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Quick Oscar Recap
I am usually very critical of award shows for a number of reasons. For the most part, they don’t seem to get anything right (the wrong winners, hosts, and presentation are all part of the problem). Yet the Oscars usually finds its way in the end. The foundation may have been incredibly shaky but it showed why it remains the top award cerrmony in the American film industry.
84th Academy Awards (Oscars) Nominations
The 84th Oscar nominees were announced this morning. While there weren’t that many surprises (Hugo and The Artist have almost a billion nominations each), there were some shockers in the bunch (The Adventures of Tintin was not nominated for Best Animated Feature).
I’ll be offering some commentary on the nominations during the Weekly Movie Podcast tonight as well as looking at the Golden Globe winners from last week and the BAFTA nominations which also were announced a couple of days ago. There will also be an in-depth look into the Academy Awards nominations and the Golden Globes winners this Friday in the Weekly Movie Newsletter (along with reviews of many of the films nominated for both sets of awards).
Click more to see the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards.
69th Annual Golden Globes Live Blog
10:58 – YAY! It’s over! The Weekly Movie Newsletter will be up on Monday night and there will be a Movie Podcast up on Tuesday recapping the entire show.
10:57 – Music to tell people to get the hell off the stage count: Ten
10:55 – Keep in mind that I really liked The Descendants, I think this was junk. There were two films that were better.
WINNER: The Descendants Best Picture – Drama
10:49 – I see we’re rewarding mediocrity. I like George Clooney but I don’t think this was even close to his best work. However, considering how this night has been, I just have to shrug my shoulders.
WINNER: George Clooney (The Descendants) Best Actor – Drama
Weekly Movie Post–January 15, 2012
Weekly Movie Podcast – January 15th, 2012 <37 mins – 25.3MB>
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The 2012 Golden Globes page is now up.
Golden Globes talk and predictions…listen now and see how awesome my predictions are.
Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available).
Weekly Movie Post–December 27, 2011
Weekly Movie Podcast – December 27th, 2011 <16 mins – 11.2MB>
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No, this is not a dream. This is a podcast on this site that has actually gone up on time. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. There has been several podcasts (and a newsletter) to be published on the site over the last week and it should get busier on the site once we get into the new year. This podcast was slightly longer than I expected because I went into quite a bit of detail over the numbers from last weekend and try to explain why they were so poor considering that the holiday weekend traditionally is very busy for the theatres.
Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available).
Weekly Movie Post–August 24, 2011
Weekly Movie Podcast – August 24th, 2011 <16 mins – 7.6MB>
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NOTE: I’m aware of the audio issues of the podcast. My audio software is giving me problems with the MP3 files (the WAV format sounds just fine). I’ve uploaded a version that runs at 96 kbps which makes it sound like there’s less static. The other issues like the volume leveling should be fixed before the next podcast.
Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available).
Weekly Movie Post – July 5, 2011
Weekly Movie Podcast – July 5, 2011 <19 mins – 8.9MB>
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Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available). Read the rest of this entry
Incendies (Movie Review)
Movie Review
Incendies
2010
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Chances are you’ll find yourself feeling very frustrated after watching Incendies. This is not because Denis Villeneuve did a horrible job directing the film; in fact, it’s one of the best films to come from Quebec in the last couple of years. It’s because you can’t help shake your head at the senseless violence that takes place in the movie. We’re not talking about the normal senseless violence that is pumped into high-octane thrillers but the senseless violence that still exists today in the real world.
Madness Brewing Weekly Movie Newsletter #001
The very first issue of the Madness Brewing Weekly Movie Newsletter is up. It’s a double issue (16 pages) full of Oscar news and reviews. There’s a play-by-play of the ceremonies plus commentary. There’s also an article about the controversy surround a producer for The Hurt Locker, and his illegal campaign to solicit votes. Another article in the newsletter looks at the rivalry between Avatar and The Hurt Locker and how it ended up being the only battle people cared about going into the show. Also, reviews of all ten of the best picture nominees are included plus a review of last year’s winner, Slumdog Millionaire.
The newsletter is free of charge and is going to be published weekly. The next issue will be up on Saturday and, after that, will be a regular fixture on the site every Friday. It is in PDF format so you can take with you on an e-book or a Kindle, read it on your computer screen, or print it off and read anywhere you want.
If you haven’t had a chance yet, I also did a podcast about the event.
If you have any questions or comments, send them to madnessbrewing@gmail.com
