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DARK KNIGHT Score Knocked From Oscar Contention On Technicality

November 13, 2008 Rich Drees

The executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Science’s music branch has disqualified the score for this past summer’ blockbuster The Dark Knight over what amounts to a technicality. Although composers Hans [click for more]

Fourteen Films Eligible For Best Animated Feature Oscar

November 11, 2008 Rich Drees

Wall-E, Bolt and Waltz With Bashir are among the 14 films that have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for possible nomination for Best Animated Feature Film a this year’s [click for more]

Foreign Language Oscar Contenders Announced

October 19, 2008 Rich Drees

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the names of all the films that have met the qualifications for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards. A record [click for more]

New VALKYRIE Photos, Release Date Moved Up

August 14, 2008 Rich Drees

When Bryan Singer’s upcoming World War II thriller Valkyrie was moved to a February 2009 opening from its originally announced August 8, 2008 date, many Hollywood tongues started wagging, suggesting that the Tom Cruise headlining [click for more]

What Happened To HANCOCK?

July 3, 2008 Rich Drees

As I said when I reviewed it earlier this week, the blame for what a sloppy train wreck of a movie that is Hancock is can be laid at the feet of the numerous rewrites [click for more]

Academy Invites 105 To Join.

June 23, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has send out its yearly round of invitations to join its organization to 105 individuals on Monday. Each year, AMPAS can only induct a maximum of 137 [click for more]

Rule Changes For Oscars Put Into Effect.

June 20, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved two changes to their nomination rules Tuesday night in an effort to address controversies from years past. A change was made in the Best Original Song [click for more]

Academy Award winner Sydney Pollack dies.

May 26, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

CNN is reporting that Academy Award winning director Sydney Pollack has succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was 73. Look for a full obituary to come in the next several days.

Academy Award Winner Charlton Heston passes away at 84

April 6, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

USA Today is reporting, and it has been confirmed by CNN, that movie actor Charlton Heston has passed away. He was 84. He received an Academy Award in 1960 for his work in Ben-Hur and [click for more]

10 MONGOL Photos

March 13, 2008 Rich Drees

It may not have won the Foreign Language Film Academy Award it was nominated for, but Russian director Sergei Bodrov’s epic look at the early years of Genghis Khan, Mongul, will still be coming to [click for more]