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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite College Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:00:27 +0000

This week’s Pixar prequel ‘Monster University’ takes a trip back in time to visit lovable scarers Mike and Sulley in their college days. Today’s Roundtable, therefore, seems like a good opportunity to look at some of our favorite movies about the college experience. Daniel Hirshleifer While it doesn’t have the cachet of ‘Animal House’ or...

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HDD Exclusive Netflix Stream: Week of June 12th, 2011

Dick Ward — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:00:06 +0000

Netflix gives us a pretty fair shake this week. We lose a few classics, but in return get some great movies and TV shows from the last year or so. That’s not a bad trade. Leaving the Stream ‘Kelly’s Heroes’ (6/21): This is one of those movies that I remember watching with my dad back...

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Mid-Week Poll: Has Facebook Changed Your Life?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:00:50 +0000

Drew made an interesting (if totally offhand) remark in yesterday’s Oscar Postmortem. Referring to ‘The Social Network‘, he said that the film was about “a technology that changed our lives.” A couple of readers picked up on this and debated in the comments whether Facebook was really that important. Let’s hear what the rest of...

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Statuesque: Oscar 2011 Postmortem

Drew Taylor — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:08 +0000

Before we get down to analyzing who won which Academy Awards and why those winners outrage me to the point of Charlie Sheen-esque rants, we probably should first discuss the Oscar broadcast itself. Because, really, have you ever seen anything like it before? (And I don’t mean that in a good way.) As I texted...

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Academy Awards 2011 Live-Blog (With Contests!)

Josh Zyber — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:00:48 +0000

This is it, folks! The 2011 Academy Awards air this Sunday, February 27th, at 8 PM EST. We’ll be live-blogging it right here in this space, starting with ABC’s official Red Carpet Special at 7PM. Best of all, we really want to make this fun, so we’re going to have Blu-ray give-away contests all through...

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Statuesque: Drew’s Last-Minute Oscar Predictions

Drew Taylor — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:00:49 +0000

I’ve been writing these Statuesque posts since mid-October, weighing the ups and downs in the tumultuously wavy sea that is the Oscar race. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve argued about movies involving little kid vampires… And it’s almost over! For at least a few months or so, anyway. On Sunday night, the Oscar will be...

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Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:00:02 +0000

This is it, folks. We’re coming down to the wire on the 2011 Academy Awards. In this week’s poll, it’s time for you to tell us your predictions for the big trophy: Best Picture. In this first poll, tell us which movie you predict the Academy will give the award to. Next, give us your...

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Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Director 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:39 +0000

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve done polls on the acting categories at this year’s Academy Awards. This week, let’s predict who will get the Best Director award. You guys should know how this works by now. We’re giving you two separate polls. First, tell us which director you predict the Academy will give...

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Statuesque: Writer’s Guild Awards 2011 – ‘Social Network’ and ‘Inception’ Win Something!

Drew Taylor — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:39 +0000

If you’ve noticed a theme to these Statuesque posts, I’m very sad at the apparent lack of Academy heat around ‘The Social Network’. Not only was its total nomination count dwarfed by ‘The King’s Speech’ (8 compared to 12 nominations), but ‘Speech’ has picked up two substantial awards in the past couple of weeks: the...

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Statuesque: SAG Continues Sharp Decline for ‘Social Network’

Drew Taylor — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:00:51 +0000

Just after I filed a report about how the DGA Awards pretty much signify the death knell for any Oscar chances for ‘The Social Network’, the Screen Actors Guild Awards came along and kicked me while I was down. Guess which movie won two of the four major “actors” prizes? Yep… That damn stuttering king....

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Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Actor 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:00:04 +0000

February is Oscars Month here at The Bonus View. Let’s kick things off with a poll about your predictions for this year’s Best Actor award. We’re going to divide this into two separate polls. In the first, tell us which actor you predict the Academy will give the award to. This has nothing to do...

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Statuesque: DGA Spells D-O-O-M For ‘Social Network’

Drew Taylor — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:12 +0000

Just a couple of weeks ago, I was saying that the Oscar race had been pretty much wrapped up. Based on the nearly unanimous critics’ awards and Top 10 lists, as well as the about-to-be-revealed Academy Award nominations, I thought that the contest was almost undoubtedly over. Despite the way that the press had been...

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