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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</title>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2-Disc Criterion Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-2-disc-criterion-edition</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 06:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button made the #2 slot on my list of top ten films of 2008, but when my review copy arrived I couldn&#039;t help but feel a little concerned it may not live up to what I remembered. I have already given the film an A and written two commentaries about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Ever Felt Like a Film was Made Specifically For You?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/have-you-ever-felt-like-a-film-was-made-specifically-for-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Before Sunset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federico Fellini's 8½]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ikiru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Charlie Kaufman on the set of Synecdoche, New York
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics


Over the weekend I received a fantastic email from a RopeofSilicon reader telling me how much they enjoyed Charlie Kaufman&#039;s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York. The email was filled with reasons why they found the film so enjoyable, and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Best Visual Effects and Film Editing</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-best-visual-effects-and-film-editing</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
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Photo: AMPAS


We have reached the home stretch, and by this time next week winners will be crowned and there will be no more guessing for 2008 and we will have to move on and begin preparing for the best of 2009. This means we only have a few days left to speculate and we will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: First Post Nomination Charts</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/first-post-nomination-oscar-predictions</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/first-post-nomination-oscar-predictions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gus Van Sant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
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With just over three weeks to go before the 2009 Oscars on February 22 it is time to begin doing a little Oscar prognosticating for the top six categories and I will have three more installments published every Thursday leading up to Oscar night. Of course, the last installment will feature polls where you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Roundtable with Pitt, Langella, Hawkins, Downey Jr., Rourke and Hathaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Langella]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek held an Oscar roundtable hosted by David Ansen and Ramin Setoodeh and involving Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and I have just started digging into these things and from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Watchmen,&#039; Aliens, &#039;Fanboys,&#039; &#039;Horsemen,&#039; Tony Jaa and Much More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/watchmen-aliens-fanboys-horsemen-tony-jaa-and-much-more</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/watchmen-aliens-fanboys-horsemen-tony-jaa-and-much-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Horsemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ong Bak 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#039;t been keeping track of the updated RopeofSilicon Trailer Homepage there is no better time than right now as I have just added two brand new TV spots from Watchmen, the first trailer for Lionsgate&#039;s The Horsemen, the trailer for Tony Jaa&#039;s Ong Bak 2, a Curious Case of Benjamin Button featurette, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Science Behind &#039;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-science-behind-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-science-behind-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Digital Domain, Asylum FX, Matte World and Lola FX have all teamed up to put together a special website dedicated to the making of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button including videos, set pieces, costumes, false teeth and just about anything else you can think of and it is all for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Slumdog Millionaire&#039; and &#039;Ben Button&#039; Lead BAFTA Nominees with 11 Followed By &#039;The Dark Knight&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/slumdog-millionaire-and-ben-button-lead-bafta-nominees-with-11-followed-by-the-dark-knight</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BAFTA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frost/Nixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Bruges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Changeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 BAFTA Award nominees have been announced and Slumdog Millionaire, along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, leads the way with 11 nominations with The Dark Knight close behind with nine. However, at the top of the pile it is immediately noticeable that The Dark Knight did not get a Best Film nomination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jan. 9 &#8211; Jan. 11, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-9-jan-11-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jan-9-jan-11-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bedtime Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bride Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marley and Me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not Easily Broken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Pounds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valkyrie]]></category>
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Clint Eastwood clearly isn&#039;t done yet. Gran Torino cracked $10k per theater and won the weekend going away. I had it doing better than most projections, but I definitely didn&#039;t see the win coming. Let&#039;s break it down.
#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks In A Row

1. Gran Torino
I&#039;m actually happy it won, though of course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Director&#039;s Guild Announces their 2008 Director Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/directors-guild-announces-their-2008-director-nominees</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/directors-guild-announces-their-2008-director-nominees#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kudos to You]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Boyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=12195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Director&#039;s Guild of America (DGA) isn&#039;t shy of letting folks know that only six times since the DGA Awards began in 1948 has the Feature Film winner not gone on to win the corresponding Academy Award. So to assume we don&#039;t have our Director and Best Picture films locked and loaded is a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Society of Cinematographers Name their 2008 Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/american-society-of-cinematographers-name-their-2008-finalists</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/american-society-of-cinematographers-name-their-2008-finalists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kudos to You]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Dod Mantle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Menges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claudio Miranda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced their five finalists in the feature film category of the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. The recipient will be named during the awards celebration here at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 15.

