deadCenter Film Festival 2018 wrapped in June, but the event’s organizers are already thinking about the future. Submissions for the 2019 festival open Wednesday, and cutting-edge technology, a returning category and a new eligibility requirement that could increase deadCenter’s potential for Academy Award consideration are all part of the coming attractions. In hopes of being […]
Academy Awards
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CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”
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CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”
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A Cat in Paris
Dino, the tabby at the center of “A Cat in Paris,” brings new meaning to the term “cat burglar.” He purrs his way between a petty thief on the job and a little girl at home, befriending both and inadvertently tying their disparate worlds. That occurs after the two-bit bandit gives Dino a fenced, fish-shaped […]
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Statuesque
Rex Linn, actor (TV’s “CSI: Miami”) If they don’t give the Academy Award to [Best Actress nominee] Viola Davis for “The Help,” they should not give that award out. She was phenomenal. If any young actor asks me what’s the best thing they could see other than an acting class, I would tell them to […]
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
It should have. Had I seen it before now, it handily would have made my list of 2011’s top 10 films. It matters not that “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within” is a sequel to a 2007 film I’m not certain I knew existed; director/co-writer José Padilha’s work is powerful and extraordinary on its own. The […]
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Network / All the President’s Men
Both winners of multiple Academy Awards (but not Best Picture) for 1976, they now make their Blu-ray debut in packages more special than most. The Watergate scandal had such a cultural impact that when any new scandal arises, we immediately grant it with the “-gate” suffix. While that’s a testament to Bob Woodward and Carl […]