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

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The Tarantino Problem

Quentin Tarantino is regularly mentioned among the great directors working today. His films are released to breathless anticipation. Yet does his output justify the ejaculatory praise he receives?

 
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Is ANTICHRIST Art?

Lars von Trier has caused yet another controversy with his extremely graphic arthouse film ANTICHRIST. But is it really art?

 
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Now I Start To Hate The STAR TREK Reboot

J.J. Abrams falls prey to one of the oldest STAR TREK dramatic devices: repetition.

 
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Yet Another Hollywood Fuck-Up

Cormac McCarthy's brilliant novel THE ROAD is coming to theaters in October, and I have been excited to see it. That is, until I saw the fucking trailer.

 
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Cult Actors: BRUNO S.

In post war Germany delinquency was common. Families were destitute and crime was a ready outlet for the desperate. In newspapers, reports of underage…

 
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Resisting The Urge To Gawk

Leave our dying stars alone! Give them the dignity and privacy they earned through living!

 
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Whatever Happened To Smart Sci-Fi?

Where have all of the great science fiction films of today? What was the last intellectually-challenging film released by Hollywood? It's been too damn long!!

 
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If you have ever loved STAR TREK, read this!

In Star Trek opening in the U.K. at midnight tonight and spreading wide from tomorrow, Bruce Greenwood's Captain Christopher Pike looks down on a cocky James T.…

 
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A Newfound Love For J.J. Abrams

The P.T. Barnum of Hollywood seems finally ready to leave the flea circus behind and start making actual films. I, for one, am ready to see the director behind the hype.

 
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That Disquieting Aftertaste

Some movies are just entertaining enough to get you out of the theater in a decent mood ... before reality hits, and you realize that you've been duped.