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

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Editorial: Is It Racism?

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Editorial: A Clone Too Far

A thirty year love affair has come to an end. Goodbye, STAR WARS. It was fun while it lasted.

 
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Let’s Remake Everything!!!

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Best Movie Theater Ever?

There has been a lot of talk lately about how The Alamo Drafthouse in Texas, USA is the best movie theater in the world. So, international friends, do you have one that tops it in your hometown?

 
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Exploitation of the Media

I am no fan of the torture porn industry that has blossomed since the first "Saw" movie premiered (and yes, I do realize that there were many graphic torture porn movies prior to that, but not by major studios). In general, the makers of these shitty movies mistake torture and graphic violence for horror, which in my mind is much more potent.

 
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The Death of Original Thought

(article originally published at The Rec) It's difficult to wake up every day to write about the goings on in Hollywood. Unless my topic is…