January 2011 archive

Retro Review – Midnight Run (1988)

Re-watching Martin Brest’s “Midnight Run” is a reminder of how talented the director was. Today his reputation is marred by the film “Gigli” (2003) starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, now considered one of the worst films ever made (and definitely worth a re-watch sometime this year). It seems hard for people to remember that …

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The 83rd Academy Awards – The Complete List of Nominees

Yesterday we posted the nominees for the Razzies and now we have the complete list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. This year, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hand out the Oscars on Sunday the 27th of February. This list comes directly from Oscar’s own site and it is pretty …

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The 31st Annual Razzie Nominations

Here we go again, the night before the Academy Award nominations are announced, the Razzie nominations come out. This is a light celebration of the worst of Hollywood for the year. Below is the complete list of nominations for this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies. I’ll post the complete Academy Award nominations tomorrow.

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Kevin Smith Announces His Distribution Plans for Red State

There is a lot of hate aimed at Kevin Smith at the moment and I am not entirely sure why. Okay I understand why distribution companies and movie studios might be a little pissed, let’s face it they don’t like it when you rock the boat or threaten their income flows. Okay, I could even …

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Quick Review – Toy Story 3

I saw “Toy Story 3” twice in 3D at the cinema, reviewed it on the podcast Film Actually and listed it as one of my five favourite films of 2010, so I am not sure what more I can say about it here, but I’ll try anyway. My son and I pulled out the Blu-Ray …

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Geek Actually Ep116 – The Truck’s In Charge

http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/geekactually/geekactually.com/wp-content/episodes/GeekActuallyEp116.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott A new year and a new structure, Tech Actually and the Geek Actually After Show have fused like Brundlefly and been reborn simply as the all new Geek Actually. All the Tech and geek goodness that you have come to expect from …

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