ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE: Oscar’s Docs
Michael Moore shooting Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, Kevin Macdonald’s One Day in September, and Errol Morris‘ The Fog of War are among the 12 Oscar-winning short and feature documentaries to be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Oscar’s Docs, Part Five: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1998–2003" beginning Monday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The screenings will be held Monday evenings through November 23.
“Oscar’s Docs” is a comprehensive screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.
As per the Academy’s press release, [...]
by Anna Robinson | October 8, 2009
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Tags: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Documentaries, Errol Morris, Kevin Macdonald, King Gimp, Linwood Dunn, Los Angeles Screenings, Michael Moore, One Day in September, Oscar’s Docs, The Fog of War, The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
Beyonce’s OBSESSED at the Top of the Box Office
Beyoncé Knowles‘ Obsessed defeated its competition at the North American box office with $28.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
In the Steve Shill-directed thriller, Idris Elba co-stars as a successful asset manager who gets into trouble with his wife (Knowles) when his new temp (Ali Larter) starts stalking him.
At No. 2, last week’s box office winner 17 Again collected another $11.6 million, lifting its domestic total to $39.9 million. Starring Zac Efron, the comedy follows a 37-year-old who gets to relive his past as a 17-year-old.
New release Fighting debuted in third place with $11.4 million. Directed by Dito Montiel, the drama follows Channing Tatum [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 26, 2009
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Tags: 17 Again, Ali Larter, Beyoncé Knowles, Box Office, Channing Tatum, Crank: High Voltage, Dito Montiel, Fast and Furious, Fighting, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba, Jamie Foxx, Jason Statham, Joe Wright, Kevin Macdonald, Monsters vs. Aliens, Obsessed, Peter Chelsom, Robert Downey Jr, State of Play, Zac Efron
Zac Efron’s 17 AGAIN at the Top of the Box Office
Zac Efron’s latest teen comedy, 17 Again, beat the competition at the North American box office this weekend with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Directed by Burr Steers, the film follows a 37-year-old man who despises his existence and gets to relive his past as a 17-year-old. Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon and Michelle Trachtenberg co-star.
Debuting in second place with $14 million was Kevin Macdonald’s thriller State of Play, which stars Russell Crowe as a print journalist who launched his own investigation into the murder of a congressman’s assistant. Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams round out the lead cast.
Things didn’t turned out as well [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 19, 2009
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Tags: 17 Again, Ben Affleck, Box Office, Crank: High Voltage, DreamWorks, Fast and Furious, Helen Mirren, I Love You Man, Jason Segel, Jason Statham, Justin Lin, Kevin Macdonald, Knowing, Miley Cyrus, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicolas Cage, Observe and Report, Paul Rudd, Paul Walker, Rachel McAdams, Russell Crowe, Seth Rogen, State of Play, Virginia Madsen, Zac Efron
Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams in STATE OF PLAY Photos
Ben Affleck
Helen Mirren
Rachel McAdams
Ben Affleck
Robin Wright Penn, Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe in STATE OF PLAY Photos
Sylvia Miles, John Barry at MIDNIGHT COWBOY Screening
Oscar 2009: Robert Pattinson, Sophia Loren, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon
Oscar 2009: Jennifer Aniston, Penélope Cruz, Zac Efron, Daniel Craig
Oscar 2009: Penélope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey
by Deborah Arthur | April 12, 2009
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Tags: Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Kevin Macdonald, Photos, Political Movies, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, State of Play, Thrillers
Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe in STATE OF PLAY Photos
Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe
Directed by Kevin Macdonald and adapted by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, and Billy Ray from Paul Abbott’s television series, the thriller State of Play stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jeff Daniels, Justin Bateman, and Michael Berresse.
State of Play opens in the US on April 19.
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Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams in STATE OF PLAY
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Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Russell Crowe
Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe
Jeff Daniels, Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck
Sylvia Miles, John Barry at MIDNIGHT COWBOY Screening
Oscar 2009: Robert Pattinson, Sophia Loren, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon
Oscar 2009: Jennifer Aniston, Penélope Cruz, Zac Efron, Daniel Craig
Oscar 2009: Penélope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Brad [...]
by Deborah Arthur | April 12, 2009
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Tags: Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Macdonald, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Photos, Political Movies, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Russell Crowe, State of Play, Thrillers, Tony Gilroy
BAFTA Scotland Awards 2007
2007 BAFTA Scotland Awards
2007 BAFTA Scotland (aka Scottish Bafta) award winners: City Halls in Glasgow on November 18, 2007
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The Last King of Scotland, an early 2007 release in the United Kingdom, was the big winner at the 2007 BAFTA Scotland awards. Directed by Kevin Macdonald and written by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, the fictional drama revolves around the complex relationship between a Scottish doctor (BAFTA winner James McAvoy) and Uganda dictator Idi Amin Dada (Forest Whitaker). The American Whitaker — despite having received raves and assorted awards elsewhere earlier in the year (as a 2006 release in the U.S.) — was deemed ineligible for the Scottish BAFTAs, as the awards are geared to [...]
by Andre Soares | November 18, 2007
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