Archive for January, 2009
Will ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Take the Oscars?
With its win for cast ensemble at the annual Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday and it’s mulitple wins at the Golden Globes a couple week’s back, it’s certainly a heavy favorite to win an Oscar for Best Picture. It’s on my list of “must sees” before Oscars BIG night but now, I’m really [...]
Benjamin Button is the BEST
or at least it’s on the road to being the best. On Thursday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its Oscar nominations from the 2008 pool and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the pack with 13 nods! Up for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and a slew of technical [...]
Box Office Results (1/9-1/11)
Gran Torino was a HIT! The flick directed by and starring the incomparable Clint Eastwood took the tops at the Box Office for the first time in it’s five-week run. Last week it was at #14. The nominations for Golden Globes enhanced the interest of filmgoers everywhere.
In the #2 spot, the first chick-flick released in 2009 - Bride [...]
Kate Winslet Takes Gold Twice!
Well, not exactly gold but pretty darn close.
Last night all eyes were on Hollywood as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association annual event celebrating all that is Tinsletown, The Golden Globes, took place and it didn’t disappoint. From Red Carpet arrivals to the on-stage acceptance speeches to the backstage hooligans, the Globes were the place to see and [...]
The Dark Knight Takes On the People’s Choice Awards
Wednesday night was a memorable night for the folks from the Batman series. Nominated for five awards, The Dark Knight took home wins for – Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Cast, Favorite On Screen Match Up (Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), Favorite Superhero (Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne AKA Batman) – making a clean sweep. [...]
Box Office Results (1/2-1/4) and Sadness Rocks Hollywood Again
So…Marley and Me is in the top position for the second week in a row, huh? What is the attraction to that movie? I keep reading (or hearing) that it’s not “all that” so…. If you’ve seen it, I’d love to know your take on it. I’m thinking I’ll wait until the video but maybe [...]
How Will Hollywood Do in 2009?
It’s anybody’s guess. Really. Considering that 2007 ended with a Writer’s Strike prompting 2008 to start off a bit on the slow side and with a potential actor’s strike looming on the horizon as 2009 begins, who knows what the effects will bring?
Today was supposed to be the day a strike authorization ballot was to be cast [...]
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