Home Viewing with Peter #988
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1904:…
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Review: Winter’s Bone (2010)
Winter’s Bone Rating Director Debra Granik Screenplay Debra Granik, Anne Rossellini (Novel: Daniel Woodrell) Length 100 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Garret Dillahunt, Lauren Sweetser, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Sheryl Lee MPAA Rating R for some drug material, language and violent content
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Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
The King’s Speech Rating Director Tom Hooper Screenplay David Seidler Length 118 min. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Claire Bloom, Eve Best, Timothy Spall MPAA Rating R for some language
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Review: Dance Flick (2009)
Dance Flick Rating Director Damien Dante Wayans Screenplay Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans Length 83 min. Starring Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, Chris Elliott, Christina Murphy, David Alan Grier, Amy Sedaris, Kim Wayans, Lauren Bowles, Brennan Hillard, George Gore II, Chelsea Makela, Ross Thomas,…
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The Morning After: January 17, 2011
It was a slow weekend for movie watching, but it felt accomplished. I saw two major Oscar contenders over the weekend, plus a thorough waste of time. So, here is what I watched this weekend: WINTER’S BONE A slice of Ozarkian life that is neither characteristically slice of life nor characteristically Ozarkian. Winter’s Bone tells…
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Golden Globe Awards Recap
Year after year, the Golden Globe Awards, as given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are a hit-or-miss event with roughly half the winners picking up prizes and a few of them even missing out on nominations. Yet, with 2 or 3 exceptions, every single winner of last night’s awards will either go on…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at…
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Precursor: Golden Globe Awards
Below are the winners of this year’s 68th Golden Globe Awards. They will be updated live as tonight’s Golden Globes are held. Update: The winners are now complete. AwardsTallies (4) The Social Network (2) The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right (1) Barney’s Version, Black Swan, Burlesque, The King’s Speech, In a Better World, Toy…
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Tonight on Cinema Sight: Golden Globe Awards
Tonight, the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live on NBC starting at 7pm Central (8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific). I’ll be live tweeting the broadcast tonight as well as updating a single post with all of the winners and tallies as the night goes on.
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Susannah York Has Died at 72
Michael Billington The Guardian, Friday 14 January 2011 Susannah York, who has died aged 72, was a vibrant, energetic personality with a devouring passion for work, strong political opinions and great loyalty to old friends. Her international reputation as an actor depended heavily on the hit films she made in the 1960s, including Tom Jones…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Writing; Oscar Nominee: Writing, Original Story – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1890: Claudine West (53 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 3 Noms,…
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Oscar Week in Review: January 9-15, 2011
Oscar News Seven films will compete for nominations for Best Makeup at this years Oscars: Alice in Wonderland, Barney’s Vision, The Fighter, Jonah Hex, True Grit, The Way Back and The Wolfman. The 10 recipients for the Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards were announced by the Academy this week. The Directors Guild of America has…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911:…
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Precursor: Broadcast Film Critics Association
(Critics’ Choice) AwardsTonight, the winners of the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards will be announced live on VH1 starting at 9pm ET/8pm CT. I will be posting my thoughts about the show on Twitter as I watch it and will be updating this post as the evening goes on. Before a winner is announced, the category will…
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Oscar Predictions: Week Ending January 14, 2011
As we get closer to the Oscar nominations (Tuesday, January 25, 2011), we’re going to try to continuously update our predictions. Because of the vast array of categories, we’ll only share our updated predictions each week based on which guild or category-based precursors have come out during the week. This week we had another combination…
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