AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

DVD News

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Criterion February 2010

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Boldly sized edition

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The DVD Lowdown #1

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Fox movies weren’t worth the rental anyways

20th Century Fox, giving consumers everywhere just that added extra reason to download their movies instead of paying money to view their half-assed "entertainment". In…

 
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STAR TREK boldy goes on Blu-Ray!

I love writing about these Blu-Ray announcements because I just know, for someone, this is their baby and sends them over the edge into buying…

 

MAMMA MIA is the fastest selling DVD in the U.K.

Not only is MAMMA MIA the biggest U.K. cinema release of all time (£66 million final gross), it has now also taken the mantle as…

 

Does the few scenes of Jon Favreau, director of IRON MAN, sway you into purchasing DAREDEVIL on Blu-Ray?

One of the more ridiculous attempts at cashing in on a recent successful film is the front cover image of the new Blu-Ray transfer of…

 
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John Carpenter Collection (UK) – Oct 6th

THE THING, HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK & 3 more in pointless box set release.