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‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Gets DVD/BD Release Date

The critically-acclaimed spy thriller starring Gary Oldman and many more will hit DVD and Blu-ray this March.

‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Review

Swedish director Tomas Alfredson makes his return after the success of his superb adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire romance novel, Let The Right One In (2008). His direction is filled with bleak, tension-filled imagery that coexists perfectly with the chilling atmosphere of boiling corruption.

‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘Inception’ Score Big at Oscars

Well last night was the 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, putting a cap on the awards season in the movie world. With some surprises (for me) and some proud moments, the awards season ended with a bang, if not a bit of boredom, some contempt and more disdain by some for the ceremony. The biggest winner of the night (and something of a surprise for me) was The King’s SpeechThe Social Network. Meanwhile, Inception made a near clean sweep in the technical categories

2011 BAFTA Winners

The BAFTA Awards are more or less the British version of the Oscars. Yesterday the ceremony took place, naming the 2011 best films. This year, The King’s Speech dominated the awards ceremony. Not surprising since it is a British film and the awards do tend to favor the “home team”, so to speak.

The King’s Speech walked away with seven awards for the evening. Meanwhile, The Social Network played second fiddle winning most of the other prestigious awards, including a Best Director award for David Fincher. You check the full list of winners through the link.

Winners of 10th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards; Redford Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

As you know, awards season is in full swing now after this past weekend’s Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Awards. With BAFTA and the Oscars just around the corner, there are plenty other organizations chiming in as well. One such is AARP which does something of a niche awards session. Each year they strive to “cut out the kid stuff and put dynamic, character-driven films in their readers’ queues” as AARP The Magazine Editor Bill Newcott puts it. These niche awards are designed to celebrate movies and performances which most appeal to their audience of people in the 50+ age range.

‘The Social Network’ and ‘Inception’ Win Big at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

With the beginning of the year underway, the movie awards season is really kicking off. Friday night (January 14th), the BFCA held the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. Coming into the ceremony, Black Swan was riding high on an unprecedented 12 nominations. However, at the ceremony, The Social Network and Inception walked away as the real winners.

16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Predictions

Today, the BFCA announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. In light of that, I thought I’d go through and make my choices and predictions for who I believe should/will win each award. You can find the full list of nominees here to follow along. So without further ado, my predictions…

Black Swan Receives Unprecedented 12 Nominations for Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association has released the list of nominees for the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The biggest accolades go to Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. The movie has received a record-setting 12 nominations for the 16th annual awards show. These nominations range from Best Picture, to Best Actress, all the way down [...]

UK Trailer: The King’s Speech

The official trailer for The King’s Speech was revealed a while back. Now, however, Momentum Pictures has released a new international trailer the potential Oscar front-runner.