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Top Ten Underrated Films (Of All Time)

2 September 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Great movies sometimes do not hit it off with the audience upon first viewing. Not even the sublime Citizen Kane found much appreciation on its release in 1941, taking over twenty years and critical re-discovery in order for everybody to agree it was a pretty special movie.

Cult films are different (and this is not a list of cult movies) – those do tend to find an audience (usually people who become hardcore fans) allowing the film to become celebrated in alternative ways – as opposed to garnering a multitude of awards.

This is a list drawn up of films I consider under-rated; overlooked; not thought about; dismissed, and so forth. I am not suggesting they should be regaled as masterpieces anointed and placed in a cinematic pantheon of greatness.

Compiling lists is very tough and as this is limited to a mere ten films, some wonderful films did not make final cut. »

- Martyn Conterio

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Movies that are made for forever

2 May 2009 4:38 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

I have feelings more than ideas. I am tired, but very happy. My 11th annual film festival has just wrapped at the Virginia Theater in my home town, and what I can say is, it worked. There is no such thing as the best year or the worst year. But there is such a thing as a festival where every single film seemed to connect strongly with the audience. Sitting in the back row, seeing these films another time, sensing the audience response, I thought: Yes, these films are more than good, and this audience is a gathering of people who feel that.

Let me tell you about the last afternoon, the screening of a newly restored 70mm print of "Baraka." The 1,600 seats of the main floor and balcony were very nearly filled. The movie exists of about 96 minutes of images, music and sound. Nothing else. No narration. No subtitles. »

- Roger Ebert

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The best train set a boy could ever want

27 March 2009 12:43 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

It's a good thing Ebertfest is no longer called the Overlooked Film Festival. One of my choices this year, "Frozen River," was in danger of being overlooked when I first invited it, but then it realized the dream of every indie film, found an audience and won two Oscar nominations. Yet even after the Oscar nods, it has grossed only about $2.5 million and has been unseen in theaters by most of the nation.

Those numbers underline the crisis in independent, foreign or documentary films--art films. More than ever, the monolithic U.S. distribution system freezes out films lacking big stars, big ad budgets, ready-made teenage audiences, or exploitable hooks. When an unconventional film like "Slumdog Millionaire" breaks out, it's the exception that proves the rule. While it was splendid, it was not as original or really as moving as the American indie "Chop Shop," made a year earlier. The difference is, »

- Roger Ebert

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35th Annual Saturn Awards Nominees in Feature Film

10 March 2009 8:42 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

"The Dark Knight" may not get much from the 2009 Oscars, but it definitely received big recognition from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror as the academy announced the nominations for the 35th annual Saturn Awards. On Tuesday, March 10, it was unraveled the 2008 biggest selling movie has led the pack with 11 nods in its pocket.

One of the counts the superhero movie nabbed was for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film. In the category, it will compete against two of Clint Eastwood's films, "Changeling" and "Gran Torino", a James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace", a Don Cheadle-starrer thriller "Traitor" and a Bryan Singer's world war II drama "Valkyrie".

Aside from Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film nom, "Dark Knight" also picked up gongs for its stars,

Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger, as well as for director Christopher Nolan. Nolan was also up for the Best »

- AceShowbiz.com

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"The Dark Knight" Lords Over the 35th Annual Saturn Awards

10 March 2009 6:33 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

"The Dark Knight" grabbed 11 nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards! "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" received nine while "Iron Man" took eight.

The Saturn Awards is given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards will be presented June 25.

Here's the complete list of nominees:

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Science Fiction Film

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century Fox)

"Eagle Eye" (Paramount / DreamWorks)

"The Incredible Hulk" (Universal / Marvel)

"Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (Paramount / Lucasfilm)

"Iron Man" (Paramount / Marvel)

"Jumper" (20th Century Fox)

Fantasy Film

"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (Walt Disney Studios)

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount)

"Hancock" (Sony)

"The Spiderwick Chronicles" (Paramount)

"Twilight" (Summit Entertainment)

"Wanted" (Universal)

Horror Film

"The Happening" (20th Century Fox)

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal)

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (Universal)

"Quarantine" (Sony)

"Splinter" (Magnolia / Magnet)

"The Strangers" (Rogue / Universal »

- Manny

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I'm not trying to be coy...

4 January 2009 10:17 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

...about which film wins my personal Best Picture prize for 2008. If you've been reading for the past three months, you'll have that figured out already. L'chaim!But I'm guessing there's more than enough suspense within the other Fb Award categories to keep you into it -- hell, there's even enough suspense for me... since 4th and 5th spots are still in flux in most categories. Hence, the blank pages. So as I finish write ups I'll be posting them. I've added notes on The Wrestler and Reprise on the top ten page. I've also posted a F.A.Q. for new readers (welcome! there's a lot of you) and/or forgetful ones and made sure the Oscar prediction pages were in order. A bit later I hope to throw up an entry into StinkyLulu's Supporting Actress Blog-a-Thon which is already a fun party. I was particularly enthralled by Stinky's brave »

- NATHANIEL R

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