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2012/01/24 at 12:00am

Complete list of 2012 Oscar nominations

01.24.2012 | By Jack Rico |

Fresh new Latino faces were represented at the Oscar nominations with the Argentinian Berenice Bejo (THE ARTIST) getting a nod for Best Supporting Actress, Mexican Demian Bichir (A BETTER LIFE) received a Best Actor nomination, and Chico y Rita obtained a Best Animated Film nom.

But before you continue reading, I need to get a few things off my chest. I like Demián Bichir’s work in A BETTER LIFE, but even he would tell you that he was nominated for the wrong film! Fidel Castro in CHE was his best performance in his career to date.

The Buenos Aires born Bérénice Bejo selection is understandable but hard to swallow for me. I hate to confess this but Bejo didn’t impress me in The Artist. Compared to every other actor in the cast, she was the weakest link. Her mannersisms seemed force and unnatural. Obviously, I’m not a fan. But for the sake of Latinos surging in a white film universe, I wish her a win.

One thing I have not even remotely heard from anyone is that RODRIGO GARCIA directed ALBERT NOBBS! He’s Colombian! Why isn’t anyone talking about him?

Glad to see HUGO get its due with 11 nominations. It begins slow, but boy does it leave an impression on you for days. 3D is pretty sick too.

BTW, I have a major issue with MONEYBALL and its story. Why was this made into a movie? Moneyball didn’t help the Oakland Athletics even pass the first round of the playoffs!

Speaking about Moneyball, Jonah Hill was very good. I’d argue he was the best part of the irrelevant film. But over Albert Brooks? He was robbed. The one who wasn’t was Nick Nolte. Well deserved. Max Von Sydow? BS.

Another travesty is Steven Spielberg not being nominated for Best Director: War Horse is as close to a masterpiece as we’re going to get 2011.

Michael Fassbender not getting a nod for BEST ACTOR is tragical. It was between him and Jean Dujardin for the win. His performance was powerful!

‘Extremely Loud’ is unbearable to watch. It shouldn’t even be nominated. Why do you think no other film organization awarded it? The film possesses so many problems so many holes. Hanks, Bullock, Daldry no noms, ha!

Also, Oscars picked 9 films. Why not just go for the full 10!? Drive, Dragon, The Ides of March, My Week with Marylin, Potter, were all worthy option.

Shocking moments from Oscar list: Dicaprio, Fassbender, Brooks, Spielberg, Tintin no nods. Hill, Bichir, McCarth, Glenn Close getting nods. Many surprises!

Moving on… here is the complete list of nominations for the 84th Academy Awards.

Best Picture

War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor

Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Director

Michel Hazanivicus, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Foreign Feature

Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

Best Animated Feature

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Documentary Feature

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Documentary Short Subject

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Film Editing

Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Makeup

Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Music (Original Score)

John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Howard Shore, Hugo
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams, War Horse

Music (Original Song)

“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Sound Mixing

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Monyeball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Short Film (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Short Film (Live Action)

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

‘Paranormal Activity 3’: Win the Blu-ray movie!

By Mack Chico

2012/01/24 at 12:00am

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‘Paranormal Activity 3’: Win the Blu-ray movie!

01.24.2012 | By Mack Chico |

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A fresh new weekend with a sequel at number 1

By Karen Posada

2012/01/23 at 12:00am

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A fresh new weekend with a sequel at number 1

01.23.2012 | By Karen Posada |

Finally this weekend a good mix of movies that are worth going to the theater for premiered. Starting with ‘Underworld: Awakening’, this new segment of the franchise collected more money than the previous ones of the series, $25.4 million dollars; the main character Kate Beckinsale also stars in another movie in the top 10 this month of January 2012, but in this one she’s phenomenal!

‘Red Tails’ premiered on second place with $19.1 million, this movie of aerodynamic drama has been widely promoted and the reviews it has received are very mixed.

The number one movie from last weekend, ‘Contraband’ falls to third place with $12.2 million dollars. It’s followed by the action movie ‘Haywire’ and ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’. There are rumors that with the website megavideo being shut down, the finances in Hollywood will improve.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. Underworld: Awakening -$25.4 million

2. Red Tails -$19.1 million

3. Contraband -$12.2 million

4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close -$10.5 million

5. Haywire -$9 million

6. Beauty and the Beast 3D -$8.6 million

7. Joyful Noise -$6.1 million

8. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol -$5.5 million

9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows -$4.8 million

10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -$3.7 million

By Karen Posada

2012/01/16 at 12:00am

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‘Contraband’ is #1

01.16.2012 | By Karen Posada |

This month of February continues to give us films not worthy of the number one spot in the box office. Mark Wahlberg’s thriller ‘Contraband’ appeared at number one this past weekend. This American version of the Icelandic film collected $24.1 million in the United States.

The remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 3D arrived at second place with $18.5 million dollars. Which tells us that the Disney classics continue to please children in every way.

