weblogs.variety.com - 1/30/2009
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While reports of the inevitable Slumdog Millionaire backlash may be overstated--the hugely popular movie is still charging forward to some Oscar wins on February 22--here's a new Oscar slant: Slumdog and its main rival, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, split the vote and Milk takes the ...
nymag.com - 1/30/2009
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nymag.com —
While we tend to side with the Bagger's
opinion that Slumdog Millionaire has got this year's Oscar...
for Best Picture locked up, it's impossible to completely turn an intentionally blinded eye from the fire that the film has been coming under in the ...
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Making the Case for Milk to Squeak by Slumdog ...
awardsdaily.com - 1/26/2009
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awardsdaily.com —
IMDb slamdogs to Gus Van Sant: “I drink
your Milk shake, I drink it up.” We all...
know about the well-documented “Oscar bump” a movie receives when nominations raise its profile and thousands of moviegoers check it ...
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Slamdogs Gaybash Milk
guardian.co.uk - 2/1/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Immediately after the nominees for the 81st annual
Academy Awards were announced, the usual guessing games began...
- not only the one about who will win, but the even more fruitless enterprise of sifting the list for What It All Means. Trying to ...
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Mark Harris on this year's Oscar nominees
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Thompson on Hollywood is Milk coming up on the outside in the Best Picture race? Armond White with his annual sh**-starting year in review list "Better-Than..." Coming Soon Amanda Seyfried vs. The Bening in an Oscar Wilde comedy? I'm so there. Dear Jesus Whitney wishes she were more like Diane Keaton... or maybe not Just Jared yet more Nine set photos. This time it's Pené "Moments Out of Time" I used to love this. I'm glad they're still doing it. A list of great singular ...
Oscar Predictions: Don’t Underestimate The Reader
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... Let’s begin with the simplest argument, which has also been used recently as evidence that Milk’s chances for the top award have gone up: Whether due to a backlash or not, Slumdog’s lead may be shortening, and Benjamin Button may be gaining. So, the two films could cancel each other out and The Reader, not Milk, could sneak forward. Or, to give Milk the same credit as others are giving it, the three favorites cancel each other out and The Reader makes an even greater leap forward. ...
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Milk, round 2.
daily.greencine.com 11/29/2008 —
"While not up there in the annals of transformation with Robert De Niro 's poundage or Daniel Day-Lewis 's palsy, Sean Penn 's smile lines in Milk are a wonder," writes David Edelstein in New York . "They're not crinkles, they're furrows; they ...
Milk premiere.
daily.greencine.com 10/29/2008 —
"The guests came to the Castro Theatre on Tuesday dressed in Levi's and designer dresses, '70s-chic velvet jackets and drag-queen heels and glitter," reports Steven Winn for the San Francisco Chronicle . "It looked like a glamorous early start on ...
Milk, round 1.
daily.greencine.com 11/5/2008 —
" Milk , written by Dustin Lance Black and directed by Gus Van Sant , is the first great film to look at civil rights from the perspective of the gay movement," writes the Hollywood Reporter 's Kirk Honeycutt . "The subject, of course, is the late, ...
WGA Awards Go to Slumdog, Milk
weblogs.variety.com 2/8/2009 — Milk scripter Dustin Lance Black, 34, tearfully accepted the Writers Guild Award for best original screenplay for Milk Saturday night by calling up the ghost of slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the man who inspired Black when he moved to ...
Review: Milk
cinematical.com 12/1/2008 —
Milk is a well-intentioned film, but it's also well-made, and it never confuses nobility of purpose with narrative direction. It's full of inspiration and aspiration, but at the same time, it never kids itself -- or us -- about the tricky, twisty ...
Oscar Watch: Milk and Proposition 8
weblogs.variety.com 11/7/2008 — The odd thing about the unfortunate passing of the gay marriage ban Proposition 8 is that it could actually boost Milk's Oscar chances.
So many people will see Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay activist Harvey Milk , which is ostensibly set in our ...
MILK It.
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Proposition 8 Protest Rally & Street Closures - Wednesday, November 5th
As deeply disappointed as we all are that California voters passed Proposition 8, we must not allow that disappointment to ...
Gus Van Sant's Milk Has Just Become So Much More Relevant
firstshowing.net 11/6/2008 —
It wasn't a victory for everyone yesterday. I really hate mixing politics and journalism, but I can't help it today, because I feel like I need to promote Gus Van Sant's Milk even more based on the results of the election in California. For ...
Movie Review - 'Milk'
getthebigpicture.net 11/26/2008 — Sean Penn stars as slain gay activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk in a bio-pic that blindly stumbled into great timing with California's recent passage of Prop 8.
Milk Blu-ray details are here
atomicpopcorn.net 2/24/2009 — Milk DVD Details
We have some info on the upcoming release of Milk on Blu-Ray. I have yet to see the award winning film, but I will own it on Blu-ray in a few weeks. Here is the press release below.
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Winner of two Academy Awards ® including Best Actor for Sean Penn… Post ...
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