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Are audiences growing up – and can Hollywood grow up with them?

Trying to get Hollywood to change direction is not unlike trying to steer an elephant by poking it in its thick-hided ass with a matchstick; it doesn’t exactly respond like a Maserati. And that’s a problem because there are some box office signs suggesting the American movie industry needs – may, in fact, desperately need, …

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Oscars (part 2)

I will leave the discussion of what/who won/didn’t win and why/why not to others.  I have only one concern:  Did it work? For the now befuddled, let me recap what I laid out back in January when the 2011 Academy Award nominations were announced: A year earlier, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences …

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‘The King’s Speech’ Wins Big at the British Independent Film Awards

Winner of the best film at The Toronto International Film Festival, The King’s Speech has managed to snag five more awards including Best British Independent Film, Best Screenplay (David Seidler), Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter). The night’s other big winner was Gareth Edwards, who …

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