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Even if Persepolis doesn't get nominated for the foreign Oscar, it should get one for the animation feature category. It will probably lose to Ratatouille, but at least that's not AS bad as the last French animated contender, The Triplets of Belleville, which lost out to the much worse Finding Nemo.

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I saw The Invasion for Daniel Craig, but Kidman was not the thing that sank that film. I knew Invasion was in trouble by the ads. I kept telling my sister, who I dragged along as my movie going partner, that Kidman was going to take the fall if the movie did poorly. The ads put too much emphasis on her, the reshoots as well, so the movie was riding on her shoulders. She wasn't bad. I thought she held her own pretty well. Though yes when Daniel Craig was inexplicably gone somewhere else, part of the reshoots I think that made me go "Huh? If he's looking after her where's he going?", the movie lagged.

I've probably been saying this to anyone who'd listen, or not, about The Invasion. It was too many high powered/low brain cell cooks that soiled the soup, and not the actors' fault.

I wanted to see The Brave One but I'm just not into that style film.

It's not the gals on screen, it's the guys behind the camera.

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I am sooo tire of hearing about Nikki Finke... she is the source of controversy but not in a good way. First she slams Eli Roth and Hostel 2 with a biased agenda with no respect to him as a film maker and now she posts this junk about WB making unoffical statements about women in leading roles. I'm not saying its not true. but John from the movie blog caught up with a WB rep and here is what they had to say
WB Rep - “Mr. Robinov never made that statement, nor is it his policy.”

TMB - “So are you saying it is not now, nor will be Warner Bros. policy to stop producing films with female leads?”

WB Rep - “Correct. That is not our policy. A blogger (assumably Nikki Finke) made a statement without giving us the opportunity to first respond.”

TMB - “All right, that’s all I needed to know. Thank you for calling me.”

Obviously a studio rep wouldnt actually go out and say "Yea, WOMAN DONT SELL MOVIES and thats WB's new policy!" Nikki Finke probably had a casual off the record conversation with the folks at WB but posting this as some big story is kinda like jumping the gun. She should have allowed WB to comment and also waited a few months to see if WB actually committed to their off the record remarks. If WB didnt have any more movies with leading woman and never responded to Nikki Finke allegations then she would have solid ground to stand on. In my opinion she is a biased, sloppy blogging hippie that writes nothing of any value!

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Let's not forget the time Finke, what an appropriate name, chastized Brendon over at Film Ick for quoting one of her emails to him without her permission and then a month later quoted some writer's private email to a director to show what a scumbag (or other agenda-driven vindictive) he is.

And then there's the time she blamed the Virginia Tech shootings on OLDBOY just because the guy had taken a picture holding a hammer that was similar to a publicity still from the film. I still cntend that you could find pictures of Jesus as a carpenter with a similar pose.

Nikki Finke is the herpes cold sore on entertainment journalism.

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Let's not forget the time Finke, what an appropriate name, chastized Brendon over at Film Ick for quoting one of her emails to him without her permission and then a month later quoted some writer's private email to a director to show what a scumbag (or other agenda-driven vindictive) he is.

And then there's the time she blamed the Virginia Tech shootings on OLDBOY just because the guy had taken a picture holding a hammer that was similar to a publicity still from the film. I still cntend that you could find pictures of Jesus as a carpenter with a similar pose.

Nikki Finke is the herpes cold sore on entertainment journalism.

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