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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; The Hurt Locker</title>
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		<title>Chaos Cinema: How Do You Like Your Action?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/chaos-cinema-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinematic Taste Buds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Greengrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quantum of Solace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Wild Bunch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you embrace "Chaos Cinema", are you a classical action fan or do you fall somewhere in the middle? Matthias Stork of Press Play has created a two-part video essay taking a look at the modern age of action film directing and delivers some interesting conclusions.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Hurt Locker&#039; Tops the 2010 Oscars Taking Home Six Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-hurt-locker-tops-the-2010-oscars-taking-home-six-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-hurt-locker-tops-the-2010-oscars-taking-home-six-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christoph Waltz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blind Side]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=25288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We can finally close the book on 2009. The Oscars have come and gone and The Hurt Locker has triumphed, winning Best Picture and five more awards including Best Director and Original Screenplay. I started tracking this season&#039;s Oscar contenders way back in July of 2009 and it has been a long road and each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final 2010 Oscar Predictions for All 24 Categories</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2010-oscar-predictions-for-all-24-categories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2010-oscar-predictions-for-all-24-categories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Prophet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blind Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Secret in Their Eyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The White Ribbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Young Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=25152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: AMPAS Last year I went 16 for 21 in my Oscar predictions. I nailed all the top categories (which pretty much everyone always does) and missed Best Makeup, Score, Sound Editing and Mixing and Foreign Language Film. However, looking back, I would have gotten both Score and Makeup correctly if I had gone more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy Penalizes &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Producer</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/academy-penalizes-hurt-locker-producer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/academy-penalizes-hurt-locker-producer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=25097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following press release just arrived in my Inbox regarding the much talked about emailing of Academy members by The Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier. I guess the severity of the penalty for his actions is up to you if the Academy went too far or not far enough as Chartier &#034;has been denied attendance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sound Mixing to &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and Cinematography to &#039;White Ribbon&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-mixing-to-hurt-locker-and-cinematography-to-white-ribbon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-mixing-to-hurt-locker-and-cinematography-to-white-ribbon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The White Ribbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I find these two awards to be incredibly important when it comes to predicting the lower half of the Oscar categories, as the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) have announced their awards tonight and one isn&#039;t much of a surprise and the other is more of a welcome surprise. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Hurt Locker&#039; Producer Breaks Oscar Rules&#8230; Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-hurt-locker-producer-breaks-oscar-rules-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-hurt-locker-producer-breaks-oscar-rules-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is an interesting turn of events considering nothing like this has happened since I started covering movies back in 2003 as the Los Angeles Times is reporting The Hurt Locker co-producer Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures has quite blatantly violated Oscar rules by sending out an e-mail blast to Academy members virtually begging [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Dominates 2010 BAFTAs; Here&#039;s the Complete List of Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-dominates-2010-baftas-heres-the-complete-list-of-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-dominates-2010-baftas-heres-the-complete-list-of-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BAFTA Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While two of the major acting awards went to Brits, it was an American film that took home the most awards at the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) as The Hurt Locker took home both Best Director, Original Screenplay and Film on its way to six total awards. Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s directorial win makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and &#039;Up in the Air&#039; Take Home Writers Guild Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-and-up-in-the-air-take-home-writers-guild-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-and-up-in-the-air-take-home-writers-guild-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers Guild of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the Writers Guild held the 2010 Writers Guild Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. The winners were no real surprise as Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner took home the award for adapted screenplay and Mark Boal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: The Preferential Vote of the Big Ten and Complete Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-the-preferential-vote-of-the-big-ten-and-complete-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-the-preferential-vote-of-the-big-ten-and-complete-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My, what a mighty big Oscar you have Photo: The Weinstein Co. / Universal Pictures I have been holding on to this story for a while now seeing how I knew my personal predictions wouldn&#039;t be changing much in the weeks leading up to the big show on March 7. The topic is preferential voting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Prediction Update: &#039;Basterds&#039; for Best Pic? Plus Editing and Art Direction Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-prediction-update-basterds-for-best-pic-plus-editing-and-art-direction-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-prediction-update-basterds-for-best-pic-plus-editing-and-art-direction-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Loop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First for a quick bit of news as IFC has made available the Oscar-nominated screenplay for In the Loop. Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, you can download the script in .PDF format right here. I don&#039;t see it winning as I imagine Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner&#039;s script for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reaction: Few Surprises in the 2010 Oscar Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-reaction-few-surprises-in-the-2010-oscar-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-reaction-few-surprises-in-the-2010-oscar-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian McKay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samantha Morton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blind Side]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker as both earn nine nominations each Photo: Summit Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Wow, even though all of my predictions didn&#039;t come true, most of them did as this morning saw the 2010 Oscar nominees announced. As for my predictions that fell short, the nominees that took their place [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>66</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Any Surprise Predictions Before Tomorrow&#039;s Nominations?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-any-surprise-predictions-before-tomorrows-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-any-surprise-predictions-before-tomorrows-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s hard to believe the Oscar nominations are finally upon us, but what&#039;s even harder to believe is we are still over a month away from the actual award show. I don&#039;t know about you, but having the Oscar awards a month and a half after the final major awards show (SAG Awards on January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kathryn Bigelow Wins the Director&#039;s Guild of America&#039;s Top Honor</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kathryn-bigelow-wins-the-directors-guild-of-americas-top-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kathryn-bigelow-wins-the-directors-guild-of-americas-top-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow on the set of The Hurt Locker Photo: Summit Entertainment Kathryn Bigelow has taken the Directors Guild of America&#039;s DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009, besting James Cameron (Avatar), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Lee Daniels (Precious) and Jason Reitman (Up In The Air). The award puts Bigelow on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Prediction Update: Avatar? Hurt Locker? Basterds? Bullock? Streep?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-prediction-update-avatar-hurt-locker-basterds-bullock-streep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-prediction-update-avatar-hurt-locker-basterds-bullock-streep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#039;t going to be an overly long update since I already discussed some of the questions swimming around in my mind on Monday. Speaking of Monday, how about all of the passion surrounding my &#034;Is 27 Years Without An Oscar too Many to Deny Meryl Streep in 2010?&#034; article. I expected a little bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How&#039;s that Best Picture Race Look Now? &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Gets a PGA Bump</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hows-that-best-picture-race-look-now-hurt-locker-gets-a-pga-bump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hows-that-best-picture-race-look-now-hurt-locker-gets-a-pga-bump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Universal Pictures / The Weinstein Co. / 20th Century Fox / Summit Entertainment What film is the front runner for Oscar&#039;s Best Picture? A week ago it was certainly Avatar as it took home Best Director and Picture (Drama) at the Golden Globes, which meant The Hurt Locker was momentarily pushed to #2. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Avatar&#039;, &#039;An Education&#039; and &#039;The Hurt Locker&#039; Lead 2010 BAFTA Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avatar-an-education-and-the-hurt-locker-lead-2010-bafta-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avatar-an-education-and-the-hurt-locker-lead-2010-bafta-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Orange British Academy Film Awards Today the nominations for the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced and Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the way with eight nominations each followed closely by District 9 with seven and Inglourious Basterds and Up In the Air each pulling in six each. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: New Oscar Predictions and the SAGs are Just Around the Corner</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-new-oscar-predictions-and-the-sags-are-just-around-the-corner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-new-oscar-predictions-and-the-sags-are-just-around-the-corner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t updated my predictions for almost a month, but following the Golden Globes and a month&#039;s worth of box-office business there are plenty of changes to be made as we make our way toward the Screen Actors Guild Awards this coming Saturday, January 23 and the announcement of the Oscar nominations almost a month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Predicted the 2010 Golden Globes&#8230; Here are the Results</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/you-predicted-the-2010-golden-globes-here-are-the-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/you-predicted-the-2010-golden-globes-here-are-the-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golden Globe Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Hollywood Foreign Press Association On Wednesday I opened the polls giving RopeofSilicon readers the chance to predict tomorrow night&#039;s 2010 Golden Globes and after upwards of 1,000 voters weighed in the results are here and it appears everything except for score stayed in line with my predictions, but most interesting is the race for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Critics&#039; Choice Awards Name &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Best Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-critics-choice-awards-name-hurt-locker-best-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-critics-choice-awards-name-hurt-locker-best-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know about you, but something about the fact the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) offering up a tie at last night&#039;s Critics&#039; Choice Awards ruins the entire thing for me. This isn&#039;t rocket science, when we are talking about the best, there cannot be more than one. Only one can be the best. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Piracy? What Piracy? 