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  • Author: Anna Young
    October 28, 2011
    TOP 20 Viewers Last Week
    1. NCIS CBS Tuesday 8pm 19.4 1
    2. Dancing with the Stars ABC Monday 8pm 17.8 3

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    October 28, 2011

    We are at the point in the season which Sasha Stone cleverly calls, the calm before the storm.  Films are opening in theaters, critics are getting to see what’s in serious contention, and voting groups are getting their screeners by the dozens soon enough.

    As I updated the Oscar Predictions this time around, I found myself rattling my head fiercely looking for some clarity on certain categories.  As Michael Ward pointed out to me, is it really possible that terrific actors like Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, and Jessica Chastain can deliver their finest portrayals and not be recognized for it?  Damn right it’s possible and it’s a real shame, no pun intended.

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    Author: Robert Hamer
    October 28, 2011

    "…but what if I told you Anonymous was full of BS?"

    So, Roland Emmerich.  Word is that he has a new film coming out about Shakespeare and how he was a fraud.  Personally, I find the revelation that critics are not overwhelmingly calling his newest a steaming pile far more groundbreaking than a crackpot theory that has not only been roundly debunked, but reeks of offensive class snobbery (“Why, it’s impossible to believe that a mere grammar school graduate could have written the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare. Wouldn’t it make more sense to suppose that William Shakespeare was only the stand-in for a better educated author?”*).  Whatever…I guess just because there’s no truth to it doesn’t mean it can’t be entertaining.  I mean, look at JFK.

    Anyway, we at The Awards Circuit actually respect history and the contributions of William Shakespeare.  Luckily, so do a lot of other filmmakers, so to counteract his desecration by the man who once tried to convince us that alien technology is compatible with Macintosh, here are the top ten films inspired by the Bard of Avon, but first… Read more on Top Ten Films Inspired By Shakespeare…

    Author: Anna Young
    October 28, 2011

    The new spy thriller The Double from writer/director Michael Brandt starring Golden Globe Winner Richard Gere and Topher Grace,  shows massive potential before ultimately failing to excite the audience as its predictable twists and turns create a flat line of a thrills and spills.

    Richard Gere plays “Paul Shepherdson,” a decorated CIA veteran who is threatened with professional embarrassment after a young hot shot FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace) insists the Russian assassin “Cassius,” who Shepherdson claimed to have killed years before is still alive.  Paul, who spent his career chasing Cassius, is forced to take on the same case after a US senator is murdered bearing the same trademark of Cassius. Agent Geary, who wrote his thesis on Shepherdson’s pursuit of Cassius, re-opens the case and the two team up to investigate the whereabouts of the deadly assassin before realizing that everything may not be what it seems.

    Read more on The Double (**)…

    October 28, 2011

    An unambitious indie documentary with a sunny disposition and charm to spare, ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey’ is likely the lightest doc you’ll see in 2011, but it might also be the most pleasurable one you’ll see as well.  Documentarians Constance Marks and Philip Shane obviously have a lot of love for their subject (hell, both of their subjects, technically) and interest in how Elmo came to be, and while that almost schoolgirl crush occasionally obfuscates from some interesting directions that the flick could go in, overall there’s very little to complain about here.  Fans of ‘Sesame Street’ or the Muppets in general will quite enjoy what they see here, especially during some of the behind the scenes style moments.  Everyone else will find this somewhat disposable, but still likely entertaining.  As someone who really loved the Muppets, and still does…this was a good 90 minutes of smiling for me.  I don’t hesitate in calling this one of the feel good films of the year, since that’s the whole point of Elmo.  Elmo is about love and making you feel good.

    Read more on Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (***)…

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