Month: July 2018
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This Day in Oscar History: July 15 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: The Cinema Sight Film Club (1)
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Film Preview: Peppermint (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 8, 2018) Original Release Date: September 7, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Peppermint is a revenge story centering on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her rivals the very life they stole from her.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review:…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 14 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: White Boy Rick (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 8, 2018) Original (September 9, 2018) New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: September 14, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.” Poster Rating: D / C…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 28, 2018)
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 #259
We are back to the winners bracket while the losers are percolating. We’re moving into round fou. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs.
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This Day in Oscar History: July 13 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Original Song, 2000
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Song, 2000 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actress. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Original Song slate. There will be…
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Film Preview: Assassination Nation (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 8, 2018) Original (July 29, 2018) New Trailers (#2 & #3) / New Poster (#2) Release Date: September 12, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “This is a thousand percent a true story about how the quiet, all-American town of Salem absolutely lost its mind.” Poster Rating: C / C / C+ SEE ALL…
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Oscar Profile #400: Elizabeth Patterson
Born November 22, 1974 in Savannah, Tennessee, Elizabeth Patterson was the daughter of a confederate soldier who became a judge. Educated at Martin College with postgraduate work at Columbia Institute in Tennessee, Patterson’s parents sent her to Europe hoping the experience would diminish her interest in becoming an actress, but it only intensified her determination.…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 12 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Polls: Now That You’ve Seen… (7)
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jul. 13-15, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jul. 13-15, 2018)
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Film Preview: City of Lies (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 8, 2018) Original Release Date: September 7, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG spark an investigation.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Who shot Biggie? More like who designed this poster? While it uses space mostly effectively, the end result isn’t that appealing. Trailer…
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2018 Spring Season Preview Wrap-Up: February
Let’s take a look back at our prior preview and see where we were right, wrong, and everything in between. February 2, 2018 Winchester Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $40 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Uncertain. The haunted house genre hasn’t been nearly as popular…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 13-15, 2018
Two movies battle it out for superiority this weekend. One features a vampire looking for love while the other features a Rock looking for his loved ones. While the Hotel Transylvania films have been popular, popular enough to merit a third outing, I suspect that Dwayne Johnson’s box office muscles paired with a Die Hard-meets-Towering…
