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November 16, 2011

See the full list below:

“A Morning Stroll,” Grant Orchard
“A Shadow of Blue,” Carlos Lascano
“Birdboy,” Alberto Vasquez
“Chopin’s Drawings,” Dorota Kobiela
“Correspondence,” Zach Hyer
“Daisy Cutter,” Enrique Garcia and Rubin Salazar
“Dimanche (Sunday),” Patrick Doyon
“El Salon Mexico,” Paul Glickman and Tamarind King
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November 16, 2011

Buried in the story below on Comedy’s chances at the Oscars is a small remark by Pete Hammond about ‘The Help’ submitting itself as a Comedy to the Hollywood Foreign Press but being turned down.  In case anyone missed that, I wanted to give them the quote again.  Here it is:

On Monday an HFPA committee rejected it in comedy and determined that it would compete as a drama where it will now go head to head with Disney/DreamWorks’ other big hopeful, War Horse (assuming both get nominated as seems likely). It’s not surprising. At a recent event I attended a lot of HFPA members were voicing concerns about having to judge The Help as a comedy. The film was indeed initially sold by Disney and DreamWorks with an emphasis on its lighter elements and past Globe winners in the category such as Driving Miss Daisy were similar in tone. Still that would have meant Viola Davis would compete in the Best Actress-Comedy or Musical category and no matter how you slice it her character, a civil rights era maid, just wasn’t that funny.

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November 16, 2011

Each year, the Academy tends to overlook a number of excellent comedies in favor of more dramatic fare.  The only comedy films that stand a chance at a Best Picture nomination tend to be quirky indie ones with a bit of drama to boot (The Kids Are All Right, for example) or Pixar animation (Toy Story 3 and Up).  Acting categories have a better crack at comedy, but usually in the supporting fields (like Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder).  This year, there seems to be more comedic options for Best Picture than usual, and Pete Hammond has some things to say about that.  Here’s his article over at Deadline on the subject:

Dying is easy, comedy is hard. Someone  said that , right?

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November 16, 2011

Oscar winning scribe William Monaghan steps into the director’s chair for the first time with rather mixed results in the would be stylish crime thriller ‘London Boulevard’.  It’s got a few things to like about it, but it’s so haphazardly done and frustrating to watch that any praise for it has to be limited.  Monaghan does perhaps have a future directing once he irons out his issues, since he’s able to get some nice performances from his cast (including Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, and Ray Winstone), but he’s absolutely in love with his own writing, which leads to plenty of scenes that should be on the cutting room floor, or at least trimmed down.  That’s hardly an uncommon issue with screenwriters who step up to direct, but it’s still a problem that shoots his film in the foot.  His characters are interesting, and the plot regarding a somewhat reluctant criminal had plenty of potential, but it’s such a mixed bag that I can’t give it my recommendation.  It’s a step above mediocre, but that’s not much of a compliment.  Sadly, that’s about the highest praise that I can muster for this movie.  It’s just not worthy of much else.

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November 16, 2011

Two very different takes on the Snow White story are coming to theaters next year. One is a more action and epically tinged tale called ‘Snow White and the Huntsman‘, and the other is the more fantastical and comedic ‘Mirror Mirror‘. They’ve each released trailers, and the differences couldn’t be more extreme.  You can see both below…let us know which you prefer!

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November 16, 2011

Tuesday night on Dancing with the Stars three couples go on to dance in the finale, while one couple gets eliminated. I’m not going to leave you in anticipation this week considering how obvious it was on who was going on.

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November 16, 2011

And then there were four. It’s the semifinals on Dancing with the Stars and now in its 9th week four couples are left standing. With the finals just next week, the couples will be performing three dances and those dances will determine who will make it to the finals and who will go home. It’s time to vote for your favorite’s people, but before you do, let’s review last night’s dances.

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Author: Michael Ward
November 16, 2011

Releasing on 11-11-11, "Immortals" is #1

While the cat could not make it a trifecta, “Puss In Boots” nearly upended Adam Sandler’s “Jack And Jill” for second place, missing the runner-up position by a scant $275k and rolling past $108 million in domestic box office receipts.  Soaring above all of the competition was innovative director Tarsem Singh’s third film, “Immortals”, which served as his widest opening film to date and banked $32.2 million in its opening weekend.  While some have reported this as a mediocre or even disappointing opening, some people were projecting “Immortals” to finish second or third with a mid-$20 million gross.  Relativity Media are ecstatic at how the film was received and their implementation of having a market-by-market determination on critical screenings seemed risky, but ultimately did not hurt the film’s opening numbers.

Read more on Box Office Final: The “Immortals” Stand Tall……

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