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August will be Biggest Movie Month of Summer

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Sure, May has “Aladdin”, “Rocketman”, “Godzilla 2”, “John Wick: Chapter 3” and “Detective Pikachu”. June includes “Toy Story 4”, “The Secret Life of Pets 2”, “Late Night”, “Dark Phoenix” and “Yesterday”. And “Spider-Man: Homecoming 2”, “The Lion King” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” grace the silver screen in July. But August may actually […]
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Aaron Sorkin ‘Down’ for ‘Social Network’ Sequel

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Oscar winning writer Aaron Sorkin recently told the Associated Press that “there should be a sequel” to “The Social Network”. Sorkin penned the screenplay to David Fincher’s 2010 drama about the birth of Facebook and rise of its founder Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg. A lot has happened in the nine years since that […]
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Most Expensive Comedy Movies

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Sometimes you’re just searching on the Internet and strike gold. I came across a WatchMojo.com video highlighting some of the most expensive comedy movies ever made. Some of their choices are fascinating to learn and dissect – mostly based on paying the cast. I’ve also added a few more recent entries to this list, that […]
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Cameos Already Plentiful in 2019

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Two months into 2019, and the cinematic year has already provided several great surprise cameos and extended appearances. SPOILERS AHEAD: Bruce Willis appeared briefly at the end of 2017’s “Split”. M. Night Shyamalan intentionally connected Willis’s “Unbreakable” character David Dunn to the saga of James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb – setting this up for “Glass”. […]
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Steven Spielberg and the Oscar Crusade

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Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time. Some of his movies are pure classics. Where would the world be without “Jaws”, “ET” or “Raiders of the Lost Ark”? And he’s still got it all these years later, with triumphs such as “Lincoln”, “The Post” and “Ready Player One”. But he’s not going […]
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Ranking Recent Oscar Winning Performances

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Several Twitter users have now been asking fellow Twitter users to rank their favorite Oscar winning acting performances of this decade. The 2010s. Or is it just the 10s? No one really talks about the 1910s. They just say, “The early 1900s.” The decade numbers really begin with the 1920s – a.k.a. “The Roaring Twenties”. […]
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Host-less Oscars a Tense Telecast

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For the first time in 30 years, the Oscars had no host. And it definitely offered a different vibe. Without someone to go back to every once in a while, this viewer simply had to hang on for the ride. It’s like when a teacher calls in sick and gives a substitute a lesson plan […]
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LCJ’s 2019 Oscar Predictions

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So much has been discussed about this year’s Oscars that it’s not worth re-iterating. The host-less show will be what it is. Surprise wins are key for making a memorable three-ish hour telecast. Maybe Richard E. Grant or six-time nominee Amy Adams will shake-up the Supporting races. The Screenplay categories are anyone’s game. Rami Malek […]
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‘Poppins’ Tops 2019 LCJ Movie Awards

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Heading into the 2019 LCJ Movie Awards, Disney musical “Mary Poppins Returns” led the nominations with a record 15. The results are in – and the film has won a record-tying 8 honors at this year’s LCJ Awards ceremony, including Best Picture, Best Director (Rob Marshall) and Best Actress (Emily Blunt). Oscar favorite Rami Malek […]
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Benefiting from Oscar Noms at the Box Office

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It’s the second awards season without The Weinstein Company – a studio that often dominated awards shows. TWC was also very strategic in how they distributed their Oscar contenders. And now, Universal is stepping in and taking a move right out of Weinstein’s “playbook” (you’ll get the pun in a minute). “Green Book” opened in […]
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Kelsey Grammer Returns to FOX

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This Friday at 9pmET, FOX debuts its new legal drama series, “Proven Innocent”. It stars six-time Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer, who returns to FOX a little over a decade after his short-lived sitcom, “Back to You”. “Back to You” was a casualty of the 2007-2008 Writer’s Strike. Just 17 episodes were produced, and only 14 […]
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2019 Super Bowl Movie Ads Recap

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Super Bowl LIII wasn’t the most exciting game. But at least the CBS telecast offered several big-time movie commercials filled with intrigue. 5:45pmET Jordan Peele’s “Us” has a unique premise. But Peele’s script and vision need to come together and make sense in order for audiences to give it a chance. Universal will release this […]
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My Pun-Tastic Super Bowl LIII Predictions

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Sunday night is Game Night! But we ain’t playing Tag – it’s FOOTBALL! I Feel Pretty confident that this Super Bowl’s gonna be Poppin’! Players will be Ready. Patriots’ Alpha Tom Brady (aka the First Man of modern football) is back for another year, along with his Wife Gisele Bunchen in the stands (Here We […]
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2019 LCJ Movie Awards Nominations

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“Mary Poppins Returns” leads with a record 15 nominations for the 2019 LCJ Movie Awards (Sunday February 17th at 7pmET on LCJ Social Media), including Best Picture, Best Director (Rob Marshall) and Best Actress (Emily Blunt). “A Star Is Born” follows with 10 nominations, including dual recognition for Bradley Cooper (Best Director and Best Actor) […]
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LCJ’s 2019 SAG Awards Predictions

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1/27 UPDATE: Emily Blunt (“A Quiet Place”) becomes one of just a few people to be a SAG individual film acting winner and not receive an Oscar nomination. Her win is easily a highlight of the night. Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) solidifies his chances for a 2nd Supporting Actor Oscar in just 3 years. Rami […]
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2019 Oscar Nominations React

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As usual, this year’s Academy Award nominations are filled with snubs and surprises. Here’s my 2019 Oscar Nominations react: 8 nominees for Best Picture. “If Beale Street Could Talk” isn’t one of them, which is likely a huge disappointment to studio Annapurna. At least Regina King (a SAG nominee snub) is up for Best Supporting […]
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The Best of Anne Hathaway

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She’s an Oscar winner (former Oscar host) and one of the biggest fashion and film stars on the planet. Anne Hathaway returns to movie screens in “Serenity”, out this Thursday. That’s also the day studio Aviron is lifting the embargo on reviews. So for now, all I can say is that Hathaway, and the film, […]
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Grading the 2018 Studio Box Office

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It’s time to evaluate how the six major movie studios did at the 2018 box office. I’ll be primarily focusing on each of their Top 5 moneymaking releases (Source: Box Office Mojo). DISNEY Grade: A- It’s another record year for the studio, with “Black Panther” ($700M), “Avengers: Infinity War” ($679M) and “Incredibles 2” ($609M). Even […]
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Best Performances of Bryan Cranston

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Bryan Cranston has won multiple awards and universal acclaim for his work on TV’s “Breaking Bad” and “Malcolm in the Middle”. But with the release of “The Upside”, I look at his big screen highlights: SAL NEALON, “LAST FLAG FLYING” (2017) In a performance that deserved him an Oscar nomination, Cranston shows an incredible range […]
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