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Oscar Award Winning Composer Michael Giacchino is Scoring “Let Me In”

Posted: July 11, 2010 at 9:41 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Ever since posting the trailer to the film Let Me In last week, I have heard nothing but shouts of, “It won’t be as good as the original!”.  I’m not a fan of remakes either, especially when the original is so well made. However, there is no denying that the trailer for Let Me In […]

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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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Christopher Plummer “The Last Station” – 2010 Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards (Video)

Posted: March 7, 2010 at 1:58 am   /   Film, Local

The Academy Awards are a curious event, an actor like Christopher Plummer, with an illustrious career can go almost his entire career without receiving a nomination. The 80 year old actor is receiving his first Oscar nomination for his role as Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station.  Plummer plays the famed author and philosopher in […]

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82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) – 2010 Best Picture Nominees

Posted: March 6, 2010 at 7:15 am   /   Local, Movie News

  The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are quickly approaching. This year, as most know, the award for best picture is a little different. Instead of the normal 5 best picture nominees, the category has been expanded to include 10. This will spread the voting out a little bit more, and will make the award a […]

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List of 2010 BAFTA Award Winners

Posted: February 21, 2010 at 5:41 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Once again The Hurt Locker claims the top prize, which ones again shows it is the favorite going into the Oscar race. Here is a full list of nominees and winners from the 2010 BAFTAs (winners are in bold): BEST FILM AVATAR – James Cameron, Jon Landau AN EDUCATION – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey THE […]

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List of 2010 Academy Award Nominees

Posted: February 2, 2010 at 10:19 am   /   Local, Movie News

Hey there, the Oscar Nominations are out and I thought I would post them here and share some thoughts on them.  Enjoy and let me know what you think. And if you want to see if you can pick the Oscars better than me, join my group and you can make your picks and change […]

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The Tooth Fairy

Posted: January 22, 2010 at 2:39 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Sometimes when you see the first trailer for a film, you think “That can’t be good.” Such was the case with The Tooth Fairy. The trailer for the film was so bad that I thought it was a satirical piece done by a site like FunnyorDie. Luckily, the film wasn’t as bad as the trailer, […]

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Golden Globe Predictions 2010 – Film

Posted: January 16, 2010 at 3:49 pm   /   Local, Movie News, Opinion

Here we are, a day before the second biggest award show of the movie season. Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press nominate people in the arts of film and television, and every year someone gets angry at the lack of nominations or the fact that the “wrong” person won. I like the Golden Globes because […]

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‘Up’ out on Blu-Ray Comba Pack, DVD, and Movie Download November 10th. Enter to Win a Free Copy.

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 2:27 pm   /   Contests, DVD News, Local

From the revolutionary minds of Pixar Animation Studios and the acclaimed director of MONSTERS, INC. comes a hilarious uplifting adventure where the sky is no longer the limit. Carl Fredicksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his […]

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Great Deals on New Blu-ray Titles at Amazon.com

Posted: November 4, 2009 at 1:46 am   /   DVD News, Local

Now is a great time to pre-order some of the movies coming out on Blu-ray this holiday season. Prices on Blu-ray movies have gone down overall, which is excellent. I can’t believe some of the deals that Amazon has on new releases coming out over the next month or so! If you are planning on […]

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