‘No Country For Old Men,’ and ‘There Will Be Blood,’ lead the nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards with eight nominations each. The other nominees for Best Picture are ‘Atonement,’ ‘Juno,’ and ‘Michael Clayton.’ Read the full list of nominees here: Oscars.com
Video Business.com is reporting that several retailers including Trans World Entertainment (FYE, Suncoast & Coconuts) and Newbury Comics are adjusting their high-def DVD shelf space to make more room for Blu-Ray discs and less for HD DVD. Trans World’s VP is quoted as saying, ‘We don’t want to be biased, but it is clearly the …
Informal talks between the striking Writer’s Guild and the AMPTP are expected to resume as early as tomorrow. The talks come after a deal was struck Thursday between the Director’s Guild and the AMPTP. It would be the first sitdown by both sides since formal bargaining broke off on December 7th.
The documentary ‘Polanski: Wanted and Desired’ has been bought by HBO Documentary for distribution in the US. The Weinstein Co. has obtained international rights. This was one of the first big sales of the 208 Sundance Film Festival. The film is the story of the Polish director’s 1977 conviction of unlawful sex with a minor. …
After the critical drubbing of ‘Showgirls,’ ‘Starship Troopers,’ and ‘Hollow Man,’ in the US, director Paul Verhoven returned to the Netherlands to change his career dramatically. The result was a re-uniting with screenwriter Gerard Soetman and the movie ‘Black Book.’ The story is about Rachel, a Jewish girl living in hiding in the Netherlands during …
The J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek prequel premiered its teaser this weekend before screenings of Cloverfield. I personally have always been a big fan of the series, even the so called “bad-ones,” though I will admit, the first Star Trek film was ridiculously boring, other then that, I’ve always jumped on the Kirk/Picard band wagon. …
Paramount is reporting that Cloverfield made an estimated 18.25M on its opening night, breaking the trend in typically lackluster performances by virally marketed films (i.e. Snakes on a Plane). Cloverfield, Directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J.J. Abrams, and a cast devoid of stars was made for around 25M, so all around, I’m sure they’re …
State of Grace is a movie from 1990 that has enough power to last until 2008. It stars a very young Sean Penn, a very young Gary Oldman, a very young Robin Wright (before the Penn) and an old looking as usual Ed Harris. The plot centers around a young Irish hoodlum (Penn) who returns …
We are all familiar with the buzz that’s been flying around for this movie, the big question is, does it live up to the hype?
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