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Quentin Tarantino Might Follow Up ‘Inglourious Basterds’ With A Western…Sorta
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If there were two words in one sentence you could say to alot of movie fan that would spark white-hot excitement, those words would be “Tarantino” and “Western.”
At a small luncheon recently held to celebrate the well-deserved Academy Award nominations for Inglourious Basterds, NY Daily Mail was on hand to ask a few questions to director Quentin Tarantino. Amidst clarifications of how he and star Brad Pitt don’t smoke weed when they’re working on a movie, speculations that Basterds has a fighters chance at pulling off a Best Picture upset, and implications of Best Supporting Actor nominee Christoph Waltz possibly moving on to star in a film called The Talking Cure as Sigmund Freud, there was a juicy little nugget of tasty good-ness!
Tarantino was asked what he would be doing next, and to my sheer delight, it did involve the word “Western!” The only problem is that it doesn’t sound quite like Quentin wants to make that gritty, old school Spaghetti Western that I’m dying to see him make. No, no — it sounds like he has an entirely different plan for what he refers to as a “Southern.”
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82nd Academy Awards Nominations: ‘District 9′! Oh, And…’The Blind Side’!?
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For we the movie fanatics of the world, the Academy Awards are just as exciting as the Super Bowl. Many of us throw or attend Oscar parties, and even go so far as to print out that ballot and lock our picks into place.
Over the past few years, this and a lot of other awards shows have kind of lost their flare. It has become apparent that deciding nominees and voting for winners is not about who is the best and who is most deserving, but about what has the best side-story and what the popular names and titles are. This massive flaw is hard to swallow, and the appeal of the whole event is bordering on non-existent.
To help bring more appeal to the game, the folks behind the Academy Awards chose to make a few changes in the format of the show. The biggest of these alterations was of course changing the amount of Best Picture nominees from 5 to a whopping 10, which meant that all of the deserving but not-so-traditional contenders (The Dark Knight) could get their chance to be underdog heroes.
Continue reading on for more and to check out the full list of this year’s nominees!
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Tags: Academy Awards, Avatar, Best Picture, Carey Mulligan, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Coraline, District 9, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Helen Mirren, Henry Selick, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, Jeff Bridges, John Musker, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, morgan freeman, Neil Blomkamp, Oscars, Pete Docter, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Ron Clements, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, The Princess and the Frog, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Watchmen, Wes Anderson, Woody Harrelson
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Doom Discussion: 67th Annual Golden Globe Winners & Losers
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Well, the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were just handed out, and the winners and losers are now here for us to talk about.
The popularity and integrity of the Globes has consistently declined over the years as it became apparent that those who were voting were typically voting based on popularity and not so much on those who are deserving (a trend among awards shows, it would seem). Still, these are the awards that set the table for the big one, the Academy Awards, and what we can start to expect when those are handed out.
The show was actually better than it usually is. Ricky Gervais was a brilliant host, and even though he likely pissed a lot of people off with his edgy humor, it will be impossible to ignore the positive feedback you will hear from his job this evening. The awards played out as expected with a few pleasant surprises and the typical sickening winner from time-to-time.
For those of you who missed the Golden Globes or just didn’t watch them, click on over to the other side to see a rundown of highlights to seek out on YouTube and low points to avoid. Also to be found below is the entire list of nominees, with the winner in each category in bold if you don’t care and just want to peek at who won.
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Tags: Alec Baldwin, Avatar, Best Picture, Christopher Plummer, Clint Eastwood, Coraline, Courteney Cox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dexter, District 9, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Golden Globes, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Michael C. Hall, morgan freeman, Neil Patrick Harris, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Carell, The Hangover, The Office, The Princess and the Frog, Tobey Maguire, Warner Bros, Where The Wild Things Are, William Hurt
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Golden Globe Nominees Revealed; What Do You Think?
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The list of nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier today, and you can check out the whole list below.
The Globes aren’t the most respected of all awards ceremonies (not that many…if ANY are these days), but they are good for one important thing: Academy Awards potentials. Many of the nominees and winners of Golden Globes will go on to land Oscar nominations as well, so movie fans watch with sharp eyes.
Just a glance over the list of nominees, you can see why so many people have trouble taking awards like this seriously. There’s a select group of movies that feel like they’re given these nods just because of their status and not due to their quality. These movies could in fact be the very best of the best this year — I do not know for sure — but when you see films like Nine which hasn’t even been released yet getting so many nominations, you scratch your head, especially knowing how much love musicals get JUST for being musicals. Or maybe even Avatar grabbing a massively unexpected nod in the Best Motion Picture Dramas category. Hopefully the majority of these are indeed the most deserving of the honor, and may the best films win.
Head on over to the other side to see the entire rundown of Golden Globe nominees and please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Tags: Alec Baldwin, Avatar, Best Picture, Christopher Plummer, Clint Eastwood, Colin Firth, Coraline, Courteney Cox, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Duchovny, Dexter, District 9, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, Jeff Bridges, Kenneth Branagh, Lost, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Michael C. Hall, morgan freeman, Neil Patrick Harris, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes, Steve Carell, The Hangover, The Office, The Princess and the Frog, Tobey Maguire, Where The Wild Things Are, William Hurt
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Holiday Geek Gift Guide ’09: DVD & Blu-ray Edition
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Ladies. Gentlemen. Geeks of all ages; lend us your eyes. As promised, it is finally here: our epic Holiday Geek Gift Guide ’09!
So far we’ve offered up multiple guides with many gift suggestions from Wii sports accessories (Read: Holiday Gift Guide: Wii Sports Accessories) to some of the coolest specialty geek toys and gadgets (Read: Geek Guide: Specialty Christmas Gift Suggestions) to the best video game gift ideas (Read: Holiday Gift Guide: Video Game Edition ’09).
Now comes the mother of all guides: the guide that will share with you all of the vest best of the best in DVD and Blu-ray movies and TV series out there. This is the place that you want to go to locate, learn about, and discover the DVDs and Blu-rays that you want to buy your friends, loved ones, yourself (we all deserve a little treat in these hectic times), and maybe even your favorite pizza guy. We’ve also included the online order deadlines for Christmas delivery.
Without further delay, we invite you to keep on reading and discover the cherished DVD and Blu-ray treasures of the year 2009 in our Holiday Geek Gift Guide ’09!
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Tags: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, Family Guy, Harry Potter, Inglourious Basterds, Lost, Monty Python, Neil Gaiman, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Watchmen
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