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Top Ten 1950s
19 March 2013 5:14 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
This will be the last top ten off the top of my head whole decade thingies for a bit -- we need to get to real articles but I've been swamped off blog. But these discussions are fun, don't you agree? The 1950s were the first film decade I was obsessed with in that when I was first becoming interested in cinema in the mid 80s, the 50s somehow came to signify Mythic Classic Hollywood to me, though cinema obviously stretched much much further back. So I guess I'll always be kind of attached to this decade when the movies got literally bigger (I do so prefer rectangulars to squares) and the era's stars really defined (at least for me) the concept of "Movie Star". I mean it's hard to argue with Liz, Brando, Clift, Dean, Monroe in all caps.
Which is why Giant is such a perfect 1950s movie »
- NATHANIEL R
Rewind TV: Mayday; Broadchurch; Parks and Recreation – review
9 March 2013 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Just about everyone was a prime suspect in the BBC's inventive five-part whodunnit Mayday
Mayday (BBC1) | iPlayer
Broadchurch (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Parks and Recreation (BBC4) | iPlayer
Lovers of TV crime drama rarely have to wait long for a child killing set in a small, inbred community of ordinary people with secrets up their sleeves, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised when two come at once. We were the more generously served by Mayday, which the BBC ran over five successive nights, partly in deference to binge-watching trends, but also, perhaps, because they felt they had something to flaunt. And maybe they did. It was engaging in a British (ie non-Scandinavian) way, pulling us into the darker currents of the story by way of some light humour over an obese dog. Why was he so fat? More exercise, suggested the vet. Lesley Manville was wonderful as the dog's owner, Gail, half-indignant, »
- Phil Hogan
Rewind TV: Mayday; Broadchurch; Parks and Recreation – review
9 March 2013 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Just about everyone was a prime suspect in the BBC's inventive five-part whodunnit Mayday
Mayday (BBC1) | iPlayer
Broadchurch (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Parks and Recreation (BBC4) | iPlayer
Lovers of TV crime drama rarely have to wait long for a child killing set in a small, inbred community of ordinary people with secrets up their sleeves, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised when two come at once. We were the more generously served by Mayday, which the BBC ran over five successive nights, partly in deference to binge-watching trends, but also, perhaps, because they felt they had something to flaunt. And maybe they did. It was engaging in a British (ie non-Scandinavian) way, pulling us into the darker currents of the story by way of some light humour over an obese dog. Why was he so fat? More exercise, suggested the vet. Lesley Manville was wonderful as the dog's owner, Gail, half-indignant, »
- Phil Hogan
The Oscar Winners
24 February 2013 6:05 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Previously: Arrivals
Next: Tomorrow begins the extensive post-mortem mania!
And The Oscars Go To...
Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
"Respect" to the fellow nominees... "Unlimited Gratitude" to Tarantino
Three Best Pics introduced
Animated Short John Kahrs, Paperman
Animated Feature Brenda Chapman & Mark Andrews, Brave
Cinematography Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Visual Effects Life of Pi
Costume Design Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Makeup Les Miserables
James Bond Tribute -Dame Shirley Bassey killed it.
Live Action Short Shawn Christensen, Curfew
Documentary Short Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine for Inocente
Three more best pics introduced
If I know Haneke & Chastain, she was more excited by this win & kiss than he was! #oscars twitter.com/nathanielr/sta…
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) February 25, 2013
Documentary Feature Searching for Sugar Man
Foreign Film Michael Haneke for Austria with Amour
Musicals Tribute with performances from Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson, and the cast of Les Misérables
Sound Mixing »
- NATHANIEL R
Video of the day: 84 Years of Best Picture Winners
20 February 2013 11:21 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
In anticipation of the upcoming 85th Academy Awards, Sasha Stone, put together this wonderful montage, which features footage from all 84 past Best Picture winners. It’s a fine reminder that the best films never win as evidenced by the appearance of such movies as Crash and Shakespeare in Love.
The Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24th on ABC at 8:30 Et.
