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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Nominations
Below are the nominees for this year’s Online Film Critics Society awards. As a voting member, I must say that I’m at times excited (the love for District 9) and at times irritated (Jackie Earle Haley? Seriously?). But, overall, a fairly straightforward list, little of which I’m not surprised to see nominated. Nomination Tallies (8)…
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Review: The Blind Side (2009)
The Blind Side Rating Director John Lee Hancock Screenplay John Lee Hancock (Book: Michael Lewis) Length 128 min. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox, Kathy Bates, Catherine Dyer MPAA Rating PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…
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National Film Registry: 25 Titles Added to the Preservation List
The Library of Congress has selected 25 films (short-, feature-length, and now apparently music videos) to add to its National Film Registry, a list that annually selects 25 works from the length of film history to permanently preserve in their archives. This year’s list includes many films most of you have probably never heard of.…
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2007 at the Oscars
2007 was a year in which a good deal of the Oscar prognosticators’ speculation centered on whether or not No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood would be too violent for Academy tastes. The more genteel violence of Sweeney Todd, Into the Wild and Atonement seemed more likely to them to pass…
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The DVD Report #136
Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if…
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2006 at the Oscars
When film historians look back on the first decade of the new millennium, I have no doubt 2006 will be seen as the decade’s best year for film. It was the year that gave us such highly acclaimed films as Pan’s Labyrinth; Children of Men; The Departed; The Lives of Others and Letters From Iwo…
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The DVD Report #136: December 29, 2009
Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if…
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Precursor: Florida Film Critics
I forgot to post these when they were announced. They were announced December 22, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) Precious; Up in the Air The Winners Picture: Up In The Air Actor: George Clooney – Up In The Air Actress: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Supp. Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious…
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2005 at the Oscars
The winner of practically every precursor and no Best Picture Oscar, who said AMPAS members don’t have a mind of their own, or don’t they after all? Did Brokeback Mountain lose because Hollywood denizens genuinely preferred a film about contemporary Los Angles to one they euphemistically dismissed as one about “gay cowboys” or was it…
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Previews: Week of December 27, 2009
2009 seems to have faded faster than 2008 did as I’ve seen virtually nothing out of 2009 recently. 2010, however, is ramping up quite well. We have 9 new trailers, a new poster and a new release date. The new release date is for Takers, which shifts from the early part of the year into…
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The DVD Report #135
One of the year’s nicest surprises, newcomer Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer is a bittersweet charmer about a boy falling in love with a girl who doesn’t return his affections. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the former child star of TV’s 3rd Rock From the Sun continues his meteoric rise to screen fame following his critically acclaimed…
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The DVD Report #135: December 22, 2009
One of the year’s nicest surprises, newcomer Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer is a bittersweet charmer about a boy falling in love with a girl who doesn’t return his affections. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the former child star of TV’s 3rd Rock From the Sun continues his meteoric rise to screen fame following his critically acclaimed…
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Precursor: Chicago Film Critics Awards
The Chicago Film Critics have announced their winners. The full list is below: Winner Tallies (5) The Hurt Locker (2) An Education; Up The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Animated Feature: Up Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Best Actress: Carey Mulligan –…
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Precursor: Satellite Award Winners
Below are the winners for the 14th Annual Satellite Awards as announced at their ceremony last night, December 20, 2009. Winner Tallies (4) The Hurt Locker (2) Nine; Precious; 2012 The Winners Drama Picture: The Hurt Locker Comedy/Musical Picture: Nine Animated/Mixed Media Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Drama Actor:…
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2004 at the Oscars
Warner Bros.’ last minute decision to open Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby in December, 2004 instead of February, 2005 threw a monkey wrench in everyone’s Oscar forecast this year. Up to that point, the front-runners had been Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator; Marc Foster’s Finding Neverland and Alexander Payne’s Sideways with some prognosticators even predicting unlikely…
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