Tag Archives: Leonardo DiCaprio

News Bites: Encyclopedia Brown and the Planeteers

Another Friday morning, another weekly assortment of news bites, serving up the latest in movie and entertainment news. I’m going to be cutting the introduction short this week so I can just get on with things, as I’ll be away … Continue reading

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News Bites: Muppets of Steel

Better late than never, here are today’s News Bites. I know they’re going up more than 12 hours later than normal, but it’s been a busy week and a bit of a trying one with a misbehaving internet connection. However, … Continue reading

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Weekly Weblinks: Reboots, Remakes, and Recall

Bandwidth issues may be slowing me down, but they’re not stopping me from making my rounds. It’s Friday morning, so it’s time for our weekly assortment of blog posts and news links, complete with a shiny new graphic I spent … Continue reading

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Inception

Given the title of the film, it may be a bit ironic that I’ve been having a bit of trouble figuring out where to begin with my review of Inception. There’s a lot I feel like I want to cover, … Continue reading

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Blood Diamond

Released in 2006, Blood Diamond is set in the 1999 Sierra Leone civil war, and that war — and most particularly the diamond smuggling that funds the rebel army — is the focus of the film. It was directed by … Continue reading

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Gangs of New York

How does a film garner ten different Academy Award nominations and then walk away with a goose-egg? Looking at the 2003 Oscar results, it appears that Chicago razzle-dazzled Gangs of New York out of several of the awards it was … Continue reading

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