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    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Batman Begins – Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck – Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe
The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki

Think about your experience in a movie theater, as you sit and watch the feature presentation. The lights begin to dim, the popcorn is already half gone, [...]

Love is a force of nature. This is a phrase that will long live in infamy due to the overwhelming popularity and hype surrounding our second “Best Picture” nominee of 2005. Brokeback Mountain has been described as a raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet [...]

Release Date: February 28, 2006
Based on Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, this is a story about the clash of English social classes during the Georgian era. Prejudice is what separates the classes, and pride is what draws two lovers together.
The Film
The story revolves around the Bennet family. The Bennet’s five daughters are all of age to [...]

Here is what you should be picking up at your local retailer today:
Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)
“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Joaquin Phoenix is country music legend Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon is June Carter in James Mangold’s labor of love biography of the early career of the man in black and the troubled road of [...]

We must break for a moment from our Oscar Week coverage and bring you a sweet little tidbit of information:
Kevin Smith has all but officially announced the theatrical released date of Clerks II: August 18th. Click here to check out the news direct from NewsAskew.com. The theatrical release is also being said to coincide with [...]

       BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

War of The Worlds – Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe – Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
King Kong – Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor

This list yields a [...]

The Monday Morning Buzz Machine is hard at work this week, bringing you a recap of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest news from the past weekend, with a little touch of Oscar mixed in for good measure. So without further ado, here is your news, ya savages:
       Oscar Related:

Brokeback Shirts sell big: Digital Spy [...]

[Editor's Note: This article was written by our very own Tara S. and previously posted here. We found it relevant for our site now, and she said we could post it... Enjoy!]

For Best Director:

Make a LOT of films and the Academy will eventually award you for your contributions to the arts, especially if you [...]

For one to rationalize the life of Truman Capote is a far unachievable goal. One of the great American authors of all time, Capote was the Southern born New York Socialite author who penned the earth shattering novel In Cold Blood. This was his story of the emotional unraveling that led to one of the [...]

It is an event that astounds us when we are young budding fans of film. It is a chance for Hollywood to show off its glitz and glamour. It is an opportunity to recognize the most prolific performances and feats of filmmaking in the past year. And above all, it is one hell of a [...]

Here at Film School Rejects, we like to do many things. One is to give you a quick summary every Friday that shows what movies we reviewed and ultimately what we thought. So without further ado, here are our thoughts this week:
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Our commitment to bringing you the information necessary to go forth and enjoy movies we have decided that even if we don’t get a chance to review a film right away, we should at least give you a heads up. So here it is, the  Weekend Warm-up. Here is what you should be going to [...]

I Watch Stuff is reporting today that there has been a change announced to who will play Aquaman in the upcoming film set to being shooting later this year. It has gone from underwear model Will Toale to another no named actor: Passions sub-star Justin Hartley. Exactly what comic book fans are looking for, another [...]

On the streets of Memphis, DJay’s hustle was second to none. No problems were presented in his day to day of running the working girls from back seat to proverbial back seat, and bringing the hottest grown product to the locals. But DJay’s “mode” had never taken him any further than his day to day [...]

(via ComingSoon.net)
Dane cook is one of my personal favorite comedians. And now he is quickly becoming a hot commodity in Hollywood. He recently wrapped shooting on London, which is featured in our Super Trailer Thursday section, and he is also set to be starring in a film titled Employee of the Month. The film, set [...]

Here is a quick hit on Trailers that you should be watching this week (links courtesy of IMDB.com):

Superman Returns
This is the one that everyone is waiting for, right? Superman Returns in a Brian Singer film, starring Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Bosworth. Click Here to watch the Teaser.
X-Men The Last Stand
The X-Men are [...]

Julia Jones has never been very lucky in love. In fact, she has not even been close. And the only one who will listen to her woes is her diary, and a three foot tall man named Hitch. With the help of Hitch, Julia is primed and ready to make her way towards her destiny [...]

(via I Watch Stuff)
It is being reported the Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is a very busy man of late. He is currently being courted by multiple different filmmakers to portray various historical icons. The first is a Spike Lee joint where Howard would play boxer Joe Louis, in the story of Louis’ life. And yet [...]

Here is what you should be picking up at your local retailer today:
Rent (Widescreen 2 Disc Edition)
The Broadway phenomenon is now on DVD. Jonathan Larson’s award winning play turned film chronicles the lives of aspiring artists in New York City. They are forced to come to the reality of their surroundings, which are laden with [...]

Release Date: February 21, 2006
The Weather Man
Dave Spritz is a man who is paid to predict the weather for the population of an entire city. His family has fallen through his grasp, and he is desperately trying to earn his father’s approval before it is too late.
The Film
Dave Spritz looks like a man who [...]

Release Date: February 21, 2006
Domino is based on the true story of the daughter of a Hollywood actor and a Hollywood actress/vogue model, who turned down a life of luxury and modeling career in favor of becoming a bounty hunter in California.
The Film
Domino Harvey was a girl born into a life of privilege. She had [...]

Release Date: February 21, 2006
Marvel’s first fully animated feature film Ultimate Avengers, is based on the Ultimate comic series featuring the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Giant Man, The Wasp, and the Black Widow.
The Film
In the search for a super soldier, Captain America, the only specimen to survive the super [...]

British celeb-watcher site Digital Spy is reporting that the coked up Kate Moss will make her acting debut in Ang Lee’s biopic about ’60’s soul singer Dusty Springfield. Moss will play a beautiful socialite who breaks the singer’s heart, and supplies her with dubious amounts of narcotics. That’s not all true, I made the last [...]

Here is what happened over the weekend in the Box Office:

Eight Below ($25 million)
Date Movie  ($22.3 million)
The Pink Panther ($21 million)
Curious George ($15.3 million)
Final Destination 3 ($12.5 million)

Our 2 Cents:Traditional knowledge would say that casting Paul Walker in… well anything would be a tragedy in and of itself, but the folks at Disney seem to [...]

(via Digital Spy)
Peter Jackson is reportedly planning to release extended versions of the upcoming DVD release for King Kong. Even though the film was 3 hours long to begin with, as with Lord of the Rings there is much more to be seen. The only question is when the extended versions will be released.
This brings [...]

Release Date: January 17th, 2006
Andrew Niccol’s neo-classic opus to arms dealing Lord of War charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, an entrepreneur from Little Odesa. Orlov uses his natural charm and love of money to become one of the most infamous gun runners of all time. From his earlier days in Little [...]

The soon to be regular Monday Morning Buzz Machine is hard at work this week, bringing you a recap of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest news from the past weekend. So without further ado, here is your news, ya savages:

The Bourne Sequels: Craig’s Movie Blog is talking the future of the Jason Bourne series. Apparently there [...]

Our commitment to bringing you the information necessary to go forth and enjoy movies we have decided that even if we don’t get a chance to review a film right away, we should at least give you a heads up. So here it is, the first official presentation of the Weekend Warm-up. Here is what [...]

Here is the first teaser poster for Oliver Stone’s 9/11 flick World Trade Center, set to release in August of this year. It is said to be the story of two Port Authority workers who are trapped beneath the WTC rubble after the horrific attacks on New York in September of 2001. The teaser poster [...]

(via I Watch Stuff)

Sony Pictures has recently released it’s first trailer for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, starring Will Ferrell. Click the picture above to check it out. Now I am sure that there will be more influential and moving epics of 2006, but this one stands out as the early favorite for [...]