Gabourey Sidibe was a complete unknown when she beat out hundreds of other candidates in a nationwide casting call for the lead role in Lee Daniels' Precious, but that quickly changed once the film actually came out. The young star garnered tons of acclaim for her fearless performance, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress,…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. UP IN THE AIR As a drama, Up in the Air offers the best of both cinematic worlds; it contains all the…
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The Fine Brothers love to spoil everything, In past years, we've featured their popular videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes and Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History. After seeing all of the big movies of 2009, the brothers are back once again. Their latest video spoils 50 movies released last year (including…
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The BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards happened over the weekend, and Brendon filed his report on the site. To promote the award show, the BAFTA commissioned illustrator Tavis Coburn of Dutch Uncle to create a series of posters, one for each of the five Best Film nominees of the year…
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The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been released, and there are a few small and pleasant surprises in the list. The list of ten films nominated for Best Picture is causing some sensation, as District 9 is among the group. Lest that make you too hopeful, The Blind Side also got a…
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The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to ask Quentin Tarantino about his favorite films of 2009, and the filmmaker responded with the following eight movies... 1. JJ Abrams' Star Trek 2. Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell 3. Judd Apatow's Funny People 4. Jason Reitman's Up in the Air 5. Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate 6. Jody…
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The American Film Institute have announced the official selections for the 2009 AFI Awards, nominations which include the "10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and TV Programs of the Year". You can find out the top tv in both tv and movies after the jump, included in the official press release. AFI AWARDS 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS…
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This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley celebrate Fight Club's 10th anniversary by diving into the film's newly released Blu-Ray, praise Park Chan-Wook's Thirst, express ambivalence about the upcoming Uncharted film, and dissect the Twilight phenomenon as best they can. Special guest Jen Yamato joins us these evening. You can always e-mail us…
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Before Liz Lemon and Peggy Olson struggled with single life in the big city, two strong, unrelated, independent women named Wanda Wayne and Sheneneh Jenkins ruled the cable airwaves (and the crack game). And I'm not sure what zillionth worm hole Richard Kelly opened up last weekend with The Box, but apparently these characters are…
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For the first time, a film has won both the audience award at Sundance and Toronto. Precious, by Lee Daniels, took home TIFF's audience award this weekend. Unlike other festivals, at Toronto the audience award is the top honor, and has previously been won by Hotel Rwanda, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Slumdog Millionaire. Meanwhile,…
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