Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the witty-comedy that has received some of the best reviews of the year so far, now has a release date on Blu-Ray/DVD and and On-Demand. The film will be released on Blu-Ray/DVD October 16, 2012. By releasing the DVD in the middle of October, its positive reviews it received will possibility reignite the passion and excitement it received in early 2012.
The film is one of the favorites in the Original Screenplay category and a dark horse in Best Picture and Director for Wes Anderson. With a nice transition and placement for Academy members, the film has can realign itself to be a Best Picture hopeful.
The press release is listed below: Read more on “Moonrise Kingdom” comes to Blu-Ray in October!…
Categories: Blu-Ray/DVD, News Tags: Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bruce Willis, edward norton, Entertainment/Culture, jared gilman, kara hayward, Moonrise Kingdom, Tilda Swinton, universal studios
 Few filmmakers are as easily identifiable as Wes Anderson in terms of knowing their work when you see it. For some, he’s a constantly quirky delight, while for other’s his films are a struggle to sit through. I find myself usually somewhere in the middle, and that’s again where I find myself with his latest flick ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. As visually stimulating as anything he’s done, but as indifferently plotted, this is a perfect example of how Anderson the director and Anderson the writer (or co-writer, to be more precise) are pretty much two different people. For all the obvious care that he puts in behind the lens, he seems to just be writing for the sake of it, not really caring what the movie is going to actually be about, so long as it looks good. This is the core of my issues with Anderson. Now, he’s got a surprisingly compelling young love story at the center, but not enough time is spent there, leaving us instead with an A list supporting cast with too little to do, even if they all turn in good performances. Newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward are both rather great and the film is at its best when they’re on the screen. Sadly, that’s not as often as it should be. Still this might be Anderson’s easiest film to digest in quite some time. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns into a surprisingly big hit and makes a play for a Best Picture nomination. I wouldn’t necessarily support it, but I can see it happening if a perfect storm of sorts occurs.
Read more on Moonrise Kingdom (**½)…
Categories: Film Reviews Tags: Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bruce Willis, edward norton, Frances McDormand, harvey keitel, jared gilman, jason schwartzman, kara hayward, Moonrise Kingdom, Oscar hopeful, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
 It’s that time of the month, so it’s time to talk about the “Oscarettes”. If you missed last month’s edition, here is a little recap of what this segment is all about.
At the start of each month, we will travel back a year at a time and discuss the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actresses of that year. I will recognize who was nominated and who won, and I will share my opinions about them, but I want yours. I want to know who you thought deserved to win and be nominated those particular years.
Last month we discussed the 84th Academy Awards, this month we will look back on the 80th Academy Awards. Read more on Women in Cinema: The ‘Oscarettes’ (2008)…
 Directed By: Wes Anderson
Written By: Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Cast: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman, Jason Schwartzman, and Harvey Keitel.
Synopsis (From IMDB): Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ follows a young boy and girl falling in love. When they are moved to run away together, various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down – which might not be such a bad thing. Read more on Awards Profile: Moonrise Kingdom…
Categories: Award Profile Tags: award profiles, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, edward norton, Frances McDormand, harvey keitel, jared gilman, jason schwartzman, kara hayward, Moonrise Kingdom, Tilda Swinton
 With the Oscar nominations right around the corner and the critics’ awards nearly complete, it’s that time of the year folks where we all wonder and debate who will be honored with a nomination Oscar morning. Right now it seems that the women who will be nominated are Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, and Michelle Williams. But while some of these women may be a lock for a nomination, we all know there’s plenty of room for upset. So let’s go through the performances that have a chance to score a nomination January 24th.
Read more on Women in Cinema- The “Oscarettes”: Who Will be nominated for Best Actress?…
Categories: Article, Women in Cinema Tags: Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Olsen, Glenn Close, Kirsten Dunst, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, oscarettes, Rooney Mara, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, women in cinema
 The Academy Awards will be revealing their nominations on Tuesday morning and we here are gearing up for the big announcement. We will be LIVE Blogging the morning of beginning at 8:15am ET and going on until about 9:00am.
