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		<title>This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: May 5, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-may-5-2009</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 07:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chandni Chowk To China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enchanted April]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Last Chance Harvey]]></category>
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button







I posted my review of the Blu-ray edition yesterday giving Benjamin Button another glowing critique. So, it shouldn&#039;t come as any surprise I am leading with it this week and recommend it as a film you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Dawn of Obamatainment</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/welcome-to-the-dawn-of-obamatainment</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Shallow End]]></category>
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Can you feel it?


Don&#039;t mind the frightening wolves howling outside your door. Just be happy you have a door, even if it&#039;s just a flap on your cardboard shack. The world&#039;s imploding and we&#039;re all hobos now. Even Steven Spielberg has gone panhandling &#8212; please Mr. Movie Studio Head-honcho spare some change for my Lincoln [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography and Art Direction</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-and-art-direction</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-and-art-direction#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Changeling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Duchess]]></category>
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Photo: AMPAS


As I write this it is 11:33 PM PST on Tuesday, February 16. In just over 17 hours from now, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed final Oscar ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Yup, the deadline is nigh and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Best Makeup and Costume Design</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-best-makeup-and-costume-design</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: AMPAS


And the attempt to figure out who will win what at the 2009 Oscars continues on this Thursday afternoon with Makeup and Costume Design. You can take a look at my current predictions for Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and the Supporting categories right here, Adapted and Original Screenplay right here, Original Score and Original [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Original Score and Original Song</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-original-score-and-original-song</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
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Photo: AMPAS


Another day and another batch of predictions as this time we take a look at the musical side of things. You can take a look at my current predictions for Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and the Supporting categories right here and yesterday&#039;s predictions for Adapted and Original Screenplay right here.

Before we do any predicting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Adapted and Original Screenplay</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-adapted-and-original-screenplay</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
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Photo: AMPAS


Since I don&#039;t plan on doing an Oscar prediction article for the top five categories this week I thought it would be best to take a look at the rest of the categories on a daily basis until next Thursday, February 19 when I will predict all of the categories and include polls for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denby and Scott Discuss Oscar Noms with Charlie Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/denby-and-scott-discuss-oscar-noms-with-charlie-rose</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/denby-and-scott-discuss-oscar-noms-with-charlie-rose#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Video is hosting a recent episode of the Charlie Rose Show featuring David Denby of the &#034;New Yorker&#034; and A.O. Scott from the &#034;New York Times&#034; as they discuss the recent Oscar nominations and it already has folks such as Patrick Goldstein comparing this back-and-forth to &#034;the hapless new &#039;At the Movies&#039; team of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jan. 23 &#8211; Jan. 25, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-23-jan-25-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-23-jan-25-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bride Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel for Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inkheart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Bloody Valentine 3-D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notorious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Blart: Mall Cop]]></category>
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Curses. America&#039;s love for toothless movies has foiled me again. In this case it was Paul Blart only dropping 32% and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans not living up to financial expectations. Let&#039;s break this thing down.
#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Week In A Row

1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
It looks like Blart is all profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Iron Man&#039; Leads the Way in the Visual Effects Society Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/iron-man-leads-the-way-in-the-visual-effects-society-nominations</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/iron-man-leads-the-way-in-the-visual-effects-society-nominations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloverfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hellboy 2: The Golden Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Society noms continue to roll in, the latest comes from the Visual Effects Society as they announce their nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards, a ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Of course all I really care about are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Film Music Critics Announce 2008 Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/international-film-music-critics-announce-2008-nominees</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/international-film-music-critics-announce-2008-nominees#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t believe I have ever reported the nominees for the International Film Music Critics Association before, but in the spirit of covering more award season news than is probably necessary I figured, &#034;What the hell?&#034;

The nominees listed below make up the fifth annual International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Excellence with WALL&#8226;E receiving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Oracle: Jan. 9 &#8211; Jan. 11, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jan-9-jan-11-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jan-9-jan-11-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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#1 movie predicted correctly: 1 Week in a Row

1. Bride Wars
I&#039;m giving this one $6,909 per theater, the exact same amount Fool&#039;s Gold opened at. Yes, I&#039;m aware they are completely different movies. I just think that somehow the ratio of people willing to pay to see it is the same.
Estimate: $20.7 million


2. Gran Torino
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dark Knight&#039; Gets a Screenplay Nod from WGA and Woody Gets His 19th</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark-knight-gets-a-screenplay-nod-from-wga-and-woody-gets-his-19th</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kudos to You]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Writers Guild of America,  East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and have offered up The Dark Knight as a legitimate contender for Best Adapted Screenplay by making it one of their five nominees in the category. On top of that my favorite film of the year, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jan. 2 &#8211; Jan. 4, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-2-jan-4-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-2-jan-4-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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It was the biggest opening weekend of the year&#8230;  $130m for the top twelve films, to what can we attribute this? I&#039;d say the Thursday holiday made people stir-crazy by the time the weekend rolled around. It couldn&#039;t have been the movies, could it? Nah. So how is it possible this is the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Oracle: Jan. 2 &#8211; Jan. 4, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jan-2-jan-4-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jan-2-jan-4-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks in a Row

1. Marley and Me
There aren&#039;t any new releases, so this weekend is all about how much each film will fall&#8230; and how much the box office should do overall. I&#039;m betting that the top twelve don&#039;t quite hit $100m. Historically the first weekend of the year is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Reviews]]></category>
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Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story of a man born with the physical characteristics and appearance of an 80-year-old man. He grows younger and younger as the years pass on, which makes him an outsider to those that know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Oracle: Dec. 25 &#8211; Dec. 28, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks in a Row

For the record these are four day totals. So if you&#039;re going to weigh in with a comment try to rock some four day comparisons.

1. Bedtime Stories
I gotta take Bedtime Stories because the kids rule this weekend. Since &#039;03 the Sandman (Adam Sandler) has had six $100m+ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Best Picture: Who&#039;s the Odd Man Out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Dark Knight
Photo: Universal / Paramount Vantage / Warner Bros.


It seems pretty much all Oscar pundits are in agreement and there are really only six films to consider when it comes to Best Picture. Those films in alphabetical order are:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

There are certain factors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Take Four, All Top Eight Categories</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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What a wild week so far eh? And it is just going to get crazier as I decided to post my fourth round of Oscar predictions prior to the New York Film Critics announcing their awards for 2008 and tomorrow we will get the Golden Globe nominations. Best part about that is that next week&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Benjamin&#039; Beauty: A Quick Commentary on &#039;Benjamin Button&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures via New York Times


I found the above image over at the New York Times and since I am still not entirely ready to write a full review of the film and it hadn&#039;t been released yet I figured I would add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: A Second Take on Thanksgiving, All Top Eight Categories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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First off, Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for checking out the second batch of Oscar predictions.We had a TON of good comments on the last installment and things have certainly changed since then as a large group of critics finally got their first glimpse of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Stephen Daldry&#039;s The Reader has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Weigh in on &#039;Benjamin Button&#039; and a Listen to Desplat&#039;s Score</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures


Before I get started with the reviews, it has been pointed out by Slashfilm that the Warner Bros. &#034;For Your Consideration&#034; BAFTA website has the entire Alexandre Desplat score from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for you to listen to, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, the Official &#039;Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#039; Posters Arrive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paramount has finally let the cat out of the bag and we have our first officially released images from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in the form of the character posters featuring the faces of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Up until this point we have only seen digital camera shots and a series [...]]]></description>
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