Review: In the Bedroom (2001)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Fun Friday #2
We have more fun coming your way for the weekend. Don’t forget to post your answers before Monday when a separate post will reveal the answers to this week’s questions. (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags around your answers so that others can try to guess without seeing the answer) Game: Identify the Poster Back
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This Day in Oscar History: April 23
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: John DuCasse Schulze (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –2 Noms} 1893: Frank Borzage (69 at death) {Oscar Winner: Directing, Drama Directing – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: Ernest Laszlo (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –8
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This Day in Oscar History: April 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Charles LeMaire (88 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color); Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 16 Noms, 3 Wins} [Pictured] 1899: Byron Haskin (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech III;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 4 Noms, 1 Win}
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Looking at the Weekend #4: April 23, 2010
Three new wide releases this week. One, Oceans opens Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day). The other two, The Back-Up Plan and The Losers open Friday, April 23. Here’s what we think of this upcoming slate of new releases. WIDE RELEASES THE BACK-UP PLAN See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview Will We See? Will
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This Day in Oscar History: April 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: William Ferrari (61 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1904: Daniel L. Fapp (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),Cinematography (Color) – 7 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Joseph C.
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This Day in Oscar History: April 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Charles D. Hall (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 2 Noms} 1892: Roy Pomeroy (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Engineering Effects – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1893: Harold Lloyd (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1905: Nicholas Brodszky
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The DVD Report #152 – April 20, 2010
Comedy is seldom rewarded by Oscar, but in 1934 not only did a comedy win Best Picture, but its two closest competitors were also comedies. Frank Capra’s screwball classic, It Happened One Night was the first film to sweep the major Oscars for Best Picture, Actor (Clark Gable), Actress (Claudette Colbert), Director (Capra) and Adapted
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Film Fun Friday #1 Results
Game: Identify the Poster The results are in and Peter got both right.
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R.I.P. Dede Allen
Film pioneer Dede Allen dies at 86 Editor cut ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Reds’ (Variety) – Pioneering film editor Dede Allen, who helped shape classic films including “Bonnie and Clyde,” died Saturday after suffering a stroke. She was 86. Allen, who brought a fresh approach to shaping the look and sound of American movies, was Oscar-nommed
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Previews: Week Ending April 18, 2010
We have a smaller update today than recent weeks because I’m out of town for most of the day. Enjoy this small glimpse of the future. Poster Highlights: If last week’s poster selection was a bit anemic, this week’s is downright bloodless. The best of the list is the minorly cheesy poster for Malice in
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Film Fun Friday #1
After the success of last week’s Identify the Poster game, I’ve decided to expand our game selection on Fridays and change the name to Film Fun Friday. The change will mean I can present a wider selection of games for everyone to enjoy. Some will still require the use of SPOILER tags ([.spoiler.][./.spoiler.] without the
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Cannes Film Festival: Lineup Announced
Opening Film (Out of Competition) Robin Hood (Ridley Scott, USA) In Competition Tournee (Mathieu Almaric) Des Hommes et des Dieux (Xavier Beauvois) Hors la loi (Rachid Bouchareb) Biutiful (Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu) A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun) Housemaid (Im Sangsoo) Copie Conforme (Abbas Kiarostami) Outrage (Takeshi Kitano) Poetry (Lee Chang-dong) Another Year (Mike Leigh) Fair Game
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Oscar Predictions: April 2010
Yes, we know the Oscars just broadcast a little over a month ago, but we’re always thinking ahead to the next year, so today we’re posting our first in a monthly series of predictions for the 83rd Academy Awards. Things will undoubtedly change between now and January 2011, but sometimes it’s fun just to see
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Looking at the Weekend #3: April 16, 2010
Welcome to our third week. We have six new films opening this weekend (at least that we have written comments on). Three are wide releases and three are in limited. Note that the Oscar Chances section for El Secreto de Sus Ojos is missing. Since this film won the Oscar for Foreign Language Film at
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The DVD Report #151 – April 13, 2010
The eligibility period for the 1932/33 Academy Awards was the longest in Oscar’s history, running from August 1, 1932 through December 31, 1933. Ten films were nominated for Best Picture including Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley’s 42nd Street; Frank Borzage’s A Farewell to Arms; Mervyn LeRoy’s I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang; Frank
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