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Calendar: Date Changes
As I explained when I posted my initial calendar, these events that are marked with ? marks are unconfirmed dates. And as I opened the week with a preview, there were several that were not official dates. Since then, I have come across two groups (Los Angeles and New York) that are supposedly announcing a…
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2001 at the Oscars
There was something for everyone in 2001. There was Baz Luhrmann’s anachronistic musical, Moulin Rouge! as well as Peter Jackson’s first installment of the J.R.R. Tolkian Lord of the Rings trilogy; Steven Spielberg’s version of the science fiction film Stanley Kubrick left behind, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and Ridley Scott’s look at modern warfare, Black Hawk…
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Review: The Informant! (2009)
The Informant! Rating Director Steven Soderbergh Screenplay Scott Z. Burns (Book: Kurt Eichenwald) Length 108 min. Starring Matt Damon, Lucas Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Melanie Lynskey, Tom Wilson, Scott Bakula, Scott Adsit, Ann Dowd, Allan Havey, Howie Johnson, Joel McHale MPAA Rating R for language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source…
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The DVD Report #133
“Bon apetit!” exclaims Julia Child. “Bon apetit!” echoes Julie Powell. The feel good movie of the summer, Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia tells the dual tales of Mrs. Child’s eight year long struggle to write and have published her first cook book and Mrs. Powell’s year-long struggle to make every recipe in the book and…
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Review: Bright Star (2009)
Bright Star Rating Director Jane Campion Screenplay Jane Campion Length 119 min. Starring Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox, Paul Schneider, Edie Martin, Thomas Sangster MPAA Rating PG for thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Not a traditional history lesson on one of the world’s greatest poets,…
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The DVD Report #133: December 8, 2009
“Bon apetit!” exclaims Julia Child. “Bon apetit!” echoes Julie Powell. The feel good movie of the summer, Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia tells the dual tales of Mrs. Child’s eight year long struggle to write and have published her first cook book and Mrs. Powell’s year-long struggle to make every recipe in the book and…
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Precursor: D.C. Area Film Critics Winners
So, the Monday date was apparently for the winners, not the nominees. So, here are the winners. I was resistant at first to believe it, but this may finally be Jason Reitman’s entry into the winner’s circle. Up in the Air is very much poised as an Oscar winner for Best Picture. It’s a bit…
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Precursor: D.C. Area Film Critics Nominations
I don’t know if there’s something in the water, but this is the second week in a row where a previously-announced date was ignored and nominations were announced early. Last week it was the Satellite Awards. This week it’s the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Here are their choices: Nomination Tallies (8) Up in…
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Previews: Week Ending December 6, 2009
Our updates this week are entirely trailers. There are no new release dates, no new posters, just eleven new trailers. 2009 features a replacement trailer for musical Nine, and new pages with trailers for French foreign language pic French Gigolo (called Cliente in France), marriage comedy Made for Each Other and historical romance The Young…
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Tributes: October, November & More
(Updated 3/20/10, 8:37p: corrected tribute links) I have been remiss in not updating the tribute pages. Not only do I have the last-minute tributes from September, I have all of October and November available now. Below is a list of all of the Tributes posted in this update. You can also go directly to the…
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2000 at the Oscars
2000 was one of those years where just about any film could have won an Oscar. The National Board of Review got things started by giving their Best Picture prize to a film that most critics found wanting – Philip Kaufman’s Quills about the life of the Maquis de Sade. They gave their Best Director…
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1999 at the Oscars
Sex sells and in 1999 it sold big time, both at the box-office and at awards time. From sex in the suburbs in American Beauty to sex in Italy in The Talented Mr. Ripley to sex with misery in Magnolia to sex leads to death in Boys Don’t Cry, sex was everywhere. The National Board…
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Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox Rating Director Wes Anderson Screenplay Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach (Novel: Roald Dahl) Length 87 min. Starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe MPAA Rating PG for action, smoking and slang humor. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Adapting one of Roald…
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Preview: Precursors of the Week of December 7-13
Next week, we have only a small handful of precursor announcements, but they include four of the oldest prizes given. The dates listed as (estimated) are based on previous trends and announcement cycles. They are a good guess, but not meant to be unequivocal. The ones listed as (confirmed) have been confirmed by the organizations…
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Precursor: National Board of Review
Below is the list of winners of the National Board of Review awards along with their annual ten-best lists. Total Mentions (5) Up in the Air (4) Invictus (3) The Messenger (2) Burma VJ; (500) Days of Summer; The Hurt Locker; Moon; The Most Dangerous Man in America; A Serious Man The Winners Film: Up…
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