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.
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: …
Finding Neverland (movie 2004) review: Johnny Depp is a lifeless, Disneyfied version of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie in Marc Forster’s feel-good family tragedy.