Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 3 Arrives on Blu-ray

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 3 contains 25 animated Looney Tunes shorts that have never been released on Blu-ray. This Looney Tunes collection of shorts spans a thirty year period: 1934-1964 and runs 177 minutes in length. It features fan favorite characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety & Sylvester, and Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote. Regarding Bugs, it features some of the first and last original shorts to star the rabbit. We…

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Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 2 on Blu-ray

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 2 contains 25 animated Looney Tunes shorts that have never been released on Blu-ray. This Looney Tunes collection spans shorts from 1937 all the way through 1963. Chuck Jones directs two of my personal favorites in this collection: The Eager Beaver and Hare-Breadth Hurry. The former deals with beavers who are constructing a dam while the latter sees Bugs Bunny filling in for Road Runner. You can never go wrong…

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96th Oscars: The Academy Awards Winners – Live Updates

Solzy at the Movies will be providing live updates as the 96h Oscars are broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel returns as the Oscars host for his fourth hosting stint. He previously hosted in 2017, 2018, and in 2023. Legendary composer John Williams has his 54th nomination tonight, winning five Oscars to date. He is the composer for 25 of Steven Spielberg’s 27 films. At 92 years old, he is the…

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96th Academy Awards Predictions – Oscars Watch

Solzy at the Movies presents predictions for the 96th Oscars as the Academy Awards will be airing an hour earlier tonight on ABC. My art of predicting who will leave the 96th Academy Awards with an Oscar is not by picking favorites. It is by studying the guilds and seeing how films performed during awards season. Oppenheimer is a clear choice to win several awards this evening just from seeing how well it has performed…

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38th Annual ASC Awards Winners

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced the winners of the 38th Annual ASC Awards on March 3, 2024. Don Burgess, ASC (Lifetime Achievement Award), Steven Fierberg, ASC (ASC Career Achievement in Television Award), and Amy Vincent, ASC (Presidents Award) were previously announced as awards honorees. The ASC also honored filmmaker Spike Lee with the Board of Governors Award for his significant and indelible contributions to cinema. This ASC Board of Governors honor is reserved…

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71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards Winners

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced the winners of the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards on Sunday night. The 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards took place at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on March 3, 2024. MPSE FILMMAKER AWARD Michael Dinner MPSE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Dane A. Davis, MPSE 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards Sound Editorial Winners Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Faster” (Disney)…

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14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Winners

The Guild of Music Supervisors (“GMS”) announced the winners of the 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. The winners were revealed at an in-person and virtual awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night in a ceremony honoring outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film, television, documentaries, advertising, trailers, and video games. FILM Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million George Drakoulias – Barbie Best…

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74th ACE Eddie Awards: The Winners

The road to Oscar gets closer as the American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. The winners were announced LIVE during the ACE Eddie Awards on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall at a special brunch celebration hosted by Nina West. As previously announced, filmmaker John Waters received the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the…

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CAS: 60th Cinema Audio Society Awards Winners Announced

The Cinema Audio Society announced the winners of the 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023. Comedian Tom Papa hosted the ceremony on March 2 at the Beverly Hilton. As previously announced, multi-award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle CAS (American Horror Story, Six Feet Under), will be honored with the prestigious CAS Career Achievement Award. The Filmmaker Award was awarded to J.J. Abrams. NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES OR LIMITED SERIES Weird: The Al…

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The Big Country Gets Special Edition Blu-ray

William Wyler’s star-studded Western, The Big Country, recently received a reissue on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. It’s a weird world when Charlton Heston gets 4th billing in a film after doing The Ten Commandments. Here’s an actor that could do any film he wanted to and yet, he opts to work with Wyler. Plus, it gave him an opportunity to work with Gregory Peck, a screen legend in his own right. Who would…

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