The Online Film Critics Society, one of the largest film critics organizations in the world, have declared The Tree of Life not only Best Picture, but winner of four other awards (the most confusing of which is Best Editing, an award the film certainly shouldn’t have won considering how plodding it tends to be). While…
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Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
Note: Due to the holiday weekend last week, there was no column. This will cover the last two weeks in Oscar happenings. Sorry for the delay. Oscar News The 97 eligible scores list was released by the Academy, as was the list of 39 eligible songs. The Academy released the official poster for the 84th Awards,…
Did anyone but the studio really want a sequel to this film? I’m doubtful. Wrath of the Titans Plot Summary: The sequel to 2010’s successful remake of Clash of the Titans finds Perseus (Sam Worthington) embarking on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, who has been targeted for capture by his traitorous…
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
Starting this week, we’ve got a new weekly feature. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between…
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 (starting in January) years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of…
The Iron Lady Rating Director Phillida Lloyd Screenplay Abi Morgan Length 105 min. Starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Iain Glen, Harry Lloyd, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Roger Allam MPAA Rating PG-13 for some violent images and brief nudity