Category: Xpired Categories
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The Inbox (Nov. 1-Nov. 7, 2014)
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…
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Screener Watch: Magnolia Pictures / Magnet
The annual Magnolia / Magnet drop has arrived. Twenty screeners from both indie production houses. As usual, they don’t have a lot of Oscar competitors in the bunch, but some true indies make it more appealing. Alan Partridge Stars: Colm Meaney, Steve Coogan, Tim Key, Karl Theobald, Nigel Lindsay, Felicity Montagu Director: Declan Lowney Premise:…
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To the Movies #3
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Interstellar Gone Girl John Wick Nightcrawler 22 Jump Street The Boxtrolls Pride The Equalizer Maleficent Interstellar wins.
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Screener Watch: Participant Media
Participant Media has manage to sneak in the year’s first screeners of two prominent documentaries this year: The Internet’s Own Boy and Ivory Tower (which follows after the fold). The Internet’s Own Boy Director: Brian Knappenberger Premise: From IMDb: “The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at…
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Feed the Queue #197
Here are the results of last week’s poll. A Separation Moneyball Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close War Horse Jane Eyre The Ides of March A Separation wins and goes into my queue.
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Revisionist Oscar: 1996, Part 16
You can read more about this project in the article at this link. Below is our sixteenth poll, covering Best Art Direction. As a refresher, here is where we obtain the titles/performances will be included in the polls that will be conducted: Two-Source Categories: The actual Oscar nominees in the seleted category. The precursor nominees…
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Eye on Warner Archive: Oct. 28, 2014
Here are some highlights of the recent releases to the Warner Archive Collection. DVD’s and Blu-rays are manufactured on demand. They also have a streaming service. Before you visit Warner Archive to check out their selection, check out the selections below an a few of my thoughts.
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The Inbox (Oct. 25-31, 2014)
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…
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To the Movies #2
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Fury Nightcrawler John Wick Gone Girl 22 Jump Street Fury wins. Need more participation, though.
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Feed the Queue #196
Here are the results of last week’s poll. The Illusionist Barney’s Version Another Year Biutiful Unstoppable The Illusionist wins and goes into my queue.
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Revisionist Oscar: 1996, Part 15
You can read more about this project in the article at this link. Below is our fifteenth poll, covering Best Cinematography. As a refresher, here is where we obtain the titles/performances will be included in the polls that will be conducted: Two-Source Categories: The actual Oscar nominees in the seleted category. The precursor nominees and…
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Eye on Warner Archive: Oct. 21, 2014
Here are some highlights of the recent releases to the Warner Archive Collection. DVD’s and Blu-rays are manufactured on demand. They also have a streaming service. Before you visit Warner Archive to check out their selection, check out the selections below an a few of my thoughts.
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The Inbox (Oct. 18-24, 2014)
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…
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To the Movies #1
The Feed the Queue polls have provided some very interesting results and have typically generated some great selections. I’m going to try to adapt that here to the actual cineplex. This will be a touch harder than the other because they don’t reveal the next week’s schedules until after the current weekend, but people need…
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Feed the Queue #195
Here are the results of last week’s poll. The White Ribbon A Single Man The Last Station Sherlock Holmes The Secret of Kells The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The White Ribbon wins and goes into my queue.
