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The Lesson for This Year's Oscar Nominees? Don't Be an R-rated Film!
For a list of the complete nominations, go HERE. As always, click on the movies with links for the original theatrical review. I write a lot about the inexplicable trend of how the various year-end...
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Katie Aselton, Kate Bosworth and Lake Bell on Black Rock, Superman and...
I hope Katie Aselton, Kate Bosworth and Lake Bell decide to make another movie together. One of the best things about their Sundance film, "Black Rock," -- directed by Aselton -- is the banter in the...
View ArticleForgotscars '12: Celebrating the Oscar Snubs
The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were just announced, and as is always the case on "Oscar morning," there were glaring omissions. This morning, however, the snubs were especially...
View Article'The Artist': How Did a Dialogue-Free Movie Earn a Screenplay Oscar Nomination?
Hey, why shouldn't Michel Hazanavicius have earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination for "The Artist"? What could be more original, in 2011, than writing a movie that is silent and...
View ArticleThe Iron Lady
The Iron Lady is an interesting example of the limits of movie biography and the manner in which contemporary political and social trends leak into motion picture storytelling. Starring the...
View ArticleDemi Moore Hospitalized For Substance Abuse Issues: Report
Actress Demi Moore was taken to the hospital on Monday night after having a reported substance abuse issue. Per TMZ, a 9-1-1 call was made from Moore's Los Angeles home at 10:45 p.m.; upon arrival,...
View ArticlePrecious little is known about Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Django Unchained" beyond its absurd cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Joseph...
View ArticleLooks like you can throw another shrimp on the barbie for Geoffrey Rush! (Alternate hack stock Australian cliche: THAT'S a knife!) The "King's Speech" actor was named Australian Of The Year 2012. Not...
View ArticleIt looks like Tracy Morgan wasn't the only person in Park City to faint during the Sundance Film Festival. At a midnight screening for the horror anthology "V/H/S" an audience member passed out and was...
View Article"Chapter one. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Uh, no. Make that He romanticized it all out of proportion." Woody Allen is known for his long, loving portraits of New York...
View ArticleRodrigo Cortes has never seen "127 Hours." Cortes, director of the Sundance entry "Red Lights," has somehow steered clear of Danny Boyle's hallucinogenic depiction of a hiker (played by James Franco)...
View ArticleAnd you thought having lunch at your favorite burrito place on Wednesday meant you were having a good week! On Sunday evening, New York Giants senior vice president of player evaluation Chris Mara...
View ArticleIn 2009, Warner Bros. made a little film starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms called "The Hangover" for around $35 million. In 2012, those actors want a reported $45 million combined...
View ArticleChristopher Plummer is familiar with the salted-hair chaps vying for this year's Best Supporting Actor, except for -- surprise! -- the group's sole youngster: Jonah Hill. Plummer said it has less to do...
View ArticleSnow boots vs. documentaries Search engines vs. directors Sundance vs. beverage companies It's not just the movies that square off at The Sundance Film Festival, the big brands and the festival...
View ArticleWhen Jonah Hill's name was called out as an Oscar nominee Tuesday morning, there were audible rumblings of surprise and, dare we say, disapproval. While the blogosphere buzzed over why the...
View ArticleNicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his portrayal of Merlin in the 1981 film "Excalibur," has died at age 75. His son, Luke, posted the sad news to the actor's official website. "Dad...
View ArticleLiam Hemsworth Nabs Lead In Romantic Drama, 'Timeless'
After turning his movie romance into a real life liaison then nabbing a role in the highly anticipated "Hunger Games," Liam Hemsworth has finally graduated to the next level of stardom: lead heartthrob...
View ArticleBrad Pitt On Steven Soderbergh's 'Moneyball': 'Nobody Wanted To Buy Disgraced...
It turns out that not even a man as charming, handsome and talented as Brad Pitt can sell a perceived lemon. Back in 2009, when Sony unceremoniously dumped Steven Soderbergh's vision for "Moneyball"...
View ArticleRussell Crowe Tweets Support For Oscar-Snubbed 'Drive' Stars Ryan Gosling And...
As it turns out, you weren't the only person dismayed by the Academy Award nominations on Tuesday. Former Best Actor winner Russell Crowe seems positively outraged that one particular movie didn't bask...
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