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)

Unfiltered Lens

“Fuck You, Saddam Hussein Of Iraq”

OBSERVE AND REPORT promises laughs with this clip ... but is there a need for the violence in it as well?

 
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Yearning For A Flop

I'll admit it. There are certain movies I want to fail, and LAND OF THE LOST is one of them.

 

I Wanna See The Pope On a Rope

The Catholic Church needs to shut up about a lot of things, but most of all ANGELS AND DEMONS.

 
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Where Are The Giant Monster Movies?

Where have all the giant monsters gone? Devin Faraci agrees with me that we need another giant monster movie.

 

Millenial Rain?

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 have had a major impact on movies made since then.

 
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Out Of The CGI Ghetto

Originally published on my personal blog, Sammyray. Do you remember the discussion back in 2002 about Andy Serkis receiving an Oscar nomination for his startling…

 

Editorial: Why STAR TREK Fails

Science fiction geeks are whacking their tricorders tonight with the debut of the high def trailer for J.J. Abrams' STAR TREK reboot. You can see…

 

On the eve of ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, Ray takes off the gloves and calls Kevin Smith a whorish hack!

My hatred for Kevin Smith is palpable. His mugging, formless face creeps into my nightmares ... the words he speaks in interviews cause me to…

 
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Editorial: Ray on the Heath Ledger backlash

"With a great performance, comes great responsibility." The buzz about the supposedly legendary final performance of Heath Ledger began to build from the moment…

 
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Editorial: Let WALL*E Compete With Live Action Films!

Pixar has made their finest film. Not cartoon ... FILM. Give it the credit it deserves!