December 2007 - Posts

BYO New Year by The Hot Blog

Happy New Year to all of you. 2007 was full of adventure, mostly for better in my personal camp. I hope it was for all of you too. May the writer's strike soon end... may movies be surprising in the best ways... and may we all indulge our passions...
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No Hi-Def Discs, Thanks by The Hot Blog

I adore having my Blu-ray and HD players. I have a 1080 set and the image is beautiful, more so than any other delivery, including high-def satellite. But this NYT story on the ongoing failure of the formats is pretty much on target, with one exception...
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The Writers Strike Back by The Hot Blog

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Sunday Estimates by Klady - Dec 30 by The Hot Blog

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No (Manhattan) Mystery by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik The director who once said he didn't understand people who wanted to know the universe when he couldn't find his way around Chinatown will try again. To know Chinatown, that is. After globetrotting through England and Spain...
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Friday Estimates by Klady - 12/29 by The Hot Blog

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Holiday & Award Film Spoiler Thread by The Hot Blog

A couple of funky little things occured to me in recent days... neither is spoiler material, but it made me think that we should have a place to discuss all these films. First, I finally saw Hellboy 2 trailer on DVD instead of Quicktime and the difference...
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Top Ten List at 155 - Pre-Publication Preview by The Hot Blog

The Top 20, and particularly the Top 10, is getting pretty well cemented in. Sweeney Todd and Michael Clayton keep going back and forth in the 9 and 10 spots. Juno keeps moving up. The Lives of Others could be knocked out of the 20 by The Savages , which...
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The WGA On The Letterman Deal by The Hot Blog

To Our Fellow Members, We are writing to let you know that have reached a contract with David Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company that puts his show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson back on the air with Guild writers. This agreement...
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BYOB Weekend by The Hot Blog

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Writers On A Plane by The Hot Blog

Bill Carter breaks the news ... WGA will give a waiver to Worldwide Pants - and whether they like it or not - Viacom/CBS to employ WGA writers. If this was a response to the growing crowd of people arguing that the strike will go well into the summer...
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Box Office Hell - Pre-New Years by The Hot Blog

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A Year of Parties and Premieres by Variety On the Town

A look back at some highlights in 2007:
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Holiday BYOB by The Hot Blog

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The Night After Christmas by The Hot Blog

'Twas the night after Christmas', when all through the town, Not a writer was writing, not even scabs ‘round; The force majeurs hung all the weak deals with care, In hopes that reduced costs soon would be there; The industry nestled all snug in...
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