ROGER EBERT (1942-2013) Roger Ebert passed away today. One of the reasons I, and many such as myself enjoy movies and find troves of emotion, suspense and laughter in each film we see, was the early Siskel & Ebert review show...
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What Were the Surprises? As is tradition, I lost my Oscar pool – No surprise there. My voting is a little more emotional than rational but, in the same vein apparently, so was some of the Academy’s. Big winner of...
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Silver Linings Playbook at the Top of its Game The Independent Spirit Awards for 2013 were handed out last night, under that traditional beach tent in Santa Monica, in a show unevenly hosted by Andy Samberg. We are still wondering...
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A double coast ceremony for the Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 shines a light for Zero Dark Thirty (Winner – Original Screenplay) and propels Argo further (Winner – Adapted Screenplay). Unquestionable momentum for Argo keeps building, but the victory by ZD30 could...
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There are reality checks all the time all over. For Hollywood it comes by way of the Razzies – The Golden Raspberry Awards for the Worst Achievements in Film Making: From Acting to Writing to Ensembles, this award has a...
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How Does the Writing Stack Up? There are ten Oscar nominated screenplays and nine movies nominated for Best Picture. The screenplays nominated, but not as Best Picture include Flight and Moonrise Kingdom, whereas the Best Picture nominations include Les Misérables, not...
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On Sunday Feb 10th, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced its winners. In the category of Film, the BAFTA Awards are the so-called “British Oscars”, and the movie Argo kept up with its winning streak, snatching Best...
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In another slap to the 380 members of Director’s Branch of the Oscars, Ben Affleck last night won the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the movie Argo as selected by the 15,000 plus members of the DGA. In...
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Read here a COMMENTARY on structure and content for each of the scripts nominated to the 2012 Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay: Amour, Django Unchained, Flight, Moonrise Kingdom and Zero Dark Thirty, with links to the screenplays. Like this: Like Loading…
Claims of Fact, Truth and Fiction Let’s get this out of the way first: this is a good movie and it would be surprising if Jessica Chastain did not win the Oscar for her performance. Having said that, all the...
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