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)

Feature Articles

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DEBATE PART I: Who will be terrorising Gotham in BATMAN 3?

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Tom reviews THE 7TH FANTASTIC FILMS WEEKEND!!!

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BACK TO THE FUTURE?!

Just under twenty three years ago, Back To The Future was released and quickly became the biggest film of 1985. Granted this wasn’t exactly a…

 
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Editorial: Is It Racism?

Two Hollywood titans piss on each other in public over racism. Besides grandstanding, is there a legitimate point to this?

 
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Editorial: Where are the Women?

Taking a look at the glaring void of female characters at the box office and why Sex and the City is about as good as it gets for the female movie fan.

 
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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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EW list 23 book adaptations that sucked!

The Golden Compass tops the list as one of the worst book to film adaptations of all time.

 
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Cult Actors #5: Peter Weller

With Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man about to crash land into multiplexes, we take a look at the actor behind cinema’s original metallic superhero – Robocop himself, Peter Weller.

 
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Cult Actors #4: Yaphet Kotto

When Yaphet Kotto walks onscreen you take notice. Kotto has a presence that is regal, graceful and ferociously dignified. He is after all, the descendant of kings.