Month: November 2019
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Film Preview: The Two Popes (2019)
Page Revisions: (November 24, 2019) Original Release Date: November 27, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Apart from the thematic relevance of the…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 24 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Beyond the Law (2019)
Page Revisions: (November 17, 2019) Original (December 1, 2019) New Poster (#1) Release Date: December 6, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former mobster turned businessman and a police detective must contend with a dirty ex-cop looking to bring the killer of his son to justice.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A cheap…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 23 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: 5 Favorites (3)
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Film Preview: The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful (2019)
Page Revisions: (November 17, 2019) Original Release Date: November 22, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the 1990s, when Go gambling fever swept Korea, Gui-su loses everything because his father gambled obsessively until there was nothing left. Left all alone in the world, Gui-su meets a mentor and Go teacher, Il-do, and goes through vicious training…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 47, 2019)
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 Friday Face-Off Round One #15
Below are our ten face-offs for this week. Each category requires you to select a certain number of films to save. For more information on how the game works, click here.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 22 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Production Design, 2011
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Production Design, 2011 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Production Design. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Production Design slate. There will…
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Film Preview: Scoob! (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 17, 2019) Original (March 15, 2020) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: May 15, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers…
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5 Favorites Redux #5: Disney Animated Heroines
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Frozen II enters multiplexes this weekend, so I’m going to take a look at…
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Precursor: 35th Spirit Award Nominations (2019)
For years now, the Spirit Awards have almost looked like a preliminary ballot for the Academy Awards with a large swath of Oscar contenders in tow. This year, however, the list seems to be more in line with the lists of old where some categories have nary an Oscar contender in them and some with…
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Precursor: 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards (2019)
As expected, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite dominated the awards taking five awards. While it was up for several more and it didn’t win in expected places like Cinematography, Editing, and Screenplay, there’s no question the film was a huge success. Award Tallies (5) Parasite (2) E.X.I.T, Swing Kids The Awards
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Oscar Profile #471: Richard Widmark
Born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, growing up mostly in Illinois but moving frequently due to his father’s job as a traveling salesman. He attended Lake Forest College where he originally studied law but switched to acting after starring a school production of Counsellor-at-Law which he taught after graduating with a degree in…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 21 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
