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Invictus, “Extraordinary Late-Career Run” for Eastwood
Awards Daily —
Authority: 146
The usually curmudgeonly Todd McCarthy has been won over by Invictus: Once again in his extraordinary late-career run, Eastwood surprises with his choice of subject matter, here joining a project Freeman had long hoped to realize. In fact, the filmmaker has frequently dealt with racial issues in a conspicuously ...15 hours ago -
From Pin-Ups to Ewoks: Studies in Crap Charts The Tragic Decline of Americas Touring Ice Spectaculars
Runnin' Scared —
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Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Kno...19 hours ago -
Inglourious Basterds for Oscars Best Picture? Gold Derby Thinks So
Inside Movies —
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Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds is by all means a very good film, but has it deservedly secured a place as the Best Picture at the 2010 Oscars this early in the game? The awards blog Gold Derby thinks so -- boldly (and unexpectedly) ... Read more Filed under: Hot Topic , Oscar News Permalink | ...2 days ago -
Throwback Tuesday: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Movie Mobsters —
Authority: 130
133 MinutesDirected By: Milos FormanWritten By: Lawrence Hauban and Bo GoldmanStaring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Will Sampson, William Redfield, and Dean R. BrooksI’m not saying they killed him. They just worked on him. The way they’re working on you. ...3 days ago -
Dude’s Movie Review - Frost/Nixon
BuscoVoice —
Authority: 145
It turns out it wasnt Richard Nixon who was a hateful, vindictive bastard looking to smite anyone that looked at him sideways.3 days ago -
Gold Derby nuggets: Marc Shaiman added to Oscarcast team | Pete Hammond cheers Blind Side | Sasha Stone on state of Oscars race
Gold Derby —
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• Five-time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman is returning to the Oscarcast as musical director six years after conducting the orchestra for Billy Crystal s swan song as host. Shaiman earned three of his four Emmy nods for his work on the Oscars, sharing in the 1992 writing win for penning Crystals opening medley to the ...4 days ago -
In case you still doubt me when I say that at this point, everything is still in race...
The Awards Circuit Blog —
Authority: 440
I rest my case....(thats from Variety, by the by)5 days ago -
Curious how the Oscar ballot process works?
The Awards Circuit Blog —
Authority: 440
Well, we all are to one degree or another, and this article in Variety does a good job of breaking it down. Its quite long, but heres a taste:The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences consists of 15 branches; voters nominate work in their own branch (directors nominate directors, editors nom editors, etc.). ...1 week ago -
‘Precious’ to receive special Producers Guild prize
Dave Karger's OscarWatch —
Authority: 545
The Producers Guild of America announced today that Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire will receive its Stanley Kramer prize next year. The special award recognizes a film that “illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion.” Last year’s Kramer award winner was ...1 week ago -
Can ‘Avatar’ play on DVD?
Dave Karger's OscarWatch —
Authority: 545
Although the Academy hosts official screenings of all the big award hopefuls for Oscar voters, the fact remains that many Academy members prefer to watch the contenders in their living rooms on DVD. But this year, for the first time, we have a 3D film—James Cameron’s Avatar—with a decent shot at a Best Picture ...1 week ago -
UP For Your Consideration
We Are Movie Geeks —
Authority: 578
I loved Pixar’s UP so much. It makes my heart warm to see that this film is campaigning for a spot in the ten Best Picture nominees for this year’s Academy Awards. Variety has the spread below in their daily edition, which has been scanned by the kind folks over at Awards Daily . I personally love the use of ...1 week ago -
Podcast #8 is here for your listening pleasure, as well as an update to the Best Picture predictions!
The Awards Circuit Blog —
Authority: 440
Indeed, and for the first time, the entire staff of The Awards Circuit will be participating in the podcast. The topic is the beginning of Academy Idol, and for a variety of reasons, its a must listen. Check it out here and leave us some feedback!Theres also been some tweaking done to the Best Picture predictions, ...2 weeks ago -
A bad year to expand to 10 Best Picture Nom’s
The Movie Banter —
Authority: 133
As discussed in an earlier post by Craig, this year’s Academy Awards will expand its nomination total to 10. What really gets me thinking is that could the Academy have picked a worse year to expand the nominations. Taking a look back on the movies that have come out this year, this has been a really bad year ...2 weeks ago -
Sneak Peek at Avatar Tonight During Glee
Awards Daily —
Authority: 146
I saw the promos for this last night but can’t find any info online about it. Footage will be shown at some point during tonight’s new episode of Fox’s runaway hit, Glee. I suspect it will eventually find its way to YouTube so keep a look out for it. One of the best things about Avatar now are the low ...2 weeks ago -
RINKU AND DINESH RETURN HOME TO THEIR VILLAGES
The Million Dollar Arm Blog —
Authority: 432
The boys returned home to their respective villages for the first time in almost 2 years… They were greeted in each village by several thousand people and media, and received a real hero’s welcome. Rinku was able to see the house that he built with his contest winnings for his family and Dinesh was able to build ...2 weeks ago -
Predict This Year’s Highest Grossing Oscar Contender
Awards Daily —
Authority: 146
It’s probably a no-brainer that Avatar is take that title home so perhaps it isn’t worth doing an actual contest on this, but I really like the way Loyal has laid it all out at the Corner Cinema , showing that the lowest grossing of the nominated five has won in a long while. But the highest grossing only ...2 weeks ago -
Precious Kills at the Box Office
Awards Daily —
Authority: 146
EW’s Dave Karger takes a look at Precious’ opening numbers and comes up with the possibility, I think for the first time in the mainstream press, that this film could be the frontrunner. However, he doesn’t come out and says he thinks it is – just that the possibility is there: Playing in just 18 ...2 weeks ago -
‘Precious’ lives up to the hype
Dave Karger's OscarWatch —
Authority: 545
While big-studio releases like A Christmas Carol and The Fourth Kind topped the box office chart this weekend, all OscarWatchers’ eyes were on Precious. After dominating this year’s film-festival prizes, the indie drama opened on Friday to very strong reviews, resulting in an 85 grade from Rotten Tomatoes. EW’s ...2 weeks ago -
Times’ 100 Greatest Films of the Decade
Awards Daily —
Authority: 146
The list is alive! From the Times Online, UK. This is a very Brit-centric list — it’s therefore laughable, really, but hey – we take what we can get this time of year. Here are the only two of this year’s Oscar contenders to make the list: In the Loop – 81 The Hurt Locker – 72 More interesting ...2 weeks ago -
India has a seat at table of global influence: US official
Thaindian News —
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By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 7 (IANS) With new players like India and Brazil taking a seat at the table of global influence, the international system that emerged at the end of World War-II is being transformed, according to the top US intelligence official.“We have some new players - Brazil and India - that now ...3 weeks ago
