Archive for March 8th, 2010

Hot off the Academy Awards celebration that took place just last night in Hollywood, we've got a couple of big releases to talk about this week in home video. The first of these is director Jason Reitman's third feature film, the Best Picture nominated Up in the Air; it didn't take home any awards, but it was one of the most highly regarded films of the year. And then there's Precious, which did in fact take home two Oscars, but which was probably seen by far fewer people. After that, the pickings are slim, but we've managed to weed out...

The Hurt Locker cleaned up on Oscar night, taking home six trophies, including Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow (the first woman to win the award) and Best Picture. The Academy has spoken -- but what do the critics have to say? Where does The Hurt Locker rank with the pundits among the Best Picture winners? Very highly, it turns out. At 97 percent, The Hurt Locker is the 13th best-reviewed Best Picture of all time -- one slot below Gone With the Wind and one above Casablanca (we're shocked -- shocked! -- at that fact as well). It's also the...

The Hurt Locker wins big with wins for director Kathryn Bigelow and Best Picture honors. The night also saw Oscars go to Hollywood veterans Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges. See the full list of Oscar winners below! And thank you to everyone who participated in our first ever Facebook chat and kept us company on Twitter!

Despite his untimely death last August, John Hughes is a hot property in Hollywood right now, thanks to the discovery of at least one unproduced screenplay in the Hughes archives.

One of Walden Media's co-founders is prepping a $30 million, 3-D film version of the Book of Genesis.