It’s NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD, and Mike loves it!
Sometimes it's hard to like documentaries. Unlike fiction films which create their own reality, documentaries attempt to manipulate this one and that doesn't always make…
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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)
Stuff
Mike feels the heat of THE BURNING PLAIN
The latest movie from Guillermo Arriaga is as ponderous and slow-burning as you'd expect. Deep-seated emotional problems are examined in a complex movie that, as…
SURVEILLANCE – Mike’s Review
The opening sequence of SURVEILLANCE is just brilliant. Horrifying flashes of a brutal homicide by masked murderers, intercut with a terrified woman fleeing down the…
Mike finally watched WATCHMEN, and it was worth the wait
Ah, it's that time of year again. The cold snows of Winter are about to thaw, new leaves begin to bud on the trees and…
Mike refuses to believe AMERICAN TEENs always fit the stereotype
At first glance, AMERICAN TEEN seems to be as simple as its title. It's a documentary about average teenagers from a small town in Indiana.…
“I don’t know how to fight, I’m a comedian!” – See Judd Apatow’s FUNNY PEOPLE trailer!
Judd Apatow; you are the master of making me laugh uncontrollably and at the same time really feel that big sting, that big lump at the…
Sunday night might decide Rourke’s IRON MAN 2 fate
This seems to be the situation here regarding Mickey Rourke and IRON MAN 2. Rourke desperately wants to "bring it" to the sequel. He wants…
Rourke not in IRON MAN 2, Arnie probably not in THE EXPENDABLES!
Two bits of sad news to broadcast here my fellow geeks. First up, the lowball $250,000 offer from the recession hit Marvel to Mickey Rourke…
UPDATED: The Wachowski’s don’t believe that a man can fly!!!!!!
UPDATED: /film have confirmed from various that this story is false. But rest assured guys, Superman is reforming. His re-birth is coming, just need to sweat…
UPDATED: Arnie joins Stallone’s THE EXPENDABLES!
UPDATED: Latino Review have the scoop that Danny Trejo (ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, MACHETE) has a role in the movie. For a "home…
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What You're Saying...
- The Glove: What about Chris Nolan?….I’m joking.
- Rya86n: Keep your eye out for a film called “Sanctum” to be released by Universal in the next 12 months…
- Smike: You’re mostly correct about Universal’s decline. However, not entirely: “A third Mummy film, unwanted by the public, was given a budget of $150...
- Balsley: Universal should reboot the Silverhawks franchise. It’s a simple story/concept which deserves another shot to entertain kids again. Universal should take...
- Delilah Blakelee: I say Liam Hemsworth or Charlie Hunnam, because Thor here is suposed to be strong and sexy and Josh Harnett just aint gonna cut it… but its going to...
