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Oscar season is all about hype. No one will give a fuck about most of these movies in five years.

I hope she doesn't ignore other nominees in her speech because that's where the backlash is going to come from and people should let PSH rest in peace instead of using his death for their PR purposes. Cate Blanchett was getting some undue attention because of the whole Woody Allen thing so she went and used PSH's death on a couple of occasions. It is jus tacky and a lot of people are cynical enough to see through it.

I am not an anime fan. I am talking about movies and why it makes more sense for Hollywood to adapt these properties. The truth is that Hollywood movies are more accessible to a wide audience than Japanese movies and Hollywood has resources that Japanese studios don't.

I support Hollywood making these adaptations because a.) Hollywood has the money to do these projects justice and b.) the market range to make it financially viable.

The Monuments Men has done well all things considering. It still has a shot at $75 million domestic.

IFC has said that they will consider offers but the odds of this type of deal happening aren't that great for a movie with limited box office potential. To be fair to IFC, they may not have a good track record but they usually back a couple of movies for under the radar awards run every year so don't completely rule out Boyhood.

Jake Howell has a speculative post about Cannes. All the usual suspects (Assayas, Cronenberg, Hazanavicius etc.) are in his list but he also mentions some interesting possibilities. http://moviecitynews.com/2014/02/divining-cannes-2014/ Fincher, David – Gone Girl (October 2014) Malick, Terrence – Voyage of Time or Knight of Cups (2014, post-prod) Miike, Takashi – Kuime (2014, completed) Miller, Frank and Robert Rodriguez – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014, post-prod) —Angelina Jolie is a red carpet favorite at Cannes, and her film Unbroken (2014) is undoubtedly being courted by the Festival. —Had I included 2002’s Festival in my research, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice would appear above. The film is indeed expected to debut at Cannes. —Coincidentally, Gavin O’Connor’s Jane Got a Gun is set to be released on August 29, 2014—exactly two years after the theatrical release of John Hillcoat’s 2012 Competition film, Lawless. Seeing as The Weinstein Company is responsible for both of these Westerns, Jane Got a Gun is almost assuredly going to Cannes—assuming they follow the same release strategy as Lawless. David Ehrlich doesn't think Gone Girl will debut at Cannes david ehrlich ‏@davidehrlich 53m @Jake_Howell @firstshowing gone girl will definitely not play there, the new assayas film definitely will

She has nothing to gain by winning it this year. She would've been better off skipping this awards season but it looks like she will win anyway.

Why would you remake The Raid while Gareth Evans is still alive ? Pay him money and let him direct a brand new action movie.

Box Office: 'Lego Movie' Burying 'Pompeii,' '3 Days to Kill' TLM $30 million 3dTK $13 million Pompeii $11 million http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-lego-movie-burying-682500

This isn't a bad release date. December would've worked if they still had Tom Cruise attached to this movie. They already have Hobbit 3 and my guess is that they will schedule an Oscar movie in the Christmas slot as well.

More speculation about a few titles. They are listing a couple of titles as confirmed but the truth is that only Grace Of Monaco is confirmed. Everything else is speculation. Posting this anyway. Click for a full list of movies - http://www.tasticfilm.com/festivals/cannes-lineup-the-lay-of-the-landscape-analysis/4556 As I said in another thread I am expecting Foxcatcher to make its way to Cannes. It is the sort of movie that works better at Cannes and if it gets great reception then it is possible that SPC will give it an awards run. Cronenberg, Burton and Assayas making it to Cannes won't surprise anyone. Tommy Lee Jones' The Homesman has a great cast and it is a very Cannes sort of movie as well. I tried to google for more information on Finland's Three Days of Theater but maybe it isn't listed by its English title on IMDB. I am really not sure about The Fault In Our Stars but that's mainly because I wasn't really impressed by the trailer but it may play out of competition.

There are some 6000 voters. The odds of two movies getting tied for an award are very, very small and we already had a tie last year so the odds of another tie this year are not that high.

FYC : The Big Lebowski. One of the best and most influential comedies of the past 30 years.

Will Smith is a victim of his success just like Depp. He reportedly made close to $100 million from MIB3 and it isn't like he needed money when he made that movie. I am a big fan of his but I think he needs to pick more challenging roles so I am fine that he dropped out of ID2.

There have been alzheimer's rumors about both of them.

There was a rumor going around last year that Jack Nicholson is suffering from alzheimer's. The rumor is probably bogus but it makes you wonder when a guy like Jack Nicholson just stops making movies.

Star Wars will make money regardless of who they cast in the movie so you can argue that an actor cast in that movie may be shoved down your throat but why single out Carey Mulligan in a movie like Drive ? The movie was distributed by FilmDistrict and if not for the Cannes hype they may not have even given it a wide release. There was nothing guaranteed with that movie. Refn was going for minimal, internal performances from his lead actors and flamboyant turns from the supporting cast which he got from everyone including Carey Mulligan. I think there is a misconception among people that only over the top acting performances can be considered good acting which is completely ridiculous. There are plenty of good actors, mulligan included, who deliver nuanced minimal performances.

It is quite possible that there may be some resentment against her among SAG voters which helped Lupita win but I can see other branches of Academy being more friendly towards her. BAFTA+GG is a good combination because it means that she has won two highest profile awards.

at Leo.

She shouldn't have won last year but JLaw is better than Lupita this year. I will keep saying this until she wins the Oscars in a few weeks. BAFTA got it right last year and now this year.

What about mid-budget Sci-Fi movies ? One of the biggest problems with the genre is that studios only think of making $150 million movies and when they don't pan out it hurts the entire genre. I am fine with creative movie making with movies in the $50-100 million range. You can reduce risk even more if you have good director and good/popular actors on board.

Kevin Hart and Melissa McCarthy should make a movie together. It won't make jack squat in the international markets but $200 million domestic will probably happen.

Winter's Tale is the only major disappointment of the week. Not bad considering as many as three openers could've seriously underperformed this weekend.