Category Archives: Academy Awards

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Thin Red Line’

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

The Thin Red Line (1998) marks the triumphant return of American film maker Terrence Malick’s return after a twenty year hiatus from the studio system. Anyone who was anyone in Hollywood circles jumped on the production of the film, even … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Patton’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Patton (1970) which is a bio pic of famed World War II American General George S. Patton. George C. Scott stars as the man who was feared by his enemies, as well as his allies. Patton … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Dirty Dozen’

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick goes behind the lines of World War II France with the 1967 release of Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen. The film stars the legendary Lee Marvin as Major John Reisman, an American OSS (pre C.I.A.) operative chosen … Continue reading →

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Interview: Composer Maury Yeston Talks About Creating ‘Nine’, Writing ‘The Star War Christmas Album’

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Matt Raub

Back in 2002, Rob Marshall took the Broadway film Chicago and turned it into a big-budget Hollywood musical with names like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere. A few years later, Marshall tried to capture lightning in a bottle again by … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Hollywoods Part 2

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Bob Starr

Welcome to the second part of my look at the duplicity that is the Hollywood we know and love (or love to hate in some cases).   Yesterday I delved into the mainstream films, such as Transformers, which get little to … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Hollywoods, Part 1

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Bob Starr

It was an interesting show for the Oscars this year.  From the “Kanye” moment to Sean Penn somewhat proudly proclaiming he’s not part of the Academy.  Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role (The Blind … Continue reading →

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Watch The Academy Award Winning Animated Short ‘Logorama’ Online

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Matt Raub

While most believe that the wins for The Hurt Locker and Kathryn Bigelow were the most deserving and biggest upsets of this years Academy Awards, those are nothing in comparison to the pure excellence of this year’s winner for Best … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wrap Up

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Shannon Hood

The Winners Just call her the giant slayer. Kathryn Bigelow and her modest little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker beat out the behemoth box office champ Avatar for best picture, best director, best original screenplay, best editing, best sound … Continue reading →

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