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Corey Feldman on The Oscars Omitting Corey Haim From the In Memoriam Segment
Apparently when the Oscars did their “In Memoriam” segment last night, they forgot a couple of people — one of them the late Corey Haim, who passed away in 2010. The “In Memoriam” segments...
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Never Mind the Oscars, Here are the Razzies
I’m not much of an awards show person. Most of the films I tend to champion will never be honored by the Hollywood elite, so I can’t be bothered to care when the industry...
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The Big List of 83rd Academy Award Winners
Or, the 2011 Oscars. Either/or. Here is the big list of winners from last night’s festivities. Did your favorites win? What were the surprises? Which underdog bit the Establishment in the ass? And just...
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SXSW Unveils its Full 2011 Film Schedule
If you’ve been making plans to attending this year’s SXSW, then you’ve probably been wondering when to show up and where to get into that film of your choice. The wait is over —...
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The Divide and Hobo with a Shotgun Fill out SXSW’s Midnight Features
There were already a couple of really good films showing down at the SXSW later next month that I wanted to see, but I have to admit, I was a little disappointed that the...
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SXSW Announces Their 2011 Features Film Line-Up
And there are a lot of films in every category. The Festival itself runs March 11 through 19 in Austin, Texas, but you probably already know that, right? In total, 130 feature films will...
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Felix Vasquez Jr.’s F-Bombs: Slamming Sundance
2005′s “Mad Hot Ballroom” was the hit of the year. The Nickelodeon/Paramount owned documentary featured three Public Schools in New York, all of whom were taught the art of ballroom dancing and ultimately experienced...
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Sundance Launches Online Movie Service SundanceNOW
Those who know me know that I have something of a personal grudge against Netflix. (Don’t ask, it’s still too painful to relive.) Which means I am forced to deprive myself of the one...
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Need a Quick Bizarro Fix? Check Out the Trailer for the Boston Underground Film Festival
I’m always in the mood for extremely weird, inappropriately uncomfortable promotional pieces, particularly if they’re posted online for free. The incredibly cool individuals over at Twitch recently posted the trailer for the 2011 Boston...
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2011 Oscar Nominations are In…
In case, you know, you plan on watching this thing, and who wins or loses matters to you. I personally haven’t watched an Oscars telecast since, uh, I honestly can’t remember the last time...
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The Big List of 2011 Golden Globe Winners
So apparently the Golden Globes was on last night, and a bunch of Hollywood celebrities won golden statues and whatnot. I must have missed it. After all, there was that great playoff game in...
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SXSW Adds Six More Films, Including Mel Gibson’s The Beaver and Paul
Who says Mel Gibson has become toxic and no one wants to touch him? SXSW certainly doesn’t think so, because they’ve programmed Gibson’s “The Beaver” to make its world premiere at the fest on...
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2010 Golden Globes Awards Nominations, Or, What Some Foreign Dudes Think
I don’t care very much for the Golden Globes. Hell, I don’t even care very much for the Oscars, so you imagine my lack of caring for some runner-up awards show. But hey, I...
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Dedpool Does New York Comic Con ’10
Blown away!! Simply put that’s what I was. For three days straight I was in GEEK HEAVEN!! For a lover of everything comic book, the 2010 NYC Comic Con was THE place to be...
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Michelle Rodriguez Gives Citizen Kane The One Thing It’s Always Needed, A Machine Gun
I’m not entirely sure that this is real, but what the hell. Michelle Rodriguez is starring in an adrenalin-fueled, action-packed remake of “Citizen Kane” called “Citizen Jane”. According to Slashfilm the film was initially...
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Video: Michelle Rodriguez vs. Tim League at Fantastic Fest
Follow up to that Fantastic Fest debate over “Avatar” we posted about last week: The fest has released images and posted the video of the “debate” and subsequent “fight” between Michelle Rodriguez and Fantastic...
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Groovy Fantastic Fest Posters for Let Me In, Rubber, more
The boys at Fantastic Fest have produced some nice looking alternative posters for films that will be showing up at the fest this weekend, including ones for Matt Reeves’ “Let Me In” and the...
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Christos Petropoulos’ Subconscious to Screen at the Sheffield Horror Film Festival
Sometimes it really sucks being stuck Kentucky, particularly when you’re a hardcore fan of international cinema. Were I a worldly man with the ability to endlessly trek the globe at a moment’s notice, I...
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Don’t Like Avatar? Michelle Rodriguez Will Fight You
I suppose getting beat up by Michelle Rodriguez, one of the stars of James Cameron’s bloated sci-fi spectacular “Avatar” has to be better than getting beat up by, say, Uwe Boll, right? One’s a...
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Fantastic Fest ’10 adds Red, Bunraku, Mother’s Day, Agnosia, more
It looks like the Fantastic Fest shingdig down in Austin is getting even hotter, if that’s possible with titles like Donnie Yen’s “Legend of the First” and Ryan Reynolds’ “Buried” already announced. The fest...
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