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The DVD Report #139: January 19, 2010
Canadian director Kari Skogland takes on both the murderous Irish Republican Army and the duplicitous British occupation force in 1980s Belfast in 50 Dead Men Walking, based on the true story of an Irish Catholic youth recruited by the British as a spy within the IRA. The title refers to the fifty men whose lives…
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Box-Office Report #1: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As expected, Avatar was king over Martin Luther King weekend, bringing in $54.4 million and pulling ahead of the $500 million mark, a milestone reached by only two other motion pictures in history, James Cameron’s own Titanic and 2008’s The Dark Knight. Not only did Avatar break $500 million this weekend, it reached it in…
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Review: Up in the Air (2009)
Up in the Air Rating Director Jason Reitman Screenplay Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Novel: Walter Kim) Length 109 min. Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Eliott, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…
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Review: Julie & Julia (2009)
Julie & Julia Rating Director Nora Ephron Screenplay Nora Ephron (Book: Julie Powell & Book: Julia Child, Alex Prud’homme) Length 123 min. Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.…
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Precursor: Visual Effects Society Nominations
The Visual Effects Society has announced its nominations. Below are those results: Nomination Tallies (11) Avatar (4) Coraline (3) 2012; District 9; Up The Nominations Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Film 2012 Avatar District 9 Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Precursor: Golden Globes
Below are the winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Much will be discussed regarding these winners from the predictable to the unpredictable. Winner Tallies (2) Avatar (2) Crazy Heart (2) Dexter (2) Grey Gardens (2) Up The Winners Drama Picture: Avatar Drama Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
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Precursor: Broadcast Film Critics Association
Below are the winners of the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics’ Choice) Awards. Winner Tallies (6) Avatar (3) Inglourious Basterds (2) Crazy Heart (2) The Hurt Locker (2) Up The Winners Picture: The Hurt Locker Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart Actress: TIE: Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia; Sandra Bullock – The…
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Precursor Predictions: Golden Globes
Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out its Golden Globe Awards. Below are our predictions, starting with a by-category look, then individual agreements/disagreements and commentary. And we’ve also predicted both Film and Television nominations, so you can follow along all night if you like. In addition, below all of these predictions, we have…
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Box-Office Preview #2: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As we move into the first four-day holiday weekend of the New Year, two new movies and one Oscar hopeful going into wide release will try to suck away audiences from James Cameron’s mega-hit, Avatar. Sadly for them, they will all probably come up short. The film that has the best shot at dethroning Avatar…
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Precursor Predictions: Broadcast Film Critics Association
The Broadcast Film Critics Association will announce the winners of its Critics’ Choice Awards on Friday evening. Here are our predictions for tomorrow night’s winners. Because the complexity of the predictions below, I’ll list our predictions by category and then how we each came down on them. The Predictions Picture: Avatar (2); The Hurt Locker…
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The DVD Report #138: January 12, 2010
You now no longer have an excuse for not being able to find 2009’s most acclaimed film in a theatre near you. Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which has appeared on hundreds of ten best lists and won more Best Picture awards than other film this year, has been released on DVD. Although it takes…
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Precursor: American Cinema Editors
Although their own website says January 12, they announced their nominations on January 11. Unprofessional. But anyway, here are the nominations: The Nominations Drama Editing Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Star Trek Up in the Air Comedy Editing (500) Days of Summer The Hangover It’s Complicated Julie & Julia A Serious Man
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Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
Tomorrow, the ACE announce their nominees for Drama and Comedy Editing. Below are our predictions. Drama Editing common predictions Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds predicted by 2 Precious (Wesley, Tripp) individual predictions Moon (Peter) Star Trek (Wes)
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Make-Up Finalists Announced
The Academy has announced the 7 films that will make the basis for the category’s Best Makeup nominations: District 9 Il Divo The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian The Road Star Trek The Young Victoria For the most part, you can probably count on District 9 and The…
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Precursor: American Society of Cinematographers
The nominations for the ASC awards have been announced. The nominees are below: The Nominations Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Nine The White Ribbon Predictions Comparison Once again our shared predictions were correct. The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds both earned nominations. The two films that ended up on three contributors’ lists also ended…
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