Film Preview: Evil Dead Burn (2026)
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Precursor: Sound Editors Guild Nominations
Below are the nominees for the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards. Nomination Tallies (3) Avatar, Star Trek (2) An Education, (500) Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, 2012 The Nominations Sound Editing/Sound Effects & Foley/Feature Film 2012 Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglorious Basterds Push Star Trek Transformers – Revenge of the
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Box-Office Preview #3: Weekend of January 22-24, 2010
Heading into the weekend, Avatar will attempt to become the first film since Titanic to remain at the top of the box-office for six consecutive weekends. Facing soft competition from three new releases, it should not be too difficult a task for it to manage. The toughest competition that Avatar will face this weekend will
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Precursor Predictions: Sound Editors Guild
Their awards are called the Golden Reel Awards and they give out trophies in several categories. Although some of them could influence the Sound Editing category at the Academy Awards, the one that sends the most nominees through is the Sound Effects/Foley category. Animated films and foreign-financed films are not eligible for this category as
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Precursor: London Film Critics Circle Nominations
In researching the Detroit winners, I also decided to check out winners of other precursors I hadn’t heard from yet and here are the nominees for the London Film Critics Circle. Nomination Tally (7) An Education (6) Fish Tank (5) In the Loop, Nowhere Boy (4) A Prophet (3) Moon, The White Ribbon, Up in
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Precursor: Detroit Film Critics Society Winners
I am not sure when these were announced as their website doesn’t say, but here are the winners of the DFCS awards: Winner Tallies (2) Precious, Up The Winners Best Picture: Up Best Director: Pete Docter – Up Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Best Supporting Actor:
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Review: The Messenger (2009)
The Messenger Rating Director Oren Moverman Screenplay Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman Length 105 min. Starring Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Samantha Morton MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content/nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review Too often, the concerns of families at home when their loved ones are at war,
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Precursor: Cinema Audio Society Nominations
Below are the nominees for the Cinema Audio Society’s Best Sound Mixing award: The Nominations Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prediction Comparisons Wesley Lovell – 4/5 (missed Public Enemies) Peter J. Patrick – 4/5 (missed Up) Wes Huizar – 4/5 (missed Inglourious Basterds) Tripp Burton – 3/5
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Precursor: British Academy of Film & Television Arts Nominations
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts, the Academy’s British cousin, has announced its nominations. Below are those results: Nomination Tallies (8) Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker (7) District 9 (6) Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air (4) Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious, Up The Nominations Best Film: Avatar An Education The
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Precursor Predictions: BAFTA & CAS Nominations
UPDATED (Wes’ CAS predictions posted): Tomorrow, both the British Academy of Film & Television Arts and the Cinema Audio Society will announce their nominations. Below are our predictions about who will be nominated. We’ll start off with the smaller group, the Cinema Audio Society, which awards a trophy for Best Sound, equivalent to the Academy’s
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Foreign Language Film Finalists Announced
9 Films were selected by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film branch to compete for the five-slot Best Foreign Language Film category. Below are the contenders: Ajami – Israel Kelin – Kazakhstan The Milk of Sorrow – Peru Un Prophète – France El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina Samson & Delilah – Australia The White
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Review: The Lovely Bones (2009)
The Lovely Bones Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (Novel: Alice Sebold) Length 135 min. Starring Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Nikki SooHoo, Amanda Michalka, Jake Abel, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and
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Review: Invictus (2009)
Invictus Rating Director Clint Eastwood Screenplay Anthony Peckham (Book: John Carlin) Length 134 min. Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Sibongile Nojila, Bonnie Henna MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material
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What Did the Globes Tell Us?
Oscar prognosticators can argue until their hair turns grey what the importance of the Golden Globes mean. Sometimes the winners match up, sometimes they don’t match up. It doesn’t matter. Looking at what won a specific award in no way leads to what will win an Oscar. There is no one with a perfect track
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The DVD Report #139: January 19, 2010
Canadian director Kari Skogland takes on both the murderous Irish Republican Army and the duplicitous British occupation force in 1980s Belfast in 50 Dead Men Walking, based on the true story of an Irish Catholic youth recruited by the British as a spy within the IRA. The title refers to the fifty men whose lives
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Box-Office Report #1: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As expected, Avatar was king over Martin Luther King weekend, bringing in $54.4 million and pulling ahead of the $500 million mark, a milestone reached by only two other motion pictures in history, James Cameron’s own Titanic and 2008’s The Dark Knight. Not only did Avatar break $500 million this weekend, it reached it in
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