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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Pulling up post as awards are in progress right now. Just a few minutes ago Amour by Michael Haneke won a Robert! Until this moment tech awards have gone mainly to A Royal Affair and A Hijacking.Winners are in *BLUE. To learn winners in all film and TV categories go to official...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Genre: Drama/Thriller/FantasyStarring: Dennis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie MinogueIf you ever have to define the word bizarre, feel free to refer to this movie at all times. Mr. Oscar (Lavant) is a Frenchman who leads a very peculiar life. A day in the life of Mr. Oscar...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
As many do, usually post my predictions before one day or same day as Oscar show and call them "very late predictions"; but this year things got very clear days ahead, so end up doing predictions on the Wednesday before the Sunday or 5 days before show began. My certainty was not...
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Last night show did something that hasn't happened in previous years, it did NOT put me to sleep. So there was something new for an Oscar show as the ceremony lasted three hours and thirty-five minutes, making it one of the longest telecasts of the past 20 years.Without getting into...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
To keep post clean here are the winners in *BLUE.Feature FilmsBest PictureAmour (Love), Michael Haneke*Argo, Ben AffleckBeasts of the Southern Wild, Benh ZeitlinDjango Unchained, Quentin TarantinoLes Misérables, Tom HooperLife of Pi, Ang LeeLincoln, Steven SpielbergSilver Linings...
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Genre: Action/CrimeStarring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya SnigirJohn McClane (Willis) wants to find his long-lost son, Jack (Courtney). John McClane decides to travel to Russia to locate Jack. Jack McClane is an under-cover CIA agent who is between a mission....
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Thanks to Spain's press, yesterday I learned that Michael Haneke was not going to attend the premiere of his Mozart opera Cosi Fan Tutte on Saturday because he was going to be in Los Angeles to attend the Oscars. What they didn't mention at all is that he was also going to be in...
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Today at the César Awards ceremony Les Révélations were announced and here they are:Izïa Higelin in Mauvaise Fille (photo)Matthias Schoenaerts in De rouille et d’osCongratulations!1/26/13As announced yesterday in *BLUE are the Newcomers that were nominated in the 38th César Awards.11/19/12Today...
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Award ceremony was really fun to watch and only hope that next Sunday ceremony is as funny as this one was. BIG winner was Amour by master filmmaker extraordinaire Michael Haneke. BRAVO! Winners are in *BLUE. Check post bottom for some pictures.1/26/13Yesterday the French Academy...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Genre: Drama/Thriller/Mystery/CrimeStarring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Yorick van Wageningen, Stellan Skarsgard, Joely RichardsonA journalist belonging to the Millennium magazine is facing legal issues due to an article that he published against a Swedish businessman...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Delayed sharing with you the winners as I was more than a bit surprised with the top award given by the more than 400 specialized press journalists that belong to l’Académie des Étoiles d’Or du Cinéma Français. The reason is that I really like both movies, follow both directors,...
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As of yesterday at 5pm Pacific Time Oscar voting officially closed. As far as I recall current award season has been perhaps the most unpredictable in recent years at least for some of the top categories; but also has been controversial and if you follow top American critics it...