Do you think you know who's going to win the big Oscars at the 80th Annual Academy Awards? Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is?

Well, some people are. And, like anything that people take bets on, there are odds for who will win and who will lose. So, who will win the Oscars and who will not win the Osca

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I made it my goal this year to make sure I saw all 5 of the nominees for the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards in a few weeks. There Will Be Blood was the last film I had to see in that group and it certainly wasn't the least. There Will Be Blood was an epic story of a man so evil that anyone who competes against him is

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The idea of a Terminator 4 has been floated around for a long time.  It was only recently that T4 became a reality.  McG was hired to direct and Terminator 4 officially became "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins."  It seemed like a crazy idea to most fans and not m

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A busy weekend for A Mike Life at the theaters and we came away with some interesting looking trailers that needed to be passed on to the rest of you.

First you have Baby Mama, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, a comedy in which Fey cannot have kids, so Poehler becomes a surrogate for her.

Then there is Chaos Theory, another

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For many people, those who watched the 80th Annual Academy Awards last night, the Oscars this year weren't that bad. Most thought Jon Stewart did a pretty good job of hosting. Most thought some of the show was funny. Most thought the Oscars went to deserving, if somewhat unknown, people. Unfortunately, most people at home

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The film adaptation of the Pulitzer prize-winning post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy entitled "The Road" has found an 11 year old Australian actor to play the son of Viggo Mortensen. Cormac McCarthy, of course, is the author of the novel the Oscar nominated (and almost sure to win) fi

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One of the most talked about movies of the year was No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The plot of No Country for Old Men revolves around Brolin finding a drug deal gone bad, and a suitcase full of $2 million in cash.

As he tries to get away with it, a killer is tracking hi

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Regular readers of this blog know that I am a big fan of the Coen Brothers and couldn’t wait to see No Country for Old Men. Well, I had to wait a while to see it (family obligations over the holiday), but I did finally see it this week.

I was a little worried that this flick wouldn’t live up to the hype, but it did - the Coen Brothers are

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The 80th Annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. For those that might not know, the Academy Awards are also known as the Oscars, the Big One, the Life's Goal, Mr. Paycheck, or Cha-Ching.

Many of the early frontrunners were, as expected, nominations for this years Academy Awards. As always, however, t

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The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations were announced early Thursday morning, and there are a load of good movies on it, many of which I haven't seen yet.

But I plan to!

Yet I am still surprised at some of the love a few TV shows are getting, including Grey's Anatomy and Boston Legal.

At least 30 Rock and The Office

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The Screen Actor's Guild Awards are going on right now and you can follow the results live over at A Mike Life as he updates his blog with the latest results and winner, along with commentary.

So far, it's been one heck of a night for the Sopranos and 30 Rock, with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin taking home awards, while

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The luncheon is designed as a safe haven from the Oscar campaigning, a chance for nominees from every category to break bread together and sip wine in an informal setting.

Seating is designed with an eye toward mixing and mingling. Even the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, nominated for directing and adapting the best-p

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If you haven't seen "Juno" yet I recommend that you do so the first chance you get. It's a great film that definitely lives up to all the hype that it's been getting. In fact, I've got the box office numbers to show that "Juno" is actually on pace to do much, much better than "Little Miss Sunshine" did last year. Fox Searchlight

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If you're a Cormac McCarthy fan (or a fan of "No Country For Old Men") you might be interested in the upcoming film adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, "The Road" by McCarthy.

Charlize Theron has just signed on to join Viggo Mortensen in the adaptation of "The Road" which was an Oprah's Book Club selection

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Watching a Coen Brothers film is almost always a treat. You’re never quite sure what you’re going to get out of it but you can almost depend on it being good.

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I almost always enjoy the movies made by the Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen. This year I really think they outdid themselves with the excellent "No Country For Old Men" which I think is the movie to beat for the Best Picture Oscar.Like many other times, however, the Coens will be following up the somewhat dark and dramat

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From those that brought us "Thank You for Smoking" comes the new comedy "Juno", a unique and clever offering from writer Diablo Cody.

Ellen Page stars as Juno, a 16-year old high school girl who gets pregnant and decides to give the baby up for adoption.

Michael Cera also stars at the father, and the supporting cast is pretty amazin

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