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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: December 21, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, IFC Films, Sony, Touchstone, Universal, Weinstein Company, Action, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:
- Angel: DVD
- Devil: DVD, Blu-ray
- Easy A: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Matador: Blu-ray
- Orlando: Blu-ray
- Salt: DVD, Blu-ray
- Soul Kitchen: DVD
- Step Up 3: DVD, Blu-ray
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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First Look: Christina Aguilera and Cher in Burlesque
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sony, Drama, Music, Trailers, Upcoming Releases
If a young Christina Aguilera had chosen to work in burlesque clubs rather than the Mickey Mouse Club, the result might have looked a little something like this.
In the Showgirls-esque film Burlesque, the “Not Myself Tonight” singer brings her small-town dreams to Los Angeles. There, she lands a job as a cocktail waitress, a mentor named Tess (Cher) and a jealous rival named Nikki (Kristen Bell).
The Sony production - also starring Julianne Hough, Cam Gigandet and Stanley Tucci - hits the stage November 24, 2010.
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Family Ties for Meryl Streep and Tina Fey
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sony, Comedy, Upcoming Releases
It’s confirmed: Meryl Streep and Tina Fey will play family in the comedy Mommy & Me.
Stanley Tucci, who acted alongside Streep in both Julie & Julia and The Devil Wears Prada, will be the one directing the Oscar winner and the Emmy winner. It’s unclear whether he will also have a role in the film.
Although it’s not known what the storyline is about, the Sony comedy will reportedly center on the relationships between mothers and daughters.
No start date has yet been announced.
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Cinema Scene: New Adventure for Pee Wee, Release Date for Phoenix
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Magnolia, Universal, Documentary, Political, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Rumors, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
-Now that Aaron Sorkin has finished targeting Facebook, he’s moving back to politics. The writer has chosen John Edwards to be the subject of his feature directorial debut. Sorkin’s screenplay will be based on Andrew Young’s book.
-Judd Apatow, in the meantime, will be helping to produce a Pee Wee Herman project. The film co-written by Herman (a.k.a. Paul Reubens) and Paul Rust will have Pee Wee involved in a “gigantic adventure.”
-Stanley Tucci may direct his Devil Wears Prada and Julie & Julia co-star, Meryl Streep, in a comedy titled Mommy & Me. Tina Fey may also star in the project which currently has no script.
-The documentary/mockumentary following Joaquin Phoenix’s strange behavior has finally been given a date on the calendar by Magnolia. I’m Still Here: The Lost Year Of Joaquin Phoenix is set to open in limited release on September 10.
This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: July 6, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Period, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Brooklyn’s Finest: DVD, Blu-ray
- Chicago (1927): DVD
- Clay Pigeons: DVD
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: DVD, Blu-ray
- Jason and the Argonauts: Blu-ray
- Ladybugs: Blu-ray
- Legal Eagles: DVD
- Love and Other Disasters: Blu-ray
- The Lovely Bones: Blu-ray
- A Single Man: DVD, Blu-ray
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: April 20, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, MGM, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Music, Period, Remakes, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- 44 Inch Chest: DVD, Blu-ray
- Avatar: DVD, Blu-ray **releases on April 22/Earth Day**
- The Basketball Diaries: Blu-ray
- Batman: Blu-ray
- Batman Forever: Blu-ray
- Batman Returns: Blu-ray
- Cheech & Chong’s Hey Watch This!: DVD, Blu-ray
- Crazy Heart: DVD, Blu-ray
- Fist of Legend: Blu-ray
- Homecoming: DVD
- The Horse Boy: DVD
- The Lovely Bones: DVD, Blu-ray
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The 2010 Academy Awards: Live Commentary
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards
When you throw in an extra host, add five more Best Picture nominees, take away the Best Song performances and nominate two formerly married directors—what do you get? A night that will surely be talked about.
Although many believe the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will end with very few surprises, the possibility of an upset is still too great to ignore. Will the box office champ (Avatar) win Best Film as well? Or will The Hurt Locker - or even Inglourious Basterds - take the prize? Is Jeff Bridges a shoo-in for Best Actor…or could BAFTA winner Colin Firth sneak past him? Will Sandra Bullock have to deliver another acceptance speech, or will Meryl Streep take home her first Oscar since 1983?
To find out if the ceremony ends in a world of Hurt or Up in the Air, stay tuned here for the live results!
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2010 Academy Award Nominations
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, FOCUS, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Music, Musicals, Period, Science Fiction, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Awards, Celeb News, Lists
After the list of Academy Award nominees were announced this morning, two movies rose to the top of the pack. Avatar and The Hurt Locker - helmed respectively by James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow - both lead the field with nine nominations each. Thankfully, the formerly married directors still get along.
Even though this will be the first time since 1943 (when Casablanca won) that ten films will go up for Best Film, this year’s list only revealed a handful of surprises. Those who have been following other ceremonies during this awards season saw very little changes in the acting categories.
Here are some of the noteworthy mentions/omissions from today’s nominations:
- Many had hoped The Hangover, Star Trek and/or (500) Days of Summer would go up for Best Picture. Many were left disappointed.
- Is this the first time Daniel Day-Lewis wasn’t nominated for simply breathing?
- Acting queen Meryl Streep is up now up for her sweet 16th nomination for her role in Julie & Julia. (I believe I will one day see her 20th.)
- Speaking of leading women, there will be three newcomers going up against vets Streep and Helen Mirren (The Last Station): Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)—someone who wasn’t even an actress to begin with!
- Disney/Pixar’s Up will be double-dipping it this year. The feature has been nominated in both the Best Film and Best Animated Film categories.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: December 22, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Fox Searchlight, Miramax, Sony, Universal, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Music, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- (500) Days of Summer: DVD, Blu-ray
- All About Steve: DVD, Blu-ray
- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love: DVD, Blu-ray
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: DVD, Blu-ray
- Blind Date: DVD
- Call of he Wild 3D: Blu-ray
- District 9: DVD, Blu-ray
- Extract: DVD, Blu-ray
- Flowers in the Attic: DVD
- Ichi: DVD, Blu-ray
- It Might Get Loud: DVD, Blu-ray
- Noble Things: DVD
- Staten Island: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (Film)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories:
On January 17, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will award their choices for the 2009-10 film season. But on January 23, the people who star in those movies will declare their winners at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of film nominees:
- Precious, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air lead the pack with three mentions each.
- Although Nine received a nomination for Best Ensemble, there were no individuals honored. (Could that be a Daniel Day-Lewis first?)
- He may have been snubbed by the Golden Globes, but Jeremy Renner is getting his love now. The Hurt Locker star is up for Best Actor category.
- Since the SAGs don’t differentiate between comedy and drama, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and Matt Damon will have to settle for one nom each.
The SAG Awards will air Saturday, Jan. 23 on both TBS and TNT.
(You can find the full list of film nominees after the jump. Click here for the TV nominations.)
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