blue is the warmest color

The Blu-Rays/DVDs You Need to Buy This Month Part 1
There’s almost always an awesome film coming out on Blu-Ray or DVD each month, so which ones should you pay attention to this month?

Oscar Watching: Let It Go
The Oscar nominations arrive tomorrow. Who’s in, who’s out, and who might surprise us?

Oscar Watching: HUSTLE for 12 YEARS
Last week’s awards announcements suggest 12 YEARS A SLAVE and AMERICAN HUSTLE are the Oscar front-runners, but what about the surprises?

The Popcast – Episode 108: A Family Reunion
What better time than in the thick of holiday season for the gang to cut down their seven week hiatus and get together once again. A lot has happened in their time apart and this episode see’s the trio discuss disappointing biopics, BS endings, dreadful documentaries and one member of

Oscar Watching: An AMERICAN HUSTLE at the Oscars?
The first-ever screening of David O. Russell’s American Hustle took place on Sunday. Word on the film ranges from decent to terrific, but the one aspect on which everyone seemed to agree: Jennifer Lawrence. Last year’s best actress winner apparently steals the movie with her scenes as the wife of

Oscar Watching: It’s the HOLIDAY Season
With around $36.6 million, Thor: The Dark World again won the box office, but competition for the number one spot was surprisingly heated, so there go the “hammer” and “clobber” puns I would have otherwise used. Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man Holiday, sequel to 1999’s The Best Man, more

Oscar Watching: Writers Take the Spotlight
The movie world is all about the actors, though the occasional director, like Peter Jackson, George Lucas, or Steven Spielberg, gets lucky every now and then. Among the cinematic minds who almost always the short end of the stick, however, are the writers, but The Hollywood Reporter gives them the

Oscar Watching: A BLUE Oscar Race?
Blue is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche’s drama about a romance between two young women, took to four screens this weekend and opened with $100,316. That’s $25,079 for each screen, a better average than Michael Haneke’s Amour, the drama about an elderly woman and her husband that earned five Oscar

Oscar Watching: Moving MONUMENTS
Surprise: Another film we thought would contend for Oscars this year got bumped to next year, as Sony moved The Monuments Men to 2014. Apparently there wasn’t enough time to finish the visual effects. This move might give the distributor’s upcoming American Hustle more room to breathe. Monuments director George

Oscar Watching: This Race Needs Some GRAVITY
Cate Blanchett got a tribute on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the New York Film Festival. That and Blue Jasmine director Woody Allen’s personal shout-out surely gave more credence to her already-strong best actress campaign. Of course, Blanchett’s perceived rival for the Oscar, Sandra Bullock, got a boost of her own

Oscar Watching: A Smaller Best Actress Race
Perhaps the most notable news of the week came on Monday, when The Weinstein Co. announced that Grace of Monaco will debut in theaters next year. Originally planned for release on Nov. 27, the Nicole Kidman-led biopic needs more time for completion and will hit theaters next spring as a

Oscar Watching: GRAVITY Takes Off
Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity kicked off the Venice Film Festival earlier today. By all accounts, it’s a great film that looks like one to beat at the Oscars, particularly for Cuarón in the director race, Sandra Bullock in the best actress race, and DP Emmanuel Lubezki in the cinematography category. Stephen Frears’ Philomena could