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. Gamer [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Tooth Fairy – $4,500,000 8. Crazy Heart – $3,025,000 [...]
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 [...]
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. Zombieland [...]
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 8. Crazy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
