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85th annual Academy Awards weekend

AcadAwardsposterIt’s Oscar weekend and this year’s show could be full of surprises. Be sure to cast your vote for Best Picture and check out my predictions for who will take home those little golden Oscar trophies.

You can also see the full list of nominees, pick your own winners and compare notes with me.

Be sure to follow me @tbenglish on Twitter during the Oscars as I will be live tweeting during the telecast from an undisclosed location in the continental United States.

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Dwayne Johnson strays from The Rock image to play the everyman in ‘Snitch’

SNITCHSince appearing in “The Mummy Returns” thirteen years ago, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has done his best to break the mold of a new age Schwarzenegger and Stallone in trying to become not only an action star but a credible actor. So far, he’s managed to become one of the hardest working and charismatic actors in Hollywood but has done a pretty wide range of films. “Snitch” is yet another attempt to broaden the appeal of The Rock and allow him to flex his acting muscles.

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‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ lacks brains and a memorable villain

diehard5bIn “A Good Day to Die Hard”, the fifth installment in the action franchise, Detective John McLane is now a senior member of the NYPD. He’s still bald, but starting to show signs of age with grey stubble and a few more wrinkles. In the last movie, “Live Free or Die Hard”, Mclane made up with estranged daughter. This time around, he’s been searching for his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney), only to found out that his boy has been thrown into a Russian prison for assassinating a crime lord in front of a club full of people. McLane assumes his son has fallen into drugs and desperation so he goes to Russia to help his son.

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