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Oscar Season Chat #3 From Guest Columnist Bestselling Author David L. Robbins

There is an ambition among the best of films – and the best of filmmakers – for the work to carry the same dramatic heft and dignity, be treated with the same respect and appreciation as a fine work of literature.  Think of the best works of Welles and Lean, of Kubrick and Coppola. Citizen Kane has …

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Oscar Season Chat #2: A Conversation with Reviewer Stephen Whitty

At a time of the year that’s all about picking the best of the best among movies, it seems singularly appropriate to talk to someone whose year-round profession is assaying the good and the bad up on the big screen. “I’m one of the few people on the paper who’s never had a journalism class, …

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Oscar Season Chat #1 From Guest Columnist Actor Chris Sarandon

What makes good movies good? As award season approaches its Oscar peak, it seems a fitting time to consider just what makes a movie stand out from the pack?  What’s the difference between the popular, and a true creative accomplishment? I’m lucky enough to have worked with Chris Sarandon and he was gracious enough to …

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83rd Academy Awards Nominations: The Academy Hates Christopher Nolan

In what has to be a shocking development, Christopher Nolan was snubbed in the Best Director category for his brilliant work on Inception.  This is the second time that Christopher Nolan has gotten snubbed.  I wonder what he has to do to get nominated.  Inception still made it into the ten along with 127 Hours, …

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“Jackass 3D” For Best Picture?

Paramount has drawn up a “For Your Consideration” ad for Jackass 3D in hopes that the Academy will consider the film to be worthy of awards in multiple categories, including Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Best Picture.  Well, it’s more likely a stunt to promote the film’s imminent DVD release, but considering Three 6 …

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Oscars To Broadcast In January ?

With the last Academy Awards not even 5 months behind us, next year’s ceremony is already in talks. After the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced yesterday that they were considering moving the ceremony forward to January, they announced today that they would go ahead and stick with …

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If I Ran the Oscars

This may be the year the Oscars get out of their ratings slump. The expanding of the Best Picture category from five to ten was a smart move. Its big enough to include red state crowd pleasers (The Blind Side), fan boy fare (District 9), the biggest movie ever (Avatar), and at least one ballsy …

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Revival of the Fittest: The Criterion Collection presents ‘Revanche’

Revanche is a tough slow, depressing film, but incredibly well-acted, consistently believable, and an always entertaining, modest, satisfying arty crime story. – Revanche (2008) Directed by Gotz Spielmann Australia – 122 mi. Color Criterion Spine #502 “If you plan revenge, dig two graves,” the saying goes… A prostitute trying to escape her desperate existence, her …

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