Sunday, March 7, 2010 7:54PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score goes to Michael Giacchino for Up. In his acceptance speech he told a little story about the start of his career and how he never felt discouraged by family or friends. He talked about getting his first camera and shooting movies and how no one ever made him feel like it was a waste of his time. He decided to share the award with those supportive individuals.
See who he beat out this year in the Best Original Score category…
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 5:59PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature goes to Up. The film is also nominated for Best Motion Picture in the live action category, but it didn’t surprise anyone that it took top honors in the animated field. Pete Docter accepted the award for the film and thanked his cast, crew, and his family whom he called his “greatest adventure.”
See who Up beat out this year in the Best Animated Feature category…
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:29PM - By Krystal Clark
The Best Animated Feature Category is fairly new to the Academy Awards, being introduced only seven years ago back in 2002. Since the development of this distinction, the opportunity for animated films to be considered for the biggest award of the night (Best Picture), have become slim to none. According to Reuters, Pixar’s summer hit Up, may force the Academy to take a second look at their selection process.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:27AM - By Andrew Payne
Two major hits come out on DVD from two different ends of the spectrum. First, there’s the Pixar smash Up (maybe the best in that studio’s canon) and second there’s the crass bit of raunch The Ugly Truth. Meaning: There’s something for everybody!
Plus, there’s more kids classics in tow as “Seasame Street” celebrates its 40th anniversary with a retrospective set of the series’ best bits. All that, plus the three worst DVDs of the week!b Check it all out below…
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Friday, November 6, 2009 8:52AM - By Kara Stanford-Jones
Who likes cool stuff on sale? I know I do. Who likes it when you can be lazy enough that you don’t even have to go anywhere to buy cheap stuff? Blu-Ray discs are typically pretty expensive, but with Christmas coming up you can expect lots of sales and Amazon is always a good website to start with. So, we made a handy little list with some recent movies including, Up!, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Hangover, Star Trek, and District 9.
The available movies are divided into two categories, pre-order and currently available movies. Check out what Amazon has to offer you right now… Continue Reading
Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:59AM - By Krystal Clark
It’s time for the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and an official press release was just sent out revealing the film roster for this year’s event. The programming includes features, documentaries, shorts and music videos from around the world, including films from Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Uganda, the United Kingdom and of course, the United States.
Take a look at this year’s films…
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:43AM - By Craig Sternberg
Let the award season begin! The 13th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood awards have announced that Director Kathryn Bigelow will be honored with the “Hollywood Director Award”, Screenwriter Nora Ephron will be presented with the “Hollywood Screenwriter Award”, Disney/Pixar’s UP will get the “Hollywood Animation Award” and Scott Farrar, visual effects supervisor for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will receive the “Hollywood Visual Effects Award” at the festivals Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
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Monday, June 8, 2009 11:00AM - By Mali Elfman
Depending on who you ask, we have two different films taking the number one spot. According to BoxOfficeMojo Up is this weekends box office winner, but according to Variety, The Hangover managed to sneak past Up by a mere $500,000. Either way, this weeks numbers show that word of mouth will be keeping Up in the theaters for a while, that all you sickos out there heard about Zach Galifianakis‘ antics and had to see the movie this Sunday, and that not many of your care about Will Ferrell being in a Land of the Lost remake, in fact you prefer him on “Men Vs. Wild.”
Check out this weekends box office numbers below…
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Friday, June 5, 2009 11:45AM - By Laura Aguirre
It seems like things will be looking more or less the same this weekend in the box office. There is a chance that Pixar’s Up might be holding unto the number one spot for a second a week. Assuming that’s true, this weekend The Hangover and Land of the Lost are going to be battling it out at the box office to be second best. Who will take home the silver medal?
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