Oscars, Rants

Are Studios Going to go Small Budget From Now On?

Would a studio rather have an Oscar winning movie or a big blockbuster?  That seems to be a big question out of Hollywood studio execs and although it may seem that studios would want the best quality movie possible, the answer is they don’t care.  Cause like anything else, it’s all about money, and big [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on March 9, 2010

Observations From Oscar Night

The Oscars have come and gone and I can’t believe I spent about 4 hours (including the red carpet preview) watching the Oscars last night.  Wow…do I really need to find something to do on Sunday nights.  I was very happy with the winners announced and was glad to see The Hurt Locker come out [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on March 8, 2010

Snap Review of “A Prophet (Un prophète)”

My review of Jacques Aduiard’s Oscar-nominated prison crime biography “A Prophet”.

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Posted by : Nick Ondras on March 4, 2010

Oscar Week

We are finally here. This Sunday night, March 7th, is the big night: Oscar Night. I for one am extremely excited for the Oscars.  I think it’s the best of the entertainment award shows probably due to the magnitude of what is on the line.  The past couple years might have been a little dull [...]

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Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on March 4, 2010

Oscar Movies – Best Picture Run Down

The month of February is commonly considered a dark period for movies. Nick mentioned that it is the graveyard for film. New releases are basically overshadowed by the award season.  In fact, Oscar nominated films get a distribution boost in February in order to milk the buzz they get from the nomination. So, we know [...]

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Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 8, 2010

Avatar Will Win Best Picture Because of Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing entered the 1985 draft as the best player in the country.  this also happened to be the first year that the NBA turned to their new ping pong ball style way to determine the order for the draft.  Sure enough out of nowhere, the New York Knicks, a struggling team, ended up with [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 5, 2010

Star Trek Oscar Snub

In a year that the Academy expanded the Best Picture pool to 10 films, they had an opportunity to really change the framework to which so-called popcorn movies are judged. The films up for Best Picture are The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Up in the Year, Precious, Inglorious Basterds, Up, The Blind Side, An Education, A [...]

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Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 4, 2010

Nick: Oscar Nominations Reaction

The 2010 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and resulted in surprise, praise and disappointment.

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Posted by : Nick Ondras on February 3, 2010

Snap Review of “The White Ribbon”

My review of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”.

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Posted by : Nick Ondras on January 30, 2010

The Hangover is the Reason the Golden Globes are Better than the Oscars

The award show season is among us as the recent 2010 Golden Globes has come and gone.  There is so much attention given to these award shows, even when it is a down year in Hollywood like this past year has been.  A lot of it can be attributed to the 2007 writers strike for [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on January 20, 2010

Golden Globes Reaction

Last night was quite a night to the kick off the official award season. There were some suprises, some snubs, a great Mel Gibson knock by Ricky Gervais, and a speech from Martin Scorcese that will be remembered for some time. Lets get to it. Best Picture (Drama)/Director – Who would of thought? Avatar retains the [...]

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Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on January 18, 2010

The Reviews Are In: ‘The Lovely Bones’ is a Bomb

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‘The Lovely Bones’ is performing rather poorly considering its writer-director, earning a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with only 16 reviews in.

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Posted by : Nick Ondras on December 4, 2009

Dynamic Comedy Duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscars

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It has just been announced that the dynamic comedy duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be hosting this years Oscars. 28 Weeks Later… This is a pretty shocking revelation for the academy to select 2 co-hosts for the show.  They expect the fan base of the two to be a big pool to [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on November 4, 2009

Oscars Best Picture Category Boost Nominees up to 10 Movies

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The head honchos behind the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Metropolis aka Robotic Angel trailer Airplane! film Finding Nemo buy Blackout trailer 101 Dalmatians ipod has made a bold decision shocking the movie world.  Well maybe not, but in this over hyped  summer 09 movie galor where big hype is making up for [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on June 25, 2009

The Wrong Man Won Best Actor

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Herostratus film Empire divx Smashing Time movie Sunday night was exciting for movies fans around the world, and even though I didn’t watch the entire Oscars because I can only watch fake smiles for the same amount of time Cookie Monster can go without a cookie.  I did perfectly time my viewing of it for [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 25, 2009

Best Oscar Speech of All Time?

Beer Wars dvd 20 Years After buy Sunshine divx The Oscars last night was an evening of Hugh dancing it up, stars all classed out in evening wear, and of course the winners and speeches.  I have to be honest, I did not watch the whole thing, because frankly, it’s really boring.  I did watch [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 23, 2009

Springsteen Couldn’t Wrestle Himself an Oscar Nomination

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download Safehouse dvd American Pie Presents: Beta House movie All Star Comedy Jam dvd The Oscars are tomorrow and this means a lot to some people or very little to most, more on the latter.  There are always arguments to who should win, who should have won or what most people care about, what they [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 21, 2009

Is Anyone Really Excited for the Oscars?

Boa vs. Python movie The Oscars are here!  Most people care about this as much as Dr. Cox cares about Hugh Jackman hosting the Oscars.  That was a reference to the character on the TV show Scrubs and his hate for Hugh.  The over 3 hour bore fest is more enjoyed by fans before the [...]

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Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 21, 2009

Slumdog is OVERRATED

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I know, I know! Everyone loves Slumdog Millionaire.  I’ve heard people saying it’s one of the best movies ever.  My roommates Grandparents actually claimed it might be there favorite movie, and to this I say COME ON! This movie was very good, and very good at best.  It was not great.  The plot was very [...]

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Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 20, 2009