The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Review: Valentine’s Day (2010)
VALENTINE’S DAY Rating Director Garry Marshall Screenplay Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein Length 125 min. Starring Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Carter Jenkins, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts,…
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Film Fun Friday #13
Welcome once again to Film Fun Friday where we want you to have fun. If you have further suggestions on how we can improve, ideas for other games you’d like to see or just want to tell us how much fun you’re having, feel free to drop us a Comment. If you would like to…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: William Anthony McGuire (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1882: Richard Hageman (83 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score – 6 Noms, 1 Win} 1890: Hy Heath (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee:…
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Trailer Watch: July 8, 2010
Today’s Preview Update is featured below. We have one new trailer for indie drama Jack Goes Boating and a new poster for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. JACK GOES BOATING Plot Summary: A limo driver begins learning new life lessons after a successful blind date leads him down the path of love while the couple…
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Review: 2012 (2009)
2012 Rating Director Roland Emmerich Screenplay Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser Length 158 min. Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiewtel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Tom McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Liam James, Morgan Lily, Zlatko Buric, Beatrice Rosen, Alexandre Haussmann, Philippe Haussmann, Johann Urb, John Billingsley MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some…
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Review: The Last Airbender (2010)
THE LAST AIRBENDER Rating Director M. Night Shyamalan Screenplay M. Night Shyamalan (Based on Animated TV Series) Length 103 min. Starring Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis, Seychelle Gabriel MPAA Rating PG for fantasy action violence.
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HBO’s The Pacific and Fox’s Glee Lead Emmy Nominations
Although the Emmys are not the Oscars, they are one of the oldest awards-giving bodies out there and many an Oscar winner has graced the Emmy stage. Today, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its nominations for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Leading the pack was HBO’s miniseries The Pacific which earned…
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Feed the Queue #2
We are in our second week of the Feed the Queue series, which also means we’ll be having our first vote. Reminder to those who didn’t participate in the first week, every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Arthur Miller (75 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 3 Wins} 1900: Paul Weatherwax (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1943: David Berry (67) {Oscar Winner: Visual Effects – 1 Nom,…
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Trailer Watch: July 7, 2010
Today’s Preview Update is featured below. Six new trailers. Easy A, Tales from Earthsea, Charlie St. Cloud (#2), Get Low (#2), The Green Hornet and Resident Evil: Afterlife. EASY A Plot Summary: An innocent lie about losing her virginity makes one high schooler into a modern day Hester Prynne as she uses modern social media…
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Contest: Week 9 – Summer Box Office Predictions
It’s Week #9. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. For a reminder of the rules, follow this link: Contest Rules Submit the Following for this Week Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess the highest grossing new release and how much it will make This Week’s Wide…
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Academy Announces New Board of Governors
The election of the officers of this board, including the president, will be announced in August and they will begin discussing various matters including this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients. Tom Sherak is likely to be re-elected President of the Academy as this past year was his first term and not since Karl Malden was replaced…
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Looking at the Weekend #15: July 9-11, 2010
We have a jam-packed weekend of new releases. Six in total are competing for your dollars, three in wide release and three in limited. The three new wide releases appeal to wildly different audiences: Despicable Me will appeal to the family audience, Predators will appeal to the fanboy crowd and Grease Sing-A-Long will appeal to…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Edward Curtiss (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: George Cukor (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: John S. Toldy (57 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1902: Vittorio…
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Contest: Week 8 Results and Standings
Week eight of our contest is now behind us and the predicted has come to pass, but with a smaller result than expected. Here is the original article and the rules: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Twilight: Eclipse Everyone (Mike W, Larry, Mike Furlong and…
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