UPDATE 4/14/11: I'll keep posting on facebook and twitter , so follow those for noteworthy movie news, music, and other stuff you should be privy to!
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A great loss to the 3 of you who actually skim this site, but unfortunately I have realized that I am no longer able to give notthebees the attention it deserves, and therefore won't be doing all that much with it going forward.  

My original desire for it to become a nexus of film discussion, at least locally, never really came to fruition; thus, the site became a graveyard for sloppily hurried transcripts of what I thought was notable about certain films.  

If you care, please go back and browse the "archives."  Most of what we reviewed is still probably newly on dvd or soon-to-be; so the reviews can be used in determining your Friday night rental.  

Thanks for your comments, encouragement, and thrashings.

-Emanuel Cage,
 Editor of notthebees.com
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click the picture to read our review of Simon Pegg and Seth Rogan in PAUL
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click the picture to go read this story in The Cage Cage
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Following up last week's post, in which the notthebees Oscar experts picked who they thought would win at the big award show, we've got the results of those picks:
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The final results are as follows:

Emanuel: 13/24 correct and this year's WINNER!
Kali: 11/24 correct picks
Nick: 10/24 correct
Chris: 10/24 picks correct

And as for you readers, you correctly chose 5 of the 9 categories you were able to vote on in the notthebees reader poll.  Not too shabby...

So, as of now, you've got 364 days to see as many films as possible in hopes of winning next year.  So stop wasting your time and  get to the movie theater!
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Too busy studying last night to catch the Academy Awards?  Lebron and the Heat losing led you to miss the Oscars?  Well worry not ye makers of poor decisions, we've got a listing of all the winners at last night's award show honoring major motion pictures:
Best Picture - The King's Speech
Actor in a Leading Role - Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Actor in a Supporting Role - Christian Bale, The Fighter
Actress in a Leading Role - Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Actress in a Supporting Role - Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Animated Feature - Toy Story 3
Art Direction - Alice in Wonderland
Cinematography - Inception
Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland
Directing - Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Documentary - Inside Job
Documentary Short - Strangers No More
Film Editing - The Social Network
Foreign Language Film - In a Better World (Denmark)
Makeup - The Wolfman
Original Score - The Social Network
Original Song - We Belong Together, Toy Story 3
Animated Short - The Lost Thing
Live Action Short - God of Love
Sound Editing - Inception
Sound Mixing - Inception
Visual Effects - Inception
Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network
Original Screenplay - The King's Speech


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full list and picks below
        It's that time of year again.  The time when everyone is sick of discussing who got snubbed, and just wants to find out who will win at the 83rd Academy Awards.  But before we get to that on February 27th, you know we have to get our Oscar Winner Picks in!

     Last year, Emanuel took the prize, correctly guessing 13/24 categories.  This year, notthebees has enlisted a panel of... we'll call them "experts," to make their educated guesses as to who will be bringing home a golden statue, that Lindsay Lohan will eventually steal and pawn for coke.  Alongside the panel's picks, we've included the results of the Notthebees Reader Poll so you can see how YOU chose in comparison.  

    So, without further delay, we present to you... the experts:
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Nick Caros
Minoring in Film Studies at Columbia University in New York City; studied script analysis under the screenwriter of American History X; moonlights as a Swedish Pop Star. 

He might also be considered a short-film star: http://www.youtube.com/user/how2college
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Chris Morris
Pop-culture junkie; Inventor of "The Box" dance craze of 2007; currently working on a Master's in Business Administration in Miami, Florida.

    follow Chris @seminoleskins87
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Kali Tripodis
Undergraduate student at The Florida State University; has read every Entertainment Weekly since the age of 3; currently writing a spec script for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

    follow kali @tallykali
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Emanuel Caros
Future lawyer; envious of the talented; humble editor of notthebees.com

    follow @notthebeesblog

Check out who these 4 "experts"  think should win, or who they think will actually win, in the graphic below:


Click 'here' to see the picks!
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Tell us who YOU think is going to win on Febrary 27th,
and we'll post the reader results alongside our "expert" picks in the upcoming post.
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Click on the picture or head over to The Cage Cage for new Nic.
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Last night the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl; but more important were the 30-second movie spots that premiered during commercial breaks.  Headlined by the first footage from this summer's Captain America: The First Avenger, the trailers showed the country what Hollywood has in store for movie-goers this summer.

I've included the ones I care about after the jump: 
  • Super 8 - JJ Abrams' newest; supposedly about area 51.
  • Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans brings the patriotic superhero back to the big screen.
  • Thor - My guess is that this is better than Captain America.
  • Battle: Los Angeles - I so want to proclaim this as the coolest action movie in years, but it teeters too close to Avatar.
  • Cowboys & Aliens - meh.
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    Considering the abundance of golden material related to the eponymous entertainer, a new section of notthebees.com is devoted to all things CAGE!

    Mind you, this is no mockery.  No, in fact we at the site have a deep-rooted appreciation for Sir Nic.  He's everything we think of and want from Hollywood: outrageous, eccentric, and over-the-top.  

    So, here's to you Mr. Cage.  May your graces flood the pages of this blog for as long I can keep the student loan creditors from seizing my domain name.

Check out THE CAGE CAGE


**Yeah, yeah, the name clearly isn't up there amongst the most clever puns in the world.  But it certainly evokes the bright aura of its subject matter.
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