Film Preview: Evil Dead Burn (2026)
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2000 at the Oscars
2000 was one of those years where just about any film could have won an Oscar. The National Board of Review got things started by giving their Best Picture prize to a film that most critics found wanting – Philip Kaufman’s Quills about the life of the Maquis de Sade. They gave their Best Director
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1999 at the Oscars
Sex sells and in 1999 it sold big time, both at the box-office and at awards time. From sex in the suburbs in American Beauty to sex in Italy in The Talented Mr. Ripley to sex with misery in Magnolia to sex leads to death in Boys Don’t Cry, sex was everywhere. The National Board
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Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox Rating Director Wes Anderson Screenplay Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach (Novel: Roald Dahl) Length 87 min. Starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe MPAA Rating PG for action, smoking and slang humor. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Adapting one of Roald
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Preview: Precursors of the Week of December 7-13
Next week, we have only a small handful of precursor announcements, but they include four of the oldest prizes given. The dates listed as (estimated) are based on previous trends and announcement cycles. They are a good guess, but not meant to be unequivocal. The ones listed as (confirmed) have been confirmed by the organizations
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Precursor: National Board of Review
Below is the list of winners of the National Board of Review awards along with their annual ten-best lists. Total Mentions (5) Up in the Air (4) Invictus (3) The Messenger (2) Burma VJ; (500) Days of Summer; The Hurt Locker; Moon; The Most Dangerous Man in America; A Serious Man The Winners Film: Up
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Preview: National Board of Review
Tomorrow truly marks the beginning of Oscar season. While Sunday is a good jump start and yesterday was terrific in some regards, few events really pique the interests of Oscar-philes than the National Board of Review. Aside from the Oscars, the NBR is the oldest film award-giving body in existence, starting their awards in 1929.
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Review: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are Rating Director Spike Jonze Screenplay Spike Jonze, David Eggars (Book: Maurice Sendak) Length 101 min. Starring Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry Jr., Chris Cooper, Lauren Ambrose MPAA Rating PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and
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Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats Rating Director Grant Heslov Screenplay Peter Straughan (Book: Jon Ronson) Length 94 min. Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephan Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root MPAA Rating R for language, some drug content and brief nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review If
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Review: District 9 (2009)
District 9 Rating Director Neill Blomkamp Screenplay Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Length 112 min. Starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, John Sumner, William Allen Young, Nick Blake, Louis Minnaar, Vanessa Haywood, Marian Hooman, Mandla Gaduka, Johan van Schoor, David James, Kenneth Nkosi, Tim Gordon, Hlengiwe Madlala, Melt Sieberhagen, Andre Odendaal, Nick Boraine,
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Review: Alien Trespass (2009)
Alien Trespass Rating Director R.W. Goodwin Screenplay James Swift, Steven P. Fisher Length 90 min. Starring Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Dan Lauria, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Sage Brocklebank MPAA Rating PG for sci-fi action and brief historical smoking Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review There are many varieties of cheese
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The DVD Report #132: December 1, 2009
See what’s coming out this week on DVD! The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan
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Precursor: Annie Awards Nominations
While the Spirit Awards website works on getting itself together, the Annie Awards website has quickly and effectively added its nominees. Below is the full list. Nomination Tallies (10) Coraline (9) Up (8) The Princess and the Frog (4) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (3) Fantastic Mr. Fox; Monsters vs. Aliens The Nominations Best
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The DVD Report #132
The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons, the novel he wrote
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Precursor: Spirit Awards Nominations
The nominees for the 25th Annual Spirit Awards have been announced. Below is the list. Nomination Tallies (5) The Last Station; Precious (4) The Messenger (3) Amreeka; Cold Souls; Crazy Heart; (500) Days of Summer; A Serious Man; A Single Man; Sin Nombre The Nominations Best Feature Amreeka (500) Days of Summer The Last Station
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Oscar Calendar: December
Today is the first day of December, and is also the second day of major Precursor announcements (which started Sunday with the Satellite nominees). If you hadn’t noticed the calendar in the right-hand column, then you probably didn’t know all the precursors (even estimated announcement dates) are included in the list. To make things easier,
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