The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Game: Week 3 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Week 3 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 DIVISION ONE Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess how much the #1 Film will make, if it is not also the highest grossing new…
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Looking at the Weekend: September 17-19, 2010
Another hectic week of new releases with no less than four new wide releases (Easy A, The Town, Devil, Alpha and Omega) and four new limited releases (Never Let Me Go, Catfish, Jack Goes Boating, Kings of Pastry) we’ll be talking about today: (Update, 9/15/10, 6:39p: added Wes’ comments & consensus) Consensus Below is a…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jean Renoir (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1895: Frank X. Shaw (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Jules Schermer (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom,…
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Trailer Watch: September 14, 2010
No new trailers today, but five new posters (4 for Jackass 3D and one for Mother and Child). MOTHER AND CHILD, poster #2 Plot Summary: Follows three woman, a mother who gave up one of the others for adoption 35 years prior and the other looking to adopt. Release Date: May 7, 2010 Trailer Poster…
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The DVD Report #173: Oscar on DVD – 1955
New This Week 1955 was the year the movies and the Oscars met TV head on. While the trend was to bigger, wider, more colorful films, a 35mm. black-and-white film based on a TV play won the year’s major film awards including four of the eight Oscars it was nominated for. The idea may well…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: William S. Darling (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 7 Noms, 3 Wins} 1899: Hal B. Wallis (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award – 4 Noms, 2 Wins} 1911: Jay Dratler (57…
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Trailer Watch: September 13, 2010
We have four new trailers today, including the first seen for the new Clint Eastwood film Hereafter along with the first trailers for Trigger and Down Terrace, plus the second for Nice Guy Johnny. Add to that a poster for Hatchet II and you have today’s update. HEREAFTER Plot Summary: A psychic who is able…
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Review: The V.I.P.’s (1963)
The V.I.P.’s Rating Director Anthony Asquith Screenplay Terence Rattigan Length 119 min. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles, Linda Christian, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Ronald Fraser, David Frost MPAA Rating Unrated
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Review: The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter Rating Director Anthony Harvey Screenplay James Goldman (Play: James Goldman) Length 134 min. Starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Stock, Kenneth Ives, O.Z. Whitehead MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Serenity (2005)
Serenity Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon Length 119 min. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references
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Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright (Graphic Novel: Bryan Lee O’Malley) Length 112 min. Starring Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas MPAA Rating PG-13 for stylized…
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Review: Ghost (1990)
Ghost Rating Director Jerry Zucker Screenplay Bruce Joel Rubin Length 127 min. Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles,Whoopi Goldberg MPAA Rating PG-13
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Review: The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Year of Living Dangerously Rating Director Peter Weir Screenplay C.J. Koch, Peter Weir, David Williamson (Novel: C.J. Koch) Length 115 min. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunter, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Ali Nur MPAA Rating PG
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Game: Week 2 – Box Office Predictions, Results & Standings
Our second week is concluded and once again a film I expected to open did not. The Virginity Hit was a no show at theaters leaving Resident Evil all alone, so plenty of free points going around. And don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 3. Original rules can be…
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The Morning After #12: September 13, 2010
With the holiday this week and a rather busy viewing schedule, I managed to put away a fair number of films this week. Here are my takes on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Lion in Winter, The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghost, Serenity, The V.I.P.s, the final episodes of Firefly and the first few…
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