Category Archives: Academy Awards

2012 Oscar Nominations Announced

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

At 5:30 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their nominations for this year’s Oscars. Hugo leads with 11 total nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The Artist scored 10 nods. Some … Continue reading →

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The Oscars Pull Out the Stops With an All-Star Trailer

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Matt Raub

For those who immediately tuned out the news about the 2012 Academy Awards after they heard that “retired” host Billy Crystal would be dusting off his tuxedo to get back up on stage, they had no idea what extents the … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Die Hard’

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the John McTiernan holiday action classic Die Hard. It stars Bruce Willis as tough New York cop John McClane who arrives in Los Angeles during the Christmas holidays to reconcile with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) who … Continue reading →

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Oscar Bait Ahoy with the Trailer for De Niro in ‘Being Flynn’

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Matt Raub

As we draw closer to the 2012 award season, you can expect so see more and more films that folks like to refer to as “Oscar bait” which are considered films that actors use purely for the sake of an … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Alligator’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the classic “animals run amok” monster movie Alligator (1980). The film stars Academy Award nominee Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, and Henry Silva. Alligator is a well written, tongue in cheek horror film centered … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Blue Thunder’

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday pick is the action thriller Blue Thunder (1983) directed by John Badham (Dracula, War Games). The film stars Roy Scheider (Frank Murphy), Malcolm McDowell (Colonel Cochrane), Daniel Stern (Richard Lymangood), Candy Clark (Kate), and in his final … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999), a newer take on Washington Irving’s legendary 1820 novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a New York City police constable who is sent to the … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Hunt for Red October’

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the John McTiernan thriller The Hunt for Red October (1990). Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, and James Earl Jones star in this Cold War classic about a Soviet naval commander and a new … Continue reading →

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