With the Oscar nominations being announced today, MGM Home Entertainment is releasing six of their classic films on Blu-ray. Three from Alfred Hitchcock, two from Woody Allen and one from Billy Wilder, these six great films were all nominees or winners at the Academy Awards. Enjoy! Rebecca: Nominated for eleven Oscars in 1940, this haunting… Read More Blu-ray Release: Six Oscar Classics from MGM
By John C. With the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards set to come bright and early tomorrow morning, it might be the only time throughout this awards season that we get a proper surprise. I expect to see several nominations for The Artist, The Descendants and Hugo, which are the films that make… Read More Predictions and Dreams for Tomorrow’s Oscar Nominations
By John C. We were all big fans of the rousing sports movie Real Steel when it opened in theatres last October, and on Wednesday night I had the pleasure of interviewing the director of the film, Canada’s own Shawn Levy. With the robot boxing saga set to hit Blu-ray on Tuesday, we discussed what fans… Read More Interview: Shawn Levy, Director of “Real Steel”
Red Tails – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.redtails2012.com/ Release Date: January 20th, 2012 Rated PG for mature themes, violence and some language Running time: 125 minutes Anthony Hemingway (dir.) John Ridley (screenplay and story) Aaron McGruder (screenplay) Terence Blanchard (music) Terrence Howard as Colonel A.J. Bullard Cuba Gooding Jr. as Major Emanuelle Stance David Oyelowo… Read More Movie Review: Red Tails
The nominations for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards were announced today in Toronto, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Honouring the best of 2011 in Canadian film, the five films nominated for Best Picture were A Dangerous Method, Café de Flore, Monsieur Lazhar, Starbuck and The Whistlebower. Café de Flore leads the pack… Read More Nominations for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards
Today, Steven Soderbergh’s contemporary classic Traffic is being released on Blu-ray as part of the Criterion Collection. Originally released in 2000, the all-star film shows us several interwoven stories that all examine the drug culture on both sides of the border between the U.S. and Mexico. This is a complex look at drug trafficking from… Read More Criterion Release: Traffic
By John C. Hosting the Golden Globes for the third year in a row, Ricky Gervais opened last night’s telecast by saying to the room full of nominees “nervous? Don’t be. This isn’t about you.” Despite the usual sort of snarky comments from the British comedian, the show was less cynical and in better taste… Read More Oscar Frontrunners are Crowned at the 69th Annual Golden Globes
Hosted by Ricky Gervais for the third year in a row, the 69th Annual Golden Globes took place tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, with numerous celebrities in attendance to present and accept the many awards. Honouring the best movies and TV shows of 2011, The Artist deservingly took home the gold… Read More Winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globes
Joyful Noise – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://www.joyfulnoisethemovie.com/ Release Date: January 13th, 2012 Rated PG for language Running time: 118 minutes Todd Graff (dir.) Todd Graff (writer) Mervyn Warren (music) Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow Keke Palmer as Olivia Hill Jeremy Jordan as Randy Garrity Dexter Darden as Walter… Read More Movie Review: Joyful Noise
Beauty and the Beast 3D – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://disney.go.com/beauty-and-the-beast/ Release Date: January 13th, 2012 Rated G for some scary scenes Running time: 84 minutes Gary Trousdale (dir.) Kirk Wise (dir.) Linda Woolverton (animation screenplay) Roger Allers (story supervisor) Alan Menken (music) Paige O’Hara as Belle (voice) Robby Benson as Beast (voice) Richard White as… Read More Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast 3D
What’s Your Number? – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.whatsyournumbermovie.com/datingsurvivalkit/ DVD Release Date: January 10th, 2012 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 105 minutes Mark Mylod (dir.) Gabrielle Allan (screenplay) Jennifer Crittenden (screenplay) Based on the novel 20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak Aaron Zigman (music) Anna Faris as Ally… Read More DVD Review: What’s Your Number?
By John C. Some critics have said that 2011 wasn’t an overly great year for movies. But if this is true, then why were there so many that had an undeniable impact on me? Last week I shared my picks for the worst movies of 2011, and now it’s time for the ten best movies… Read More The Best Movies of 2011
Young Adult – A Paramount Pictures’ Release http://www.YoungAdultMovie.com/ Release Date: December 16th, 2011 (limited) Rated 14A for coarse language and mature themes Running time: 94 minutes Jason Reitman (dir.) Diablo Cody (writer) Rolfe Kent (music) Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary Patton Oswalt as Matt Freehauf Patrick Wilson as Buddy Slade Elizabeth Reaser as Beth Slade Collette… Read More Movie Review: Young Adult
By John Corrado With the new year freshly upon us, it’s time to rank the movies that were released over the past year. My picks for the best of 2011 will be coming next Monday, but first I have to get these bad movies off my mind once and for all. These were the films… Read More The Worst Movies of 2011
As we join in welcoming 2012, we would like to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year. It is once again hard to believe that another year has come and gone, but 2011 has been one of our most succesful yet here at One Movie, Five Views. We sincerely hope that it… Read More Happy New Year!
The Artist – An Alliance Films’ Release http://theartistmovie.net Release Date: December 9th, 2011 (limited) Rated PG for mature themes Running time: 100 minutes Michel Hazanavicius (dir.) Michel Hazanavicius (scenario and dialogue) Ludovic Bource (music) Jean Dujardin as George Valentin Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller John Goodman as Al Zimmer James Cromwell as Clifton Penelope Ann Miller… Read More Movie Review: The Artist
Last Tuesday, Alliance Films’ released the sports drama Warrior on DVD. We reviewed the film when it opened on September 9th, and our overall consensus was: “With strong leading performances from Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy playing estranged brothers, as well as excellent supporting work from Nick Nolte as their father, Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior is… Read More DVD Release: Warrior
By John C. When I wrote about the box office success stories of 2010 this time last year, I noted that the top ten moneymakers were all films that got at least a passing grade, with the year topped off by Pixar’s masterpiece Toy Story 3. It is hard to believe a year has passed… Read More The Box Office Success Stories of 2011
December 25th is finally here, and everyone at One Movie, Five Views would like to take this time to wish everyone reading a very Merry Christmas! We hope you all have a joyous time celebrating with family, friends, food and film. From December 1st to 24th, we profiled twenty movies and ten TV specials in… Read More Merry Christmas!
Every day from December 1st to 24th, we will be counting down to Christmas by profiling holiday classics both old and new. Arranged in chronological order, these are some of our favourites to watch every year. Enjoy! The 24th and final title on our Christmas Countdown list just so happens to be Arthur Christmas, a… Read More Christmas Countdown: Arthur Christmas (2011)
