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Blake’s 2010 Oscar Predictions – Best Picture and More!

Posted: March 7, 2010 at 1:12 pm   /   Film, Local, Opinion

Best Picture “Avatar” “The Blind Side” “District 9” “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” Who will win? The Hurt Locker. Who should win? The Hurt Locker. Everyone knows that this is a race between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. At one point at the end […]

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Woody Harrelson “The Messenger” – 2010 Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nomination (Video)

Posted: March 7, 2010 at 1:26 am   /   Film, Local

Gritty dramas based around the Iraq War were a popular subject in films in 2009. Dominating the award season is The Hurt Locker. Which means another film based in all of the Iraq War drama has been passed up, The Messenger. Staff Sergeant William Montgomery (Ben Foster) and Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) are part […]

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“The Messenger” Director Oren Moverman Doing Kurt Cobain Biopic

Posted: February 18, 2010 at 1:39 pm   /   Local, Movie News

THR’s Risky Business blog is reporting that The Messenger director, Oren Moverman, is in negotiations to direct and rewrite a script by David Benioff for Universal’s untitled Kurt Cobain film. The 2001 biography “Heavier Than Heaven” by Charles R. Cross will be used as the main basis for the film. The studio wants to use […]

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The Messenger

Posted: January 10, 2010 at 3:45 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Oren Moverman’s The Messenger is a great honest look into the side of war we rarely see, the deceased family dealing with receiving the news of the passing, and the results are a film filled with sadness, anger, and humor surrounding this delicate and vulnerable situation. The messenger in question is a staff sergeant, Will, […]

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Trailer released for “The Messenger” starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm   /   Local, Movie News

In “The Messenger,” Ben Foster plays Will Montgomery – an officer in the U.S. Army that has been assigned the job of notifying the family members of recently fallen soldiers of the status of their loved ones. He takes on this difficult position with fellow officer Tony Stone, played by Woody Harrelson.   The Messenger […]

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