Pixar’s Oscar nominated short, “La Luna,” will premiere in front of Brave — in US theaters June 22. La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In …
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald presents the first authorized portrait of the icon in an attempt to reveal the man behind the myth. Featuring interviews with family members and close associates, Marley is a cinematic elegy paying tribute to the musician’s philosophical convictions and social idealism. Macdonald chronicles Marley’s life from an impoverished start in a Jamaican shack …
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From Disney’s “The Muppets” – Written by Bret McKenzie. — Watch Bret perform a duo with Kermit – Life’s a Happy Song
From Disney’s “The Muppets” – Written by Bret McKenzie. — Watch Bret perform a duo with Kermit – Life’s a Happy Song
At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
Sir Cecil Worthington (Mike Myers) takes Academy Award Winner Kevin Kline through an Oscar refresher course.
Every year the Academy invites countries to submit their best film for the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film. Each film must have been released in theaters, produced outside the United States, and contain primarily non-English dialogue. In 2012, sixty three countries submitted a film and nine were shortlisted as contenders. On January 24, the five …
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Just a few days ago the Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical Achievements were announced. The 8 awards go to a wide range of professionals in areas such as computer software, high-speed cameras, aerial cameras, and laser film preservation. In many ways these descriptions are beyond our understanding, but they do, at the very least, …
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Another awesome movie on Netflix. Once in a while a film comes along that is clearly a labor of love. Pearl Jam Twenty, a documentary feature spanning 20 years in the life of Pearl Jam, lensed by Oscar winning director & writer Cameron Crowe is just such a film. Painstakingly culled from 30,000 hours of material …
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