The Writers and Producers Guilds each announced their 2006 nominees today. Judging by the work they nominated, Hollywood is going to be in this monetary slump for quite a while. Speaking as a REGULAR PERSON, there isn’t much of these nominations i’m interested in… Writers Guild Nominations: Best Original Screenplay: • Cinderella Man, Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, […]
Continue reading »Film Threat has announced their annual best and worst lists. They’re a great Read! http://filmthreat.com Some interesting choices there. Be sure to check it out!
Continue reading »The IMDB has opened their annual Year-End polling. To vote for your favorite movies, go to: http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2006/poll/bestof2005 You must sign in to vote, I believe, although i’m not entirely sure…but vote anyway!
Continue reading »THE POPPY AWARDS: SPECIAL CATAGORIES Yesterday, I presented my year-end awards for the major catagories. Today, I’d like to present my special awards. These are awards I think various actors or movies deserve that aren’t covered by the regular awards. So here we go…. *** BEST ANIMATED PERFORMANCE: Gromit, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit Without a doubt, […]
Continue reading »WELCOME TO THE POPPY AWARDS! This is where I’ll list my choices in a variety of catagories for the best and worst of 2005. 2005 was a banner year for the movies, at least in terms of MY enjoyment. I didn’t really find a total clunker out there. I enjoyed all the movies I saw, some more than others. You […]
Continue reading »..and so are the ROSIES… We will be publishing our Year-End favorite awards on Saturday, December 31. I can tell you it’s goign to be interesting because we’re not the movie industry or people connected to it. We give awards to the movies which have touched our hearts, not to the current "In" thing (which means you won’t be seeing […]
Continue reading »Would someone please explain to me how a movie that earns over $50 million in it’s first five days could possibly be considered "disappointing"? That’s what the whole friggin’ industry is saying this week about KING KONG. I mean, come ON PEOPLE! The movie is easily the most critically-praised movie of the year by both critics and theatregoers, and the […]
Continue reading »As one of the few people on the planet who has NEVER seen the original movie, and having seen only portions of the god-awful remake from 1976, let me just say one thing, and it ‘s the same thing i’ve been saying since Chrismas 2001: PETER JACKSON IS A FRIGGIN’ GENIUS!!! "King Kong", which opened this evening, was absolutely INCREDIBLE! […]
Continue reading »And WHAT a COLOSSAL JOKE they are! How could you have an awards presentation, and NOT nominate three of the greatest movies of the year – REVENGE OF THE SITH, LORDS OF DOGTOWN, and RENT? The ONLY reason BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is getting so many nominations is because it’s COOL to like a gay cowboy movie. I haven’t seen it yet, […]
Continue reading »(Republished from IMDB comments) I’m gonna be totally honest, I liked this movie a lot, but it wasn’t quite what I expected – or what I hoped for. The movie’s biggest problem is that it can’t decide whether or not it’s a history of snowboarding, or a movie focusing on six snowboarders, including legend Shaun Farmer and current superstar Shaun […]
Continue reading »(Republished from IMDB comments) For months I have been worried, occasionally stewing, wondering if they could possibly translate the phenom of the Broadway show to the big screen. Then the trailer hit screens late this summer, and I knew from the moment I saw it, that my fears were unfounded…And now, having the longest year of waiting since first hearing […]
Continue reading »Popcorn ‘N Roses is all about the movies, by two movie fans. We’ve loved movies as long as we can remember, and we’re always posting our thoughts elsewhere. So suddenly we thought…"Why not start our OWN blog about movies?" So that’s what we’ve now done. We’ll be offering up our reviews of movies past present and future, comments on the […]
Continue reading »You can find out this week’s trivia question by listening to our current show. Once you’ve listened to the show, use this form to answer the question – you could win a great prize! Trivia Contest Form First and Last Name: address City State Zip/Postal Code Answer To This Weeks’ Trivia Question @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Subject:CINEMA Trivia Challenge Rules and Regulations To […]
Continue reading »Running a successful network of sites is fun…but it’s also time consuming and expensive. We strive to make sure that our sites are the best that they can be, and we’re always working on improving them for the people out there who wish to use them. Our goal is to break even with our sites through the generosity of those […]
Continue reading »RISING STARS 2006 On our recent episode, "To Rise And Fall In L.A.", we chose 20 of the hottest up and coming young stars. Below, you’ll find the 20 we picked, along with some information and links for each of the actors and actresses we think are fast rising stars! Each stars’ name is linked to their IMDB entry (except […]
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