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2009 Oscar Nominations: List of Categories
The nominees for the slender bald statue were announced this morning, and given this list is LONG (the total Best Picture nominees were doubled from 5 to 10 in an apparent move to win over more viewers), I’ve decided to post the nominees in two formats…
2009 Oscar Nominated Films on Home Video
Here are the nominated films currently available or announced for a home video release, with links to Amazon.com (and Region 2 releases where applicable)…
Criterion Announces More OOP DVDs for March
23 DVDs spanning Criterion and Essential Art House will go out of print at the end of March. Great, the speculators and feeding frenzy begins again…
BBC World News: Be a Newscaster (but be better than cabbage)
The BBC’s World News service is offering anyone with a camera to paint a portrait of their world, and submit their one minute effort as part of the My World, My Minute contest…
Try Harder
Editor’s Blog and blather on the failings of Bruce Willis’ latest film, Surrogates (2009), plus a review of the film, the score, and an interview with composer Richard Marvin…
Damn Fine Music
Just added: soundtrack review of John Frizzell’s wonderful music for the stretchee-bendee theological thriller Legion, as well as an interview with composer Winifred Phillips…
2009 BAFTA Award Nominees
Yes, I’m late on this tally, but it’s been a busy week. On January 21st, nominees for Britain’s equivalent of the Oscar Awards – the BAFTAs – were announced, and as per the custom, I’ve hyperlinked titles I’ve reviewed, as well as those available on DVD or soon to be available on DVD, including those in Region 2 land, where noted…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
The confusions within Christian Alvart’s Pandorum, a relatively bloodless Whiteout, and Jerry Goldsmith’s Innerspace…
Where the Day Takes You
Luise Rainer celebrates 100, Eric Rohmer passes away at 89, and the work of the late Marc Rocco gets the spotlight after a long absence on home video…
John Woo's Redemption
After languishing in Hollywood for several years, John Woo’s finally redeemed himself by tackling an expansive historical epic in Chinese. In Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts – the first in 2009, the second a year later – and then on DVD and Blu-ray, while the rest of the world was apparently offered a shorter cut fashioned by the producers (including Woo) to keep the length and ‘all that unfamiliar cultural material’ to a minimum, and leaving the big battle scenes as highlights…
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