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Trailer Watch: October 11, 2010
A slow start to the week finds us with four new posters, three for Morning Glory and one for 180º South. 180º SOUTH, poster #2 Plot Summary: Adventurer Jeff Johnson explores the Patagonia region where his personal heroes took an epic journey in 1968. Release Date: May 21, 2010 Trailer Poster Previous Preview:180º South Rating:…
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Game: Week 6 – Box Office Predictions, Results & Standings
We are now at six weeks and we’ve had our first week with a holdover at number one. The Social Network claimed this week’s peak position. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 6. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office…
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The Morning After #16: October 11, 2010
Three new films and five new television episodes down. Included this week are films Holiday, Butterflies are Free and Paper Moon; and the latest episode of Glee plus the first four episodes of season 2 of True Blood. So, here is what I watched this weekend: HOLIDAY My second experience with Katharine Hepburn and Cary…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #26
Results are in for Week #24 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: Spider-Man and Airplane!. Lallolupo was able to identify the poster. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar Separation Tripp made the connection in four.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Everett Douglas (65 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1918: Jerome Robbins (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing, Special/Honorary –1 Noms, 2 Wins} 1941: Charles Shyer (69) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1962: Joan Cusack (48) [Pictured]…
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Previews: Week Ending October 10, 2010
18 updates this past week, including a whole slew of new posters for several films. Poster Highlights: The best poster this week goes to one I saw as a motion poster originally, but which now has a regular one I can actually post. The Saw 3D poster showing Jigsaw being constructed is very effective examination…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Helen Hayes (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1908: Johnny Green (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score, One-Reel Short Film; Oscar Nominee: Adaptation or Treatment Score, Scoring, Musical Score, One-Reel Short Film –14 Noms, 5 Wins}…
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Trailer Watch: October 8, 2010
Five new trailers wrap up the week (late in posting again): And Soon the Darkness, Blue Valentine, Four Lions, Knucklehead and Nice Guy Johnny (#3). NICE GUY JOHNNY, trailer #3 Plot Summary: Trying to make a better life for him and his fiancée, Johnny travels to New York to interview and finds a potential new…
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Oscar Week in Review: October 2-9, 2010
Oscar News Peter Weir’s The Way Back, featuring Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Saiorse Ronan, got an official release date of December 29, meaning it will be eligible for Academy Award consideration. The New York Times ran an article this week stating that Disney is putting together a major push for Toy Story 3, believing…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Cummings (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1890: Samuel Hoffenstein (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation, Screenplay, Scoring –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1896: Robert Armbruster (97 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation or Treatment Score –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Sheila…
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Film Fun Friday #26
With the minimal response to last week’s polls, I have decided to scale back the weekly offering. It may differ each week, but hopefully it will be easier to put together. (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags. Just put your answer between the two bracketed tags and remove the periods. Let everyone have some fun…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1911: Irvine “Cotton” Warburton (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1912: Frank Santillo (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1912: Gaston Diehl (87 at death) {Oscar Winner: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1912: Ralph…
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Trailer Watch: October 7, 2010
A smallish update tonight with four new trailers and five new posters. The trailers out today are for The Four-Faced Liar, Kalamity, 127 Hours and The Tacqwacores. On the poster side, we have yet another two for Harry Potter, two nearly-identical posters for Monsters and finally a poster for 127 Hours. THE TAQWACORES Plot Summary:…
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Oscar Profile #6: Maureen O’Hara
The now 90-year-old Irish-born red-headed icon, Maureen O’Hara, may well be the greatest living actress never to have been nominated for an Oscar. Discovered by Charles Laughton who mentored her in his films, Jamaica Inn and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, her first film without Laughton was a remake of her idol Katharine Hepburn’s film…
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Feed the Queue #15
No one made any new suggestions this week or voted on any existing ones, so I guess I’m going to put Laura in my queue and have a free week next week. Please remember to post your suggestions for next week. Lauara has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to…
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