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	<title>Andy at The Movies &#187; oscar</title>
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		<title>Signs Jesus is Returning: Titanic 3D Trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate 3D. I abhor 3D. I absolutely loathe 3D. Am I making my point? It&#8217;s gimmicky and adds zero benefit to a movie, except to make a few kids in the audience &#8220;oooooooh&#8221; and &#8220;aaaaaaaaaaah&#8221; until the trickery and amusement wears off. With that said, I&#8217;m fine with 3D speckling the myriad of cartoons aimed at young kids, but adding it to the Oscar-winning &#8211; and damn fine film, I might add &#8211; Titanic is nothing more than James Cameron following George &#8220;Moneybags Flannel Meatneck&#8221; Lucas to the bank and trying to cash in on the 3D lameness and the expensive ticket that goes with the ruined theater experience. Personally, I think this move by Mr. Cameron sullies and cheapens a movie that was deserving of all the awards and accolades it received back in 1997 and 1998. With that said, I&#8217;m sure there is someone itching to see Kate Winslet&#8217;s infamous Heart of the Ocean booby scene in eye-popping 3D. Let&#8217;s see how many adults reach out and say &#8220;oooooooh&#8221; and &#8220;aaaaaahhhh&#8221; when that happens! Check out the trailer below. Nothing really new to see, to be quite frank. And if you&#8217;ve finally got Celine Dion&#8217;s &#8220;My Heart will Go On&#8221; song out of your head after nearly 14 years, I suggest you move along and find another story or trailer to read and watch. That song is like musical Meth and almost as bad as this little tune that has yet to leave my brain!]]></description>
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		<title>Soderbergh&#8217;s Contagion Puckers my Pruney</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bird flu. Swine flu. Pandemic. Chances are you’ve heard those words in the media over the last few years, and, if you’re like me, even though you scoffed somewhat at the chance of some violent outbreak, you’ll readily admit your buttcheeks were clinched at the prospect of the flu reaping havoc on life as we know it. Thanks to our Hollywood pal, Steven Soderbergh, the director behind such movies as Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven (and Twelve and Thirteen) and The Informant!, you can now pucker your prunehole even more with his new action-thriller, Contagion, due in megaplexes on September 9, 2011. I don’t know what to really explain about the story, but I this much I do know: If and when I get sick this fall/winter, I’m going to immediately think of Gwyneth Paltrow. And Coldplay. And I’m going to be pissed. The cast of Contagion is nothing short of stacked and fantastic. It stars Matt Damon (True Grit), Marion Cotillard (Inception), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Kate Winslet (The Reader), Laurence Fishburne (Predators), Gwyneth Paltrow (Country Strong) and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad). This is definitely on my list of must-see movies this fall and probably an early favorite for awards season. Check out the trailer below and let me know what you think.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Tips for Winning your Oscar Pool</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this article today from Drew Magary at Popcornbiz and thought I&#8217;d share his tips with AATM readers, particularly Dan, Harry and Aaron, who will all be getting cinematically teabagged by yours truly when I rule the weekend with my awesome Oscar picks. I need some revenge and redemption after getting worked by Dan, Aaron and Harry (in that order) in picking Oscar nominees. 1. Pay Attention To Everyone Else’s Predictions And Slavishly Follow Them Listen to who people in the industry are predicting. Don’t go with any wild, outside the box predictions just because YOU have a hunch. Oh, you think Jeremy Renner could sneak in a shocking Best Actor win? You are wrong. That isn’t happening. Ever. Get your picks from people who know what they’re talking about. Entertainment Weekly. Roger Ebert. The Gurus of Gold. Trust me. This will help. Don’t go it alone, and don’t think you can intuit some magic insight about how Oscar voters vote that no one else can divine. That is stupid. Let everyone else in the office weed themselves out of the pool by making these wild stabs. The only surprises that happen at the Oscars are the ones that, really, NO ONE sees. There may be a shocking win on Sunday night. I promise you it won’t be one you picked. 2. If You Can Help It, Don’t See Any Of The Nominated Films Seeing the movies will just make you biased. Perhaps “An Education” was your favorite movie of the year. You don’t want that clouding up the fact that it has no prayer of ever winning Best Picture. The Oscars care not for your subjective whims, Film Boy. 3. The Pool Is Won Or Lost In The Annoying Small Categories Everyone will pick the same winners in the main categories (only Picture and Director are relative tossups at this point). After that, your pool will come down to categories like Cinematography, Costume Design, and the dreaded Live Action Short and Animated Short categories. When it comes to all short film and documentary categories, it’s important to ask yourself one question: Is this movie about the Holocaust? If it is, check that box. 4. Don’t Submit More Than One Entry This isn’t March Madness. It’s an Oscar pool. Don’t be Mr. Hedgebetter. 