Author: Solani Verma

  • Box Office Predictions: ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Battles ‘Big Hero 6’ & ‘Interstellar’ for #1

    Big Hero 6 has a very good shot at getting a repeat victory this weekend, though it’s hard to predict what effect the brutal weather will have on the festivities. $33.7 million indicates a 40 percent drop, very nice, it pays to be an animation in the fall. Does this one have any chance at a Best Animation…

  • His Name’s Lotso and He’s In ‘Toy Story 3′

    Upcoming Pixar has pointed me to news from Pixar Collector reporting the character you see above is named Lotso and apparently he will be featured in Toy Story 3 due in theaters on June 18, 2010. This isn’t the first time this character has been mentioned, as his existence was first brought up by Jonas Rivera, the producer of next…

  • Wilde about Liz Taylor

    So yes, Lindsay Lohan will be playing Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie no one will watch titled “Liz & Dick”. That can’t be helped, but considering no one will take it all that seriously no harm no foul. However, I might be persuaded to look forward to a feature film adaptation of Liz’s story with Olivia Wilde in the lead…

  • Teaser Trailer for Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’

    And we all thought we would have to wait for Thursday at Comic Con or Friday via Facebook. Nope, the trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has made its way online for all of us to see early. Check it out below and weigh in with your thoughts in the comments. Alice in Wonderland hits theaters on…

  • Hemingway? Mental Illness? Cliche? Another Look at ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

    I’m on record loving David O. Russell‘s Silver Linings Playbook and even though it’s now starting to look like Jennifer Lawrence may lose the Best Actress Oscar race to Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), that doesn’t change my opinion on the film overall. Oscars don’t really hold that kind of a sway over me. However, after watching the film again last week,…

  • Class of 2013: 276 New Members Invited to Join the Academy

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 276 members of the entertainment industry invited to join organization. The list includes actors, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, producers and more. Of those listed below, those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2013. “These individuals…

  • 2013 Annie Award Nominations Announced

    Disney withdrew from the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood back in 2010 and even before then it was hard to put much stock in the Annie Awards. Now it’s just sort of a blip on the overall award season radar that manages headlines twice a year, once for their nominees and again for their winners,…

  • 1981 Golden Globe Winners

    Best Motion Picture (Drama) Ordinary People Paramount Pictures Directed by Robert Redford Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern & Timothy Hutton Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) Coal Miner’s Daughter Universal Pictures Directed by Michael Apted Starring Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo & Levon Helm BEST DIRECTOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS…

  • ‘Inception’ Leads Massive Pack of 2011 Satellite Award Nominations

    Inception leads the way with 11 nominations as the International Press Academy has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Satellite Awards. But when you see the likes of Dinner for Schmucks and Letters to Juliet getting nominations alongside potential Oscar nominees I don’t think the number of nominations counts, however the winners should help in telling the awards path…

  • The Math Problem in ‘Good Will Hunting’ Explained… Simply

    The math problem Matt Damon‘s Will Hunting solves near the beginning of Good Will Hunting looks incredibly daunting to us commoners. I mean, what are all those lines and dots and how is that math? If it took the professors at MIT more than two years to prove it how did Will do it in-between mopping the floor?…