2011 Movies: Brands, Budgets, & Bankability

The year 2011 was a schizophrenic scene for both indies and studios in film. It began with the promise of an avalanche of Sundance Film Festival acquisitions and promised new vigor and buyers in the independent film sector. But it ended with movies under


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Auld habits die hard for rich, famous in '11

The resolutions are made, the annoying auld acquaintances are forgotten, but before we say buh-bye to 2011, let’s take a last look at the Inside Track’s favorite stories of the year. There were a few doozies, so in no particular order...
After being MIA


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2011 box office recap: Month by month

Image Credit: Warner Bros. Box office junkies, unite! It’s time to break down the year that was at the movies using the thing that we love most — the numbers! Blockbuster franchise films reigned supreme at the North American box office in 2011. Of the te


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Television movies for the week of Jan. 1

Television movies for the week of Jan. 1 MOVIE RATINGS = Poor = Fair = Good = Excellent G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired ALPHABETICAL LIST


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Top 10 hits on Times website

Thousands of readers continued to visit the Times website, www.capecodonline.com , in 2011. This past year these 10 stories generated more page views than any others: Camp sex scandal It was the darkest day in what was a cloud-filled year for the 75-year


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Top Ten Family Movies of 2012


I was lucky to miss several of the films that have been showing up on worst lists for 2011, especially "Jack and Jill" with Adam Sandler (and Al Pacino!), already the clear front-runner for the Razzies.  But I was able to put together a list of miserable


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How did these films get made? Relationships

In Hollywood, everyone is in the relationship business. Studios woo auteurs. Directors schmooze stars. Writers cozy up to producers. Agents and managers zealously court the bankable filmmakers and actors who can get movies off the ground.
The relationshi


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