The nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced this morning. The awards will take place on Sunday, February 26. Films receiving the most nominations were Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (11 noms) and silent film The Artist (10 noms). Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in...
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Happy News Years Eve, everyone. In honor of the day, we are posting this super cute video that Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt made together. It’s stinkin’ adorable. The two have been friends for quite some time, and starred in 500 Days of Summer a few years ago. The song is entitled “What...
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AKA “the craziest crap you will see today”. I don’t even know who these guys are, but I was immediately obsessed with them after watching this (very NSFW) trailer for their upcoming 2012 movie. It is chock-full of inappropriate stuff: Hacked off appendages Wolves in a foodcourt Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, Jeff...
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I got home from work today and saw that pop culture land was all hot and bothered over this stomach-churning “kiss” in a trailer for a new TLC series called Virgin Diaries. The show will chronicle couples in their twenties, thirties and forties who have saved themselves for marriage. Commendable? Sure. I’ve got no...
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Here’s one that has been on our radar for a while. Like Crazy sounds like the perfect fall movie, and it is getting some great critical acclaim. The official synopsis: “A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director...
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This is the time of year every movie lover worth his salt pops out their annual list of “best horror films” and such. I decided to put a twist on the list this year by offering up a smattering of films that will make any parent cower in the corner. Thankfully, this is not...
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How refreshing. A trio of British actresses who are well-respected and beautiful, to boot, have formed a club of sorts. Kate Winslet (35), Rachel Weisz (41) and Emma Thompson (52) have joined in solidarity against succumbing to the lure of plastic surgery. Representing women in their 30’s, 40′s and 50′s, the actresses have made...
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Another fun-filled day at the Kansas International Film Festival, everything from the effects of violence on TV to card-counting Christians was covered. Here’s an overview my second day at the Fest. Lesson Plan. Directed by Philip Neel & David H. Jeffery It’s hard to imagine the horrors that occurred during the Third Reich ever...
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The last thing I was expecting to find at this year’s Fantastic Fest was a heartwarming family film…and yet, the first film I’ve encountered here – Yoshihiro Nakamura’s A Boy and His Samurai – was exactly that. And I loved it. A harried, over-extended single mom and her six year old son spot a...
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I’m used to seeing disturbing movies at Fantastic Fest, but I wasn’t expecting to be emotionally gutted by a film this year. Take Shelter shook me to the core. I felt physically ill halfway through the film, and the reverent silence that followed my screening indicated that I wasn’t alone in my pathos. What...
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