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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...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

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

Come back, John DeLorean.
Fri, Aug 14 2009 2:30 PM

"District 9" -- per the Ain't It Cool crowd, the greatest film of all time, ever, at least this week -- is out today. And Slate's Daniel Engber is bored by it. Why? Because "District 9" has a corporate villain, and "Could there be a more egregious sci-fi cliché?" Sci-fi is full of them: "Moon," "Alien,"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: WALL-E, District 9, Zeitgeist, James Toback, Back To The Future, Brett Ratner, John DeLorean, Robert Evans

New York and LA.
Wed, Dec 10 2008 11:53 AM

The New York Film Critics Circle has announced its awards for the year: Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky" Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married" Best Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk" Best Animated Film: "WALL-E" Best... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Milk, Awards, WALL-E, LAFCA, NYFCC