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Here is the list of winners:
2011 - The Artist 2010 - The King’s Speech 2009 - The Hurt Locker 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire 2007 - No Country for Old Men 2006 - The Departed 2005 - Crash 2004 - Million Dollar Baby 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002 - Chicago 2001 - A Beautiful Mind 2000 - Gladiator 1999 - American Beauty 1998 - Shakespeare in Love 1997 - Titanic 1996 - The English Patient 1995 - Braveheart 1994 - Forrest Gump 1993 - Schindler’s List 1992 - Unforgiven 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs 1990 - Dances With Wolves »
- Ricky
Oscar Winner Supercut: All 84 Best Picture Winners in 4 Minutes
20 February 2013 6:37 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Vimeo user Nelson Carvajal created the following 4:09 minute video, which features a brief snippet from every single Best Picture Oscar winner from Wings to The Artists and everything in-between. He even added clips from this year's nominees -- Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, Amour, Django Unchained and Beasts of the Southern Wild -- at the end in prep for this Sunday's, 2013 Oscar ceremony. I am busy putting together my final predictions for this year's ceremony and at this point I'm not sure there's anything I'd change. I will be posting an article with all my predictions soon enough, but if you'd like to check them out, you can do so right here. I've included a list of all the Best Picture winners directly below the video. 2011 - The Artist 2010 - The King's Speech 2009 - The Hurt Locker 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire 2007 - »
- Brad Brevet
Ranked: The Ten Best Musicals Throughout the Decades
18 February 2013 12:30 PM, PST | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
Earlier last week, Warner Bros released a massive 20 movie boxset as part of their 90th anniversary collection, which combined musicals from just about every decade. WB was kind enough to send us the boxset for review and watching so many musicals in a row got us to thinking about our top ten musicals of all time.
Musicals have been on our minds a lot over the last few days here at Cinelinx, to the point where we think Jordan is about to lose his mind. Even he can't deny some of these classics though, so let's get on to our list:
2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
4. Cabaret
6. Hairspray
7. Viva Las Vegas
8. Show Boat
10. 42nd Street
Really, did you expect anything other than Wizard of Oz to top our list? It was and remains »
- feeds@cinelinx.com (Carla Dobson)
DVD Review: The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals
17 February 2013 10:30 PM, PST | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
Cinelinx has received a copy of the Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals DVD boxset, and we're here to help you decide whether or not this historic collection is worth putting up on your shelf at home.
Synopsis
In honor of Warner Bros. studio celebrating its 90th anniversary, the powers that be have decided to give audiences a treat. The latest is sure to leave a song or two on your heart! Our contacts have graciously sent us a copy of the Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals DVD boxset, which is one of five different types of collector sets that will go on the market this year.
Details
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Also Available on Blu-Ray!
There are 20 Musicals in the set on 21 discs broken down into 3 sections. To further aid the viewer, in each boxset there is a 24 page booklet which provides pictures and synopsis of each film. »
- feeds@cinelinx.com (Carla Dobson)
20 Musicals From Warner Bros
17 February 2013 6:17 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
It would be incorrect to say that musicals were made to lift one's spirits since plenty of great musicals are as grim as any ruthless drama. But the genre lifts mine even through tears. So I was instantly in love with the new box set that Warner Bros sent. It's called Best of Warner Bros: 20 Film Collection Musicals (on sale now) and it will serve me well in March once I have time to settle in with some older movies again. I wish I had a copy to give away but I'm keeping this one all to myself - mine! mine! mine!
The collection consists of the following films, packaged in chronological order: The Jazz Singer (1927), The Broadway Melody (1929), 42nd Street (1933), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), An American in Paris (1951), Show Boat (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), A Star is Born »
- NATHANIEL R
DVD Review: ‘Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals’
13 February 2013 10:29 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Warner Brothers is using their 100th anniversary to release a series of special Blu-ray and DVD box sets that would make great gifts for the movie lover in your life. To be fair, a number of films in the latest box, “Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals” are available in stellar Blu-ray editions and that should be the way to go if you can but for the standard-only movie fan in your life or someone who doesn’t own any of these 20 (mostly) classics, it’s a stellar starter set for musical history.
