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Blog Entries by Gary Susman from 01/2012

Exorcism Movies: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Horror Genre, From 'The Exorcist' to 'The Devil Inside'

Posted 01.06.2012

Like body-swiping demons, exorcism movies simply refuse to go away. The latest one to take possession of the multiplex is 'The Devil Inside,' which pr...

Academy Awards: New Documentary Rules Spark Outrage

Posted 01.09.2012

When Steve James' "The Interrupters" failed to make the Academy's shortlist of eligible documentaries this year, fans of the acclaimed featu...

Golden Globes: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Awards Ceremony

Posted 01.10.2012

For a night known as Hollywood's most notorious open-bar gala, the Golden Globes ceremony remains shrouded in mystery. Most viewers probably don't eve...

Conservative Movies: Are These Really the Top 10 From Last 50 Years?

Posted 01.13.2012

Conservatives often complain that Hollywood is a hopeless miasma of liberalism, full of left-wingers who fill the screen with pinko propaganda, even t...

Weekend Box Office: 'Contraband' Slips Past 3D 'Beauty' to Top Holiday Chart

Posted 01.15.2012

In the Martin Luther King holiday weekend battle between a classic beauty and a daring smuggler, it was the thief who made off with the box office cro...

Golden Globes: What Do They Mean for the Oscar Race?

Posted 01.16.2012

As Ricky Gervais joked on Sunday night, the Golden Globes are like the Oscars, only without all the esteem. The Oscars are chosen by 6,000 movie-indus...

Muhammad Ali: Five Essential Movies

Posted 01.17.2012

If Muhammad Ali hadn't existed, Hollywood might have tried to invent him. A handsome athlete who speaks like a poet and can back up his trash talk wit...

SOPA And PIPA: The Internet Strikes Back At Hollywood Over Web Piracy

Posted 01.18.2012

If your favorite websites are blacked out today, blame Hollywood. At least, that's the line put out by those sites that chose to go dark in protest ov...

'Woman Of The Year': 25 Things You Didn't Know About The Katharine Hepburn And Spencer Tracy-Led Classic

Posted 01.18.2012

Fans of classic movies know that "Woman of the Year" marks the beginning of the 25-year partnership, on- and off-screen, between one of film's most be...

Today In SOPA News: What You Need To Know And How It Might Affect You

Posted 01.20.2012

It just got real. In the battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over the proposed new stringent anti-piracy laws known as SOPA (the Stop Onlin...

Weekend Box Office: 'Underworld' Outguns 'Red Tails,' 'Haywire'

Posted 01.22.2012

Maybe George Lucas should have made sure 20th Century Fox released "Red Tails" last weekend. Not only would its true story of an early civil rights vi...

Best Actresses: Was 2011 the Year of the Woman?

Posted 01.23.2012

Another awards season, another round of complaints that there are few good roles for actresses, unless you're Meryl Streep. And yet, this year's award...

Best Supporting Actor: It's Old-Timer's Day at the Oscar Nominations

Posted 01.24.2012

To be cited for Best Supporting Actor among this morning's Oscar nominations, it helped to have not just a SAG card, but also an AARP card. The averag...

'The Artist': How Did a Dialogue-Free Movie Earn a Screenplay Oscar Nomination?

Posted 01.24.2012

Hey, why shouldn't Michel Hazanavicius have earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination for "The Artist"? What could be more original, in 2011,...

Oscar Films Box Office Results: What's A Nomination Worth In Ticket Sales?

Posted 01.25.2012

The much vaunted Oscar bounce ain't what it used to be. Within the last decade, a movie nominated for Best Picture could expect to see its grosses ...

Oscar Films Box Office Results: What's A Nomination Worth In Ticket Sales?

Posted 01.25.2012

The much vaunted Oscar bounce ain't what it used to be. Within the last decade, a movie nominated for Best Picture could expect to see its grosses ...

'Radio Days' 25th Anniversary: 25 Things You Didn't Know About Woody Allen's Nostalgic Classic

Posted 01.27.2012

With "Midnight in Paris," Woody Allen's comic look at nostalgia and its limitations, having earned four Oscar nominations last week (including nods fo...

Weekend Box Office: 'The Grey' Freezes Out 'One For The Money' And 'Man On A Ledge'

Posted 01.29.2012

Liam Neeson had to fight off more than just Arctic wolves this weekend; he also had to face the fearsome power of online group discounts. Nonetheless,...

Uggie Who? Martin Scorsese Seeks Kudos for 'Hugo' Doberman Star Blackie [UPDATE]

Posted 01.30.2012

Hollywood do-godders often wring their hands over the persistence of racism or sexism. Now there's a new scourge: breedism. According to Martin Scorse...