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30 Absurd Oscar Nominated Movies
21 February 2012 11:19 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
This weekend, the 84th Academy Awards will, finally, put an end to the endless lack of debates that are happening right now about who will take home Oscar gold. Historically, the Oscars are a night when the best of the best are pitted against one another: Where, in the past, films like Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Norbit all compete for immortality. Oscar fever, catch it! What's that? Oh, yeah, Norbit was nominated for an Academy Award. In fact, there are a lot of movies that were nominated for an Academy Award in a plethora of different categories that you probably had no idea were "Academy Award-nominated movies." So, with that, here are the most absurd Academy Award-nominated movies from the last 20 years, in no particular order. (So, congratulations, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, you can now proudly mention yourself in the same sentence as Beethoven's 2nd.) 1. Norbit, Oscar-Nominated Movie (Best Makeup) 2. Beethoven's 2nd, »
- Mike Ryan
Blu-ray Review: ‘Dead Poets Society,’ ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’
23 January 2012 6:59 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – I worry that future generations will only know Robin Williams for his late-career missteps like “Old Dogs,” one of the most truly reprehensible excuses for a film in the last ten years. Believe it or not kiddies, there once was a time when the man formerly known as Mork was one of our most interesting actors, a guy who spoke for creative freedom and starred in a string of critical hits, two of which were recently released on Blu-ray.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Barry Levinson’s “Good Morning, Vietnam” was a true breakthrough for Williams, an actor who had been reasonably respected for (in films like “The World According to Garp”) but still looked like he could go either way — more Steve Guttenberg than Tom Hanks. “Vietnam” gave us an actor willing to take chances, a larger than life personality with a mission. It clearly involved a subject matter and freedom »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
36 Things We Learned From the ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ Commentary
20 January 2012 6:48 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Before he directed Patch Adams – I’m pretty sure that little nugget of information will rear its head again further down this article – Tom Shadyac had a strong hand in making Jim Carrey the man he is today. Shadyac directed Ace Venture: Pet Detective, the film that essentially launched Carrey’s career into super stardom and eventually landed him a few $20m paying jobs. Shadyac, on the other hand, was easy to get for the film’s commentary track. And that’s what we’re doing for this week’s Commentary Commentary. Here’s hoping it’s loaded with deep analysis on the character and the slaps in the face Shadyac had to give Carrey in order for the performance to bleed through. Who am I kidding? There’s probably plenty of laughter and talking about the first time he saw Carrey talking out of his ass. Let’s find out, shall »
- Jeremy Kirk
Dead Poets Society Blu-ray Review
17 January 2012 11:42 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
When I received the Blu-ray copy of Dead Poets Society in the mail the other day, I made a crack to one of my friends at work about Robin Williams.
"I got a new Blu-ray to review today," I said.
"What was it?" he asked.
"It's that one Robin Williams movie where he's an outsider-slash-rebel who finds himself working in a stuffy, tightly-wound, authority-driven institution where free will and an imaginative or humanitarian spirit is considered an abomination. And before you know it, he's turned the place just Completely upside down, and he's forced the authority figures to look inwards and question their own values."
My friend puzzled for a few moments. "Good Morning Vietnam?"
Nope. "Patch Adams?"
"Oh! The one where he's a teacher!"
And at that moment, my mind switched gears from mocking Robin Williams' tendency to play rebellious figures straight down into wondering why »
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