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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Director

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The competition: Ridley Scott for “American Gangster”, Joe Wright for “Atonement”, Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, ...

WGA Nominees & The Screenplay Oscar Categories

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I got 4/5 for each of the categories, predicting "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and "Atonement" instead of ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

WGA Predictions

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The Writers Guild of America announces their picks for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay tomorrow. These are often a dece...

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

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The competition: Saoirse Ronan’s young writer in “Atonement”, Julia Roberts’ Texas socialite in “Charlie Wilson’s War”, Amy Ryan’s troubled...

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

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The competition: Casey Affleck’s devoted right-hand man in “The Assassination of Jesse James”, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s sarcastic CIA agent...

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical

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The competition: Amy Adams’ buoyant princess in “Enchanted”, Nikki Blonsky’s energetic dancer in “Hairspray”, Ellen Page’s pregnant teen in...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical

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The competition: Tom Hanks’ sleazy politician in “Charlie Wilson’s War”, Ryan Gosling’s delusional boyfriend in “Lars and the Real Girl”, P...

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

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The competition: Keira Knightley’s abandoned young woman in “Atonement”, Julie Christie’s Alzheimer’s patient in “Away from Her”, Jodie Fost...

Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

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The competition: Denzel Washington’s determined mobster in “American Gangster”, James McAvoy’s wrongly accused servant in “Atonement”, Viggo...

DGA Nominees and the Race for Best Picture

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The Directors Guild of America announced their nominees today. I correctly predicted 2/5. JULIAN SCHNABEL, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY...

BFCA Awards: Missable

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The Broadcast Film Critics Association held their awards on VH1 earlier tonight. I had never watched this telecast before, and I only watche...
Monday, January 7, 2008

DGA Tomorrow

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The Directors Guild of America announces their picks tomorrow morning. This is a huge indicator of Oscar contenders. The interesting thing i...

Home Video (It Just Gets Worse): Next

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Next Directed by Lee Tamahori Released April 27, 2007 I rented this mainly for two reasons: I was seeking mindless entertainment and I could...
Friday, January 4, 2008

Home Video High-Tech Garbage: Transformers

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Transformers Directed by Michael Bay Released July 3, 2007 The entire set-up behind this big-budget summer remake of the 1980s series is fla...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Moving On: 2007

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2007 has come and gone, and I must say that it was my most exciting year yet in movies. I saw 112 movies ("Alvin and the Chipmunks...
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Fun But Come On: Alvin and the Chipmunks

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Alvin and the Chipmunks Directed by Tim Hill Released December 14, 2007 This might stick out like a sore thumb in comparison to my other the...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Nothing Great About It: The Great Debaters

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The Great Debaters Directed by Denzel Washington Released December 25, 2007 This last-minute release that seemingly came out of nowhere feel...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Home Video: The Simpsons Movie

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I realize that I should tread carefully when derailing a well-reviewed film based on a highly successful television series in its 19th seaso...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Not Too Much Going On....

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Everything was abuzz recently with excitement but it all seems to have petered out for the moment. I have seen pretty much everything I need...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Intriguing but Flawed: There Will Be Blood

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There Will Be Blood (Advance Screening) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson To be released December 26, 2007 This tale based on Upton Sinclair...
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