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The DVD Report #159 – June 8, 2010
New This Week 1941 is remembered as the year in which How Green Was My Valley beat Citizen Kane for the Oscar, a travesty in many people’s eyes but not mine. Both were great films, Valley the better of the two in my humble opinion. The front-runner in terms of nominations was Sergeant York which…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Joseph Jackson (37 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Howard J. Lydecker (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Frank McCarthy (74 at death) {Oscar Winner: Picture – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1918: Robert…
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Contest: Week 4 Results and Standings
Week four of our contest has come to a close and it’s another below-estimations week. Come back Thursday 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 office Correct Response: Shrek Forever After Sam & Larry receive 1 point each.…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #8
Two months in and hopefully everyone’s having fun still. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: Silver Streak (Negative Poster, shown at right) and My Fair Lady (Foreign Poster). Lallolupo once again got both posters right and was joined on his correct answer for the Foreign Poster by Sam. Game: Quotes The quote “Perhaps…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: T.E.B. Clarke (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Story and Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay, Story and Screenplay – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Jessica Tandy (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1913: George Tibbles (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee:…
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Previews: Week Ending June 6, 2010
Now that I’m back in the swing of things with no backlog in sight, there are far fewer trailers to be updated. This week, we have nine new ones, three for existing previews and six for new films. There’s also an updated “second” poster for Despicable Me in the below update. Poster Highlights: Mao’s Last…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: R.C. Sherriff (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Edward H. Plumb (50 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1925: Marvin Worth (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture, Documentary Feature – 2 Noms,0 Wins} 1933:…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Unknown: Chuck Workman (Unknown) {Oscar Winner: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1902: Walter Plunkett (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Color);Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) –10 Noms, 1 Win} 1902: Felix Jackson (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee:…
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Film Fun Friday #8
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: June 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1875: Albert E. Smith (83 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1904: Alvah Bessie (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Rosalind Russell (69 at death) {Oscar Winner: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress –…
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Contest: Week 4 – Summer Box Office Predictions
It’s Week #4. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. For a reminder of the rules, follow this link: Contest Rule 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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Rue McClanahan Dies at 76
Although she never had quite the success of Bea Arthur, Betty White or Estelle Getty, she was still a grand and impressive part of one of the most influential programs of the 1980s. Betty White is now the sole remaining member of the original cast and I’m sure it can’t be easy to outlive those…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 3
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Jack Okey (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White) –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Ted Tetzlaff (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom,0 Wins} 1907: Paul Rotha (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910:…
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Looking at the Weekend #10: June 4-6, 2010
We have four new wide releases to look at this week and they are accompanied by a limited release. Here’s what we are thinking: Consensus We agree 100% on the following: Killers: Not an Oscar contender. Get Him to the Greek: Not an Oscar contender. Marmaduke: We won’t be watching it and it’s not an…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 2
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ellsworth Fredricks (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1921: Frank Van der Veer (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Visual Effects – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1935: Anthony Powell (75) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design – 6 Noms, 3 Wins} 1937: Sally Kellerman…
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