February, 2008 Archive

A Night At The Oscars

25, Feb 2008
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Just finished watching the Academy Awards and I’m here to present my personal nominations from the 2008 Oscars.

Best Looking Presenter:
a very nervous, but smoking hot Katherine Heigl

Animated Film That Didn’t Win But Should Be Seen And Is Recommended Even Though It’s About Surfing Penguins:
Surf’s Up

Movie I’ve Never Heard Of With Most Nominations:
La Vie En Rose

Most Obvious Product Placement:
iPhone 

Best Bad Guy of 2007 That Totally Deserved His Award:
Javier Bardem

Most Overlooked Movies:
Across The Universe
Zodiac
The King Of Kong

Most Underwhelming Lack of Emotive Acceptance Speech(es):
Joel & Ethan Cohen

Number of People I Recognized In The Death Montage:
4

Movies I Really Need To See Now The Oscars Reminded Me What I’ve Missed:
Michael Clayton
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
Persepolis
There Will Be Blood
Lars and The Real Girl
Into The Wild
Charlie Wilson’s War

Why Does Popcorn Cost So Much at the Movies?

23, Feb 2008
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Movie theaters are notorious for charging consumers top dollar for concession items such as popcorn, soda, and candy. Are moviegoers just being gouged?
New research from Stanford and the University of California, Santa Cruz suggests that there is a method to theaters’ madness – and one that in fact benefits the viewing public.

The Science of Winning An Oscar

19, Feb 2008
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A new study from UCLA’s California Center for Population Research on using science to predict the Oscars.

Jessica Alba as Some of Horror’s Most Iconic Females

19, Feb 2008
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Here’s a set of photos from a recent spread in Latina Magazine featuring Jessica Alba portraying famous scenes from horror’s finest.

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Bonus Fun: Name who played each of the original roles.