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Contest: Summer Box Office Predictions
Welcome to Cinema Sight’s first ever contest! We are giving away DVDs and/or Blu-rays to the winners. Read on to find out more. This is a 16-week contest where each week your predictions can earn you points with the highest point total declared winner. Each week, on Thursday, we will post a call for entries.…
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Tentpole Season: The 2010 Summer Preview
Although the season of Summer (in the northern hemisphere) does not begin until the end of June, the summer blockbuster season began the first full weekend of May. School is not officially out in most places, but some colleges finish classes early in May and throughout the month until all the kids and young adults…
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Review: Iron Man 2 (2010)
IRON MAN 2 Rating Director Jon Favreau Screenplay Justin Theroux Length 124 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Jon Favreau, Paul Bettany, Garry Shandling MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language.
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Review: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (1966)
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Rating Director Richard Lester Screenplay Melvin Frank, Michael Pertwee (Musical: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart) Length 99 min. Starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford, Annette Andre, Michael Hordern, Leon Greene MPAA Rating Approved Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Source Material…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Edward Stevenson (62 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Lothar Wolff (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Ken Darby (82 at death) {Oscar…
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Looking at the Weekend #7: May 14-16, 2010
We have three new wide releases this week including the latest Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott epic, an Italy-set romantic drama, and a basketball physical therapy romance. Consensus We agree 100% on the following: Letters to Juliet: Not an Oscar contender Just Wright: Not an Oscar contender & none of us will be watching it WIDE RELEASES…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Achmed Abdullah (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1890: Robert N. Lee (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Ira S. Webb (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1907:…
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Summer Box Office Prediction Contest
Do you think you’re a great predictor of the weekend box office? Put your skills to the test as Cinema Sight presents its Summer Box Office Prediction Contest. The contest will be held over a span of 16 weeks from this coming weekend, May 14-16 through the last weekend of August, Aug. 27-29. Each week,…
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The DVD Report #155 – May 11, 2010
New This Week [EDITOR’S NOTE: Today marks the beginning of Peter’s 4th year writing The DVD Report for Cinema Sight. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Peter for his wonderful work these past three years. Your insights and commentary have been an invaluable asset to me and to our readers and we wish…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Berlin (101 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song; Oscar Nominee: Original Story,Motion Picture Story, Song – 9 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1892: Margaret Rutherford (80 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1914: Haroun Tazieff (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary…
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The Summer of Sequels: Or How to Stop Worrying
and Accept the GreedEvery year, box office pundits celebrate the arrival of summer. The biggest profits of the year are often posted during the summer months as teens and young adults are out of school and ready to spend their parents’ hard-earned money on frivolous entertainment. So why is this summer any different from past seasons? It isn’t.…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #4
Another week, another results list. Some good work by our participants. Game: Identify the Poster For the posters game, Lallolupo was our winner for this game, correctly identifying both America’s Sweethearts (our foreign lingo entry) and Dr. Strangelove (the negative image, also pictured in full original color at right). Game: Film Mash-Up Lallolupo was also…
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Lena Horne Has Died at 92
This one hits especially hard for me. She was a wonderful singer and presence, always proving to be one of my favorites. Her husky voice was one of her many attributes. She had compassion, strength and courage, standing up against stereotype and prejudice while winning over the hearts of millions. Legendary singer, actress Lena Horne…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Max Steiner (83 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score;Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –26 Noms, 3 Wins} [Pictured] 1890: Clarence Brown (97 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1894: Dimitri Tiomkin (85 at death) {Oscar…
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Previews: Week Ending May 9, 2010
Life gets terribly busy and we don’t get nearly as caught up as we expect. This week’s update is fairly small. I added a small number of backlog pieces in, but there are still several to go. I’ll get to them eventually, but I don’t expect to finish off the backlog until probably mid-Summer. But,…
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