Archive for January, 2010
This week only brings two major releases, and they come from complete opposite ends of the spectrum.
Edge of Darkness
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Plot: Mel Gibson plays a detective who’s busy investigating the death of his daughter. Along the…
Back in October of last year, Disney announced that their subdivision, Miramax Films, would begin to see a much smaller slate of upcoming projects. By the end of the year, the company had released six films, down from previous years.…
DVD Overmind is back! This week we have a ton of late summer/early fall releases set to hit store shelves. Let’s take a look:
First up, we have the futuristic sci-fi/action flick The Surrogates. The film stars Bruce Willis, and focuses…
James Cameron’s Avatar did the unthinkable this weekend, and managed to take claim its spot as the number one highest-grossing film worldwide. It’s worth noting that it did so by outgrossing previous number one, now number two, Titanic. Titanic, as…
Earlier this week, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced that they had found a director for its new reboot of the Spider-Man series. The new director will be Marc Webb. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the name,…
Read: New Spider-Man Reboot Gets Director (And Some Details)
I know Spider-Man 3 wasn’t just fantastic, but there’s absolutely no reason for this. For fans looking to see a fourth sequel to 2002’s blockbuster epic Spider-Man (one of the greatest superhero films of all time), Sony is looking to disappoint you:…
Read: What!? Spidey 4 Loses Raimi and Maguire and Will Be A Reboot?
Remember that little film that came out ten years ago? American Beauty? It snagged Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. That director, Sam Mendes, has directed high quality Oscar contenders in the decade following that: Road to Perdition,…
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Oscar Reactions – Best Supporting Actor
I think we all knew this was coming, but it’s no less satisfying to see Christoph Waltz take home the statuette for…
Oscar Predictions – Best Picture
And finally, the big one. This year’s Best Picture nominees were even more numerous than ever, due to the expansion of the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Director
The first of these final two races is a clencher, due to the fact that all of the nominees are really deserving.…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actor
This year’s Oscars have a healthy mix of clenchers and no-brainers, and the Best Actor award is one of the n0-brainers. Jeff…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actress
As much as I hope Sandra Bullock doesn’t get it (on principle more than anything else), she most likely will win the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actor
Like the Best Supporting Actress award, this year’s Best Supporting Actor award is a giveaway — it’s going to Inglourious Basterds’s Christoph…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actress
It’s silly to think that anyone other than Mo’Nique will win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her moving acceptance speech…
Oscar Predictions – Best Original Screenplay
As a writer, this is perhaps my favorite category. As I said about the Best Adapted Screenplay, though, you can’t really tell…
Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay
Predicting the screenplay categories is very difficult, especially considering the fact that we haven’t actually read any of the screenplays being nominated…
Oscar Predictions – Best Animated Feature
In this part of our Oscar preshow, we’re going to take a look at the five nominees for Best Animated Feature, and…
Pick of the Week: Where the Wild Things Are
Since all the buzz this week will mostly be about the aftermath of the prestigious Oscars, it’s time to look at a…
2010 Oscar Coverage
Since the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held tonight at 8:30/7:30c, MovieOvermind will be bringing you live coverage of the event.…
‘Wanted 2′ Won’t Happen
Be careful! If you haven’t seen Wanted and do not wish to be spoiled, do not read on.
One of the strangest action films…
‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Breaks Oscar Rules
Here’s a good idea: when campaigning for the Academy Awards, don’t insult the other film. After all, the awards are based on…
Pick of the Week: Black Dynamite
Here’s a fun new segment that I’m going to start up, simply to give the podium to some of my favorite movies,…
5 Mindbending Movies
If you haven’t already seen Martin Scorsese’s newest flick, Shutter Island, yet, then I seriously suggest you do so. The entire film…
Ian McShane as Blackbeard in ‘Pirates 4′
Though the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End featured Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his crew stealing Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny…
