Member Post by Apostolos Gkanas
Series: Members of Films and Books vote their picks for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
Being asked to vote for the Academy awards 2012, I was really tempted to cast away my votes on the popular or most expected to win…
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2 Stars out of 5
Year 2011 w best for movies. But the first big release of 2012, The Devil Inside recovered twice of its budget on the opening day itself. The Devil…
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Member Post by Meredith Crilly
The Academy Awards, an awards ceremony that recognizes the best in film, is an annual show that is known for choosing excellent films and actors to recognize. The show has many categories ranging from acting to design. The most…
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Hello, greetings from Maracaibo, Venezuela. My name is Fernando Sobenes and I want to invite you to take a look to my blog: The Evil Visitor Here I introduce my horror novel: "The Evil Visitor" and also you…
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Joe Reddick is a highly temperamental man struggling to rebuild his life after losing his wife and kid in a murder incident at their home. Nine years after the incident the former cop having moved to Los Angeles has started his life a new. He is married and has a beautiful son. However…
ContinueIt's hard to resist a pun when I'm reviewing a movie called "Finding Mr. Destiny." I'll resist. Really, I will resist…
I enjoy Korean films for their different take on comedy, their endearing romances and even their high melodrama—because they do it so well. Finding Mr.…
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"The Brood Chronicles" is a satirical fantasy series by Dale Jackson, which is available on Amazon Kindle. The first book, "The English Legione", begins…
Added by Sheila Kelly on January 8, 2012 at 9:23pm — 1 Comment
Above: Men in Black 3 promises to dominate the box office in 2012.
By Sudarshana Sinha
2012 promises gratification for sci-fi films and action buffs, with a little thrown in for the rest of us. Call it, the season of the sequel. Or prequel, in some…
Added by Sudarshana Sinha on January 8, 2012 at 8:45pm — 2 Comments
The strange and horrible world of Saw
Anthony Pert
One of the more interesting horror films to be released in the past decade would be the original Saw film. While many are more familiar with the more recent sequels…
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Shah Rukh Khan: Bollywood heartthrob is more famous in India than Tom Cruise.
Suhaimi Ramly
Last year I was invited to Mumbai by a family friend. During the traditional family dinner, where all the extended family members feasted at one big table, a member of the family…
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Do you get a better sense of the filmmaker's true intentions with the actors' voices dubbed for foreign audiences or with subtitles?
By Praneet Dabral
Which is better for watching a foreign film: subtitles or dubbing? Well, the answer depends on the person to whom you…
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The multi-billion dollar Korean film industry spans North Korea as well as the South, encapsulating both countries. Only the movies from South Korea have succeeded in creating an impact internationally, however. North Korean films have not done so well globally.
View the trailer for The Mirrors, based on an idea from the South Korean film Into the Mirror.…
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By C Kyalo
Box office figures clearly show that Asian film is a huge success in the US. These films have consistently been the top-grossing foreign films in the country for a very long time. Recent figures indicate that Bollywood films easily earn over $100 million a year in the…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to the screen after his stint as governator of California and his disgrace as a cheat in his marriage to Maria Shriver will be The Last Stand. Schwarzenegger's new film started production October 17, Lionsgate announced today. Korean action-suspense master Kim Jee-Woon directs…
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Marzieh Vafamehr faces prison and the lash for appearing in a movie critical of Teheran regime.
An Iranian actor who starred in an Australian film that's critical about life in Iran has been sentenced to a year in prison and ninety lashes. Marzieh Vafamehr appeared in scenes in the movie, which is…
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Harry Shearer, the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders and others, would take a bigger pay cut in exchange for a share of The Simpsons profits. No, says Fox.
Harry Shearer, one of the cast of The Simpsons, took the unusual step of releasing a statement today in which he explains what he and his…
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Is it possible that the longest-running, arguably most successful television show in history could be forced to end over money? A show that generates billions of dollars worldwide is going to die because Fox Television doesn't want to pay the actors what they're earning!
Fox reportedly wants the voice…
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You'd think a book about Julian Assange, notorious Wikileaks founder and accused sexual offender, would make more of a stir, but his memoirs sold just 644 copies in three days of sales in Britain. Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography was ranked number 50 in hardcover non-fiction by Nielsen…
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Watch for Where Do We Go Now? at the Oscars in February: many People's Choice Award winners at TIFF go on to win Oscars.
The 36th Toronto International Film Festival, which ended yesterday, September 18, announced its award recipients at a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel today.
Unlike the…
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