The Fighter
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'The King's Speech' & 'The Fighter' Top The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
The role reversal and Oscar season 180 seems complete. Despite its award season hegemony, taking with it almost every conceivable critical prize possible, David Fincher's "The Social Network" came up empty handed once again during the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. "The King's Speech" asser...
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2011 Oscar Nominations: 'The King's Speech' Leads The Pack With 12 Nominations
"The King's Speech" sits on the throne this morning, earning 12 Oscar nominations and looking like the film to beat at the 83rd Academy Awards, while "True Grit" follows with 10 nods and "The Social Network" with 8. Not much in the way of shockers this year, but some pleasant surprises in the mix as...
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David O. Russell Almost Made A 'There Will Be Blood'-Like Film About The Industrial Revolution
Says Darren Aronofsky's Version Of 'The Fighter' Was Much Darker Than His & Many Other Things Gleaned From A Recent MOMI Talk With Spike Jonze“If you don’t like any of my movies, just give it ten years.”
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Rosie Perez Is A Big Fan of 'The Fighter'
Last night, the beautifully designed, newly re-opened Museum of the Moving Image in Queens hosted a screening of “The Fighter,” the first film in their David O. Russell retrospective. That screening was followed by an hour-long conversation between Russell himself and long-time friend and filmmaker Spike Jonze. Jonze interviewed Russell on the condition that when Jonze had a new film out, the Museum would do his retrospective and Russell would return the favor and interview him. (Keep up the great programming, guys, seriously.) It was a candid, funny chat that zig-zagged through Russell’s entire career, starting with his Sundance splash “Span...
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ACE Eddies Nominations Round Up The Usual Suspects, 'Scott Pilgrim' & 'Easy A' Get Some Comedy Love
Yes, we know, it's another guild with more nominations for what seems to be an endless array of industry circle jerking but there is a reason to pay attention to the ACE Eddies awards put together by The American Cinema Editors. It's a very strong augur for the Oscar race with a win here usually ind...
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Fincher, Nolan, Aronofsky, Hooper & Russell Get DGA Noms
Are we looking at the Oscar five? The Director's Guild of America has selected their five nominees and if history repeats itself from last year, these will be your five Oscar nominees (last year Kathryn Bigelow took home both awards).
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No Surprises In 2011 Producers Guild Award Nominations; 'The Town' Becoming An Oscar Contender?
Yawn, another random awards ceremony from yet another industry group, right? Guess again. Last year, when the Academy opened up the Best Picture field to ten nominees, so did the The Producers Guild of America, and nine out of their ten nominees ended up getting Oscar nods as well. So if you're look...
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Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movie Of 2010 Is 'Toy Story 3'
Yes, we're now in 2011, but best-of-2010 lists are still trickling out and none other than Quentin Tarantino has dropped his selections for his favorite films of the past year. And there are some interesting surprises.
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Weekend Box Office: 'Fockers' Shows 'True Grit', Outduels Cowboys (But Not For Long)
2010 ended with a whimper with most studio execs facing an uncertain 2011, as the year closed with eight consecutive weekends of box office earning lower than its 2009 counterpart despite five major 3D releases goosing prices. Of course, 3D is a gimmick, but it’s foolish to consider that each of those five films were relative underperformers due to disinterest in the format when even the most ardent fan must admit to subpar product. Of course, the industry is always looking for a scapegoat when the answer is clearly, “terrible movies are being made and should not be,” so the disappearance of 3D (not likely) will happen before a sudden spike i...
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My Favorite Films Of 2010: Rodrigo Perez
Maybe I'm getting too old, but not many movies truly moved me this year.
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