Staff Picks: The Best Movies of 2009
2009 Year In Review By Neil Miller on January 1, 2010 | Comments (15)In the last month of the past decade, we put our readership through the ringer. We unleashed list after list of our favorites of the decade and the year. And if you can suffer through one more round of awesomeness, it will all be over. For now.
Year in Review: The 10 Best Performances of 2009
2009 Year In Review By Jorge Del Pinal on December 30, 2009 | Comments (5)Often “Best of” lists include a bunch of the Oscar bait roles that we hear about at the end of every year but in 2009 we had some great performances in big movies which sadly isn’t always the case. With this list I tried to balance the two opposing worlds of critical credibility and popularity by considering which roles stuck out in my mind most. This is what I came up with…
Editor’s Picks: The Ten Best Movies of 2009
2009 Year In Review By Neil Miller on December 27, 2009 | Comments (22)Perhaps one of the greatest honors, yet most difficult tasks of my year is the creation of my annual top ten list. As this site’s editor in chief (or whatever title suits me this week), I get to kick-off our Year in Review every year with my picks for best of the year.
Avatar Outwits Sherlock Holmes in the Box Office Boom
Box Office By John Cairns on December 27, 2009 | Comments (10)Merry Christmas, James Cameron! Customers packed the cinemas bigtime to see Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Sherlock and Dr. Watson — but mainly Avatar, which repeated its big haul from last week to earn $75 million for a second weekend in a row topping the box office.
Merry Christmas from Film School Rejects!
2009 Year In Review By Neil Miller on December 25, 2009 | Comments (4)Well, Merry whatever you celebrate. Because no matter what it is, we’ll be there to celebrate (and drink heavily) right alongside you. All of you. Seriously.
The Reject Report Spends Christmas with Sherlock Holmes
Box Office By John Cairns on December 23, 2009 | Comments (3)Welcome to a pre-Christmas edition of the REJECT REPORT! We have a crowded next few days in store at the box office. On Wednesday we have Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel plus the expanded release of Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. Then on Christmas Day we have Sherlock Holmes, It’s Complicated plus the expanded release of Nine.
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 12.18.09
Features By Kevin Carr on December 18, 2009 | Comments (10)Kevin Carr sits his chubbiness down and sees if Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans? and Up In the Air can make the grade.
Kevin and Neil find themselves in a pickle… both have seen all the movies this week, and they generally agree. This doesn’t stop them from taking a few pot shots at each other as Kevin accuses Neil of being a bigot against eight-foot-tall blue aliens.
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations
Movie News By Neil Miller on December 15, 2009 | Comments (10)The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. But that’s not all!
AFI, New York Online and LA Critics Reward Avatar, The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds
Movie News By Neil Miller on December 13, 2009 | Comments (9)It’s been a busy weekend for Awards season, the busiest thus far. The folks at AFI, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and our friends at the New York Film Critics Online group have all weighed in with some big pre-Oscar rewards to some major favorites.
Reject Radio: Episode 28: I Thought It Was Something Else
Movie News By Scott Beggs on December 7, 2009 | Comments (1)This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we delve deep into the world of why The Oscars should nominate more populist best pictures. And we rob a bank.
The Blind Side Eclipses New Moon, Finally
Box Office By John Cairns on December 6, 2009 | Comments (1)Well, it finally happened. The Blind Side finally knocked off The Twilight Saga: New Moon to win the weekend box office. Way to go, Sandra Bullock!
Up in the Air: Ryan Bingham’s Rules of Travel
Movie Marketing By Neil Miller on December 5, 2009 | Comments (1)Paramount Pictures has started up a pretty cool new website in support of the release of Up in the Air, Jason Reitman’s spectacular film about Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a man who lives his life on the road.
Nat’l Board of Review Takes Up in the Air as Best Picture
Movie News By Neil Miller on December 3, 2009 | Comments (3)Earlier this week, the Gotham Awards kicked off award season, with the nominations for the Indie Spirit awards following shortly after. And today, we have our next round of honors and for the most part, the first major awards to be handed out.
Exclusive: Jason Reitman Throws His Pie Chart Up in the Air
Features By Scott Beggs on November 29, 2009 | Comments (7)We sat down with Up in the Air director Jason Reitman for an unorthodox interview which involved not talking about the film at all. Yes, I should probably be fired.
Up in the Air: Jason Reitman Featurette
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 28, 2009 | Comments (2)Jason Reitman’s next film Up in the Air, doesn’t hit theaters nationwide until December 25th, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been talking about it for what feels like two years.
I’m Not a Tour Guide: More Clips from ‘Up in the Air’
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Be the First To CommentParamount Pictures has provided us with two new clips from their upcoming release Up in the Air, from Thank You for Smoking and Juno director Jason Reitman.
Everyone Needs a Co-Pilot: Up in the Air’s Mad Men TV Trailer
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 10, 2009 | Be the First To CommentOn Sunday night during the season finale of Mad Men on AMC, Paramount Pictures ran a new TV spot for the upcoming Jason Reitman film Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. It has now hit the web.
Galifianakis Might Fall Off a Wall for ‘Shrek’ Spin-Off
Movie News By Scott Beggs on November 5, 2009 | Comments (4)The beard enthusiast (and sometimes actor) is in talks to voice Humpty Dumpty. Beats getting high and agreeing to G-Force.
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