Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short; Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short,Live Action Short Film – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1899: Tregoweth Brown (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sound Effects/Editing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: Arthur Schwartz (83 at…
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A heavier day than the rest of the week, but still a slow one. One new trailer (Tangled) and four new posters (127 Hours, Casino Jack, The King’s Speech and Megamind) TANGLED, trailer #3 Plot Summary: Disney takes the classic fairy tale of the tressed maiden Rapunzel trapped atop her prison tower and weaves its…
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Week 10 of our Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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This week is a treasure trove of new releases, 3 wide and 4 limited. Wide: Due Date, For Colored Girls, Megamind; Limited: 127 Hours, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Fair Game and Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Foreign Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1933: John Barry (77) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score; Oscar Nominee: Song, Original…
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Another slow day. When will the deluge occur? Until then, here’s the new poster for Chronicles of Narnia. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, poster #3 Plot Summary: The third film in The Chronicles of Narnia series finds the kids returning to Narnia to help save the kingdom once more, this…
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New This Week There was a newspaper strike in New York at the end of 1962 which prevented the New York Film Critics for the first and only time in their history from bestowing their annual awards. Thus, Oscar’s most reliable precursor was missing. No matter, David Lean’s spectacular Lawrence of Arabia was the obvious…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: James Dunn (65 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1906:…
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With such a wide array of updates today, I had to focus only on one. Ok, so there wasn’t anything else but another poster for The Green Hornet. THE GREEN HORNET, poster #2 Plot Summary: After his father is murdered, a millionaire playboy joins his father’s closest confidant in a scheme to get close to…
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Stalag 17 Rating Director Billy Wilder Screenplay Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum (Play: Donald Bevan, Edmund Trzcinski) Length 120 min. Starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Ricahrd Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman, Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin, Robinson Stone, Robert Shawley, William Pierson, Gil Stratton Jr.,Jay Lawrence, Erwin Kalser, Edmund…
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Far out-earning expectations, the sequel to the popular Paranormal Activity has just guaranteed a third film in the franchise. 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: Saw 3D, $22,530,123 Everyone gets…
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I continue my entirely entertaining TV Series break with eight more episodes of the fourth season of Dexter, the first nine episodes of the first season of Psych, and this week’s Rocky Horror tribute episode of Glee. But, the weekend wasn’t a complete television fest, I also picked up my Feed the Queue entry for…
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Results are in for Week #29 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answer is: Battle Beyond the Sun. No one was able to identify the poster. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar Separation Peter was our lone responder and he made the connection in three.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: One-Reel Short Film –2 Noms, 1 Win} 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death) {Oscar Winner: One-Reel Short Film – 2 Noms, 1…
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This week’s update list features 6 new trailers, split evenly between the two years; and also six new posters, with one from 2011. In addition, there are three new release dates to announce this month (Casino Jack, Morning Glory and Drive Angry 3D). Poster Highlights: The two best posters this week aren’t really all that…
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