Month: July 2018
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Film Preview: Eighth Grade (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 8, 2018) Original Release Date: July 13, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A dull poster that has some reference to the subject matter, but doesn’t do…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 8 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Beautiful Boy (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 1, 2018) Original (September 23, 2018) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: October 12, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 7 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Film Previews / Trailer Watch (8) 2011: Polls: Oscar’s Best (7)
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Trailer Watch: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) The House with a Clock in Its Walls, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 27, 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 #258
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 6 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Original Song, 1999
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Song, 1999 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Original Song. 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…
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Film Preview: The Hate U Give (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 1, 2018) Original (September 30, 2018) New Posters (#1-#2) / New Release Date (changed from 10/19/18) Release Date: October 5, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance…
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Oscar Profile #399: Richard Harris
Born October 1, 1930 to a farming family in Limerick, Ireland, Richard Harris was bound for a career in rugby when a teenage bout with tuberculosis steered him in the direction of the theatre instead. After honing his craft at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Harris appeared in several stage and TV…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 5 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jul. 6-8, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jul. 6-8, 2018)
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Film Preview: Kin (2018)
Page Revisions: (July 1, 2018) Original (August 26, 2018) New Posters (#3-#4) Release Date: August 31, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 6-8, 2018
After a week off of major debuts, Ant-Man and the Wasp gives Disney/Marvel another opportunity to assault the box office. This time, it’s a follow-up to the 2015 film that introduced us to the madcap adventures of a cat burglar who stumbles upon a size altering suit. While the original was not nearly as successful…
