The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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This Day in Oscar History: July 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Ted Koehler (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1894: Dave Fleischer (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Animated Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1894: Hal C. Kern (90 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1894: Michel…
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Review: The Summer House (2008)
THE SUMMER HOUSE Rating Director Daisy Gili Screenplay Ian Beck Length 12 min. Starring Talulah Riley, Robert Pattinson, Laurence Beck, Marianne Brogo, David Burke, Anna Calder-Marshall
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Trailer Watch: July 13, 2010
Today’s Preview Update is featured below. Only two new posters today for RED and Tales from Earthsea. RED, poster #2 Plot Summary: A retired CIA operative finds life too mundane in the real world and re-teams with his old associates for one last job to stave off the mundanity. Release Date: October 15, 2010 Trailer…
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Review: The Hangover (2009)
THE HANGOVER Rating Director Todd Phillips Screenplay Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Length 100 min. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong, Rachael Harris, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.
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The DVD Report #164 – July 13, 2010
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. The best films are those which are about a specific time and place but which are also universal in their theme and appeal. Such is the case with the 1946 Oscar winner, The Best Years of Our Lives, which is a film about homecoming American…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Clyde De Vinna (63 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1891: John Victor Mackay (54 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Donald Jahraus (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 3 Noms, 1…
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Trailer Watch: July 12, 2010
Today we have two new trailers (Centurion and Machete) and two new posters for current previews (RED and Piranha 3D). Today’s Preview Update is featured below. CENTURION Plot Summary: In an assault on Britain, a regiment of Roman soldiers is nearly obliterated but for seven centurions commanded by their imprisoned general to return home by…
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Contest: Week 9 Results and Standings
Week nine of our contest is now over and analyst predictions for Despicable Me were far lower than the actual result as a result of positive word of mouth and better-than-expected critical reaction. Come back Thursday to submit your predictions. For contest rules see this original post: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at…
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The Morning After #3: July 12, 2010
This weekend was more booked than I expected, but largely because I found that the film selected last week for the Feed the Queue feature was available to watch through Netflix online, so I did. So, we have five films (Despicable Me, Fanny, Julia, Michael Clayton and Moonstruck) and the latest episodes of Soap to…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #13
Results are in for Week #13 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: Love in the Afternoon (Foreign Poster) and Intolerance (Negative Poster). Lallolupo got both correct. Game: Quotes The quote “And now the British think I’m with the Irish, and the Irish think I’m with the British. The long…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 12
Today, we inject a new set of data into our daily posts. Now we have the release date information for Best Picture nominees in addition to the previously included Best Picture winners. Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Max Parker (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom, 0…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Howard Estabrook (94 at death) {Oscar Winner: Adaptation; Oscar Nominee: Writing, Adaptation – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1892: Thomas Mitchell (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor –2 Noms, 1 Win} 1894: Walter Wanger (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Picture, Documentary Short,…
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Previews: Week Ending July 11, 2010
We have a lot of new content from this week, most of which has already been covered (with my new Trailer Watch feature), but this article will serve to consolidate all of that and give my general impressions for the week. Since my last update Friday, I’ve added two posters for Alpha and Omega and…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Sam Wood (66 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1893: Jimmy McHugh (75 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Song – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Ralph Jester (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Color) –2 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Trailer Watch: July 9, 2010
Today’s Preview Update is featured below. We have a massive update tonight with nine new trailers and three new posters to review. Eight trailers belong to films I had not previously reviewed (Life During Wartime, The Tillman Story, Stonewall Uprising, Welcome to the Rileys, Cairo Time, The Radiant Child, Ready, Set, Bag! and The Social…
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