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Who wants a Razzie?

29. February 2012

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The Razzies® have been awarded to the worst movies, actors and actresses for 32 years. On Oscar™ awards night 2012, the Razzies listed their nominations for this year’s awards ceremony, to be held on – with no surprise – April 1st. Some previous winners have turned up to collect their awards. Halle Berry was perhaps [...]

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Safehouse (2012 movie)

28. February 2012

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4 stars**** David Guggenheim has penned an excellent screenplay in safe house. The manner in which he keeps the audience thinking about which members of the CIA are working against their colleagues maintains the level of intrigue to the final scene. Unfortunately, the safe house is the least safe house in the whole of South [...]

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Enjoying the screenwriter’s life

28. February 2012

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This screenwriter’s tool is available free for all to us as they will. Written by screenwriter Tim Clague Click on it to bring it up full size in your browser. This can provide screenwriters with a guide to your work, not just the writing part, but the whole working process. Over 5,000 have already chosen [...]

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Contraband (2012 movie)

27. February 2012

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3 stars*** Seeing the logo from Working Title films, you know instantly that you’re about to see a quality movie, so why is this the first Working Title film to be simply satisfactory with no great power? So what’s it all about? To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to [...]

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Academy Awards™ 2012 winners

27. February 2012

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Despite your personal opinions, these are the winners and even if you feel other actors and crew were more worthy, these are still the winners and that is what the records will show. Best Picture: The Artist Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The [...]

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The Academy’s lead actress award goes to…

24. February 2012

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The small, yet highly regard trophy will be gifted to an actor on Sunday evening, as reward for being the best actress in a leading role during the past twelve months. So who will win? Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs” This lady has been making movies for so long; the variety in her skill-set is only [...]

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The past comes back to meet you – Roy Wood style.

24. February 2012

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There cannot be many of the world’s 7 billion population who has not owned a copy of Roy Wood’s “I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday” from his Wizzard (correct spelling) days, or at least know the words to sing along as it plays on the radio from October to January each year. Way back [...]

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I need a 7 inch tablet computer

21. February 2012

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The question is really why do I need a 7 inch tablet computer? I use a desktop computer for writing and a netbook for those times when I’m out of my office. I have already researched the market – an excuse for visiting stores and playing with their tablet computers – and have concluded that [...]

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Screenwriters advice; write here, write now.

20. February 2012

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  You will understand the play on words when you visit Lucy V Hay’s website to learn about screenplay writing. Rather than everyone getting together a long list of articles across many websites, this one stop location brings the newbie all they require. They contain an  extensive collection of screenwriting articles required for new screenplay [...]

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Ordered your seat for the Oscars™?

20. February 2012

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Have you and your friends booked your seat for this year’s show - 4:00 p.m. PST, 7:00 p.m. EST ? You will have seen The Artist winning the main picture awards around the globe, but is it really the best movie of the past year? Many of the critics agree that it is the best of recent times.

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