2009 Box-Office Overtakes DVD/Blu-ray Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/piracy-what-piracy-2009-box-office-overtakes-dvdblu-ray-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/piracy-what-piracy-2009-box-office-overtakes-dvdblu-ray-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Save me a seat! Reuters has posted a fascinating story reporting box office receipts boomed to $10.6 billion (including Canadian ticket sales) in 2009 and overtook DVD and Blu-ray sales of $8.73 billion. Just yesterday I was reading in the New York Times how DVD sales declined by some $1 billion in 2009 from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 25 Movies of 2009: Movies #11 &#8211; 20</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-25-movies-of-2009-movies-11-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-25-movies-of-2009-movies-11-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Tens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Single Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Me and Orson Welles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunshine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunshine Cleaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tetro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Top 25 Movies of 2009 #11 &#8211; 20 And we arrive at day two of my listed look back at 2009 with the movies ranked #11-20. If you missed yesterday&#039;s installment featuring my Honorable Mention choices and spots 21-25 you can click here and start there and continue to this list afterward. Once again, before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and Streep Rise in the Latest Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-hurt-locker-and-streep-rise-in-the-latest-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-hurt-locker-and-streep-rise-in-the-latest-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well folks, the year is winding down, we are knee deep in the holiday season and I&#039;m looking forward to taking it easy for a few days, but not before I deliver one more update to my Oscar predictions. For those of you that keep an eye on my &#034;The Contenders&#034; section you probably already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Leads Pack with Four Wins at 2009 Satellite Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-leads-pack-with-four-wins-at-2009-satellite-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-leads-pack-with-four-wins-at-2009-satellite-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the 2009 Satellite Awards were announced and The Hurt Locker was again the big winner with four awards including Best Picture (Drama), Director for Kathryn Bigelow, Actor (Drama) for Jeremy Renner and Film Editing. Precious won for Supporting Actress (Mo&#039;Nique) and Adapted Screenplay while Christoph Waltz continued to rack up Supporting Actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations are Here</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-2010-screen-actors-guild-awards-nominations-are-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-2010-screen-actors-guild-awards-nominations-are-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screen Actors Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Screen Actors Guild Nominations for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning just two days after the 2010 Golden Globe Nominations giving us plenty to chew on heading into the weekend. As for surprises I can say there are really only a couple. First off, one nod that&#039;s not really [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and Bigelow Top New York Critics List as Well</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-and-bigelow-top-new-york-critics-list-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-and-bigelow-top-new-york-critics-list-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York Film Critics Circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday there was a little confusion when some people thought the New York Film Critics Circle had chosen Avatar as thier winner for the year&#039;s best film. In fact that was the New York Film Critics Online and not the long-standing NYC critics. Today, they have weighed in and awarded The Hurt Locker yet another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFI Announces Their List of Ten Best Movies of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/afi-announces-their-list-of-ten-best-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/afi-announces-their-list-of-ten-best-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFI Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Serious Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Single Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coraline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Messenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AFI has announced their selection of the best films of 2009 and there are a few surprises such as the inclusion of Sugar and Coraline. I guess you could look at The Hangover as a surprise addition and the absence of films such as Nine, Inglourious Basterds and Invictus (An Education is ineligible because [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Los Angeles Film Critics Also Name &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Best of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/live-updates-for-the-2009-los-angeles-film-critics-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/live-updates-for-the-2009-los-angeles-film-critics-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Film Critics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If history holds true I wouldn&#039;t count on The Hurt Locker winning Best Picture at the Oscars considering the last time the Los Angeles Film Critics and the Oscars matched Best Picture winners it was 1993 and Schindler&#039;s List. However, my thoughts that Jason Reitman was the current front-runner for Best Director have changed as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Wins Big With the Boston Film Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-wins-big-with-the-boston-film-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-wins-big-with-the-boston-film-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boston Film Critics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some time today the Los Angeles Film Critics will also be announcing their awards for the films of 2009 and I can&#039;t help but wonder how the Oscar race will change should they follow the similar path of the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Boston gang just bestowed Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s The Hurt Locker with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Scripts: We&#039;re Up to 30 with &#039;Hurt Locker,&#039; &#039;Crazy Heart,&#039; &#039;Fantastic Fox&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-scripts-were-up-to-30-with-hurt-locker-crazy-heart-fantastic-fox-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-scripts-were-up-to-30-with-hurt-locker-crazy-heart-fantastic-fox-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Screenplays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Summit Entertainment Once again, a thanks goes out to Don at Simply Scripts as well as commenter Marciál as we get four more scripts, three from Fox Searchlight and another from Summit. Today I have added 500 Days of Summer written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Scott Cooper&#039;s script for Crazy Heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Gains Oscar Momentum With Gotham Win Despite Ignorance at Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-gains-oscar-momentum-with-gotham-win-despite-ignorance-at-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-gains-oscar-momentum-with-gotham-win-despite-ignorance-at-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gotham Independent Film Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Fan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food, Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Summit Entertainment I can see the folks in the Summit offices right now, patting themselves on the back for picking up The Hurt Locker and now watching as it picks up Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance awards at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. They can celebrate the fact they hardly distributed [...]]]></description>
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