Month: January 2012
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Trailer Watch: The Divide
A horror-styled post-apocalyptic gore fest. Not as interested as I thought I would be. The Divide Plot Summary: A massive attack on New York City sends a group of apartment dwellers into their basement to hide while they wait for the fallout, thereby struggling to survive while trapped away from the world. Release Date: January…
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What to See: Jan. 20-22, 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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Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild of America (2011)
Saturday evening, the Producers Guild of America kick off the Guild Awards season with the first awards presentation. While they have a checkered past, there’s no denying they have a strong history of decent predictive capabilities. Here are our fearless predictions on who we think will take home the awards. (NOTE: Normally, I post my…
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Friday Face-Off #4
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 3, 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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Precursor: 59th Motion Picture Sound Editors Nominations (2011)
In all but one of the last four years, the 5 nominees for Sound Editing came from this slate of nominees (the Sound Effects/Foley and Dialogue/ADR categories in specific with an odd pickup from the Animation list in the years Pixar did well). So, you can expect no other nominees than what are here. With…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 3 & Week 2 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules. Submit Your Predictions for This Week Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least. Individual monetary predictions for each film. Final box office tally for all new wide releases. Awards…
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Poll: Best Original Song (1989 – 1993)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1989 – 1993 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: The Lady
I love Michelle Yeoh and I’ve heard wonderful things about this performance. Too bad the trailer doesn’t fill me with hope. The Lady Plot Summary: The story of Nobel Prize-winning peace advocate Aung San Suu Kyi who stood firm against a brutal military regime while trying to bring unity to Burma. Release Date: April 13,…
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Precursor: 32nd London Film Critics Circle Awards (2011)
The French and English made strong showings at the London Critics awards with The Artist and several British stars claiming prizes or even American stars playing British characters. The only real surprises were Sareh Bayat for Best Supporting Actress and the tie between Meryl Streep and Anna Paquin. The rest of the choices fit the…
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Feed the Queue #81
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Matter of Life and Death (1946) The Verdict (1982) Adam’s Rib (1949) Judgment at Nuremberg wins and goes into my queue.
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Precursor: 14th Costume Designers Guild Nominations (2011)
Leave it to the Costume Designers Guild to throw a wrench in the works. I fully expected most of these nominees, but the exclusion of Anonymous which would usually be catnip for these guys makes no appearance. Meanwhile, most of the major Oscar contenders for Best Picture are here with the exception of Moneyball and…
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Oscar Profile #69: Rachel Roberts
Born September 20, 1927 in Wales, Rachel Roberts had a strict Baptist upbringing against which she rebelled. Following her studies at the University of Wales and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she had a successful career on the London stage and entered films in 1953. Her screen career, however, did not take off until…
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Precursor: 19th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2011)
One of the moderately accurate precursors picked several films I wouldn’t have expected. I’m glad to see Hanna on this list, but the rest could be nominated or not and I wouldn’t care (I’d prefer no Super 8, but what can you do). I’m surprised not to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo here…
