Pages tagged “the fighter”

• • Decrease
  • Reset
  • Increase
  resize
• print
• send

The King's Speech and The Fighter Win Big at Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place last night, and The King’s Speech and The Fighter were the biggest winners, relatively speaking, each taking home a pair of awards....  read more

The King's Speech, True Grit Lead 2011 Oscar Nominations

The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. The King’s Speech garnered the most, raking in a dozen, including best picture, best director (Tom Hoper) and best actor (Colin Firth in the title role of King George VI). True Grit secured the second-most, with 10 nominations likewise securing spots in the top categories: best picture, best director (Coen Brothers) and best actor (for Jeff Bridges, last year’s best actor). Surprisingly, The Social Network, which swept the Golden Globes, tied with Inception for third, with The Fighter following closely behind....  read more

The Social Network, Glee Win Big at 2011 Golden Globes

While the Golden Globes winners don’t get as much exposure as the Oscars, the event does have its moments. For one thing, the audience is free to consume alcohol during the entire show, which definitely translates to more, well, interesting moments....  read more

Writers Guild Announces 2011 Award Nominations

The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations for exceptional achievement in screenwriting in 2010. Screenplays for both Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network and Stuart Blumberg’s The Kids Are Alright were among those selected. However, several celebrated films this year including The Kings’ Speech, Winter’s Bone and Toy Story 3 did not make the cut due to the WGA’s controversial and complicated Minimum Basic Agreement....  read more

Fifteen Can't-Miss Fall Movies

With good movies actually starting to trickle into theaters, the fall film season is officially upon us...  read more

Melissa Leo Signs Up for The Fighter Opposite Bale and Wahlberg

Frozen River star Melissa Leo is poised to add The Fighter to her queue of roles following her Oscar nomination this year, according to Variety. ...  read more

Darren Aronofsky actually adapting Robocop?!

After the trio of prestige art films (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain), most people thought they had Darren Aronofsky pegged. Then this year he decided to make a film called The Wrestler, and cast seemingly washed-up actor Mickey Rourke in the title role. The film earned rave reviews at last week's Toronto International Film Festival, and won the top award at the Venice Film Festival. But turns out that was just the beginning of the surprises Aronofosky has in store for us. According to reports, Aronofsky has finished up his script for an original version of Robocop. As...  read more