Home Viewing with Peter #988
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Review: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller Rating Director Robert Altman Screenplay Robert ALtman, Brian McKay (Novel: Edmund Naughton) Length 120 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Corey Fischer, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Anthony Holland, Hugh Millais MPAA Rating R
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Review: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner Rating Director Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay Samson Raphaelson (Play: Nikolaus Laszlo) Length 99 min. Starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Rating Director David Yates Screenplay Steve Kloves (Novel: J.K. Rowling) Length 146 min. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy, Richard Griffiths, Harry Melling, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Timothy Spall,…
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Review: Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Express Rating Director Alan Parker Screenplay Oliver Stone (Book: William Hayes, William Hoffer) Length 121 min. Starring Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista MPAA Rating R
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Game: Week 12 – Box Office Predictions: Results and Standings
Opening to a smaller audience than The Hangover, Due Date was eclipsed by family friendly animated flick Megamind, which handily won the weekend. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 9. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Harry…
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The Morning After #22: November 22, 2010
The first busy weekend of likely several. Today you get my thoughts on the seventh Harry Potter film, Feed the Queue entry Midnight Express, So, here is what I watched this weekend: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART I Next year marks the tenth anniversary of the Harry Potter film franchise. The Sorcerer’s Stone…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: John Monk Saunders (44 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1899: Hoagy Carmichael (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1915: Oswald Morris (95) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1923: Mel Bourne (79 at…
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Previews: Week Ending November 21, 2010
A heavy week for updates with no less than 27 new pages or updates this week. 13 come from 2010 and 14 from 2011. Here are the highlights. Poster Highlights: Cowboys & Aliens is the clear winner for Best Poster of the Week. There weren’t really any runners up to it. Trailer Highlights: In a…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Julia Heron (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Color);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Charles Frend (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1935: Michael Chapman (75) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 2 Noms,…
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Oscar Week in Review: November 14-10, 2010
Oscar News Last Saturday, the Academy awarded their honorary Oscars at the second annual Governors Awards. Kevin Brownlow, Francis Ford Coppola and Eli Wallach were on hand to accept their awards, while the absent Jean-Luc Godard was also honored. Many video clips are available here. The official Best Animated Feature short list has been released…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Tony Gaudio (67 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography;Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –5 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Piero Gherardi (61 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color),Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 6…
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Trailer Watch: November 19, 2010
Our last update for the week features five new trailers (Another Year, Born to Be Wild, Dead Awake, Every Day and The Mechanic) and two new posters (Blue Valentine and No Strings Attached). BORN TO BE WILD Plot Summary: A documentary about human encroachment into the wild habitats of elephants and simians and the efforts…
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What to See: November 19-21, 2010
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 responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the two new wide releases would…
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Film Fun Friday #32
As I mentioned, Monday, participation in this game is at an all-time low. We’ll go from week to week with no or one participants. It’s a lot of work to put these together, so I want to know if everyone wants to continue and where do we want to go from here? I want this…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 19
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Oscar Lagerstrom (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1893: Bert Glennon (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Walter G. Elliott (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sound Effects/Editing – 1 Nom, 1…
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