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Tony Gilroy, the writer/director behind last year’s excellent Michael Clayton, has a new movie due next year… and it looks pretty damn solid.

The eloquent writer/producer and director died Tuesday from a hemorrhage following surgery. He was 54 years old.

With the exception of Best Picture, the Academy Award for Best Director is arguably the most prestigious award to receive.

You would think that Best Original Screenplay would be an easy category to break down. But you would be wrong.

Where did our first Best Picture nominee come from, and who is this Michael Clayton guy?

Let’s get this Oscar Week started… With posters!

Need something to do on Saturday, February 23. Allow us to suggest some Oscar-worthy flicks.

The Writers Guild of America have announced their awards show as set for February 9th, and have released the nominees for best original screenplay, best adapted screenplay and best documentary screenplay.

The DGA has been giving out awards since 1949 and have a great track record for predicting who will win Best Director come Oscar season.

Is George Clooney going to be a Real Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity?

Well, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married won the slugfest that was the box office race this week. Really, it could have gone in any number of directions this week, and as it turned out Tyler Perry wound up winning in yet another upset. In another upset, The Game Plan starring the Rock continued its winning ways, with a second-place finish.

Gripping and absorbing from beginning to end, Michael Clayton is a well-crafted legal thriller. The movie isn’t perfect but it is solid all around and with the way it’s being acclaimed, it is a title to keep an eye on during awards season. This marks the first feature film debut by writer Tony Gilroy who has written the scripts to the Bourne movies and The Devil’s Advocate. Like Scott Frank did with this year’s earlier thriller The Lookout, Gilroy has made a memorable first impression as a director.