I’m still not ready for awards season, but here are some more. This time it’s the Hollywood chapter of the International Animated Film Society whose Annie Awards are a reliable predictor of future Oscar glory.
Awards types seem surprised that DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda scored 16 nominations (17 if you count the animated videogame nomination) [...]

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In my turkey-induced post-Thanksgiving coma, I missed the trailer for What Doesn’t Kill You, which hit the Internet on Friday. I’ll officially watch just about anything with Mark Ruffalo in it.
 
Two boyhood friends (Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke) on a downward spiral of crime in South Boston are imprisoned. While one turns over a new [...]

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The awards train keeps on rolling with this weekend’s announcement of the nominees for the Satellite Awards from the International Press Academy where Slumdog Millionaire and Milk each received six nods.
Though Slumdog was shut out of the acting categories, it racked up nominees for best drama, director Danny Boyle, adapted screenplay Simon Beaufoy, original score [...]

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A foggy day in Seattle town
This week’s Watercooler comes to you from the foggy, drizzly, beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. This photo I took of Volunteer Park is not movie related per se, but it was taken up the hill and down the street from the Harvard Exit, an old (and allegedly haunted) movie theater in [...]

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