It&#039;s a great looking list and I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Guild Nominations for Best Production of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-guild-nominations-for-best-production-of-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-guild-nominations-for-best-production-of-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s beginning to look a lot like the same-old, same-old as the Producers Guild of America have announced their nominees and named the following five films in contention for  its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, which in a roundabout kind of way equates to Best Film without actually saying it.

Slumdog Millionaire
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl&#039;s Best Friend: &#039;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/girls-best-friend-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/girls-best-friend-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Aniobi</dc:creator>
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Photo: Paramount Pictures



Trust me: diamonds are not a girl’s best friend.  Chick flicks are.  Because when she dumps you and throws those diamonds in your face, she will sidle up to her Haagen Dazs and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days so fast, you’ll get whiplash watching.  If you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Movies of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/top-ten-movies-of-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/top-ten-movies-of-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Top 10 Movies of 2008

Trying to figure out my personal list of favorite, top ten, exceptional, &#034;best&#034; movies of 2008 was not an easy task. 2008 was an odd year for film. So many have gone on record saying it was a down year, but I don&#039;t entirely agree with that. While 2008 didn&#039;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box-Office Wrap-Up: Dec. 25 &#8211; Dec. 28, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-dec-25-dec-28-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-dec-25-dec-28-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bedtime Stories]]></category>
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In hindsight Marley and Me had broader family appeal. Bedtime Stories was for the kids, but Marley made a play for the adults too.  You can&#039;t fault the Fox marketing department for that method, it clearly worked. It was also the biggest box office weekend since July when Dark Knight opened. Actually, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Man Takes Theater Shushing to the Next Level</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-man-takes-theater-shushing-to-the-next-level</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-man-takes-theater-shushing-to-the-next-level#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I hate people who talk in movies as much as the next person, but this story out of Philadelphia tells of a man who took things way too far.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting a South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Interesting Disconnect with &#039;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-interesting-disconnect-with-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-interesting-disconnect-with-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures


I have been working on my review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for quite some time now. For those of you that read this site regularly you already know how much I loved it, but I still want to write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four New Critic Top Tens: St. Louis, San Diego, San Francisco and Southeastern</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/four-new-critic-top-tens-st-louis-san-diego-san-francisco-and-southeastern</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/four-new-critic-top-tens-st-louis-san-diego-san-francisco-and-southeastern#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critic circles are going to be unveiling their top tens of 2008 at a furious clip and as evidence I have four new lists for you today over the next few pages as critics from St. Louis, San Diego, San Francisco and those Southeastern folk have weighed in with their picks for the best films [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFI Top Ten of 2008 Award Two Superhero Flicks Among Usual Suspects</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/afi-top-ten-of-2008-award-two-superhero-flicks-among-usual-suspects</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/afi-top-ten-of-2008-award-two-superhero-flicks-among-usual-suspects#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awards Daily is reporting the following top ten films have been crowned the best of 2008 from the American Film Institute (AFI). I expect a formal announcement will be made soon, but for now this is what we will work with.

