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'April Foolish' Oscar Predix In All Categories But...
...Best Actress. I know. I know. I'm like those annoying repetitive "coming up on _______" interstitials which tell you what you're about to see about 20 times before you actually see it. But these...
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"Hello Gorgeous" How Many Streisands Have You Seen?
Today is the 70th birthday of the legendary Barbra Streisand who we always call Babs. We were chastized in the comments for not celebrating and we get it. There's only one of her, a national treasure....
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Burning Questions: Romantic Comedy Pet Peeves
as tempting as it is, we can't blame everything on Kate Hudson Michael C. here with some constructive criticism for the rom-coms of the world. Is there any genre in more dire straits than the romantic...
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A Look at Pixar's Forgotten Treasure
Amir here. With Brave’s release on the horizon and Nathaniel writing a lot more about animated films lately, I’ve been thinking about Pixa. Let's talk about a film not many people talk about these...
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Tsk-tsk. This week's edition of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" has been postponed. It couldn't be helped. But if you've already watched it, start discussing over at The Film's The Thing where one entry...
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The Wrap Glee's Chris Colfer is Struck By Lightning in a darkly comic high school movie which he also wrote. It's a Tribeca hit. Will it transfer outside the festival?Art of the Title Saul Bass' work...
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Lifeboat of Pi
Despite having not read "Life of Pi" in its previsual form -- I know I know -- I found myself unduly excited this morning seeing this image from the Ang Lee adaptation. Is it because I love cats?...
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Any movie plans? Errant cinematic thoughts to unpack? We'll listen. And hopefully you'll inspire future blog posts. Sound off in the comments.
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Three Notes On Two "Django" Photos
As you may have heard-seen, two official images from Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained have hit the net. Let's discuss both. We'll start with Leonardo DiCaprio as the villain Calvin Candie Between...
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The Awl remembers actress Milla Jovovich's debut album "The Divine Comedy". OMG I loved this record in 1994 and I didn't know anyone else knew it.Celebitchy Matthew McConaughey designed his own assless...
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Happenings: Jackman, Spacek, Turner, Fillion, Kidman
I'm losing patience with today's scientists. The world has changed so rapidly in my lifetime but there doesn't seem to be any progress with teleportation. I don't know about you but I need to be in...
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Misleading Headline Of the Week!
Saw this on my google reader feed via Coming Soon yesterday and giggled. It's technically true but if it were literally true -- Julianne Moore AS Carrie - I'd have to rethink my preemptory distaste for...
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First Best Actress Predictions of the New Oscar Year
"Are you actress psychic?" It's a question I've often asked in conjunction with prediction contests. I'm still working out details as to what we'll do for an Oscar contest this year but in the meantime...
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Hot Docs: Paolo's Opening Reactions
Paolo here. All world class cities have a lot going on in arts and cultures and this is especially true of Toronto for film lovers. So here I am apologizing that I missed the Kathleen Turner Mini-Film...
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Smash: "The Movie Star" & "Publicity"
So much to discuss to catch up. Smash is playing up the movie angles with Actors Studio & sequel jokes, Uma guest starring, Bollywood numbers, multiple Monroes, and the general lame practice of...
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The Fabulous Linker Boy
Forbes an awesomely nerdy calculation of Smaug's wealth from The Hobbit. It's from the "fictional fifteen" of the wealthiest characters from movies, books, and tv. Grantland looks at the end of the...
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Take Three: Michael Rooker
Craig here with this week's Take Three. Today: Michael Rooker Take One: Slither (2007)Rooker has a very bad time of it in Slither. For starters, he plays a brute and tyrant, and is almost...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "Hope Springs"
I'm such a ditz. Last week we learned that Meryl Streep really needed more potassium in her diet -- the marketing for her new comedy Hope Springs is obsessed with those bananas -- and perhaps because...
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Disney Parks
When's the last time you went to a movie amusement park? For reasons I can't figure I was having multiple flashbacks about Disney World today. Maybe it's because summer is on the way? I've only ever...
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April. It's a Wrap
So.... we stayed very dry this month. So sorry about the annual April Showers event which just didn't happen. April's other traditional event (New Oscar Predictions) did finally happen and the...
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