grossing new release and how much it will make This Week’s Wide

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  • Tom Sherak re-elected President of the Academy

    Tom Sherak will now enjoy his second year as leader of the most powerful film award organization in the world. And in commemoration (really it was something I’ve been needing to do and this is a good opportunity), I’m adding an rss feed for the Academy in the sidebar on the right. Read the full

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  • This Day in Oscar History: August 4

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Walter Oberst (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Altina Carey (92 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1912: David Raksin (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Paul de

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  • Trailer Watch: August 3, 2010

    A giant update today with no fewer than eight new trailers and a single new poster (Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader). The new trailers are for: A Mother’s Courage, Heartbreaker, Holy Wars, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Peepli Live, La Soga, Colin Fitz Lives! and Battle. A MOTHER’S COURAGE Plot Summary: A documentary about

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  • The DVD Report #167: Oscar on DVD – 1949

    New This Week By the end of World War II audiences had had enough of films about the war, but by 1949 Hollywood rightfully concluded that enough time had passed to make the topic marketable again. Three hugely successful films about the war figured heavily in the 1949 Oscar race. Two of them (Twelve O’Clock

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  • This Day in Oscar History: August 3

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Louis Gruenberg (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: Leslie I. Carey (88 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing – 6 Noms, 1 Win} 1896: Maurice Ransford (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction

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  • Review: My Left Foot (1989)

    My Left Foot Rating Director Jim Sheridan Screenplay Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan (Book: Christy Brown) Length 103 min. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, Cyril Cusack, Phelim Drew, Ruth McCabe, Fiona Shaw, Ray McAnally MPAA Rating R

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  • Review: Cactus Flower (1969)

    Cactus Flower Rating Director Gene Saks Screenplay I.A.L. Diamond (Play: Abe Burrows; Play “Fleur de cactus”: Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy) Length 103 min. Starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Rick Lenz, Vito Scotti, Irene Hervey, Eve Bruce MPAA Rating PG

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  • Review: Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    Foreign Correspondent Rating Director Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, James Hilton, Robert Benchley Length 120 min. Starring Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Cianelli, Harry Davenport, Martin Kosleck, Frances Carson, Ian Wolfe MPAA Rating Approved

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  • Contest: Week 12 – Results and Standings

    Week twelve of our contest is now finished with Inception spending a third consecutive week at number one beating Dinner for Schmucks by about $4 M. Come back Thursday to submit your predictions. For contest rules see this original post: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response:

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