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The DVD Report #158 – June 1, 2010
New This Week Almost as impressive as the year that preceded it, all ten films nominated for Best Picture of 1940 are available on DVD. Two of Hollywood’s most legendary directors, John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock, both had two films nominated for Best Picture and they themselves were both nominated for Best Director. Hitchcock’s Rebecca…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 1
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Morgan (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor, Supporting Actor – 2 Noms,0 Wins} [Pictured] 1899: Werner Janssen (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring,Drama/Comedy Score – 6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: John Van Druten (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom,…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #7
We had only a handful of responses this week, but we had quite a few right answers. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: My Man Godfrey (Negative Poster, shown at right) and Taken (Foreign Poster). Lallolupo was the only one to get both posters right, but to be fair the Negative Poster was…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 31
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Ernest Haller (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 7 Noms, 0 Wins} 1908: Don Ameche (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1916: Bert Haanstra (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Short; Oscar Nominee: Documentary…
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Previews: Week Ending May 30, 2010
And I’ve cleared the backlog. Since I have an extra day of “rest” this week, I thought I would take the opportunity to clear things out. Instead of 14 new trailers, I’ve put together this week’s update with 29, 28 are films I’ve never reviewed before and one is for a film which has produced…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 30
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Howard Hawks (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1912: Hugh Griffith (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1920: Franklin J. Schaffner (69 at death) {Oscar Winner: Directing – 1 Nom,…
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Dennis Hopper Has Died
By Todd Leopold (CNN) – Dennis Hopper, the one-time Hollywood enfant terrible who portrayed such indelible characters as “Easy Rider’s” biker Billy, “Blue Velvet’s” huffing villain Frank Booth and “Hoosiers’ ” forlorn Shooter Flatch, died of prostate cancer Saturday morning at his home in Venice, California, his wife said. He was 74. There was Dennis…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Josef Von Sternberg (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Score, Scoring – 4 Noms,2 Wins} 1903: Bob Hope (100 at death) {Oscar Winner: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Special/Honorary – 0 Noms,…
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R.I.P. Gary Coleman
Although he was never one of those actors I gravitated towards after I grew up, he was invariably a part of my childhood. His starring role on Diff’rent Strokes was significantly influential on pop culture at the time, his “Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” phrase forever entering the mainstream. I still use the phrase to this…
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Film Fun Friday #7
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: May 28
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Robert Buckner (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Irving Jacoby (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1931: Carroll Baker (79) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1931:…
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Contest: Week 3 – Summer Box Office Predictions
It’s Week #3. 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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This Day in Oscar History: May 27
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lucile Watson (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1894: Dashiell Hammett (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} [Pictured] 1898: Lee Garmes (80 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography;Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –4 Noms,…
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Review: The Book of Eli (2010)
THE BOOK OF ELI Rating Director The Hughes Brothers Screenplay Gary Whitta Length 118 min. Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Evan Jones, Joe Pingue, Francse de la Tour, Michael Gambon, Tom Waits MPAA Rating R for some brutal violence and language.
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Looking at the Weekend #9: May 28-30, 2010
Memorial Day weekend is finally here, which means a bonanza of big box office numbers are heading our way. Here is our latest thoughts on this week’s releases with three major wide releases and a limited release feature. Consensus We agree 100% on the following: The Prince of Persia: A Tech-Only Oscar contender Sex and…
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