Month: January 2012
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What to See: Jan. 6-8, 2012
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
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Friday Face-Off #2
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2012)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Poll: Best Original Song (1979 – 1983)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1979 – 1983 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: Battleship (trailer #2, poster #2)
I wish I could cheer “you sank my battleship!” but I don’t think this film’s going to bomb. Battleship (trailer #2, poster #2) Plot Summary: A big screen adaptation of the classic children’s game. Release Date: May 18, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: Now that the first teaser poster is gone, the more interesting…
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Feed the Queue #79
Here are the results of last week’s poll. After Hours (1985) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Harold & Maude (1971) The King of Comedy (1983) The Honey Pot (1967) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Our first tie in some time. I’m putting Kind Hearts and Coronets into my queue based on past recommendations.
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Precursor: 64th Writers Guild of America Nominations (2011)
As is usually the case, the big news isn’t what was nominated, but what wasn’t and whether they were even eligible. The WGA is notorious about failing to allow non-guild members and animated screenwriters from participating. Thus, there are no inclusions for films like Rango and The Adventures of Tintin, the two most likely nominees.…
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Oscar Profile #67: Jane Wyman
The only wife of a future president of the U.S. to win an Oscar, and the only Oscar winning actress to be buried in a nun’s habit, the facts of Jane Wyman’s life are somewhat obscured and confusing. Born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, young Sarah Jane’s parents were…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Trailer Watch: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
You know you’ve chosen a poor slate of trailers to review when G.I. Joe ends up on a Wednesday…(in case you didn’t know, of the five films I choose each week, the better the film looks, the earlier in the week it posts) G.I. Joe: Retaliation Plot Summary: When the G.I. Joe team is almost…
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Visual Effects Field Narrowed to 10
The Academy announced today that the Visual Effects race has been shortlisted further to ten potential nominees. Only the films on this list can get nominated. I don’t see any real surprises here, but I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly look at them. 10 Contenders Remain in VFX Oscar® Race
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Game: Week 1 – 2012 Spring Box Office Predictions
We begin our second spring box office contest this weekend. We’re scaling back the rules a little bit and adding a couple of twists.The fall box office season begins this weekend and we’ve got more box office predictions contests for you. We’ll be featuring multiple contests. You can participate in whichever ones you want, but…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 6-8, 2012
When you have no other competition, you’ll be the top film out of the gate. But The Devil Inside won’t even be able to topple Mission: Impossible. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with…
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Game: 2011 Oscar Season Box Office Week 18 & Semi-Final Results
That’s it for this game (though, we’ve still got to wait for the Oscars to finalize totals). The new week’s rules and request for votes will follow at the normally scheduled time. Last Week’s Results Another week at the top for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and smooth sailing for at least another week, I’m…
