The Dark Knight Rises: Christian Bale in Batsuit. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ passes $600 million milestone at the worldwide box office Sept. 10 update: The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s…
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain As I sit here writing, I am finding it hard to gather my thoughts together. Most of this essay has already…
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Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. One of this year’s AFI FEST offerings along with “fantasy soccer” by way of Looking for Eric, Viggo Mortensen’s dystopian reality in…
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Freida Pinto + Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast truly = Oscars Precursor? Winners Meryl Streep + Kate Winslet while Producers Guild honors ‘foreigners.’
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Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight With Heath Ledger in mind, Scott Feinberg remembers the various posthumous Oscar nominations and wins – 53 individuals for a total of 70 nominations…
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Critics Poll: Why So Few Faves Winning Critics Groups Awards? A strange thing happened on the way from critical top picks lists and their groups winners.
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Academy Award Predictions: Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood + probable posthumous Best Supporting Actor win for work in year’s biggest worldwide blockbuster.
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Hugh Jackman Oscar Host brings movies back to ceremony + Surprising Best Actor & Best Picture Ties and Sally Hawkins an Academy Award fave?
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Brokeback Mountain Gay Love Scenes censored on Italian TV while heterosexual Sex Scene Left Intact. Accident? Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal star.
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Los Angeles and New York Film Critics winners: 1st Animated movie + Slain Gay leader biopic tops as Sally Hawkins now serious Best Actress Oscar contender.
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Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Bruce Willis looks none too cheerful. The original Die Hard (1988) will have a special 20th anniversary screening on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 7:30…
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As the saying goes, it’s not over until the fat lady sings. Since Amy Adams is anything but fat, that meant another three hours of Oscar give-aways after her rendition…
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Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. A few hours ago, Heath Ledger was found dead at his home in New York City, possibly from an overdose of sleeping pills. He was…
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Tom Hompertz and Louis Waldon in Andy Warhol’s ‘Lonesome Cowboys.’ ‘Gay cowboy movies’ directed by Andy Warhol & Ang Lee: London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival screenings Among the film…
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Independent gay cowboys + transgender traveler + troubled flamboyant author top Spirit Awards + when Oscar overhype turns out to be anything but.
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Brokeback Mountain with Heath Ledger. Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain is without a doubt a culturally significant motion picture. The same-sex romantic drama won numerous awards, it was discussed all over…
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Starring Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton, Marc Forster’s 2001 drama Monster’s Ball offers quality moments that fail to amount to a satisfying whole.
Oscar trivia: 2009 Academy Awards Most nominated films David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, with 13 nominations. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, featuring…
Slumdog Millionaire and Social Inequalities in Superpower-in-the-Making India + Screen Actors Guild Strike Rift pits Matt Damon et al vs Ed Harris et al.
The Dark Knight box office: Is Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman movie truly trailing only James Cameron’s Titanic in North America?
Dysfunctional families: Little Miss Sunshine. With five nods each, the crowd-pleasing dysfunctional family comedy Little Miss Sunshine (US$59 million at the U.S. and Canada box office) and the socio-psychological drama…
AFI FEST showcases Heath Ledger in Casanova: Chaos in Hollywood area. AFI FEST: ‘Casanova’ movie chaos The worst thing I can say about the 2005 edition of the AFI Los…