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The death of the original screenplay...?
Wed, Nov 4 2009 8:07 AM

This week's favorite Oscar topic, besides last night's announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the awards, is where all the original screenplays have gone. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik points out the a dearth of obvious candidates for the "Best Original Screenplay" category. If "Up," "Inglourious... Read More...

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Filed under: Up, The Hurt Locker, Awards, Where the Wild Things Are, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days Of Summer, Star Trek, The Hangover, Away We Go, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Oscars 2010

Star Trek II: The Wrath of the Allegory.
Wed, Sep 16 2009 10:08 AM

As someone who dug the way this year's "Star Trek" reboot dug up memories from a few years of a wasted youth (let's not talk about it), I'm none too thrilled at this piece in the LA Times that suggests that for the sequel, J.J. Abrams & co. are considering adding topical political allegory. Co-writer Robert Orci says that in post-release... Read More...

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Filed under: Coming attractions, Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, blockbusters, Robert Orci, Gene Roddenberry

Summer 2009: but what does it *mean*?
Mon, Aug 31 2009 11:31 PM

Clearly someone at Variety was crunching numbers every Sunday night and waiting for the moment they could announce that this was the highest-grossing summer EVER; late Monday afternoon, with all the box office estimates confirmed, it was time to drop the good news. Yes, this summer set records all over. $4.17 billion grossed over last summer's $4.16 billion... Read More...

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Filed under: Biz, Up, Pixar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, WALL-E, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers 2, District 9, Star Trek, The Proposal, Ratatouille, The Hangover

"Transformers 2" M&Ms will corrupt your children.
Thu, Aug 27 2009 9:45 AM

Long ago, when the ratings system was new, its standards wouldn't necessarily make a whole lot of sense to today's zealous parents. In 1968, "Planet of The Apes," was a G movie, and in 1976 "The Bad News Bears" was PG -- alleged family fare with enough beer consumption and racial tension to make Paul Haggis blush. Over the years, parents... Read More...

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Filed under: Biz, Iron Man, Gremlins, MPAA, Transformers 2, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jimmy Neutron, Star Trek, The Bad News Bears