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‘Paperman’ Threesome – Disney’s Oscar-Winning Short Film… Extended
So what happened after the couple in Disney Oscar-winning animated short film Paperman got together? Well, College Humor takes a stab at answering that question and it goes in a direction you may not have otherwise expected as it seems those paper airplanes had an agenda of their own, forming an actual paperman interested in getting in on the fun…
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16 New Pictures from ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’
In advance of tomorrow’s new trailer celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and what is being dubbed “Hobbit Day” around the world, Warner Bros. has released 16 new pictures from the upcoming December 14 release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, or as many will surely refer to it, The Hobbit:…
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“Orange is the New Black” Recap & Review: Season 3, Episodes 10, 11, & 12
A bit of a change of pace this week as I’ll be looking at the three episodes leading up to the third season finale of “Orange is the New Black” in order to leave the 90-minute, final episode to be discussed on its own. These were interesting episodes to watch together. All three take on…
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A Second Trailer for Reitman’s ‘Up In the Air’
You know, almost immediately after posting the original announcement spawned news across the online movie sites and now the fact the date had changed again offered up the same amount of buzz. Thus, Paramount had now double-dipped the news cycle and each time scored word on how the film has been ballyhooed from east to west… those…
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2014 Oscar Predictions Update: ‘Monuments’ Out, ‘Wolf’ In, ‘Gravity’ Climbs, ‘Banks’ Solid
With George Clooney‘s The Monuments Men dropping out of the 2014 Oscar race it became necessary that this morning was spent updating my 2014 Oscar prediction charts and it was no small task as I updated seven categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. In addition to the loss of Monuments Men, it was also confirmed Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street will…
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‘Watchmen’ Trailer to Comic Comparison
I was curious after watching the trailer for Watchmen close to one gazillion times just how it all matched up to the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel and with ten examples I think you will get a pretty good idea of what Zach Snyder is going for and judge for yourself if he is on the right…
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2014 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress & More Have All Been Updated
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the 2013 Toronto Film Festival lineup and the recent trailers for American Hustle and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty it’s time to do a little rearranging of my Oscar predictions as I have touched up all of the top categories including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress and Adapted and Original Screenplay. Yes, there…
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Persona’, ‘The Past’, ‘King of Comedy’ and More on DVD & Blu-ray This Week
Persona (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray/DVD) I have watched all of Criterion’s new Blu-ray for Ingmar Bergman‘s absolute classic, Persona, and will have a more in-depth look at the film tomorrow, but for now let me just say I consider this an essential title for film fans interested in collecting the best cinema has had to offer over the…
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A Look at a ‘Predator’ Remastered on Blu-ray
Depending on how closely you follow DVD and Blu-ray releases you may or may not know all of the terminology, but if you haven’t heard of digital noise reduction (DNR) you are about to get your lesson, as if you hadn’t already learned by mousing over the image comparing the original Blu-ray release of Predator and the…
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: Andy Serkis’ Character Revealed in New Picture
It was known Andy Serkis would be playing a character in J.J. Abrams‘ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, but which character wasn’t entirely clear, but today we get a glimpse at said character in a new picture as well as a name. Serkis will be playing Supreme Leader Snoke and clearly based on the image it will be…