The Staff of the Awards Circuit consisting of Anna Belickis, Joseph Braverman, John H. Foote, Robert Hamer, Joey Magidson, and Michael Ward have put together their picks of who and what films will be nominated on Tuesday morning. There are some interesting choices with some ballsy moves as well. The Official Predictions will be updated in the coming hours. For now, enjoy what the staff have chosen and start discussing your picks. Go here or Click onStaff Predictions.
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Every year at these shindigs every celebrity is judged not only on their performance but how they choose to dress. Now, I’m not above judging those who can afford to look good so here is a list of the stars I’ve chosen as the Worst Dressed at The Critics’ Choice Awards!
Elizabeth Olsen failed to impress in this Yellow Emillio Pucci dress.
Read more on The Critics’ Choice Awards: Worst Dressed…
Categories: Article Tags: Chloe Moretz, Christopher Plummer, Diablo Cody, Elizabeth Olsen, elle fanning, Evan Rachel Wood, Fashion, jeremy irvine, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Maya Rudolph, Tilda Swinton, Worst Dressed
 A general trend that has been observed (and joked about) here on The Awards Circuit is that Joey and I rarely agree on, well, anything. Our split goes far beyond select movies and into what I’m convinced are entirely different philosophies on film criticism. For a while it was confounding to me, and I’m sure to him, yet over time it has become a source of endearing fascination. It also provides me with hope whenever he dislikes a highly anticipated release and adds – to me at least – an added bit of legitimacy when we are both totally on board with a film (like the immaculate Blue Valentine in 2010). However, there are times when I hate to (mostly) agree with my colleague, and Lynne Ramsay’s long-gestating follow-up to Morvern Callar - one of my most anticipated films of 2011 – is one of them.
The film, based on an intriguing but overweening epistolary novel by Lionel Shriver, is about the mother of a psychopath named Kevin who was convicted of a school massacre some years earlier. The mother, Eva, must now deal with the outer and inner torment she suffers as she pieces together her part in his destruction. Was Kevin simply a bad kid, or did her own reluctance toward parenting him contribute to all of this? It’s an interesting question, and those of you thinking you’ll be challenged by it should temper your expectations, as Ms. Ramsay prefers to dazzle with creepy effects than have you carefully consider what’s behind them. Read more on We Need to Talk About Kevin (**)…
The Year-In-Review continues with some non-traditional citations on certain films and performances that did or did not make head way in 2011. What are your choices for “Limited Performance” of the year? or Most Underrated Film? or share what you thought about the Year-in-TV as I dish out my favorites in Television Drama and Comedies. Read more after jump. Read more on Year-In-Review: Editor’s Specialty Awards…
Categories: Article, Community, Editor Tags: Alexander Payne, American Horror Story, american idol, Andy Serkis, arthur christmas, Bennett Miller, Berenice Bejo, Best Animated Feature, Best of the year, bill hader, Boardwalk Empire, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Bryce Dallas Howard, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Christine Baranski, dancing with the stars, Dexter, Drive, Eric Stonestreet, George Clooney, glee, Harry Escott, Hugo, it;s always sunny in philadelphia, jane lynch, Jason Segel, jean dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Jessica Lange, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Julie Bowen, Kelly MacDonald, Kristen Wiig, mad men, Martin Scorsese, Max Greenfield, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, modern family, Moneyball, New Girl, Nicolas Winding Refn, pariah, Paul Feig, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Ryan Gosling, saturday night live, Score, Sean Penn, Shame, sofia vergara, Steve McQueen, Super 8, Survivor, Terrence Malick, the artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Muppets, the office, The Tree of Life, The Walking Dead, the x factor, Tilda Swinton, True Blood, tv, Ty Burrell, Up All Night, We Need To Talk About Kevin
 For Your Consideration: Best Achievement in Directing
Film: “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Writer: Lynne Ramsay & Rory Kinnear
Realistic Nominations: Best Actress (Tilda Swinton)
Oscar Scene: Kevin’s bow (after the massacre).
