Posts Tagged ‘award’
Golden Globe Noms Are Out
This year’s Golden Globe nominations are out. Since studios release their award hopefuls at the end of the year so they’re fresh in everyone’s head, it’s no surprise that the list is filled with movies that have been working the festivals but have yet to get a general release. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has a tendency to reward those who’ve put in an effort to win an award, so it’s not much of a surprise.
What will surprise many people, and possibly bring the Internet to a standstill, is that The Dark Knight only got one nomination. All the people who have been touting this as the most amazingly deep and important comic-book movie in history will be sadly disappointed to realize that no one really cares if you’re not part of the club.
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Tags: award, Cable, festival, Hollywood, nomination
4 Totally Awesome Movies Based On Board Games, And 1 Crappy One
In honor of the announcement that Ridley Scott is going to direct a movie based on Monopoly, I’ve compiled a list of the greatest movies based on board games.
Tags: award, death, disgust, Dragon, game, Horror, Monopoly, monster, parody, prodigy, War
This Date In Movie History: October 8th
October 8th has historically been a pretty good day, at least as far as movies are concerned.
Tags: award, career, character, debut, director, Directors, ending, history, money, Ninja, opening, release, scene, story, weekend
Assessing The Weekend: Genius Remains To Be Seen
The results are in and Beverly Hills Chihuahua cleaned up. Audiences adored the talking dogs to the tune of $29,300,465, easily besting my $24,326,300 prediction.
Tags: award, box office, budget, Christian, disappointment, prediction, release, weekend
5 Incredible Debuts For Actors Turned Director
There are many reasons an actor may decide to step behind the lens. Maybe they’re a control freak or a raging egomaniac that can’t stand someone else telling them what to do. They might get the whole movie thing but can’t even believably play dead. Or maybe it’s just something they’ve always wanted to try. Once in a while they come up with something unique that stands out from the crowd.
Tags: actor, award, classic, debut, director, Hollywood
Germany Hearts Canada
Egoyan is responsible for one of the most beautifully made films in recent years, The Sweet Hereafter- a story of a small town trying to find itself after most of the children are killed in a school bus accident.
Tags: art, award, Canada, festival, Germany, novel
Mickey Rourke, The Comeback Kid
So, the awards for this year’s Venice International Film Festival have been announced, and the Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.
Tags: acting, actor, award, boxer, Mickey Rourke, Movie, Wrestler
Revenge Of The Teenage Girls
Stuart Wilson’s performance is good, but Ellen Page really stands out as Hayley. She transforms effortlessly from a naive kid to a torturous monster. Hayley’s slight figure belies her calculating, controlling demeanor. She’s a wolf in Red Riding Hood’s clothing.
Tags: award, breakthrough, coffee, Ellen Page, girl, Internet, Juno, photographer, Polanski, Stuart Wilson, underage, vengeance
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