Archive for January, 2008
And the final nine contenders for Best Foreign Film Oscar are…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has settled on nine films that will keep competing for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The films in question are:
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
The Year My Parents Went [...]
Producers’ Guild announces PGA Award nominees
The Producers’ Guild of America announced the nominees for Producer of the Year in four categories – theatrical, animated and documentary film and long-form television – on Monday. The nominated producers have not been named yet, but here is the list of films that received nods from the PGA this year:
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD [...]
U.S. weekend box office, January 11-13
Here are the top ten movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings at Rotten Tomatoes:
1. The Bucket List - $19,392,416 - 40% rotten
2. First Sunday - $17,714,821 - 16% rotten
3. Juno - $13,612,682 - 93% fresh
4. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - $11,302,002 - 33% rotten
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $9,302,895 - 24% rotten
6. I Am Legend [...]
Golden Globes - the winners
The winners of this year’s Golden Globes were announced at a press conference held yesterday. Here they are:
MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
“American Gangster” - Imagine Entertainment/Scott Free Productions; Universal Pictures
“Atonement” - Working Title Productions; Focus Features
“Eastern Promises” - Kudos Pictures - Uk Serendipity Point Films - Canada A Uk/Canada Co-Production; Focus Features
“The Great Debaters” - Harpo [...]
Christian Bale to join Depp in Public Enemies?
Batman star Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to join Johnny Depp in Collateral and Miami Vice director Michael Mann’s upcoming flick Public Enemies. If the talks go well, Bale is expected to play the role of the FBI agent Melvin Purvis, the man famous for pursuing John Dillinger. Depp will naturally star in the [...]
WGA announces Best Screenplay nominees
The Writers’ Guild of America has announced the nominees for this year’s WGA Awards. The awards ceremony will not take place until the writers’ strike is over, the Guild said. The show was originally scheduled to take place on February 9 in Los Angeles.
Here are the nominees:
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno – [...]
National Society of Film Critics names the best of 2007
The National Society of Film Critics honored this year’s best achievements in cinema at the 42nd annual awards ceremony last Saturday.
Here are the winners:
Best Picture – There Will Be Blood
Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
Best Actress [...]
U.S. weekend box office January 4-6
The top ten movies at the U.S. box office this weekend and Rotten Tomatoes’ film critics’ ratings:
1. National Treasure 2 - $20,062,684 - 33% rotten
2. Juno - $15,860,744 - 93% - fresh
3. I Am Legend - $15,717,458 - 67% fresh
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $15,546,125 - 24% rotten
5. One Missed Call - $12,511,473 - 0% rotten
6. Charlie Wilson’s War - [...]
