Month: September 2016
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Film Preview: All Eyez on Me (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: November 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A chronicle of the life of rapper Tupac Shakur.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: C SEE ALL TRAILERS BELOW…
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Eyeing the Truth: Sept. 2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut (HBOGo/HBONow) Your level of patience with Hitchcock/Truffaut, Kent Jones’ documentary tribute/video essay on the classic film book, may stem from how highly you hold the book and its subject in esteem. I knew about the book for many years (Hitchcock was a teenage favorite of mine, and still is) before finally tracking down a…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 3 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Film Preview: Priceless (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: October 14, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “PRICELESS is a powerful story of James Stevens who was, at one time, a good man with a great life — but that was then and this is now. After the tragic death of his wife and losing custody of his…
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Film Preview: The Disappointments Room (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: September 9, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: They keyhole motif may support the film’s premise perfectly, but it leaves a lot of blank…
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Film Preview: Lion (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original (November 20, 2016) New Posters (#2 & #3) Release Date: November 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets…
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Film Preview: Jack Goes Home (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: October 14, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 36, 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 #162
We are now in the third round of voting for the Friday Face Off, pitting winners from the second round against each other. Just choose one selection in each of the categories below. Because we want to keep the polls open a bit longer before starting the next phase, after we finish this third pass,…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 2 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2010: Oscar Profile by Peter J. Patrick (6)
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Poll: Best Makeup (1987 – 1991)
Return Links Polls Best Makeup Poll: 1987 – 1991
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Trailer Watch: The Dressmaker (2016) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#4) The Dressmaker, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: My Blind Brother (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: September 23, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The rivalry between two brothers reaches a fever pitch during a charity swim competition.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A corny poster with no distinctiveness, either in the background or the foreground. The shoving away of the not-blind…
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Oscar Profile #303: Tony Richardson
Born on June 5, 1928 in Yorkshire, England, Cecil Antonio “Tony” Richardson had the unprecedented distinction of being president of both The Oxford University Dramatic Society and the Experimental Theatre Club, as well as being the theatre critic for the university student magazine at the same time. He graduated in 1952 and immediately became a…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 1 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