DVD Rating: 4.5/5.0
What are the highlights? How about two of the most beloved films of all time in any genre — “Singin’ in the Rain” and “The Wizard of Oz”? And that’s just the beginning. Personal favorites include “An American in Paris,” “A Star is Born,” “The Music Man,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals including ‘Hairspray’
12 February 2013 9:38 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals
Directed by: Bob Fosse, Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Liza Minelli, Debbie Reynolds
Movies: 20
Due Out: February 13, 2012
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Synopsis (courtesy of Warner Bros.):
Warner Bros. continues to entertain the world with films passionately produced, selectively acquired, carefully preserved and impeccably curated for both the casual and ultimate movie lover to enjoy forever. Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals will be released February 12 and will include films such as Singin In The Rain, Wizard of Oz and many more.
Who’S It For? You like to sing and dance, well then this is a no-brainer. The list price for these 21 musicals is just under $100. Currently, Amazon.com has this set listed at $71, and Warner Bros has it for just $68.86. That’s an amazing deal. There are hits and misses within the group. The picture quality of Showboat is terrible, »
- Jeff Bayer
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals including ‘The Jazz Singer’
12 February 2013 9:37 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals
Directed by: Bob Fosse, Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Liza Minelli, Debbie Reynolds
Movies: 20
Due Out: February 13, 2012
WB Shop
Warner Bros. Facebook
Synopsis (courtesy of Warner Bros.):
Warner Bros. continues to entertain the world with films passionately produced, selectively acquired, carefully preserved and impeccably curated for both the casual and ultimate movie lover to enjoy forever. Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals will be released February 12 and will include films such as Singin In The Rain, Wizard of Oz and many more.
Who’S It For? You like to sing and dance, well then this is a no-brainer. The list price for these 21 musicals is just under $100. Currently, Amazon.com has this set listed at $71, and Warner Bros has it for just $68.86. That’s an amazing deal. There are hits and misses within the group. The picture quality of Showboat is terrible, »
- Jeff Bayer
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals
12 February 2013 9:36 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection Musicals
Directed by: Bob Fosse, Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Liza Minelli, Debbie Reynolds
Movies: 20
Due Out: February 13, 2012
WB Shop
Warner Bros. Facebook
Synopsis (courtesy of Warner Bros.):
Warner Bros. continues to entertain the world with films passionately produced, selectively acquired, carefully preserved and impeccably curated for both the casual and ultimate movie lover to enjoy forever. Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals will be released February 12 and will include films such as Singin In The Rain, Wizard of Oz and many more.
Who’S It For? You like to sing and dance, well then this is a no-brainer. The list price for these 21 musicals is just under $100. Currently, Amazon.com has this set listed at $71, and Warner Bros has it for just $68.86. That’s an amazing deal. There are hits and misses within the group. The picture quality of Showboat is terrible, »
- Jeff Bayer
Academy Releases 84 Olly Moss Created Oscar Celebratory Posters
11 February 2013 2:21 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The Academy has just revealed 84 different Oscar statuettes inspired by past winners and created by artist Olly Moss for a special edition poster for this year's Oscars. The poster, which collects all 84 images (plus a new one for this year's winner) is on sale now right here. Moss designed the commemorative poster in collaboration with Gallery1988 and the final poster will feature 85 Oscar statuettes once the winner of this year's Oscars is announced on February 24. The press release announcing the project included the following bio on Moss, whose work I'm sure many of you are already familiar with: Moss, a graduate of the University of Birmingham, is best known for such works as the Thor cast poster for Marvel Entertainment, the cover artwork for the "Resistance 3" video game, and his recent book "Silhouettes" from Popular Culture. One of the most sought-after screen print artists working today, Moss has created illustrations »
- Brad Brevet
DVD Review: ‘Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Best Pictures’
2 February 2013 6:15 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – From “The Broadway Melody” to “The Departed,” Warner Bros. has collected twenty of their most beloved films in one DVD box set called “Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Best Pictures.” Yes, all 20 films in this set on 23 discs won the Oscar for Best Picture. What better way to lead up to the upcoming 2013 Academy Awards than to burn through 20 of the past winners?
