The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Contest: Week 8 – Box Office Predictions
It’s Week #8. 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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Looking at the Weekend #14: July 2-4, 2010
Three new films release this weekend, two go wide, one releases in limited engagements. The weekend dominator will be the third film in the Twilight Saga as it’s been called (so people don’t mistake the title for some other film). Its only competition is M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, an adaptation of the popular anime series…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 30
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Irmin Roberts (74 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1917: Susan Hayward (57 at death) {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress – 5 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1927: James Goldman (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1937:…
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Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME Rating Director Mike Newell Screenplay Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard (Video Game: Jordan Mechner) Length 116 min. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup, Reece Ritchie, Gísli Örn Garðarsson MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of violence…
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The DVD Report #162 – June 29, 2010
New This Week By the time of the 1944 Oscars in March, 1945, the end of World War II was in sight. Only one of the year’s five Best Picture nominees dealt directly with the war. The big winner was of course Leo McCarey’s Going My Way, which won seven of the ten Oscars it…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Mellor (59 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –4 Noms, 2 Wins} 1906: Tom Morahan (63 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910: Frank Loesser (59 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song – 5…
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Contest: Week 7 Results and Standings
Week seven of our contest has come to a close we had another split result between the top film at the box office and the top new releases. Come back Wednesday and submit your votes. Here is the original article and the rules: Summer Box Office Prediction Contest #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box…
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The Morning After #1: My Post-Weekend Capsules
You might say I’m a Netflix junkie. However, I would just say that I’m catching up on stuff I’ve never seen (or catching up on TV shows I missed or re-watching movies I haven’t seen in awhile). I get three out at a time and I try to finish all three each weekend. Sometimes it…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #11
Results are in for Week #11 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: Blazing Saddles (Negative Poster, shown at right) and Naked Lunch (Foreign Poster). Lallolupo almost didn’t get credit for the Foreign poster, but in the end, he got both correct and was the only one. Game: Quotes The…
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Review: The English Patient (1996)
The English Patient Rating Director Anthony Minghella Screenplay Anthony Minghella (Novel by Michael Ondaatje) Length 160 min. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jrgen Prochnow MPAA Rating R (For sexuality, some violence and language) Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Romantic epics are staples…
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Senator Robert Byrd has Died
This has been a bad couple of years for the Democrats. First Ted Kennedy, now Robert Byrd. The Old Guard is vanishing. Rest in Peace. Robert Byrd, longest-serving member of Congress, dead at 92 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 28
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Richard Rodgers (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1909: Eric Ambler (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1919: Ruggero Maccari (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1926: Mel Brooks…
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Previews: Week Ending June 27, 2010
Fourteen new trailers were pushed this week that I was able to review. No new posters or release date changes to announce this week. Poster Highlights: Two modest standouts in the poster department this week. A Film Unfinished and South of the Border are solid, but not exceptional. Trailer Highlights: On the trailer front, we…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 27
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Charles Dorian (51 at death) {Oscar Winner: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1920: I.A.L. Diamond (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay – 3 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1941: Krzysztof Kieslowski (54 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing, Original Screenplay…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 26
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Jeanne Eagels (39 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} [Pictured] 1891: Sidney Howard (48 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay; Oscar Nominee: Adaptation, Screenplay – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Joan Harrison (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Screenplay –2 Noms,…
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