Month: April 2016
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 15, 2016)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #141
We are now in the second round of voting for the Friday Face Off, pitting winners from first round against each other. Just choose one selection in each of the categories below. One this round completes, we’ll pit those winners against each other until we have a final winner. There might be a losers bracket…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 8 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Best of the Adapted Screenplay (2001 – 2005)
Return Links Polls Best Adapted Screenplay Poll: 2001 – 2005
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Trailer Watch: The Conjuring 2, updated (2016)
New Trailer (#2) The Conjuring 2, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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My 9th Academy Awards, 1936
Below is the list of films I’ve seen and haven’t along with the number of nominations and wins each title received. I’ll follow these up with my reviews (a link to the original review if possible) of each title on the list that I’ve seen. I’ve also included a gallery of posters for the films…
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Oscar Profile #282: Luchino Visconti
Formally known as Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone, the multi-talented Italian theatre, opera and cinema director as well as screenwriter was born on November 2, 1906 in Milan, Italy, one of seven children of the Duke of Modrone, the head of one of Northern Italy’s richest families. A descendant of the 13th Century ruling…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 7 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Apr. 8-10, 2016)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Apr. 8-10, 2016)
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Film Preview: Me Before You (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 3, 2016) Original (May 8, 2016) New Trailer (#3) (May 22, 2016) Added Image Gallery Release Date: June 3, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care of.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The substandard for…
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Looking at the Weekend: Apr. 8-10, 2016
There are three new wide releases this weekend and Melissa McCarthy is the most likely to pull out the win. Whether The Boss can top the third weekend of Batman v. Superman remains to be seen. Before I Wake could tap into a demographic that hasn’t had a lot of support so far this year…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 6 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Trailer Watch: Warcraft, updated (2016)
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#8 & #9) Warcraft, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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My 8th Academy Awards, 1935
Below is the list of films I’ve seen and haven’t along with the number of nominations and wins each title received. I’ll follow these up with my reviews (a link to the original review if possible) of each title on the list that I’ve seen. I’ve also included a gallery of posters for the films…
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The DVD Report #458
New This Week The title of Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film, The Hateful Eight, is a play on words just as Federico Fellini’s eighth full film 8 1/2 was. Fellini, whose film took shape as it went along, had a severe case of writer’s block after the success of La Dolce Vita and wrote the screenplay…
