The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The 2007 Academy Award nominated Western drama film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, is an adaptation of the Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik. It stars Brad Pitt playing Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford.
The film received two Academy Award nominations for the 80th Academy Awards.

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The Assasination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford

The film tells the story of Robert Ford, a cowardly, insecure man who has grown up idolizing the outlaw Jesse James. With his exploits already immortalized in popular dime novels, the outlaw Jesse James has come to represent a romanticized vision of the renegade spirit of the West when he first meets nineteen-year-old Robert Ford. The younger brother of one of the members of James's gang, Ford harbors an obsessive idolatry toward James that will take a deadly turn as their relationship progresses.

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Academy Awards Nominations

• Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role -Casey Afleck
  
• Achievement in Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was named by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures as one of the top ten films of 2007. Casey Affleck was also awarded the Best Supporting actor in the film.

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle called The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as the Best Picture of 2007 and went on to award actor Casey Affleck best supporting actor for the film.

Casey Affleck was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for the 65th Golden Globe Awards

American Gangster

The Academy Award nominated 2007 crime film, American Gangster , was written by Steve Zaillian and directed by Ridley Scott. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Washington plays Frank Lucas, a real-life drug kingpin from Harlem who smuggled heroin into the US on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. Richie Roberts, a New York City detective played by Crowe, attempts to bring down the Lucas' drug empire. Filming was done on location in New York City.

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Ambitious Harlem drug dealer, Frank Lucas, climbs to the pinnacle of the criminal underworld with a scheme to smuggle heroin directly from Thailand to the streets of New York City; a plan made easier by the extensive corruption within the city's police department. Threatening his operation, however, is Richie Roberts, a pugnacious cop unafraid to take on both Lucas and his own dishonest colleagues.

Academy Awards Nominations

• Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruby Dee
  
• Achievement in Art Direction

In its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, American Gangster grossed $43,565,115, placing first in the weekend box office. Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo reported that the film is the first crime saga to gross over $30 million its opening weekend and the film also had the best opening weekend for Denzel Washington as well as Russell Crowe. As of January 31, 2008, American Gangster is estimated to have grossed $130,164,645 in the United States and $114,842,654 in other territories for a worldwide total of $245,007,299.

The film inspired the rapper Jay-Z to create a concept album, also titled American Gangster. Jay-Z had been shown the film at an early screening, which had a great impact on him.

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is nominated for eight Academy awards including Best Actor,Best Director and Best Picture. The Oscars will air on ABC on February 24,2008 at 5pm PT/8pm ET


There Will Be Blood, is a 2007 film directed, written, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel Oil! (1927), and tells the story of Daniel Plainview's quest for power in Southern California's oil boom of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis,Paul Dano and Dillon Freasier.

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80th Academy Awards Nominations

• Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis
  
• Achievement in Art Direction - (Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson)
• Achievement in Cinematography - (Robert Elswit)
• Achievement in Directing - (Paul Thomas Anderson)
• Achievement in Film Editing - (Dylan Tichenor)
• Best Motion Picture of the Year - (Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, & P.T. Anderson)
• Achievement in Sound Editing - (Matthew Wood)
• Adapted Screenplay - (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  

"There Will Be Blood" received significant critical praise and numerous award nominations and wins. It appeared on many critics' "top ten" lists for the year,taking the number one position on more than twenty of lists including the National Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Daniel Day-Lewis has won many Best Actor Awards for his performance including a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors' Guild.

Juno

The film, Juno, has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews as well as making many the top ten on many of the critics lists. It has received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The Oscars will be held on February 24,2008 at 5pm PT/8pm ET on ABC

Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the main character. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman also star. Juno is a sharp-tongued teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy.When the smart, outspoken sixteen-year-old, finds herself pregnant, she decides to give the baby up for adoption. As her pregnancy progresses, she spends time with the baby's prospective adoptive parents, Mark and Vanessa Loring. But her growing bond with Mark begins to take a turn that could throw everyone's plans into chaos.

