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Weekend Roundtable: Screen Legends Who Never Won Oscars

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:00:51 +0000

Earlier this week, Glenn Close was denied the Academy Award that everybody thought she’d win. The actress can take comfort that this puts her in good company with plenty of other veteran actors and filmmakers who also somehow went without ever winning an Oscar in competition. Maybe Close will get an honorary or lifetime achievement...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 12th, 2015 – If It’s in a Word or It’s in a Look…

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:00:56 +0000

If you’re looking for any major blockbusters to hit Blu-ray this week, you may be disappointed. However, take a closer look and you might find some pretty interesting stuff, including an intriguing horror hit and one of the weirdest sci-fi movies ever made. New Releases ‘The Babadook‘ – From seemingly out of nowhere, this Australian...

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Weekend Box Office: Soft Focus

Luke Hickman — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:00:42 +0000

Terrible storms throughout the nation have once again taken a toll on the domestic box office. Both of the weekend’s new wide releases debuted lower than anticipated, but some Oscar winners scored a nice little bump. In the third weekend of its release, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ got whipped out of the top spot by...

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Weekend Movies: Flatlining

Luke Hickman — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:00:34 +0000

Which sounds more appealing: yet another con man caper flick that leaves you wondering who you can trust, or a short thriller featuring an interesting cast in a story that you saw unfold on the big screen decades ago? The biggest release of the weekend features Will Smith in his first starring role since the...

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‘Maps to the Stars’ Review: Showbiz Satire Too Bitter to Swallow

Philip Brown — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:00:53 +0000

Hollywood is one of the easiest cultures to satirize, which is why it seemed so interesting that David Cronenberg of all people would want to take a crack at it. Surely he’d have some sort of twisted, horrific and psychosexual take on La-La-land that would be worthy of one more scrape from the bottom of...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Maps to the Stars’

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:00:32 +0000

David Cronenberg is a filmmaker with predictably singular cinematic fetishes and obsessions. Yet beyond those ticks that mark his unique directing style, his interests have been hard to pin down over his last few movies. Seemingly disinterested in the genres that once defined his career, he’s now on a quest to define himself as a...

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