Oscar News The Artist led the Golden Globe nominations this week with 6 nominations. The nominations for Best Film-Drama are The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse. The Help led the Screen Actors Guild nominations this week with 4 citations. It will compete against The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Midnight in Paris for…
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After announcing its nominees in the 11th, the Detroit Film Critics Society has named its winners for 2011. Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender haven’t gotten much attention this year, but here they are winning prizes. Those who receive the most traction with this group are Actor (Fassbender), Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) and Supporting Actress (Mulligan).…
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The Paramount package came in a week ago and I had the pics ready to go, but due to a serious backlog for the site, I didn’t get around to posting it. So, after receiving my Weinstein Company package today, I’m including that one Paramount title (Like Crazy) with the five from the Weinsteins. At…
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If you didn’t already wonder what the purpose of making a Three Stooges movie was, you’ll be completely stymied by the end of the trailer. The Three Stooges Plot Summary: Larry, Moe and Curly are headed back to the big screen. Release Date: April 13, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: F Commentary: Silhouettes are all nice…
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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…
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I received a press release moments ago from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association who have chosen the best of 2011. They aren’t the most predictive group out there, only Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) and Screenplay (The Descendants) have had four of five comparable results with the Academy. On the nominations side, their winners have…
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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…
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It’s hard to believe that 2011 has almost left us. And while there were a lot of fine quality films, 2012 promises a lot of great things…of course, Spring will probably not deliver them. Most studios dump their least Oscar-friendly films in the beginning of the year when box office numbers are depressed and critics…
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Always good to inject some interest into the Original Score category, the Chicago critics are strong are a frequently strong prognosticating body, though they have their own strange quirks that make them interesting. This eyar, most of those oddities appear in Best Actress where Anna Paquin who’s gotten no attention for most of the year…
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The steamroll that is The Artist has been temporarily halted by the Houston critics who gave the film only one award for Original Score. The Descendants received three trophies including Best Picture and Drive received two. Another award for Michael Fassbender and Shailene Woodley give them added support when neither appeared on the SAG list…
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Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1964 – 1968 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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More than 30 years after the original, a sequel emerges. The Wicker Tree Plot Summary: Two travelers agree to participate in an ancient festival in a small island community only to discover that their participation puts them in extreme danger. Release Date: January 27, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: A Commentary: It’s a gorgeous poster and,…
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