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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 that you are not going to hit up the theaters for new releases. Instead, we know that you all are going to try to catch up on the Oscar movies that you didn’t get to see the first time around.  Get this, “An Education” went from 100 theaters before being nominated for the award, to over 700 after receiving the nod for Best Picture. However, Summit’s “The Hurt Locker” was sent to DVD, which went from being in theaters to being completely removed. Theaters will not show movies that get sent to DVD FYI. So, Summitt messed up.

As we are in the Oscar season, there is trophy talk everywhere. We have a year where 10 films got nominated and lots of movie hooplah to go through.  Since we know you all are trying to play Oscar catch up, we wanted to help you out.   Here are the 10 films nominated for Best Picture and our review for each one.

1. The Hurt Locker

2. Avatar

3. Up in the Air

4. Precious

5. Inglorious Basterds

6. The Blind Side

7. District 9

8. An Education

9. UP

10. A Serious Man

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What a profitable Thanksgiving it turned out to be for Hollywood! The biggest Thanksgiving box office ever actually. The holiday five-day weekend was up from last year when Four Christmases took the top spot. However this time around, The Twilight Saga: New Moon nabbed #1 for the second weekend in a row. Chris Weitz’s tween-targeted hit raked in another $42.5 million since Friday and $67 million since Wednesday. This comes as no surprise, though. There were no major competitors to New Moon’s crown that opened in theaters for the holiday traffic. Even Disney’s Old Dogs, which was expected to be a big success, sort of bombed in the face of Moon. The film’s total is now up to $230.7 million in two weeks, $111 million more than last fall’s Twilight had bagged at this time. Wow!

Sure, nothing topped the latest vampire love story; however the biggest surprise this weekend was how much Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side took in. Last weekend the sports drama (which had the highest opening for a movie in its genre) debuted in second place with $34.1 million, but this weekend it stayed at #2 and went up 17.6% to an annual sum of $40.1 million. This brings its domestic total to $100.3 million in two weeks. Not bad, John Lee Hancock.

Nothing seemed to shake the top three, as 2012 also remained at #3 with $18 million, down 31.8% from last weekend’s haul of $26.4 million. Roland Emmerich’s disaster pic now has a grand sum of $138.8 million, which is still a good $61.2 million away from making back the $200 million the film took to make. Old Dogs had the biggest surprise opening this weekend in my opinion, opening behind 2012 with $16.8 million, barely barking up Wild Hogs $39.7 million debut in March 2007.

A Christmas Carol (which I finally saw this weekend, by the way, and heartily enjoyed) rounds off the top five with just about $16 million. Robert Zemeckis’s movie, starring Jim Carrey, now has a sum of $105.4 million in nearly a month.

Out of the top five-

• James McTeigue’s highly-hyped Ninja Assassin only seemed to attract the fanboys interested, coming in beneath Carol with $13.1 million.
• The nationwide release of Fantastic Mr. Fox helped the Wes Anderson film skyrocket up 3,349.4% to the ninth spot with $7 million.
• John Hillcoat’s The Road, based on the bestseller by Cormac McCarthy, opened just out of the top ten at #11 with $1.5 million in 111 theaters. With an expansion in the coming weeks, the movie’s money pile will undoubtedly only grow larger.
• Disney’s third movie in release, the 2-D highly-awaited The Princess and the Frog did quite well in only two theaters, grossing $712,000. A nationwide expansion on December 11^th will surely help the movie land somewhere in the top ten.
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, starring Robin Wright Penn, debuted with $96,000 in 12 theaters.
• The positive reviews (an 80% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes) for Zac Efron’s first official “grown-up” movie Me and Orson Welles only added to the film rallying $64,800 in only four theaters.

Here are the box office results according to studio estimates Sunday:

1. 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon…$42.5 million
2. 2. The Blind Side…$40.1 million
3. 3. 2012…$18 million
4. 4. Old Dogs…$16.8 million
5. 5. A Christmas Carol (2009)…$16 million
6. 6. Ninja Assassin…$13.1 million
7. 7. Planet 51…$10.2 million
8. 8. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire…$7.1 million
9. 9. Fantastic Mr. Fox…$7 million
10. 10. The Men Who Stare At Goats…$1.5 million

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Wow wow wow, what a story. “The Blind Side,” based off the book ‘The Blind Side’ by Michael Lewis, stars Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and film new comer Quinton Aaron. Aaron plays the main character, Michael Oher, who’s life story is nothing short of incredible. Aaron plays an amazingly likeable character who you will laugh, cry and cheer for. The fact that this story is true is also something to take in.

Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Touhy who is courageous and kind enough to take in a poor, homeless black kid walking the streets of rural Mississippi. The relationship that Touhy and Oher form is as close to mother-son as it can possibly be. It is genuine, touching and inspiring.

I think the most interesting relationship in the movie is between SJ Touhy (played by Jae Head from Hancock) and Oher. SJ has a life size personality trapped in a little person’s body and is hilarious to watch on screen. Head’s comfort in front of the camera is impeccable at such a young age. His character, SJ, is the little brother that you always wanted, but never had. His chemistry on screen with Aaron (Michael Oher) is the most dynamic as the two are both brothers and friends.

The movie was beyond inspiring. I got lucky enough to attend the premiere, which was full of VIP’s including a ton of guys from the Giants, Jets, and NCAA football. In fact, I got up to go to the bathroom mid movie and ran into Aaron in the bathroom. It was just me and him, doing our thing, and talking about the movie – awesome. It was a great red carpet affair.

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Napoleon Dynamite ipod This movie could have something to say come Oscar time. Bullock is almost a lock for a nomination, and the adapted screenplay as well.

Check out my video review below.