Obviously the most notable piece of news is not necessarily the inclusion of The Dark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Visual Effects Short List Revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-visual-effects-short-list-revealed</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-visual-effects-short-list-revealed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academy has announced its list of 15 films selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 2009 Oscars. Looking over the list there is no immediate way to decide which film will get the nod as so many employ some fantastic visual effects work. I certainly hope, and expect, The Curious Case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;WALL-E&#039; Voted Best Picture By Los Angeles Film Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wall-e-voted-best-picture-by-los-angeles-film-critics</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wall-e-voted-best-picture-by-los-angeles-film-critics#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Walt Disney/Pixar


The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) announced their winners today and in a surprise turn the group voted to award Disney/Pixar&#039;s WALL&#8226;E as their Best Picture of 2008 and astonishingly have The Dark Knight as their runner-up. I say the decision is a surprise only because WALL&#8226;E had basically been counted out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Clips and 46 Pics from &#039;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/nine-clips-from-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures


Paramount has unveiled nine clips and 46 new pictures (I love that picture above) from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and while I have made all of the clips available in this article I believe there are only two that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Magazine&#039;s Interesting Top 10 of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/time-magazines-interesting-top-10-of-2008</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIME has posted their top ten films of 2008 along with a variety of other &#034;Tops of 2008&#034; lists which you can find here. However, I think many will be shocked by a few of the picks especially the inclusion of Speed Racer and the absense of Oscar chasing works such as Revolutionary Road and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. Critics Vote &#039;Slumdog&#039; Big and Give Nod to Ledger</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dc-critics-vote-slumdog-big-and-give-nod-to-ledger</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dc-critics-vote-slumdog-big-and-give-nod-to-ledger#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am starting to think 2009 may be the year of the little guy at the top after Little Miss Sunshine and Juno were unable to make the break in the past two years as Anne Thompson at Variety has added the awards to be announced tomorrow morning by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Take Three, All Top Eight Categories</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-take-three-all-top-eight-categories</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-predictions-take-three-all-top-eight-categories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Well, since last week&#039;s edition I have seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Revolutionary Road and earlier today I saw The Reader. I can tell all interested parties that I think all four are quality films, but obviously some get me a bit more excited than others. I already did a short commentary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Slumdog Millionaire&#039; Takes National Board of Review Best Film Kudos</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/slumdog-millionaire-takes-national-board-of-review-best-film-kudos</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/slumdog-millionaire-takes-national-board-of-review-best-film-kudos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the National Board of Review manages to confuse us all with their picks and not because they are all that much of a surprise, but more because the film they consider to be the best film of 2008 doesn&#039;t make it into their list of Top Ten Films. Can someone explain that to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Paramount Balking on Fincher&#039;s Elliot Ness Flick Due to a Dislike of the Director?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-paramount-balking-on-finchers-elliot-ness-flick-due-to-a-dislike-of-the-director</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-paramount-balking-on-finchers-elliot-ness-flick-due-to-a-dislike-of-the-director#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a lot of negative news surrounding the relationship between Paramount Pictures and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher. Earlier this year there were rumors floating around the studio wasn&#039;t happy with the length of Button as it was coming in around three hours (it will be released at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of 2008 With One Month to Go</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-best-of-2008-with-one-month-to-go</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-best-of-2008-with-one-month-to-go#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures


Can you believe it? There are only 30 days left in 2008! Every year I get together with my family at Thanksgiving and that realization hits you and you ask, &#034;Can you believe it&#039;s Thanksgiving already?&#034; The reply typically comes, &#034;Well can you believe we have less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSCAR BRIEF: Many Predicting Oscar Will Go Slumming</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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Over the weekend Slumdog Millionaire won big at the British Independent Film Awards as Danny Boyle took home director kudos, Dev Patel won for most promising newcomer and the film itself won best independent film. Of course, many are reporting the news as if this is just the start of something big as buzz around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW PICS: &#039;Ben Button&#039;, &#039;Underworld 3&#039;, &#039;The Reader&#039;, &#039;Wrestler&#039;, &#039;Wolverine&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new-pics-ben-button-underworld-3-the-reader-wrestler-wolverine-and-more</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adventureland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanboys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marley and Me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminator Salvation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wrestler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underworld: Rise of the Lycans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatever Works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s the day after Thanksgiving and I hope you all had a great bit of time off and for our international friends I hope you had an enjoyable Thursday. I don&#039;t plan on doing a ton of updates over the course of the next three days, but I hope to bring you my review of [...]]]></description>
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