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Betting On The Oscars – Make Some Dough

Of course you can bet on the Oscars at Sportsbook.com ($200 Max. Bet – Listed in Exotic Bets) GT Bets Sportsbook ($50 Max Win Amount), or Bodog Sportsbook (Large variety of Oscars bets – some very humorous like “Who Will Cry..”) or DSI Sportsbook. Bet Limits rise closer to Oscars Awards night. Also check out: [...]

Screenplay Repository & Resources

All of us in the writing business want to sell the great American screenplay or novel. So where do you go to learn? First of all you need to read a lot of screenplays. One great resource for free downloadable texts is Inflow’s Screenplay Repository. There you’ll find screenplays like Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, This [...]

Berwick Lost Movie Posters Auction

On March 23, 2012, Heritage Auctions will offer a selection of exceptional vintage movie posters, some previously thought to be lost for all time. “This exciting discovery of previously lost posters comes out of Berwick, Pennsylvania,” said Grey Smith, Director of Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Auctions. “These posters — which include some of the most [...]

Oscars 2012 Nominations List

Well, the nominations are out. I had some hits and some misses in my predictions. It seems as though we may really have some horse races this year. Let’s not forget that Hugo leads the Oscars this year with 11 nominations. The awards happen this year on February 26, which is a Sunday. This is [...]

Oscar Predictions for 2012

The Artist is still running away with the all the Oscar buzz. Since its very first preview the critics have been predicting its sweep come Academy Awards time. It has everything going for it: love from critics, PGA, SAG  and DGA nominations, and it even won three Golden Globes. As a nostalgic love letter to [...]

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2012) review

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is a 2011 documentary and sequel to the two previous films Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations. These three films chronicle the arrest, 18 year imprisonment, and eventual release of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, who have come to be known [...]

Knight and Day (2010) review

​ “Knight and Day” aspires to the light charm of a romantic action comedy like “Charade” or “Romancing the Stone,” but would come closer if it dialed down the relentless action. The romance part goes without saying after a Meet Cute contrived in an airport, and the comedy seems to generate naturally between Tom Cruise [...]

The Last Airbender (2010) review

​ When I first heard of Shyamalan taking on this project I admit my first thoughts were that there would be too many special effects for a director of his ilk. Well my first thought was bore out as it is clear from the first frame of this film that he couldn’t handle the special [...]

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) review

Why is Eclipse, or for that matter any of the Twilight films, so successful? Eclipse delivers the greatest pleasure when it deals out pain to its stars. None of this cast can act their way out of a paper bag but they can glisten and tremble with the best of them. Having stashed his beloved [...]

Invictus [2009, Clint Eastwood] review

This film is a Clint Eastwood movie. He has a way of putting his mark on each of his films, making it distinctly Eastwood. The movies tend to get to the point of the story. They are tight and don’t waste space or the audience’s time. Once again with Invictus, his style of moviemaking works [...]

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Screenplay Repository & Resources
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Oscars 2012 Nominations List
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Oscar Predictions for 2012
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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2012) review
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Knight and Day (2010) review
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The Last Airbender (2010) review
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) review
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Invictus [2009, Clint Eastwood] review
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