Few women find themselves in Oscar’s conversation for Best Director. Most recently we saw Kathryn Bigelow win her much deserved Oscar for “The Hurt Locker” but there have been plenty of women worthy of citation over the past decade. Sofia Coppola was nominated for writing and directing the independent classic, “Lost in Translation” but what of Julie Taymor for her wonderful adaptation of the Beatles’ classic songs in “Across the Universe.” Before the “Twilight” franchise, Catherine Hardwicke put her stamp on the indie film, “Thirteen” starring Evan Rachel Wood and Oscar Winner Holly Hunter. Obviously we’ve seen Jane Campion awarded for her work in “The Piano” but she brought to life the beautiful “Bright Star” and “Portrait of a Lady,” both ignored by the Academy.
Read more on Circuit Consideration: Lynne Ramsay for “We Need to Talk About Kevin”…
 Below are the reactions for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations. It was quite interesting with surprises coming from Janet McTeer nominated for Best Supporting Actress and the great Demian Bichir receiving a Best Actor nomination for his work in “A Better Life.” This will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brad Pitt – Moneyball Read more on Screen Actors Guild Nominations Reactions…
Categories: Editor, Screen Actors Guild Tags: Berenice Bejo, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, demian bichir, Editor, Glenn Close, janet mcteer, jean dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melissa McCarthy, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, My Week With Marilyn, Octavia Spencer, SAG, Screen Actors Guild, Screen Actors Guild Awards, the artist, The Descendants, The Help, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis
Greetings, readers! It’s that time again…
What the hell? We’ve barely recovered from Thanksgiving and it’s already New Year’s Eve?! Oh wait; it’s just a barely-veiled rehash of that cloying, paper-thin romantic comedy pretending to be some kind of “mosaic” of love. Phew! Anyway, it’s looking like a Razzie contender based on the overwhelming critical consensus. Despite that, will this film be the box office success that its predecessor was? Though it has far more competition than Valentine’s Day’s opening weekend, online buzz suggests that audiences will repeat their habit of seeing movies almost destined to bore them to death, which will be enough for a $20-25 million haul. Read more on Weekend Openings (December 9-11)…
Categories: Weekend Openings Tags: Charlize Theron, Diablo Cody, Ezra Miller, Gary Oldman, golden globe hopeful, Jason Reitman, Madonna, New Year's Eve, Oscar hopefuls, The Sitter, Tilda Swinton, tinker tailor soldier spy, W.E., We Need To Talk About Kevin, Weekend Openings, Young Adult
 The trailer for Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin hits. Is Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller set up for Oscar success? Some think so. Check it out after the jump. Read more on Trailer: We Need to Talk About Kevin…
 If you were to ask me about my thoughts on ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ directly after seeing it back in September, I would have said that it was one of the biggest disappointments of 2011 (besides ‘The Tree of Life’ and ‘Attack the Block’) for me. Stewing over it some more, I’ve come to find that the pluses outweigh the minuses here. I still think that I like it less than almost all of the other Oscar pundits, but the excellent lead performance by Tilda Swinton and the unsettlingly good turn by Ezra Miller (he’s actually the film’s highlight in my eyes) supersede co-writer/director Lynne Ramsay’s filmmaking missteps. It’s a love it or hate it type of direction she takes, and if not for Swinton and Miller, I might be leaning to towards the latter. When it comes to the acting, the film is rather top notch for the most part. When it comes to the writing and the directing, however…it’s a whole other story. Too flawed to be the masterpiece that the reviews out of Cannes suggested, this still is a unique enough take on familiar material to be worth the recommendation from me, even if it’s not quite on the level as a somewhat similar film from earlier this year called ‘Beautiful Boy’. Still, the pros outweigh the cons here.
Read more on We Need to Talk About Kevin (***)…
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