Looking at Film from Every Angle

Month: November 2012

  • Review: Cloud Atlas (2012)

    Cloud Atlas Rating Director Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Screenplay Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski (Novel: David Mitchell) Length 172 min. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Doona Bae, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant MPAA Rating R for violence,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 12 (2012)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Poll: Best of Nov. 2011 (Limited)

    Return Links Best of…? Poll Archive What’s the Best of Nov. 2011 (Limited)? Cinema Sight Asks: What was the best film in limited release from Nov. 2011? Public OpinionPoll Results

  • Weekend Preview: Nov. 16-18, 2012

    Below are four previews for films opening next weekend.

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 11 (2012)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 10 (2012)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Shortlist: Animated Short Film

    Ten shorts have been made eligible for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short film. Three to five of the candidates listed below will be nominated. Here is the Academy press release. La Luna, which showed before this year’s Brave was nominated last year, explaining why Pixar didn’t have a horse in the race this…

  • Trailer Watch: The Fiztgerald Family Christmas

    Who are the Fitzgeralds and why are they having Christmas? The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Plot Summary: Their father walked out on them several years ago, but one son must convince the family to allow him back for the holidays. Release Date: December 7, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: D Commentary: I almost wonder if this is…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 45, 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…

  • Friday Face-Off #46

    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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 9 (2012)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Poll: Best Actor (1978 – 1982)

    Return Links Best Actor Poll Archive Best Actor Poll: 1978 – 1982 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Actor winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results

  • Trailer Watch: The Collection

    Hoarders: Horror Edition The Collection Plot Summary: Only one man has escaped the grasp of a psychotic killer and his booby-trapped hotel of horrors. It is this man who a team of mercenaries abduct to help them locate the daughter of a wealthy man. Release Date: November 30, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: It…

  • Feed the Queue #109

    Here are the results of last week’s poll. Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) Election (1999) The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) To Sir, with Love (1967) Goodbye, Mr. Chips wins and goes into my queue.

  • Oscar Profile #110: Franchot Tone

    Born February 27, 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York to well-to-do parents, Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone had an interest in the stage from an early age. President of the drama club at Cornell University, he made his Broadway debut in 1927. He drew attention a year later as Newland Archer, Jr. in Katharine Cornell’s production…

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