Well, that about settles it. Danny Boyle has taken the last major guild award for Slumdog Millionaire. It’s a critical favorite, an audience favorite and a guild favorite. In the last 19 years, a film has lost the Oscar only 3 times after winning the PGA and DGA awards. Combined with its surprising SAG cast [...]
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Bursting through on February 6
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Skidoosh!
I don’t care how much you liked Kung Fu Panda (I liked it a lot more than I expected to), you didn’t see this coming: Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda won all 15 Annie Awards it was nominated for last night (including a couple of videogame awards) leaving Pixar’s WALL-E and Disney’s Bolt to go home [...]
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They’re handing out the DGA awards tomorrow.
Everyone’s favorite Slumdog Millionaire has already won the PGA award and it also picked up the SAG cast award. For a movie that isn’t exactly driven by the acting, the latter is especially interesting – particularly when you consider the biggest single chunk of the Academy is made up [...]
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Combing the trades so you don’t have to, we present your weekly look at some of the production news coming out of Hollywood:
And another Thing… For those of you who lose sleep at night wondering just what the hell happened to the Norwegians at the Antarctic research base before Kurt Russell showed up, you’ll finally [...]
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Medicine for Melancholy – LiC’s Pick of the Week…if you live in New York
It’s another brutal weekend in the new release department. If you live in New York, check out Medicine for Melancholy. If you live in Los Angeles, check out Secret of the Grain or The Class. If you live somewhere in between, [...]
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From Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the writing and directing team behind Half Nelson, here’s one you might want to keep an eye out for.
Sugar is a Dominican with a mean curve ball that just might be his ticket from poverty at home to riches and fame in the United States. He quickly finds however [...]
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She’s more than just a guinea pig. She’s a movie award.
The 2008 Muriel Awards honoring the year’s best in cinema.
Beginning February 6, 2009.
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I’m extending the deadline for the LiC Readers Top 10 for at least another week. The new deadline for now is February 7, 2009. Be sure to send me your picks for the Top 10 movies of 2008 to craig [at] livingincinema.com.
Thanks!
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Here’s the trailer for the fairly well reviewed Sundance opening night film Mary & Max. I know, the awards were announced Saturday and I promised more review links but…
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