Dear Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, I am sorry. For the past couple of days, I’ve been planning to write an article about the nominations, which you announced this morning. I was going to call it ‘You Got Screwed,’ and talk about all the different movies and people who should have been nominated …
‘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 …
Tomorrow, all will be explained and the wait will be worthwhile. At least, that’s what fans of JJ Abrams and his latest movie, ‘Cloverfield,’ are hoping. (All indicators and early reviews seem to point to the fact that they’ll get what they want.)
Let’s get this out of the way, right off the top; I’m a Blu-Ray guy. I spent the summer and fall sitting out the high-def war and did some research and ended up deciding that Blu-Ray was the way for me to go. I know other guys who write for this site are in the …
One moment can change everything that comes thereafter. Director Joe Wright’s ‘Atonement’ is an exciting, evocative study of the events surrounding such a moment. The story is one of a family. Briony and Cecilia Tallis are sisters living on an English estate, in the time between World Wars I and II. Robbie Turner is a …
Charlie Wilson drinks. He entertains a large number of women. He goes to Vegas and climbs into a hot tub with several strippers. Oh, and he’s also a Congressman. Based on true events, ‘Charlie Wilson’s War,’ is the story of a Congressman who single-handedly helped the Afghan people drive the Soviets from their country. The …