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Oscar Preview - Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Really Should Win (Part Two)

Oscar Preview - Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Really Should Win (Part Two)

Today we look at Best Picture, Best Director and the Best Actor/Actress categories in our annual Who Will Win/ Who Should Win/ Who Really Should Win story.  read more

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

<em>The King's Speech</em>, <em>True Grit</em> 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

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Writers Guild Announces 2011 Award Nominations

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

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The 25 Best Movies of 2010

The 25 Best Movies of 2010

Our 25 Best Movies of 2010 range from a Facebook biopic to a Western remake, from an animated story about toys to war movie that hardly ever leaves the interior of a tank. But all are worth the $10 ticket, the $2 rental or the two hours you'll spend enjoying them.  read more

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True Grit Review

<i>True Grit</i> Review

They’ve done it again. Joel and Ethan Coen have once again taken on a revered film genre. And as with comedy (The Big Lebowski), epic poem: (O Brother, Where Art Thou?); crime drama (Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Miller’s Crossing), they not only do the form justice; they actually improve upon it. In tackling the venerable Western, their choice couldn't have been more daunting.  read more

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Fifteen Can't-Miss Fall Movies

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

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Watch the Trailer for the Coen Brothers' True Grit

Watch the Trailer for the Coen Brothers' <em>True Grit</em>

It’s been three years since No Country For Old Men repopularized coin tosses, and there’s already talk that the Coen Brothers’ latest could bring home another Oscar for the filmmaking duo....  read more

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Coen Brothers Cast Damon, Brolin and Bridges for True Grit

Coen Brothers Cast Damon, Brolin and Bridges for <em>True Grit</em>

The Coen brothers have gotten acclaim for their violent Westerns (No Country for Old Men) and for their period pieces (O Brother, Where Art Thou?). So the announcement that they are currently casting for a remake of historical Western True Grit seems like a no-brainer....  read more

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Will the Dude Abide Again? Jeff Bridges in Talks for Next Coen Brothers Film

Will the Dude Abide Again? Jeff Bridges in Talks for Next Coen Brothers Film

Details about the latest Coen Brothers project continue to develop as the directors discuss a potential reunion with Jeff Bridges, Variety reports. ...  read more

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Coen Brothers to remake John Wayne's True Grit

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Following a mixed reception to 2008's Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers will return with True Grit, the classic Western that won John Wayne an Oscar in 1969....  read more

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