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By: The 2009 Oscar Nominated Films: Pirated Copies Available Everywhere | The Film Talk - Movie Review Podcast

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:38:20 +0000

[...] Via Metafilter is Andy Baio’s always interesting spreadsheet detailing the spread of pirate versions of Oscar Nominated films: [...]

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By: The Film Talk » Viola Davis - The Reason to See Doubt

The Film Talk » Viola Davis - The Reason to See Doubt — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:13:26 +0000

[...] Doubt. And that scene is with Meryl Streep. She blows Steep off the screen. Davis is up for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress this year and if she wins my Oscar Night is [...]

By: The Film Talk » This Week on the Show: ‘Revolutionary Road’ and ‘The Wrestler’

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:01:22 +0000

[...] week on the Show we’ll be reviewing Academy Award Nominated films ‘Revolutionary Road’ and ‘The [...]

By: The Film Talk » The Long View #1: ‘The Reader’

The Film Talk » The Long View #1: ‘The Reader’ — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:01:50 +0000

[...] a series of articles on how most of this year’s Best Picture nominees are bad remakes of earlier, better [...]

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:00:28 +0000

Hey – you're the first person i've read who's noticed the Jake the Snake Connection – watching the film you'll see they did indeed take a lot from Beyond the Mat – and that's fine – Rourke is fantastic in it – but it is Rocky 6. Which is ok too.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:56:54 +0000

I still haven't seen “The Wrestler” – am anxiously waiting to have the chance –

The more I hear about it, the more I am convinced that Rourke's character is based on the combined lives of Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Terry Funk, two classic 80's wrestlers, one whose life has taken a spiral into drugs, hookers, estrangement from his family – the other who wrestled for so long it has literally broken his body — from the documentary “Beyond the Mat”.

Yes, I believe you that it is full of cliches, but when I see it, I am convinced it will accurately portray the wrestler's lifestyle — which in many ways is a cliche in and of itself…

By: The Film Talk » The 2009 Oscar Nominated Films: Pirated

The Film Talk » The 2009 Oscar Nominated Films: Pirated — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:24:20 +0000

[...] Top 5 Academy Award Oscar Predictions [...]

By: jettloe

jettloe — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:00:28 +0000

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:56:54 +0000

I still haven't seen “The Wrestler” – am anxiously waiting to have the chance –

Yes, I believe you that it is full of cliches, but when I see it, I am convinced it will accurately portray the wrestler's lifestyle — which in many ways is a cliche in and of itself…