This week there are over 100 new releases coming to DVD & Blu-ray discs this week, on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012.
Stars hitting the home entertainment venue this week include Ryan Gosling, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Gregory Peck, Steve Martin and Richard Gere.
Featured amongst these new titles are Drive, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Thing and the 3D Blu-ray release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Drive Starring Ryan Gosling and Bryan Cranston. (It behooves me to remind you of the marketing of this film… see my warning and movie review of Drive)
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Three-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy)
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On Tuesday, January 24th, the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced.
Below are the lists, first, taking note of which movie got how many noms… First by category and then I sort the Academy Award nominations by movie title.
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Presented below are the nominations for this year’s Oscars, the 84th Annual Academy Awards…
Movie Nomination Tally:
| 11 |
“Hugo” |
| 10 |
“The Artist” |
| 6 |
“Moneyball” |
| 6 |
“War Horse” |
| 5 |
“The Descendants” |
| 5 |
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” |
| 4 |
“Midnight in Paris” |
| 4 |
“The Help” |
| 3 |
“Albert Nobbs” |
| 3 |
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ |
| 3 |
“The Tree of Life” |
| 3 |
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” |
| 3 |
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” |
| 2 |
“Bridesmaids” |
| 2 |
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” |
| 2 |
“My Week with Marilyn” |
| 2 |
“The Iron Lady” |
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The nominations seemed a little light on the original song & makeup below. The number of nods are not surprising for a few of these films, but I would have thought that if a movie had nominations for writing, or best picture, or directing, that those same nods would have potentially garnered some actors getting their own nods off that work. But that’s just me wondering out-loud about the celebrated processes at work behind the scenes of Hollywood.
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Nominations by Category
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
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Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
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Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
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Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
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