Eulogising Miramax
Disney are most certainly feeling the pinch. The hot news this month from the studio giant with the big round ears is that Robert…
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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)
Features
The Importance Of… Film Openings
The most important thing that the opening of a film must accomplish is to establish a tone so that the audience fall into the same…
The Other Side Of Madness – Part II of The Making of THE GODFATHER
Last week this feature focused on the tumultuous process the producers of The Godfather found in trying to get their film off the ground. It involved…
Beyond the Valley of the Cleavage – Russ Meyer
Every once in a while a film-maker comes along who completely defines a genre. George Romero, David Cronenberg, Russ Meyer, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino. Spot…
Love Hurts: Rob Zombie and the Myth of the Remake
It’s February [editor's note: this was supposed to go live several weeks ago but it got lost in the shuffle]. A season of candy hearts,…
52 Reasons Why BACK TO THE FUTURE Might Just be the Greatest Film of all Time
You probably hadn’t noticed, but I’ve not been hanging around the halls of OWF HQ much lately. During my absence from the site, I saw…
Johnny Depp wins Best Actor Oscar in 2011
Ray got me in the mood to write this and it may seem a silly exercise to roll the Oscar prediction dice before this year's…
The Director Temperature Chart
Many critics have expressed disappointment in Martin Scorsese's latest film Shutter Island, released in the U.K. this Friday. Since he is often named as one…
Tom Rothman Must Die
Fox is planning to revisit the ALIEN franchise with a sequel or possible reboot. Why don't you just fuck my Daddy's pussy while you're at it, Tom Rothman?
Discovering Stanley Kubrick
I ramble on about my love of Stanley Kubrick, and my new boxed set of the acclaimed director's films. Thank you, Stanley ... I miss you.
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What You're Saying...
- The Glove: What about Chris Nolan?….I’m joking.
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