FILM
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire
Oscar 2008: Nominations in All Categories
January 22, 2009 by
Oscar 2008: Benjamin Button Leads Nominations
January 22, 2009 by
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” scored 13 nominations for the 81st Academy Awards, including best picture.
Oscar 2008: Heath Ledger Is Seventh Posthumous Nominee
January 22, 2009 by
Exactly one year to the day since his death from an accidental drug overdose, Heath Ledger was remembered Thursday with an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for his performance as the deranged Joker in “The Dark Knight.”
Hollywood 2008: Popular Movies–National and Global Taste
January 18, 2009 by
When looking at the top-grossing films of 2008 from a global standpoint, it is interesting to analyze for each of the 10 pictures the ratio between domestic (U.S.) and foreign (international) grosses. For example, “The Dark Knight” made close to $1 billion, but more than 50 percent of that impressive figure ($531 million, to be exact) was generated by American audiences. In contrast, the joyous but poorly reviewed musical “Mamma Mia!” grossed close to $573 million globally, but the ratio between domestic and foreign performance is 1 to 3.
Hollywood 2008: Top-Grossing Films–Global Movie Taste–The Dark Knight
January 17, 2009 by
What do grosses reveal about taste and preference, joy and pleasure, influence and impact of the movies. Not much. Box-office receipts tell us how many people saw a particular film, or rather how much money each film made (In some European countries, the unit of analysis is the number of admissions, not dollars from tickets sold). But they don't tell us whether people actually liked those movies, or even stayed to the end of the screening.
