News Archive - January 2007

24 January

Early Oscars Predictions and Wish List
Oscars are coming up February 25th. Here is a very early prediction and wish list.

Category Oscars Nominees All 2006 Movies
Who will Win? 1 DK's Wish List 2
Picture The Departed None None
Director Martin Scorsese Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass
Actor Forest Whitaker None None
Supporting Actor Eddie Murphy Alan Arkin None
Actress Helen Mirren Helen Mirren None
Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson Rinko Kikuchi None
Animated Feature Film Cars N/A None
Makeup N/A Click Click /
Date Movie
Foreign Language Pan's Labyrinth N/A N/A
Visual Effects N/A None Little Man
1 Based on Best Betting and DK's own guess.
2 DK's wish list is currently based on 141 movies (and does not include some major movies such as: Dreamgirls, Pan's Labyrinth, The Prestige, The Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond, Notes on a Scandal, Letters from Iwo Jima).

23 January

Oscars Nominations Announcement

The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards have been announced.

22 January

Razzie Nominees Announced
Razzie Awards The Nominees for the 27th Annual Razzie Awards have been announced. Here are the "leading" movies:

Basic Instinct 2 (7)
Little Man (7)
Bloodrayne (6)
Wicker Man (5)
Santa Clause 3 (5)
Lady In The Water (4)
Deck The Halls (3)
The Shaggy Dog (3)

5 January

Lantos Talks about Eastern Promises
Robert Lantos Playback Magazine had an interview with producer Robert Lantos, which provides new info about David Cronenberg's upcoming projects.

Concerning Eastern Promises:
  • The 12-week shoot is set to wrap in February. Cronenberg will return to Toronto, where post-production will be done at Deluxe Sound & Picture.
  • The film won't be ready in time for Cannes. A fall premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival is "likely".
  • Like A History of Violence, the movie will have more of a "mainstream presence" and no censorship problems.
  • Mortensen and Watts' salaries are likely a factor in the film's large budget, which stands at $30m.

    Following Eastern Promises, Cronenberg and Lantos are slated to film the satirical drama Maps to the Stars.
  • 1 January 2007

    Actors and Artists we Lost in 2006

    Chris Penn

    Actor

    Mako

    Actor

    Bruno Kirby

    Actor

    Don Knotts

    Actor

    Peter Boyle

    Actor

    Jack Palance

    Actor

    Shelley Winters

    Actress


    Robert Altman

    Director

    Sven Nykvist

    Cinematographer

    Basil Poledouris

    Composer

    Shirley Walker

    Composer

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Composer

    Steve Irwin

    Wildlife expert

    James Brown

    Singer

      The Devil's Advocate (1997)

    DK's rating: 8/10


    Starship Troopers (1997)

    DK's rating: 8/10


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