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The ‘Bitch Awards’ – Best/Worst Film of 2011 (#5)

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Welcome to the first annual Bitch Awards – the completely inconsequential end of year awards that celebrate 2011’s best – and worst – films and television shows. Stick around for the next two weeks as we raise a glass to our favourite films and television shows of the year and duck as we unceremoniously throw the remote at our least favourites.

Today kicks off a week focusing on the peaks and the valleys of the film spectrum. Read on for our #5 picks for best of the best and worst of the worse. [Read more…]

Film Review – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

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Courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures

What would the holidays be without at least one loud action blockbuster to distract us from our families, the excessive amount of food we consume and the general madness of the season? Well the good news for us is that Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Ritchie, 2011) has arrived to shake away the doldrums…at least for two hours.

Our review coming up after the break… [Read more…]

Holiday Movie Marathon Live-Blog

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Courtesy of Free Christmas Wallpapers.net

Check in throughout the day today starting at 1pm Eastern time as we live-blog our Holiday Movie Marathon. On the queue: White Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Vicar of Dibley: The Christmas Lunch Incident, Christmas in Connecticut, Scrooged, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Watch along or contribute your own holiday movie memories! [Read more…]

Awards Derby – Dec 2: ‘Hugo’ is Best Pic for National Board of Review, Spirit Awards nominate ‘The Artist’

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Courtesy of IFC.com

With the start of December, that means that awards season has truly begun as different voting bodies release their top picks for the year.  This week the National Board of Review and the Independent Spirit Awards started building buzz for a few high profile potentials.

Let’s break it down… [Read more…]

December Forecast: What to expect this month

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Courtesy of FX

With so many of our favourite shows on hiatus until after the holiday break, now is the time to catch our breath and make some plans (in between bouts of seasonal cheer and festive black-outs). So without further ado, here’s what you can expect to see on bitchstolemyremote in the coming weeks… [Read more…]