The action film ‘Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ fell to third place with $11.5 million dollars. ‘Joyful Noise’ another crappy movie this month gives us, which seems to be unfortunately the rule for the beginning of the year.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1.Contraband -$24.1 million

2. Beauty and the Beast 3D -$18.5 million

3. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol -$11.5 million

4. Joyful Noise -$11.3 million

5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows -$8.4 million

6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -$8.3 million

7. The Devil Inside -$7.9 million

8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked -$ 5.8 million

9. War Horse -$5.6 million

10. The Iron Lady -$ 5.4 million

‘The Artist’ wins Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards

By Jack Rico

2012/01/13 at 12:00am

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‘The Artist’ wins Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards

01.13.2012 | By Jack Rico |

LOS ANGELES, CA. – January 13, 2012 – The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards earlier this evening. Hosted by comedians Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the star-studded ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium and aired live on VH1. “The Artist” was named the year’s Best Picture and Michael Hazanavicius won Best Director honors for the film.

Other big winners of the night included George Clooney, who took Best Actor for his role in “The Descendants” and Viola Davis, who won Best Actress for her role in “The Help.” Also honored was Christopher Plummer with the Best Supporting Actor award and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress both for her work in “The Help.”

Additional awards included a tie for Best Cinematography, going to both “The Tree of Life” and “War Horse.” Best Art Direction went to “Hugo” and Best Editing went to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” “The Help” was honored with Best Acting Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay honors went to Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris.” Best Young Actor/Actress went to Thomas Horn for “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” “Rango” won Best Animated Feature and Best Comedy went to “Bridesmaids.”

Academy Award winner, film director and humanitarian Sean Penn was honored with the fifth annual Joel Siegel Award, presented by George Clooney. The BFCA created this award to honor those in the film community whose actions demonstrate that the greatest value of celebrity is the ability to do good work for others. This award pays homage to beloved “Good Morning America” film critic and BFCA member Joel Siegel, who lost his struggle with cancer in June, 2007.

The 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards also included a special nod to “Hugo” director Martin Scorsese, who received the Critics’ Choice Music+Film Award, presented by Leonardo DiCaprio and Olivia Harrison in addition to a special musical tribute from Bob Dylan. The Critics’ Choice Music+Film Award was created to honor a single filmmaker who has not only inspired moviegoers with his cinematic storytelling, but has heightened the impact of film through the brilliant use of source and soundtrack music.

Nominees in attendance included: Berenice Bejo, Kenneth Branagh, Albert Brooks, Asa Butterfield, Jessica Chastain, George Clooney, Stephen Daldry, Viola Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning, Judy Greer, Michael Hazanavicius, Ellie Kemper, Nick Krause, Thomas Horn, Matthew Lillard, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Penelope Ann Miller, Nick Nolte, Elizabeth Olsen, Patton Oswalt, Alexander Payne, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Maya Rudolph, Andy Serki, Octavia Spencer, Steven Spielberg, Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, Charlize Theron, Michelle Williams, Evan Rachel Wood and Shailene Woodley

Presenters at the gala included: Vin Diesel, Kirsten Dunst, Donald Glover, Dustin Hoffman, Mindy Kaling, Ben Kingsley, Diane Kruger, Elizabeth Olsen, Patton Oswalt, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Jason Segel, Owen Wilson and Robin Wright.

The show featured Fitz and The Tantrums as this year’s house band. Bob Dylan also performed “Blind Willie McTell” during the Critic’s Choice Music+Film Award tribute to Martin Scorsese.

Since its inception in 1995, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards has been a star-studded bellwether event of the movie awards season. Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. Last year, for example, all four of the acting category winners at the Oscars – Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo – first accepted their awards in the same categories at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. In all, 18 of the 20 actors nominated for Oscars were first Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominees.

About The Broadcast Film Critics Association:
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 250 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film going public. The very first opinion a moviegoer hears about new releases at the multiplex or the art house usually comes from one of its members.

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WINNERS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – “The Help”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Thomas Horn – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“The Help”

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TIE)
“The Tree of Life”
AND
“War Horse”

BEST ART DIRECTION
“Hugo”

BEST EDITING
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist”

BEST MAKE-UP
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

BEST SOUND
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Rango”

BEST ACTION MOVIE
“Drive”

BEST COMEDY
“Bridesmaids”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Separation”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“George Harrison: Living in the Material World”

BEST SONG
“Life’s a Happy Song” – The Muppets
Performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter
Written by Bret McKenzie and The Muppets

BEST SCORE
“The Artist”

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD
Sean Penn

CRITICS’ CHOICE MUSIC+FILM AWARD
Martin Scorsese

By Karen Posada

2012/01/09 at 12:00am

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‘The Devil Inside’ Scarily is #1

01.9.2012 | By Karen Posada |

The first movie of 2012 ‘The Devil Inside’ surprisingly arrived at the number one spot in the first week of the year. Apparently many of the moviegoers didn’t listen to the bad reviews this film about demonic possession received. It collected $34.5 million this weekend.

‘Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ which was firmly at number one in the last two weeks dropped to second place. Adding $20.5 million to the $170.2 it already has.