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80th Academy Awards Nominations

• Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Ellen Page
  
• Achievement in Directing - Jason Reitman
  
• Best Motion Picture of the Year
• Original Screenplay - Diablo Cody

Screenwriter Diablo Cody says any similarities to Korean film "Jenny,Juno" is merely cosmic coincidence in her blog:

"Unbeknownst to me, we had another spiritual cousin out there, a Korean movie called "Jenny, Juno", This time, the cousinry goes one step further and the movie is about – seriously – a pregnant teenager and her cute, sweet boyfriend. (The guy character is named Juno, not the girl.) There's no adoption subplot and apparently the film is otherwise dissimilar to mine, but how f--ked up is that? I bring this up because a journalist drilled me about it recently – awkward! – and also because I saw someone on our IMDb board wondering if Juno was a remake of the K-flick. So for the record, 1.) it isn't a remake 2.) I haven't seen 'Jenny, Juno,' though I want to now, and 3.) I don't think anyone would even bat an eye about this if my film was called Jenny. The name Juno is just so darned distinctive that confusion is inevitable."

Superman Returns:Superman's Secret and Christian Symbolism

Superman Returns is based on Superman's return to earth after a five year absence from planet earth. It makes me wonder what Superman was doing in those five years especially since we all know that Krypton was destroyed. And you do not spend all that time in outer space just floating around doing nothing especially if you are a superhero. What did he find? Who did he meet. I get the feeling from the Movie Superman Returns that he found another planet got married and has two kids. I say this because in the movie I did not see that kind of connection between Lois and Superman that they usually have. I think Superman is missing his sweet little alien wife on Planet "Only Superman Knows." I mean I do not want to ruin the movie but in the end he says "See you around Lois" and drifts away into outer space where he gets that aura of contentment. I say Superman is hiding something out there in space.

After spending 5 years in outer space, looking for the remains of planet Krypton, Superman returns to Earth. He returns to find Lois Lane, living with Richard White and has a son. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor plots an evil plan, using crystals and Kryptonite he stole from the Fortress of Solitude, to create a new land and submerge the USA.

Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Superman. It was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey. The screenplay was written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris.

Superman Returns is the first Superman film to be released in twenty years. The last Superman film was Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

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Superman Returns has Christian parallels and symbolism.

In the latest installment of the Man of Steel, the story is presented as a Christian parable. After leaving Earth for 5 years to visit his home planet, Superman returns to find that Earth has lost hope in him as its savior. We are reminded that Jor-El has sent his only son to Earth because people are basically good. We get to see Superman rekindle his relationship with Lois Lane, who now has a son of questionable paternity; could it be Superman's son being raised by another man. Superman fights the evil in the form of Lex Luther. Can Superman save humanity? Does humanity have faith in him?

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel.

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The plot focuses on who work together at a Piggly Wiggly supermarket in West Virginia. Pete secretly pines for Rosalee's affections, but he is too shy to confront her. One day Rosalee wins a contest to meet Tad Hamilton, a major Hollywood movie star. She travels to California for one date with Tad. The actor begins to yearn for a better direction for his life, and so he visits West Virginia to hang out with Rosalee. This leads to a romance with Rosalee and a rivalry with Pete. Will Rosalee move away with Tad? Or will she learn about Pete's love for her?

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Main Characters

• Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth) - A sweet, ordinary girl who works at a Piggly Wiggly store, in West Virginia, with her two best friends Pete and Cathy. She is madly obsessed with Tad Hamilton, and her life is turned upside-down when the two begin dating.

• Pete Monash (Topher Grace) - Rosalee's best friend and work-mate. He is secretly in love with Rosalee and is desperate to protect her from Tad Hamilton. He is sometimes seen with his pet dog.

• Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel) - A famous, heartthrob, Hollywood actor. He goes on a date with normal town girl, Rosalee for a publicity stunt and ends up falling in love with her.

• Cathy Feely (Ginnifer Goodwin) - Rosalee's female best friend. She too, is madly obsessed with Tad Hamilton.

• Richard Levy the Driven (Nathan Lane) - Tad Hamilton's agent. He constantly worries over Tad's actions.

• Richard Levy the Shameless (Sean Hayes) - Tad Hamilton's agent. He also worries over Tad's actions but is much more concerned with himself.

• Angelica (Kathryn Hahn) - The barmaid at the bar that Rosalee and her friends often go to. She has a crush on Pete and sometimes gives him advice.

Charlie Chaplin: City Lights

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City Lights is a 1931 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin who wrote and directed the film also composed the musical score for the entire film which is the only sound heard in the film since the picture has no dialogue.

The Circus, released in 1928, was Chaplin's last silent film to debut before "talkies", which are motion pictures with sound, took over.

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The Plot: City Lights

Chaplin's Tramp, who is broke and homeless, meets a poor blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) selling flowers on the streets and falls in love with her. The blind girl mistakes him for a millionaire. Since he wants to help her and doesn't want to disappoint her he keeps up the charade.

As the story goes along he saves a millionaire from committing suicide and the running gag throughout the film is when the millionaire is drunk he is the best of friends with the tramp right until he sobers up and can't remember him. Meanwhile the tramp works small jobs such as street sweeping and enters a boxing contest, all to raise money for an operation to restore the blind girl's sight.

In the end it is a casual gift of a thousand dollars from his drunken millionaire friend that eventually pay for the operation that restores the blind girl's sight. Unfortunately like many of the tramp's efforts things go wrong and he is mistakenly accused of stealing the money when the millionaire sobers up. But the tramp manages to get the money to the blind girl, telling her that he is going away on a trip shortly before he is arrested and sent to jail for several months.

The ending is widely acclaimed as one of cinema's most touching. Released from jail, the tramp ends up on the same street corner where the flower girl, her sight restored, has opened up a flower shop with her grandmother; every time a rich man comes into the shop she wonders if this is her mysterious benefactor. The tramp spots a flower in the gutter and as he goes to pick it up is tormented by a couple of kids as the flower girl laughs. Then he turns around, sees her, and stops. She laughs and tells her grandmother she has made another conquest. Seeing the flower fall apart in his hand, she goes out to give him a flower and a coin - and then she touches his hand and stops when she realizes it feels familiar. Slowly her hand goes up to touch the face of the tramp. 'You?' she says as she realizes that the tramp before her is the reason she can see. 'Yes' replies the nervous tramp, his face a map of shame, pride, love and devotion. 'You can see now?,' he asks. 'Yes. I can see now,' she replies (in later prints Chaplin removed the last title card since it was obvious what she is saying). The film ends with an unusual close up of the tramp and the music continues to swell for some time after the shot fades to black.

Charlie Chaplin: A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life (1918) is a silent film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.

Chaplin plays opposite an animal as 'co-star'. 'Scraps' (the dog) is the hero in this film, as she helps Charlie and Edna toward a better life. Edna Purviance plays a dance hall singer and Charlie Chaplin, the tramp. Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's brother) had a small role in this film; this was the first time the two brothers were on screen together.

Other films where dogs appeared on screen with Chaplin were The Champion (1915), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), and Modern Times (1936).

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Charlie Chaplin - The Kid

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The Kid is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin film featuring Jackie Coogan as Chaplin's adopted son and sidekick. The film was a huge success, and was the second-highest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The Kid is about a Tramp (Chaplin) that finds an abandoned baby in an alley and takes care of him. As the baby gets older, they are perfect together and they form little schemes to scam people in order to survive.

Chaplin and Coogan both give remarkable performances in The Kid. The film made Coogan, who was a vaudeville performer, into the first major child star of the movies.

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