RSS Feed
Twitter
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Want a reason to root for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen during tonight’s Oscar telecast? No, seriously. Do you? Sound re-recording mixer Greg P. Russell has the dubious honor of being the night’s most nominated individual without a win. Russell has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘star trek’
Final 2010 Oscar nomination predictions w/ screenplay guesses
Posted by TheFilmChair on February 1st, 2010
And so D-Day arrives. That of course makes March 7, V-O Day (Victory in Oscarland), but tomorrow is where the fun begins. At 8:30 8:38 a.m. ET tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. It will be the first time in over 65 years [...]
2010 SAG Awards: The Winners
Posted by TheFilmChair on January 23rd, 2010
The Screen Actors Guild Awards rarely, if ever, line up perfectly with the Academy Awards. The last time they came close was in 2005 when all the actor categories (cast excluded, but isn’t it always) matched Oscar. That’s why I’m not sold on Sandra taking the Oscar even after her first precursor win in a [...]
Posted in Awards 
Tags: 24, 30 rock, alec baldwin, christoph waltz, crazy heart, dexter, drew barrymore, glee, grey gardens, inglourious basterds, jeff bridges, julianna margulies, kevin bacon, mad men, michael c. hall, mo'nique, precious, sandra bullock, star trek, taking chance, the blind side, the good wife, tina fey 
No Comments »10 Nominees to Compete for Best Picture!
Posted by TheFilmChair on June 24th, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that there will be 10 nominees vying for Best Picture at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Not since 1944, when Casablanca was named the Best Picture of 1943, has the Academy nominated 10 films for its top prize. From the release: “After more than [...]
Posted in Random Tags: academy awards, avatar, casablanca, oscar, pirates of the caribbean, sid ganis, spider-man, star trek, terminator 2, the matrix, up No Comments »Whedon-less ‘Buffy’ headed to big screen – TFC Morning Report
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 26th, 2009
Top Story: Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer film director Fran Rubel Kuzui to relaunch the Buffy franchise without the involvement of TV series creator Joss Whedon. I say “relaunch” the “franchise” only because that’s how they’re describing it. Apparently, no one told them [...]
Angels & Demons edges out Star Trek – TFC Morning Report
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 18th, 2009
Top Story: The Ron Howard-directed thriller Angels & Demons beat Star Trek (barely) for No. 1 at the domestic box office. The Tom Hanks-starrer took $48 million, a far cry from the $77 million its predecessor The Da Vinci Code made on opening weekend. Star Trek stayed strong with a $43 million second weekend, dropping [...]
Star Trek transported to top of box office – TFC Morning Report
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 11th, 2009
Top Story: J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot took home $76.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend and another $35.5 million overseas. Obviously a franchise record. The total worldwide bow for what will likely be the summer’s hottest ticket was $112 million. (erc BoxOffice) In Other News: Anchor Bay picked up the rights to [...]
Posted in Random Tags: anchor bay, cemetery junction, j.j. abrams, jeff bridges, justin timberlake, open road, ricky gervais, star trek, stephen merchant No Comments »Movie Review: Star Trek (2009)
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 9th, 2009
Star Trek (2009)–**** J.J. Abrams, I fear you may have made a Trekkie out of me. And I doubt that’s the last time you’ll here that in the next few weeks. You see, Mr. Abrams, what you did with Star Trek, a prequel/re-imagining of the classic sci-fi series, is nothing less than a miracle. You [...]
Posted in Movie Review Tags: anton yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris pine, eric bana, j.j. abrams, leonard nimoy, simon pegg, star trek, zachary quinto, zoe saldana 1 Comment »TFC Morning Report – Tuesday, April 14, 2009 – McG has a Spring Awakening
Posted by TheFilmChair on April 14th, 2009
Top Story: Director McG is looking to bring the Tony winning musical Spring Awakening to the big screen. The Terminator Salvation helmer is developing the project with the original book and lyrics writer Steven Sater under the banner of his Wonderland Sound and Vision. Warner Bros. first look deal puts the studio in line to [...]
Posted in Random Tags: barack obama, date night, game change, hbo, james franco, mark wahlberg, mcg, spring awakening, star trek, steve carell, steven sater, the hearbreakers, tina fey, united artists, warner bros. No Comments »
Subscribe via RSS
Year in Review – Best Films of 2009
I saw fewer new movies this year than in any other since I started putting together my top ten lists. That’s not bad news. I just cut out a lot of… well… crap. No, I didn’t see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and no, I didn’t see Sherlock Holmes. I love movies, but what’s the [...]