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2014 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 06:40:39 +0000

Now that it’s all said and done, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony ended largely as expected. ’12 Years a Slave’ won Best Picture, ‘Gravity’ swept the technical achievements, and Matthew McConaughey gave an utterly incomprehensible acceptance speech. How did you do in your Oscar pool? Read this post if you’d like a shot at winning...

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Oscar Poll: Best Director 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:36 +0000

In most years, the Academy likes to pair up the Best Picture and Best Director trophies in sync. After all, how can a movie be the best picture of the year if the director didn’t do the best job making it? Will that be the case again this year, or will voters separate the categories?...

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Oscar Poll: Best Actor 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:00:35 +0000

Yesterday, you made your predictions for which movie would win Best Picture at this Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony. Today, let’s go through some of the other major categories, starting with Best Actor. Is Matthew McConaughey a lock to take home the trophy, or will Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio or Chiwetel Ejiofor claim victory...

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Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2014

Josh Zyber — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:00:35 +0000

The TV advertisements for this weekend’s Academy Award ceremony claim that it’s the tightest race in years. Is that really the case? Which movie do you think will win the Best Picture Oscar this year? More importantly, which movie do you think should win? I’ve created two polls here. Be sure to vote in both....

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 23rd, 2014 – 9.8 m/s^2

Josh Zyber — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:00:27 +0000

That’s a little better now, isn’t it? The last few weeks haven’t seen too many heavy-hitters on Blu-ray, but this week brings us two of last year’s biggest blockbusters, a couple of notable award winners, and some other good stuff. Let’s dig in! New Releases ‘Gravity‘ – I didn’t get out to the theater much...

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Statuesque: 2014 Oscar Nominations

Josh Zyber — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:00:36 +0000

A lot of movie award ceremonies happen this time of year, but let’s be honest that the only one anybody really takes seriously is the Oscars. This morning, ‘Thor’ star Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the 2014 Oscar nominations. Although I didn’t personally get out...

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Statuesque: 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:00:11 +0000

Here we are almost at the end of the year, which means that awards season has officially begun. Several regional critics’ groups have already named their best-of picks for 2013, but let’s be honest; the only movie awards that anyone really cares about are the Oscars and, to a much lesser extent, the Golden Globes...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Thor’ Still Almighty

Luke Hickman — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:19 +0000

It was obvious from the get-go which movie would hold onto the top spot at the box office this weekend. What comes as a surprise is how much heat its counter-programming competition was able to bring. Marvel’s hammer-wielding superhero beat another $38.4 million out of moviegoer’s wallets, bringing its domestic ten-day total to $146.9 million....

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Weekend Movies: Hollywood Takes a ‘Holiday’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:00:06 +0000

Did you really think that someone had the stones to go up against the almighty ‘Thor’?! ‘The Best Man Holiday‘ is the sole wide release this weekend, but it certainly doesn’t stand a chance of winning the box office battle with the God of Thunder. I’d seen the trailers for ‘Best Man Holiday’, but didn’t...

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Now Playing: I’m in a ‘Nebraska’ State of Mind

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:00:07 +0000

Alexander Payne has a knack for creating quirky characters in Oscar-winning films like ‘Sideways’ and ‘The Descendants’. His newest movie strikes a more somber note than his previous work, but still manages to deliver some laughs. The black-and-white road trip drama exposes a family’s appalling behavior when one member believes he’s hit a sweepstakes jackpot....

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