DVD Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s tempting to rank them although how does one really compare “Grand Hotel” to “The Departed” to “Gigi” to “Amadeus”? They’re such different films. Sure, I have my faves in this set and they’re probably the common faves — “Casablanca,” “Amadeus,” ” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Unforgiven,” “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” — but I’m also happy to have lesser-known films in my collection like “Mutiny on the Bounty,” “Mrs. Miniver,” and “The Best Years of Our Lives. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Warner Bros.' 90th Anniversary: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Fabled Hollywood Studio
28 January 2013 11:06 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Whether you think of Warner Bros. as the studio that gave you talking pictures, Bugs Bunny, Bogart, or Batman, you have to acknowledge the studio's place at the forefront of Hollywood history. Indeed, it'll be hard to avoid acknowledging it this year, as the studio will be spending 2013 celebrating its 90th birthday. The celebration kicks off with the release of two massive boxed sets of 50-plus discs each, both entitled the "Best of Warner Bros." -- a 100-film set of DVDs and a 50-film set of Blu-rays. Both sets encompass the studio's milestones of the entire sound film era, which Warners itself kicked off in 1927 with the release of "The Jazz Singer." (The sets go all the way up to the 2010 classic-to-be "Inception.") As familiar as these movies are, there's still plenty you may not know about the legendary movie studio, from who the actual Warner Brothers were, to the stars the studio minted, »
- Gary Susman
Jeni le Gon: The first black woman signed by Hollywood was livin' and dancin' in great big way
25 January 2013 10:55 AM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
My good Sun-Times pal from the 1970s at the Chicago Sun-Times, Cynthia Dagnal, wrote me today:
"A friend in London sent me this, obituary from the London indpendent and I was stunned to see that Jeni Le Gon attended the same Southside dancing school in Chicago that I did. It was probably the most reputable one on that side of the "color line," and not very far from my house. So I studied with the younger "protégés" of Mary Bruce, and all those cute pics of me in little but Expensive tutus and whatnot that I sometimes use on my blogs are reminders of those days! I took tap, jazz and ballet as a wee one, and loved to walk around en pointe all day long in those danged--and also expensive--toe shoes!"
Le Gon (born in Georgia Aug. 24,1916; died December 7, 2012) was the first African-American women to sign with a major studio, »
- Roger Ebert
The 300 Greatest Films Ever Made (Part 23)
24 January 2013 10:05 AM, PST | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
Our daily January countdown continues with part 23 out of 30 in our list of the 300 Greatest Films Ever Made. These are numbers 80-71.
80) Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino USA
79) An American In Paris (1951) Vincent Minnelli USA
78) The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) William Wyler USA
77) Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969) George Roy Hill USA
76) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray USA
75) Metropolis (1926) Fritz Lang Germany Silent
74) The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols USA
73) Beauty & The Beast (1946) Jean Cocteau France
72) Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood USA
71) The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman Sweden
Numbers 70-61 coming next.
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- feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
Emmanuelle Riva, Best Actress Nominee: Five Reasons She Can Win The Oscar
22 January 2013 10:19 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
By Tariq Khan, Gold Derby 1. She has the most challenging role As an elderly woman whose health dramatically declines after a sudden stroke in "Amour," Emmanuelle Riva was charged with true high-difficulty acting rarely seen on the screen. She was required to display her music teacher character in a vibrant and talkative state, and then transform herself into a near vegetative condition. The physical challenges associated with a task like this can't be downplayed. The actress had to virtually relinquish all of control of her body, and eliminate any "monitoring" which might suggest self-awareness to the audience. Was there ever a moment when you doubted what you were seeing? Many people found the film somewhat difficult to watch, but that's largely due to how convincing the acting was. Riva has been this year's critical darling, winning honors from the Los Angeles Film Critics, the National Society of Film Critics, the »
- Alex Suskind
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