The other action movie that has been in second place ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ ended up in third place with $14.1 million. Surely the exaggerated hype of ‘The Devil Inside’ will die off, but these last two will continue to be in the top 10 for a good while longer.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. The Devil Inside – $34.5 million

2. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol-$20 million

3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows-$14.1 million

4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- $11.3 million

5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked-$9.5 million

6. War Horse-$ 8.6 million

7. We Bought a Zoo-$8.4 million

8. The Adventures of Tintin-$6.6 million

9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy-$5.8 million

10. New Year’s Eve-$3.3 million

Nolan fixes Bane issues on ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

By Mack Chico

2012/01/03 at 12:00am

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Nolan fixes Bane issues on ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

01.3.2012 | By Mack Chico |

Several weeks ago, we reported in detail on the presentation by director Christopher Nolan‘s first six minutes of ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘. The proposal of the video was to begin shooting before the screening of ‘Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol‘ in IMAX. The biggest complaint we critics, and audiences in general, was to understand the dialogue of the villain Bane (Tom Hardy).

This immediately came to the ears of Nolan, who said he would not improve the scenes with him. Then the survey asked the director to please help them with the subject which Nolan said he would consider “alter sounds a little bit.” Apparently, it was exactly what he did, because a new sound clip was sent to theaters . According to sources, lowered the background noise of the plane and other things, the Bane‘s dialogue sounds clearer and more understandable.

They were then asked audience members if they had trouble understanding Bane. All said they had no problem to understand and added that Bane dialogue is not yet clear as the dialogue of other characters, but much better.

‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ will premiere in the U.S. on July 20.

‘Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ begins 2012 at #1

By Karen Posada

2012/01/02 at 12:00am

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‘Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ begins 2012 at #1

01.2.2012 | By Karen Posada |

‘Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol’ began the year 2012 holding on to the #1 spot in the box office. Tom Cruise’s movie finished the end of the year with $31.2million in the United States with a grand total of $134.1million since it premiered. It seems like it will be a mission impossible to take its place.

The other film that held on to its spot was ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ which accumulated $22.1 million dollars. These two have fought for the number one spot since they came out in theaters.

Lastly, ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ followed the example by keeping the third place for the second consecutive week. The other two films that followed have received a lot of positive reviews: ‘War Horse’ & ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.

The top 10 in the box office are:

1. Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol- $31.2 million

2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows- $22.1 million

3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $18.2 million

4.-War Horse-$16.9 million

5.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-$16.3million

6.We Bought a Zoo-$14.3million

7. The Adventures of Tintin-$12million

8.New Year’s Eve-$6.7million

9.The Darkest Hour-$4.3million

10.The Descendants-$3.6million

‘Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol’ #1 at the box office

By Mack Chico

2011/12/26 at 12:00am

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‘Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol’ #1 at the box office

12.26.2011 | By Mack Chico |

‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ in its second weekend of exhibition in the U.S. has brought together the modest sum of $58.9 million dollars, and this weekend, was no exception as the film starring Tom Cruise hit $26 million dollars at the box office.

On the other hand the production of Warner ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows‘ fails to overcome the aforementioned, and ranks second with $17.8 million dollars in addition to the box office last week.

In third place we see the new sequel to the squirrels chattering ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked‘ that have grossed $50.2 million USD in its two weeks of release.

Seventh place there we see the ashes of ‘New Year’s Eve‘ with the premise that neither have the repartazo that has been able to exceed 50 million dollars budget.

Under the above, we see the animated film ‘Arthur Christmas‘ whose criticism has been mostly positive. The weekend box office below.

1. “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” $26.5 million.

2. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” $17.8 million.

3. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” $13.3 million

4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” $13 million.

5. “The Adventures of Tintin,” $9.1 million.

6. “We Bought a Zoo,” $7.8 million

7. “New Year’s Eve,” $3 million.

8. “Arthur Christmas,” $2.7 million

9. “Hugo,” $2.03 million.

10. “The Muppets,” $2 million

By Karen Posada

2011/12/19 at 12:00am

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A weekend of sequels in the box office

12.19.2011 | By Karen Posada |

This weekend ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law firmly took first place with $40 million dollars in the United States. Sequels took over the weekend and the 3 first spots, but none of them made as much as the originals collected.

‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked!’ took second place with $23.5 million dollars. The squirrels stayed steadily between the best two action movies of the year.

Surprisingly, ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ ended up in third place with $13.6 million dollars. It could be because of the fact that it only premiered in IMAX theaters; we will see what will happen when it premieres in the rest of the theaters, which are cheaper than IMAX.

The top 10 in the box office are:

1.’Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’- $40 million

2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked!’-$23.5 million

3.’Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol’-$13.6 million

4. ‘New Year’s Eve’-$7.4 million

5. ‘The Sitter’-$4.4 million

6.’The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part I’ -$4.3 million

7. ‘Young Adult’-$3.6 million

8. ‘Hugo’-$3.6 million

9. ‘Arthur Christmas’ – $3.6 million

10. The Muppets. -$3.5 million