The Oscar short-listed doc I.O.U.S.A. is running on CNN on Saturday January 10 at 2pm EST (11am PST) and Sunday January 11 at 3pm EST (12pm PST).
Taking a frightening and non-political look at the ballooning federal deficit, I.O.U.S.A. predicts disaster on the near horizon if we don’t change our over-spending ways.
Rather than point fingers and [...]

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Yes, I know the Critics Choice Awards are going on right now, but a man has his limits with awards shows, you know? I’ll post the results in the morning.
Meanwhile, Ohio almost makes up for picking Bush in 2004 by picking WALL-E as the best film, best animated film and best original screenplay of 2008.
First, [...]

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I’m too lazy to look back past 2004, but since then there have been two  best picture Oscar nominees that didn’t receive either a DGA or PGA nomination. The first was Letters From Iwo Jima which you may remember was a somewhat unexpected last-minute awards derby entry. The other was last year’s Atonement, a British production and [...]

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I picked the wrong week to be busy. The awards news is flying fast and furious. Here are the Directors Guild of America nominations.

David Fincher, Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Did you guess which of these nominees is not like the other nominees? (You so smart)
(also, this [...]

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Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light opens in New York
Welcome to the slowest time of year for new movie releases. This week’s calendar looks pretty bleak, but personally I’m a little worn out and glad for the break. On the other hand, there are a couple of interesting expansions of films that had previously only opened in [...]

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