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Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (top); Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells (bottom) This weekend at the North American box office, a major blockbuster — that's Alice in Wonderland — had the highest per screen average among the top 40 or so hits found at Box Office Mojo. The closest to the $16,631 average achieved by Tim Burton's fantasy adventure was the [...]

2010 Annie Awards International Animated Film Society's 2010 Annie Award nominations: Dec. 1, 2009 2010 Annie Award winners: UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2010 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Up by Pete Docter   PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation Coraline — Laika Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century [...]

Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (bottom) Those expecting to find major surprises in the 2010 Oscar nominations were in for a major surprise: there were very, very few truly unexpected nominees. All five Directors Guild nominees, Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels, and Jason Reitman were shortlisted by the Academy. All but [...]

Penélope Cruz has already won a best actress European Film Award (for Volver in 2006) and since her role in Broken Embraces is borderline supporting, my guess is that Cannes winner Charlotte Gainsbourg (above, with Willem Dafoe) will be the one taking home the prize for her bereaved sexed-out mother in Lars von Trier's Antichrist. But who knows? Oscar winner Kate Winslet (for The Reader) [...]