5. Don’t Submit Your Picks Until The Last Minute You don’t want to submit your picks early, and then see one of your picks turn up arrested for arson, or find out that Mo’Nique killed her good will by agreeing to co-star in “Norbit 2.” Remember: these are actors you’re picking. They do stupid things. Don’t give them time to ruin you forever.]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Heart Behind the Scenes Featurette</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sung the praises of Crazy Heart on tonight&#8217;s KVNU Movie Show, but if you&#8217;re still unsure on whether or not to give the film a shot, check out this behind-the-scenes featurette from Fox Searchlight. Happy Friday!]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Crazy Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Crazy Heart – a simple yet searing portrait of a tired and broken country music artist named Bad Blake – is it will bring to Jeff Bridges (Iron Man) his first-ever Academy Award win out of five nominations over the last 40 years.  You should also know if you live in Cache Valley and plan to see this movie, you’ll have to head south to Ogden, where it’s showing at the Megaplex 13 at The Junction.  With all the crap jam packed into the multiplexes lately, Crazy Heart is a burst of fresh, inspiring cinema, driven by the haunting old school twang of the film’s soundtrack and the emotionally resonant acting from Bridges. Crazy Heart is directed by Scott Cooper and adapted from the 1987 novel of the same name, written by Thomas Cobb. The main character, Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a mélange of country and Western music bad boys, namely Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard. Blake’s past is best summed up in a line from one of his songs, “I used to be somebody, but now I am somebody else.” The person he is now is an alcoholic drifter, wandering from one small-town, low-paying gig to another, all the while splitting time between cheap motels and his dilapidated old car. It’s never fully explained, but part of Blake’s wandering seems to revolve around a former protégé, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell), and the assumption he’s left Blake alone in the wake and dust of his newfound success. At a gig in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Blake is interviewed by a local reporter, Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhall), and the two become fast friends and a romantic attraction stirs in both their hearts. Jean, like Blake, has suffered disappointments and failures in the past, and perhaps this uniting of two broken and bruised souls is the catalyst for the brief love they share. If Crazy Heart has a fault, it’s that we know where the story is going midway through the feature. We know Bad and Jean can’t be together and we know somehow he’ll break her trust because of his abuse of alcohol. And that’s just what happens. That could be seen as a sad, sobering juncture in the movie, but this story isn’t about love and romance, it’s about life and redemption, however clichéd that might sound. Jean wasn’t the love of Blake’s life, but she was the spark that saved him. I absolutely loved Crazy Heart and Jeff Bridges is utterly compelling and believable as Bad Blake. I’d say I was surprised, but really we’ve come to expect this from Bridges. From Starman to The Big Lebowski to even Iron Man, his acting is strong, bold and his characters are always stunning. I also can’t say enough about the soundtrack, on which Bridges, Farrell, and Robert Duvall all do their own singing. Credit T-Bone Burnett (who also worked on O Brother, Where Art Thou?) for another masterful musical creation....]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar Set to Sink Titanic’s Longstanding Box Office Reign</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So three weeks ago on the KVNU Movie Show I stupidly claimed Avatar would be hard pressed to beat Titanic’s longstanding box office record of $600,788,188 and wouldn’t even come close to the iceberg-doomed ship’s grip on the all-time worldwide box office of $1,842,879,955. Sure it was making some noise in December, but recent box office trends suggested it would drop by 50% or more in consecutive release weeks. I was confident in my opinion. Color me corrected. As, Tyler notes below. Avatar wants me to suck it. Avatar will break both records and break them quite handily, most likely in the next two weeks, if not sooner. Considering James Cameron’s space odyssey will get nominated for – and possibly win – the best picture Oscar, would it be insane to suggest Avatar could come close to the $700 million mark domestically? More importantly, what is the driving thrust behind all the interest? Is this the work of more expensive tickets (3D and IMAX), or is this simply a magical movie? Listen, I gave Avatar a B plus. I loved it. But did I think it would be the eventual all-time box office champ? Not in a million years. Please, discuss – I’d like to know everyone’s thoughts on the matter.]]></description>
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