Archive for February, 2010
Top DVD rentals and sales last week
These were the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 21, according to data from Rentrak Corporation.
TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Couples Retreat
2. Law Abiding Citizen
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife
4. Zombieland
5. The Stepfather
6. Love Happens
7. Surrogates
8. The Hangover
9. The Invention Of Lying
10. [...]
Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Awards winners
Here are the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards, announced earlier today:
BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Duncan Jones – Moon
DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
FILM NOT IN THE [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: The Golden Reel Awards
Here is the list of winners of the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 57th annual Golden Reel Awards:
FILMS
SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR, MUSIC IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
“Up”
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Tom Myers
Supervising Foley Editor: Pascal Garneau
Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis
Sound Effects Editors: Al Nelson, J.R. Grubbs, Teresa Eckton
Foley Editor: [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: Writers Guild Awards
Here are this year’s winners of the WGA Awards:
FILM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal; Summit Entertainment
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air, Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn; Paramount Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Cove, Written by Mark Monroe; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
TELEVISION WINNERS
DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men, Written by [...]
Top movies at the weekend box office, February 19 – 21
These were the top movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:
1. Shutter Island – $40,200,000
2. Valentine’s Day – $17,160,000
3. Avatar – $16,100,000
4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Lightning – $15,300,000
5. The Wolfman – $9,846,265
6. Dear John – $7,300,000
7. [...]
Saturn Awards nominees
Here are the 2010 Saturn Award nominees:
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
The Book of Eli
Knowing
Moon
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
BEST FANTASY FILM
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Lovely Bones
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST HORROR FILM
The Box
Drag Me to Hell
Frozen
The Last House on the Left
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zombieland
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER [...]
Top DVD rentals and sales
Rentrak has announced the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 7. Here they are:
TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Zombieland
2. Love Happens
3. Surrogates
4. Gamer
5. The Hangover
6. Amelia
7. District 9
8. The Invention of Lying
9. Whip It
10. Julie and Julia
10 BEST-SELLING DVDs
1. [...]
Weekend box office, February 5 – 7
These were the top grossing movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:
1. Dear John – $32,400,000
2. Avatar – $23,600,000
3. From Paris with Love – $8,120,000
4. Edge of Darkness – $7,005,000
5. Tooth Fairy – $6,500,000
6. When in Rome – $5,504,000
7. The Book of Eli – $4,835,000 [...]
The 2010 Oscar nominees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the 2010 Oscar nominees. The Academy Award winners will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday, March 7.
Here are the nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: Directors Guild Awards
The Directors Guild of America announced the winners of this year’s DGA Awards over the weekend. Here is the complete list:
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES
Ross Katz, Taking Chance
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
Louie Psihoyos, The Cove
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES NIGHT
Lesli Linka Glatter, [...]
