Battle Los Angeles movie box office: Critical dud has no chance of breaking even in the domestic market. Also, Red Riding Hood is a total flop. Amanda Seyfried stars.
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Oscar comebacks: Adrien Brody in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. Generally speaking, most actors, actresses, and directors either get that once-in-a-lifetime Academy Award nomination, or, if they’re lucky, a couple or…
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National Film Registry Adds Fast-Decomposing and super-rare Star Wars sequel and Demon Possession Rarity plus original The Front Page. What’s the use?
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Julie Christie, easily one of the most compelling performers of the last half-century and an ardent political activist for liberal causes, has her day on Monday, Aug. 2, as part…
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Joseph Losey 1963 classic The Servant with Dirk Bogarde and James Fox. Sarah Miles also stars. “Among the greatest things that happened to British cinema were the arrival on our…
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The Genie Awards 2008 ceremony, held last night in Toronto, was dominated by Sarah Polley’s remarkably accomplished directorial debut, Away from Her, which won a total of 7 awards. The…
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban on the red carpet at the 2008 Oscars. Nicole Kidman has been nominated for two Best Actress Academy Awards: Baz…
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Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek, Ellen Page and nominated directors: Oscar Nominees Luncheon plus humongous group photo.
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Oscar Predictions: Death and mayhem + feel-good teen pregnancy movie and an 85-year-old veteran actress in her first Academy Awards race.
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Russian Mafia + Rwanda Genocide top English-Language-centered Genie nominations + DGA and ASC Awards + Maribel Verdú is named Best Actress.
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Golden Globe Awards: Non-English-Language non-ceremony shockers as less commercial non-Hollywood movies top several major categories.
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What are the BAFTA Awards? British cinema showcase or Hollywood-on-the-Thames? + David A. Grafton Academy honor for technological contributions.
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Critical Thinking and Oscar Influence: Can a correlation be attested throughout the years? Are American critics’ favorites Academy Award frontrunners?
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Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis + Amy Ryan and the Coen Brothers: More Critics winners include Oscar fave Javier Bardem + inspirational French drama.
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Julie Christie Best Actress: 1965 Oscar Winner Returns while brutal violence is early awards season favorites thanks to bloody Joel and Ethan Coen thriller.
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Julia with Jane Fonda & Vanessa Redgrave A newly struck print of Fred Zinnemann’s moving and beautifully shot 1977 Academy Award nominee Julia will be screened as part of the…
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Doctor Zhivago theme: Lara & the Russian Revolution When bigger isn’t exactly better: Doctor Zhivago – despite its classic music theme – is no masterpiece. Bloated and overlong, it fails…
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Director James Ivory’s producing partner Ismail Merchant has died Ismail Merchant, longtime movie producer and sometime director, died today in London. The cause of death was not immediately made available.…
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J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan origins: Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland opts for crowd-pleasing myths instead of a depiction of a darker, more complex reality.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) movie review: Alfonso Cuarón’s big-screen version proves that CGI and movie magic aren’t the same thing. Daniel Radcliffe stars.
Strangely, Dirk Bogarde never became a major star in the United States. He was well known in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s, but he wasn’t the superstar he…
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…
Oscar Nominations: Greed and murder + corruption and deception while Vanessa Redgrave bypassed + Julie Christie to break acting category record?
No Country for Old Men Awards: Joel and Ethan Coen violent thriller is US critics’ Best Film + More Winners and Top Ten Undistributed Films.
Julie Christie today: Critical praise for ‘Away from Her’ Julie Christie today in Away from Her. Via The [London] Guardian - Tim Adams’ “The divine Miss Julie” in The [London] Observer:…
Johnny Depp is a lifeless, Disneyfied version of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie in Marc Forster’s feel-good family tragedy Finding Neverland.