• 1978 at the Oscars

    The 1978 Oscar race is best remembered as the year of the dueling Vietnam War movies but it almost didn’t happen. Universal had planned The Deer Hunter for a February 1979 release and didn’t decide on limited New York and L.A. runs in mid-December until late November. The L.A. Film critics were the first to…

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  • 1977 at the Oscars

    The National Board of Review resumed its tradition of being the first to announce its annual winners in 1977, naming Herbert Ross’ The Turning Point as Best Picture of the year. They eschewed Ross for the Best Director award, however, bestowing that honor on the legendary Spanish director Luis Bunuel for That Obscure Object of…

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  • Review: A Little Night Music (1977)

    A Little Night Music Rating Director Harold Prince Screenplay Hugh Wheeler (Musical: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Hugh Wheeler, Film: Ingmar Bergman) Length 124 min. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Guittard, Christopher Guard, Lesley Dunlop, Chloe Franks MPAA Rating PG Buy/Rent Movie Source Material Review How can you possibly go…

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  • Review: Sorority Row (2009)

    Sorority Row Rating Director Stewart Hendler Screenplay Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger, Mark Rosman Length 101 min. Starring Briana Evigan, Margo Harsman, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Leah Pipes, Audrina Patridge, Matt O’Leary, Julian Morris, Carrie Fisher, Caroline D’Amore, Matt Lanter, Maxx Hennard MPAA Rating R for strong bloody violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and partying. Buy/Rent Movie…

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  • Review: Saw V (2008)

    Saw V Rating Director David Hackl Screenplay Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan Length 92 min. Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good, Mark Rolston, Carlo Rota, Greg Bryk, Laura Gordon, Joris Jarsky, Mike Butters MPAA Rating R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity Buy/Rent…

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  • 1976 at the Oscars

    The Los Angeles Film Critics, in only their second year, started off awards season with another tie. Just as they had done with their first awards the previous year, they split Best Picture honors between two films, the acerbic Network and the feel-good Rocky. The National Board of Review, New York Film Critics and National…

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  • Review: Saw II (2005)

    Saw II Rating Director Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman Length 93 min. Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Leight Whannell, Mpho Koaho, Beverley Mitchell, Tim Burd, Barry Flatman, Lyriq Bent, Dina Meyer MPAA Rating R (For grisly violence and gore, terror, language…

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  • Review: Saw IV (2007)

    Saw IV Rating Director Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, Thomas Fenton Length 92 min. Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mike Realba, Marty Adams, Sarain Boylan, Billy Otis, James Van Patten…

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  • Review: Saw III (2006)

    Saw III Rating Director Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay Leigh Whannell, James Wan Length 113 min. Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer, Leigh Whannell, Mpho Koaho, Barry Flatman, Lyriq Bent, J Larose, Debra Lynne McCabe, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell MPAA Rating R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences…

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  • Producers Guild Mimics Academy

    In a move that Producers Guild of America said was “in support of” the Academy’s decision to increase the number of Best Picture nominees to 10, the PGA has done the same. It isn’t hard to see what is really happening. The PGA wants to continue its streak of strong predictive capabilities and jump on…

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  • The DVD Report #122

    A cultural phenomenon in the 1980s, Fame, the Alan Parker directed film from 1980, and Fame, the subsequent TV series that ran from 1982 to 1987, have been given new DVD releases to coincide with the release of the new film version of Fame. The original film was nominated for six Oscars and won two.…

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  • 1975 at the Oscars

    Early on it seemed as though Nashville would be invincible in the 1975 Oscar race. Right off the bat it tied with Barry Lyndon as co-winner of the National Board of Review award, then went on to win the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics awards all by its lonesome. The…

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  • Review: Halloween (2007)

    Halloween Rating Director Rob Zombie Screenplay Rob Zombie Length 109 min. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Skyler Gisondo, Danny Trejo, Bard Dourif, Dee Wallace, Pat Skipper MPAA Rating R for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity and…

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  • Review: Halloween II (2009)

    Halloween II Rating Director Rob Zombie Screenplay Rob Zombie Length 105 min. Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Chase Vanek, Scout Taylor-Compton, Bard Dourif, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Margot Kidder, Brea Grant MPAA Rating R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, and some crude sexual content and nudity Buy/Rent Movie…

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  • Review: Saw (2004)

    Saw Rating Director James Wan Screenplay James Wan, Leigh Wannell Length 103 min. Starring Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Mike Butters, Paul Gutrecht, Michael Emerson, Benito Martinez, Shawnee Smith, Makenzie Vega, Monica Potter, Ned Bellamy, Alexandra Chun, Avner Garbi, Tobin Bell MPAA Rating R (For strong grisly violence and language)…

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