If “The Hurt Locker” wins the Oscar for best picture Sunday night — and at this stage, the race is really down to either “Avatar” or the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq — it will be the first war film to earn the academy’s top honor in nearly 25 years. In the past 40 years, only three bona fide war films have won the top Oscar — 1970’s “Patton,” 1978’s “The Deer Hunter” and 1986’s “Platoon.” ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘Movies’
War movies and the Oscars: It’s always hell
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Power of the cinema is leading young people to smoke
Monday, February 8th, 2010
It’s easy to make fun of people who blame Hollywood for everything. After all, movies are merely entertainment. Movie studios are neither missionary chapels nor outposts of political correctness. They’re businesses. As a producer once remarked, “We don’t make movies. We make money.” ... read more >>
It’s easy to make fun of people who blame Hollywood for everything. After all, movies are merely entertainment. Movie studios are neither missionary chapels nor outposts of political correctness. They’re businesses. As a producer once remarked, “We don’t make movies. We make money.” ... read more >>
Movies: Where There’s Smoking, There’s Ire
Monday, January 25th, 2010
While Some Are Enflamed Over On-Screen Cigarettes, David Edelstein Says Smoking Should Warrant an “R” – With Some Wiggle Room. In “Avatar,” scientist Sigourney Weaver climbs out of a suspended-animation pod and demands a cigarette – which has enflamed an anti-tobacco faction led by Stan Glantz of the UC San Francisco School of Medicine. ... read more >>
While Some Are Enflamed Over On-Screen Cigarettes, David Edelstein Says Smoking Should Warrant an “R” – With Some Wiggle Room. In “Avatar,” scientist Sigourney Weaver climbs out of a suspended-animation pod and demands a cigarette – which has enflamed an anti-tobacco faction led by Stan Glantz of the UC San Francisco School of Medicine. ... read more >>
Smoking in Movies: How Does It Affect the Young?
Monday, January 18th, 2010
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The Movies, Cigarettes, and Our Children
Friday, January 15th, 2010
The death of Marlon Brando reminds us of the power of the movies to create a lasting image. Half a century after Brando wowed audiences with his torn undershirt, it is still that image that we remember – not the overweight, aging Brando of recent decades. Much has changed in 50 years, and the smoldering Brando seems almost quaint by today’s movie standards. But one thing hasn’t changed: a cigarette hanging from his lips is still part of the bad-boy image. And smoking is still part of a sexy and strong image of women in movies, too. ... read more >>
The death of Marlon Brando reminds us of the power of the movies to create a lasting image. Half a century after Brando wowed audiences with his torn undershirt, it is still that image that we remember – not the overweight, aging Brando of recent decades. Much has changed in 50 years, and the smoldering Brando seems almost quaint by today’s movie standards. But one thing hasn’t changed: a cigarette hanging from his lips is still part of the bad-boy image. And smoking is still part of a sexy and strong image of women in movies, too. ... read more >>
Act Now: Reform State Subsidies
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Who is bankrolling all those kid-rated movies with smoking? It turns out that almost every taxpayer in America, Canada, the UK and Europe help finance US film productions with smoking. In a special report released in November 2009, UCSF researchers documented $1.4 billion in state taxpayer subsidies for film producers, including $500 million for PG-13 movies with smoking and $330 million for R-rated smoking films. ... read more >>
Who is bankrolling all those kid-rated movies with smoking? It turns out that almost every taxpayer in America, Canada, the UK and Europe help finance US film productions with smoking. In a special report released in November 2009, UCSF researchers documented $1.4 billion in state taxpayer subsidies for film producers, including $500 million for PG-13 movies with smoking and $330 million for R-rated smoking films. ... read more >>
Ads to Protest Smoking in ‘Avatar’
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Those who oppose smoking in movies aimed at young people planned to step up their assault on the science-fiction epic “Avatar” on Tuesday with advertisements in Hollywood trade papers that accuse the film of providing the equivalent of $50 million in free tobacco advertising. The full-page ads were scheduled to run in both The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety. For every $100 million it earns at the box office, “Avatar” will “deliver an estimated 40 million tobacco impressions to theater audiences,” said the ads, referring to scenes involving a cigarette-smoking character played by Sigourney Weaver. ... read more >>
Those who oppose smoking in movies aimed at young people planned to step up their assault on the science-fiction epic “Avatar” on Tuesday with advertisements in Hollywood trade papers that accuse the film of providing the equivalent of $50 million in free tobacco advertising. The full-page ads were scheduled to run in both The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety. For every $100 million it earns at the box office, “Avatar” will “deliver an estimated 40 million tobacco impressions to theater audiences,” said the ads, referring to scenes involving a cigarette-smoking character played by Sigourney Weaver. ... read more >>
Smoking and tobacco products appear prominently in movies.
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Smoking in movies contributes to the number of people who continue to smoke or start smoking. Tobacco companies use many methods to promote their products, Hollywood is one of them. ... read more >>
Smoking in movies contributes to the number of people who continue to smoke or start smoking. Tobacco companies use many methods to promote their products, Hollywood is one of them. ... read more >>
The Web Is Pouncing on Hollywood’s Ratings
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
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CHOK SUAT LING: A ban just makes it more alluring
Friday, July 24th, 2009
TELEVISION programmes and movies have one thing in common with the government — they get blamed for all the ills afflicting society and the country. ... read more >>
TELEVISION programmes and movies have one thing in common with the government — they get blamed for all the ills afflicting society and the country. ... read more >>
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