Oscar Prelude: WGA Honors Inception and The Social Network
The Writers Guild of America handed its top prizes for screen writing to best picture favorites as expected on Saturday night — but the current Oscar-front runner, The King’s Speech, was not one of them. The award for best adapted screenplay went to the Aaron Sorkin-penned film, The Social Network, based on the non-fiction book...
Box Office Picks A Popular Roommate for Friday Date Night
In a weekend where potential moviegoers in much of the country found themselves pummeled by bad weather, box office predictions were dismal, but that didn’t prevent one college co-ed and her roommate from having a big night out. Sony Screen Gems’ campus thriller, The Roommate, led Friday’s domestic ticket sales and bested second-place finisher Sanctum...
In Memoriam: LAST TANGO Star Maria Schneider Dead At 58
Maria Schneider, the female lead from the controversial American seventies film, Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris, died Thursday in Paris following a lengthy illness according to her representatives. She was a fresh-faced young French newcomer co-starring in a movie considered quite sensational in many ways, still well beyond anything an American actress might have been expected...
In Memoriam: Oscar-winning Composer John Barry Dead at 77
VIDEO: Out of Africa Theme via YouTube *** Oscar-winning composer John Barry known for the music of 11 James Bond films and for the stirring theme from the soundtrack of Out of Africa died earlier this week. He was 77. In his long career, Barry won a total of five Oscars. Notable works among his...
The Social Network Wins Best Picture At Golden Globes
With double wins at the Critics Choice Awards, best director David Fincher and his best picture The Social Network appear to be the social darlins of the awards season now that it’s off and running. One of the most anticipated films of 2010, Fincher’s film hit movie screens around the country as a prohibitive awards...
Andy Culpepper Resume Featurette
Click on the headline link to view behind-the-scenes materials for The Contractor, an espionage thriller starring Wesley Snipes. Andy Culpepper produced this featurette for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (which holds the copyright) and shot it using a Canon GL1 mini-DV camera on location in Sofia, Bulgaria. Culpepper edited the footage using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0...
Underclassman
This 2005 comedy offers the unlikely plot in which a fresh-faced detective returns to a local high school to go undercover in an effort to thwart an international auto theft ring. Nick Cannon stars and is listed as one of the producers in this 95-minute feature from director Marcos Siega. Box office totals in theaters...