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One of 2012’s best, ‘Lincoln,’ marches onto Blu-ray
One of last year’s very best films, Lincoln, arrives on Blu-ray today. This excellent historical epic, which garnered its lead, Daniel Day-Lewis, another Best Actor Oscar, is also being sent on DVD to most school districts across the United States, so hopefully, it can become a standard for generations to come. Lincoln steps right where […] More
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Watch 2013 Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts: The Longest Daycare’
Regardless if you care about the Oscars or not, everyone watches for two main reasons: to see the stars strut their stuff on the red carpet, and to participate in a yearly Oscar pool. So every year, we try and make it a little easier for everyone who’s having trouble choosing their picks. Not too […] More
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‘A Cat in Paris’ never truly actualizes its self-imposed expectations
A Cat in Paris Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol Written by Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Alain Gagnol France, 2010 As contentious as every Oscar inevitably is, one of the few areas of consistency is in the Best Animated Feature category (and perhaps the Best Documentary Feature). The 84th Academy Awards saw five worthy candidates, […] More
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TJFF 2012 Roundup: The good, the bad, and the ugly
With the 20th Toronto Jewish Film Festival now behind us, it’s time to look back at all the films screened and determine which were the good, the bad, or the ugly. The Good OSS 117: Lost in Rio The most complimentary thing you can say about Michel Hazanavicius is something everyone acknowledged after his Oscar-winning […] More
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Strangest & Most Controversial Moments In the History of the Academy Awards (Pt.1)
The saying goes: If Hollywood is really the movie capital of the world, then Oscar night is the world’s biggest wrap party, and like all parties, each event comes with unwelcome guests, embarrassing situations, strange fashions and controversial moments. In fact, controversy and the Oscars seem to go hand in hand and despite the fact […] More
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Piranha 3D Aims For An Oscar Nomination
Thanks to filmschoolrejects.com for posting this video from Funny Or Die. Piranha 3D directed by Alexandre Aja (High Tension) is set to be released this week and the stars of Ale film have taken to an early campaign to have the film be in consideration for an Oscar. Piranha 3D: For Your Consideration from Piranha […] More
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Trailer: The Secret of Kells (The Oscar nominee you never heard of)
The Secret of Kells surprised just about everyone with it’s Oscar nomination this year. The Irish-Belgian-French animated feature film by Cartoon Saloon (who also created the television series Skunk Fu!) premiered on February 8, 2009, at the Berlin International Film Festival. It went into wide release in Belgium and France on February 11, and in […] More
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Sony Pictures has a runaway hit in Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Is Oscar Gold on the way?
In an unsurprising piece of news, director Kenny Ortega’s posthumous Michael Jackson documentary Michael Jackson’s This Is It had a sensational gross over the first five days of its release. The film became “…the highest-grossing concert film worldwide” in the five days since its release. The $101 million dollar worldwide gross pushed the film well […] More
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Help us get Sam Rockwell an Oscar Nomination
Director Duncan Jones is on a mission to get actor Sam Rockwell an Oscar nomination by getting behind a grassroots fan campaign. Sony Pictures isn’t offering to put any money into any sort of promotion and so we here at Sound On Sight are helping out. Personally I think Duncan should also be nominated for […] More
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Awkward Kissing on Harry Potter set/A Rose by any other name./”Asteroids” movie: is this a joke?/My Sister’s Keeper includes a performance not to be forgotten
Awkward Kissing on Harry Potter set Emma Watson (“Harry Potter’s Hermione) recently commented that “…in a new interview on the BBC’s “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross,” the 19-year-old revealed kissing Rupert (Grint), who plays teen wizard Ron Weasley, was just about the most uncomfortable filming experience she’s had in her career so far.” Emma commented: […] More